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Deuteronomy 24:6 meaningJuly 1, 2022
Moses told the Israelites that they could not take a handmill or an upper millstone as collateral for a loan.
Deuteronomy 24:5 meaningJuly 1, 2022
Moses proclaimed that every newly married man was exempt from going to war for one full year in order to establish his home and give happiness to his wife.
Deuteronomy 24:1-4 meaningJuly 1, 2022
Moses discusses the issue of marriage, divorce, and remarriage in ancient Israel. The first three verses present the problem and the last verse provides the correct action.
Leviticus 18:19-30 meaningJune 30, 2022
God continues to forbid practices that are not in His people’s best interest. Rather, God promotes His ways which lead to harmony with God and others.
Leviticus 18:6-18 meaningJune 30, 2022
God outlines a list of incestuous sexual sins and forbids His people to engage in them as was common in the lands of Egypt and Canaan. The phrase "uncover one's nakedness" means to engage in sexual intimacy with a person (including but not limited to intercourse). Uncovering the nakedness of one's spouse within the covenant of marriage produces oneness. However, having forbidden sexual relations is usually in order to exploit another for personal sexual gratification, and is forbidden. Here it is forbidden particularly within families.
Leviticus 18:5 meaningJune 30, 2022
God's law presents to us an ideal way to live in harmony with God and our fellow humans by defining what is right and wrong. As our creator, God knows this better than any human. In pronouncing His ways, He is making clear the path to our ultimate best interest.
Leviticus 18:1-4 meaningJune 30, 2022
God tells the Israelites through Moses that His ways are in their best interest. The ways of the Egyptians and the Canaanites, which are the ways of their sinful flesh, are not in their best interest. Those ways lead to death while His ways lead to life and peace.
Hosea 2:14-23 meaningJune 25, 2022
The LORD promises to restore Israel along with her fortunes. He will reverse all the curses that fall on her and sow her for Himself in the land.
Hosea 2:6-13 meaningJune 25, 2022
The LORD describes His judgment on Israel because she goes after other gods. Since Israel credits the fertility gods such as Baal for providing for her needs, the Suzerain God declares that He will prevent her from all means of access to cause her to return to Him.
Hosea 2:2-5 meaningJune 25, 2022
The LORD urges His children to denounce their mother for her shameful behavior, lest they follow her and fall under the same judgment that awaits her.
Hosea 2:1 meaningJune 25, 2022
The LORD anticipates a time when He will once again accept Israel as His people and have compassion on them.
Acts 3:22-26 meaningJune 22, 2022
Peter shows that Jesus was the prophet whom God promised to raise up for Israel, but that anyone who does not listen to the prophet will be destroyed. All the other prophets of God spoke of this period, where the Jews could decide to obey God's Messiah, for they are part of a covenant with God. God sent Jesus ultimately to bless the people of Israel and reconcile them with God, if they will repent.
Acts 3:17-21 meaningJune 22, 2022
Peter says that Jesus fulfilled the prophecies of the Old Testament, that He was destined to suffer. He calls on his Jewish audience to repent of their sin and return to God, so that they will be forgiven, and so that Jesus will return and start His kingdom, and refresh and restore the earth.
Acts 3:11-16 meaningJune 22, 2022
The people who witnessed the healing of the lame beggar follow Peter and John. Peter confronts them on why they should be amazed. Don't they know that only God can work such a miracle? This miracle was done by faith in Jesus Christ, the Son of God and the Messiah, whom the Jewish people put to death, whom God raised back to life.
Acts 3:1-10 meaningJune 22, 2022
Peter and John encounter a lame beggar in the temple courtyard. He asks them for money, but instead of giving him silver or gold, Peter heals the man of his disability in the name of Jesus. The man leaps about and follows Peter and John, praising God. Nearby crowds see this miracle.
2 Thessalonians 3:16-18 meaningJune 20, 2022
Paul blesses his readers with words of goodwill from God, that the Thessalonians would experience His peace and favor always.
2 Thessalonians 3:6-15 meaningJune 20, 2022
Paul deals with an issue within the Thessalonian church. There are some believers who aren’t providing for themselves by refusing to work.
2 Thessalonians 3:1-5 meaningJune 20, 2022
Paul asks for prayers that his efforts to spread the gospel elsewhere would be as fruitful as they were with the Thessalonians. He tells them that he is confident that they will continue to grow in their faith. God and Christ strengthen us against the actions of the Devil.
1 Samuel 17:50-58 meaningJune 18, 2022
David and Israel are victorious against the Philistines and their champion Goliath.
1 Samuel 17:40-49 meaningJune 18, 2022
David fights Goliath
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