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Matthew 21:8-11 meaningAugust 15, 2022
Jesus simultaneously enters the city of Jerusalem triumphantly as the Messiah and as the Passover Lamb. Crowds of people shout “Hosanna” and Messianic lines from Psalm 118. His entrance causes a stir among those who are in the city and attracts their curiosity about who He is.
Matthew 21:1-7 meaningAugust 15, 2022
Jesus and the disciples pause as they approach the Mount of Olives, just east of Jerusalem. Jesus sends two disciples to go retrieve a donkey and her unridden colt from the village of Bethphage. Once done the disciples lay their coats on the beasts and Jesus begins to ride the colt into Jerusalem. This fulfills a Messianic prophecy from Zechariah.
Acts 4:31-37 meaningAugust 1, 2022
God answers the believers' prayer for boldness by filling them with the Holy Spirit. The church is united in heart and soul. The apostles continue to preach and perform miracles. The wealthier believers sell their land and properties, then bring money to the apostles to dole out to the neediest among them. One of these generous men was called Barnabas.
Acts 4:23-30 meaningAugust 1, 2022
The believers gather together and pray that God would give them courage to continue preaching and healing in Jesus’s name.
Acts 4:13-22 meaningAugust 1, 2022
The religious leaders are shocked that Peter and John speak so defiantly. They see that the apostles are uneducated but were followers of Jesus during His lifetime. They set Peter and John free because the people who witnessed the healing are praising God for the miracle, but they warn them not to preach about Jesus anymore. Peter and John reply that they will obey God, not man.
Acts 4:5-12 meaningAugust 1, 2022
The religious leaders assemble to judge Peter and John. This is the same council that condemned Jesus to death. The leaders ask the apostles how they healed the lame man at the temple. Peter boldly tells them the man was healed in the name of Jesus Christ, whom they crucified, but whom God raised from the dead. The only way to be made righteous in the sight of God is through Jesus.
Acts 4:1-4 meaningAugust 1, 2022
Peter and John are arrested by the Sadducees for teaching that Jesus was resurrected. But many who heard them preach the gospel believed, and the church grew in size to 5000 men.
1 Thessalonians 5:23-27 meaningAugust 1, 2022
Paul emphasizes one last time the goal of living a God-honoring life apart from the world, so that our body and soul will be blameless when Jesus returns.
1 Thessalonians 5:12-22 meaningAugust 1, 2022
Paul summarizes what sanctified living looks like for the Thessalonians. They should support their leaders, be at peace with one another, help those who are afraid or are immature, and live life full of prayer with a joyful attitude.
1 Thessalonians 5:8-11 meaningAugust 1, 2022
We can anticipate Jesus’s return with hope and love. We should encourage one another to live faithfully now so that we are ready for His second coming.
1 Thessalonians 5:1-7 meaningAugust 1, 2022
Jesus will return unexpectedly, so believers should always be ready for His arrival.
Numbers 5:29-31 meaningJuly 28, 2022
Numbers 5:29-31 provide a summary of the principles in this section (verses 11-28) concerning a husband’s suspicion and jealousy of his wife’s adultery.
Numbers 5:23-28 meaningJuly 28, 2022
Numbers 5:23-28 contain additional activities that needed to happen prior to the woman drinking the water.
Numbers 5:16-22 meaningJuly 28, 2022
Verses 16-22 describe the ritual performed by the priest in order to determine the guilt or innocence of the woman suspected of adultery. It included the drinking of the "water of bitterness" which, depending on her guilt or innocence, would affect her physically. The ritual included the pronouncement of a curse that would go into effect if she was guilty of adultery. The accused woman would then agree to the terms of the curse.
Numbers 5:11-15 meaningJuly 28, 2022
The next subject, which is called "the law of jealousy" in Numbers 5:29, is discussed in verses 11-31. It concerns marital infidelity that was suspected but not verified. The marriage relationship, the most basic of all between humans, and the building block for a successful self-governing society, was a reflection of one's relationship to the LORD. To be unfaithful in marriage was to be unfaithful to one's LORD.
Numbers 5:5-10 meaningJuly 28, 2022
The LORD then, in Numbers 5:5-10, instructed Moses about what to do when a person commits an offense against another person in the camp. This section repeats the law given to Moses in Leviticus 5:14-6:7. It stresses the importance of maintaining purity in interpersonal relationships within the camp as they travel to the Promised Land.
Numbers 5:1-4 meaningJuly 28, 2022
Numbers 5:1-4 includes the LORD’s commands concerning personal uncleanness. There are several ways mentioned here that a person could become unclean. Any unclean person was to be sent outside the camp to quarantine for a period of time.
Deuteronomy 30:15-20 meaningJuly 22, 2022
Moses concludes the chapter (and his last address to the Israelites) by appealing to Israel to choose wisely (each day) between life and death. He reminds Israel that obedience leads to prosperity and life, and disobedience leads to adversity and death.
Deuteronomy 30:11-14 meaningJuly 22, 2022
Moses concluded his final address by telling the Israelites that God's commandments in this covenant are not beyond their ability to understand and obey. God's word is very near to them. So, they must believe it, speak it and do it. The purpose of the covenant is for Israel to live by it. That can only come from the heart.
Deuteronomy 30:6-10 meaningJuly 22, 2022
Moses tells Israel that when a future generation rebels, is exiled, then repents, the Suzerain God of their covenant will bring them back from exile and will circumcise their heart to enable them to live in obedience to His will. God will then inflict all the curses that were on Israel on their enemies.
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