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Asleep at the Wheel
“They will say, ‘Where is the promise of his coming? For ever since the fathers fell asleep, all things are continuing as they were from the beginning of creation.’” 2 Peter 3:4 May 12, 2023 Our world is asleep at the wheel, driving headlong toward the second coming of the Lord Jesus Christ. Ironically, many…
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Scoffers
“Knowing this first of all, that scoffers will come in the last days with scoffing, following their own sinful desires.” 2 Peter 3:3 May 11, 2023 The nearer the time approaches for Jesus Christ to come again to this earth expect increased scoffing of the Scriptures. To scoff is to ridicule, deride, poke fun at,…
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Scattered to be Gathered
“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 and the Lamb
“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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When Good Things Happen to Bad People
“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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The Bronze Altar
“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…
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The Lampstand
“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…
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The Table for the Bread
“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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The Ark of the Covenant
“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…