Tag: cross
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Jesus and the Veil [1-minute read]
33And you shall hang the veil from the clasps, and bring the ark of the testimony in there within the veil. And the veil shall separate for you the Holy Place from the Most Holy. 34You shall put the mercy seat on the ark of the testimony in the Most Holy Place.–Exodus 26 And Jesus cried…
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Two Bloods, Two Covenants
4And Moses wrote down all the words of the LORD. He rose early in the morning and built an altar at the foot of the mountain, and twelve pillars, according to the twelve tribes of Israel. 5And he sent young men of the people of Israel, who offered burnt offerings and sacrificed peace offerings of oxen to…
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New and Reconciled
17Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come. 18All this is from God, who through Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us the ministry of reconciliation; 19that is, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting…
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The Cross
18For the word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.–1 Corinthians 1 What message does the cross represent? Jesus was not a martyr, he was a sacrifice. This meant that Jesus willingly gave up his life for a purpose.…
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Two Spheres of Existence
33I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.”–John 16 (with emphasis) Jesus had just got done speaking about a timing coming when he would be taken and they would all scatter. It would no…
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Salvation Is God’s Way
14And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, 15that whoever believes in him may have eternal life16“For God so loved the world,i that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.–John 3 Most people have heard about…
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A Remembered Faith
18So the Jews said to him, “What sign do you show us for doing these things?” 19Jesus answered them, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.” 20The Jews then said, “It has taken forty-six years to build this temple,c and will you raise it up in three days?” 21But he was speaking about the temple…
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A Daily, Intentional Life
27Only let your manner of life be worthy of the gospel of Christ…–Philippians 1 Paul was in prison and was contemplating bigger, meaning-of-life-and-death matters. I think to understand this basic phrase we should work backwards. What are principles of the Gospel of Christ? So now what would describe a life worthy of those principles? As always,…
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Two Bondages
20So Joseph bought all the land in Egypt for Pharaoh. The Egyptians, one and all, sold their fields, because the famine was too severe for them. The land became Pharaoh’s, 21and Joseph reduced the people to servitude, from one end of Egypt to the other…23Joseph said to the people, “Now that I have bought you and your…
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Truth in Sarcasm
31So also the chief priests with the scribes mocked him to one another, saying, “He saved others; he cannot save himself. 32Let the Christ, the King of Israel, come down now from the cross that we may see and believe.”–Mark 15, part 2 I’m not saying these statements were great theological moments, but rather sarcastic utterances.…
Joel M Bradshaw 