“He will raise a signal for the nations and will assemble the banished of Israel, and gather the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth.” Isaiah 11:12 May 10, 2023 As current events seem to conspire, the question is asked, are we drawing nearer to the Second Coming of Jesus Christ? We […]
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“The wolf shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the young goat, and the calf and the lion and the fattened calf together; and a little child shall lead them.” Isaiah 11:6 May 9, 2023 Nature, red in tooth and claw. It is indeed. When Adam and Eve brought God’s
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“Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then I discerned their end.” Psalm 73:17 May 8, 2023 The prosperity of the wicked may not be a moral problem to some but it was to Asaph the writer of Psalm 73. He bears his soul as he expressed his confusion about God’s justice. His faith
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“You shall make the altar of acacia wood, five cubits long and five cubits broad. The altar shall be square, and its height shall be three cubits.” Exodus 27:1 May 5, 2023 The Tabernacle was a means of grace for the priest-nation of Israel. Acceptance by God was not based on keeping the law but
“You shall make a lampstand of pure gold. The lampstand shall be made of hammered work: its base, its stem, its cups, its calyxes, and its flowers shall be of one piece with it.” Exodus 25:31 May 4, 2023 Rooms need light for the obvious reason of illuminating interior space. The hammered gold of the
“You shall make a table of acacia wood. Two cubits shall be its length, a cubit its breadth, and a cubit and a half its height….And you shall set the bread of the Presence on the table.” Exodus 25:23,30 May 3, 2023 We may not be aware of it but the location of rooms and
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“You shall make a mercy seat of pure gold. Two cubits and a half shall be its length, and a cubit and a half its breadth…And there I will meet you….” Exodus 25:17,22 May 2, 2023 When God called the nation of Israel into being, the center of attention was the tabernacle. It was to
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“Repay no one evil for evil, but give thought to do what is honorable in the sight of all.” Romans 12:17 May 1, 2023 We live in a world where evil is to be overcome. The premise is not that our physical environment will be the death of us, but that our spiritual environment is
“He determines the number of the stars; he gives to all of them their names.” Psalm 147:4 April 28, 2023 “Much of what we call worship today is not worship at all but rather a glorification of ourselves”(James Boice). There is good reason to believe that Psalm 147 was composed and sung at the dedication
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“If possible, so far as it depends on you, live peaceably with all.” Romans 12:18 April 27, 2023 Do you want to know what it means to present our bodies as a living sacrifice to God? One way, and it’s looking straight at us, is taking a big step toward being a peacemaker by learning
