Tag: faith
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Holy to the LORD
36“You shall make a plate of pure gold and engrave on it, like the engraving of a signet, ‘Holy to the LORD.’ –Exodus 28 Here is another verse of the Bible that helps us to understand what ‘holy’ means. I underlined a portion for us. You shall be holy to me, for I the LORD am holy and have…
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God Leaves the Light On [1-minute read]
20“You shall command the people of Israel that they bring to you pure beaten olive oil for the light, that a lamp may regularly be set up to burn. 21In the tent of meeting, outside the veil that is before the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall tend it from evening to morning before the LORD. It…
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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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Angel of Yahweh
20“Behold, I send an angel before you to guard you on the way and to bring you to the place that I have prepared.21Pay careful attention to him and obey his voice; do not rebel against him, for he will not pardon your transgression, for my name is in him. 22“But if you carefully obey…
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Harsh Standards
20“Whoever sacrifices to any god, other than the LORD alone, shall be devoted to destruction.–Exodus 22 In context, remember Commandment 1…having no other gods before Yahweh. Seriously, weren’t they paying attention to the Exodus? Didn’t they see how there were no other objects of worship in His category? And then to treat another god or goddess like…
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The Ten
3“You shall have no other gods before me. 4“You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth… 7“You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will…
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Seeing God
16On the morning of the third day there were thunders and lightnings and a thick cloud on the mountain and a very loud trumpet blast, so that all the people in the camp trembled. 17Then Moses brought the people out of the camp to meet God, and they took their stand at the foot of the…
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Real Talk
7Moses went out to meet his father-in-law and bowed down and kissed him. And they asked each other of their welfare and went into the tent.8Then Moses told his father-in-law all that the LORD had done to Pharaoh and to the Egyptians for Israel’s sake, all the hardship that had come upon them in the way, and…
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Ministry Partners
11As long as Moses held up his hands, Israel prevailed; but when he lowered them, Amalek prevailed. 12When Moses’ hands grew heavy, they took a stone and put it under him, and he sat on it. Then Aaron and Hur held his hands up, one on each side, so that his hands remained steady until the…
Joel M Bradshaw 