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Genesis 22:1-3 meaningDecember 24, 2020
God tells Abraham to travel to Mt. Moriah and offer Isaac as a sacrifice. Abraham takes Isaac on the three-day journey to the mountain.
Proverbs 1:28-33 meaningDecember 17, 2020
Lady Wisdom warns that trying evil for a time and/or using wisdom only for circumstantial change is not going to work. But the faithful will discover security and peace, no matter their circumstances.
Proverbs 1:24-27 meaningDecember 17, 2020
Lady Wisdom warns of the reality that some will continue to ignore her calling. This results in a myriad of undesirable consequences.
Proverbs 1:20-23 meaningDecember 17, 2020
Wisdom (personified as a woman) shouts in public, beckoning all to hear and obey.
Proverbs 1:16-19 meaningDecember 17, 2020
The Book of Proverbs is committed to explaining the reality of how life works. Solomon does this by discussing the ineffectiveness and danger of foolishness.
Proverbs 1:10-15 meaningDecember 17, 2020
The Wisdom of God is not the only voice vying for our perspective and trust. Sin calls us toward the path of foolishness, a perversion of the good for which God intends.
Proverbs 1:7-9 meaningDecember 17, 2020
Wisdom is not something we can do by ourselves. We need the help and instruction of others and, most importantly, a trust and dependence on God.
Proverbs 1:1-6 meaningDecember 17, 2020
Solomon begins The Book of Proverbs by establishing the authority from which he writes. He then fires off a set of clauses that set up the purpose of life and the intent behind the book.
Exodus 31:18 meaningDecember 12, 2020
The LORD finishes speaking to Moses. This is most likely at the end of the forty days that Moses was in His presence on Mount Sinai.
Exodus 31:12-17 meaningDecember 12, 2020
The LORD gives a strong reminder that, in spite of their spiritual duty to build the tabernacle and the furnishings, the craftsmen are required to observe the Sabbath and cease their work. Anyone who did not observe the Sabbath would face dire consequences.
Exodus 31:1-11 meaningDecember 12, 2020
The LORD specifies which Israelites were to construct the Tabernacle and its furnishings.
Exodus 30:34-38 meaningDecember 10, 2020
The LORD describes how to make the incense, its use, and the demand for complete obedience.
Exodus 30:22-33 meaningDecember 10, 2020
This passage concerns the oil used for anointing. Following the introduction, the LORD specifies how to make the anointing oil. Then the LORD states the purpose of the anointing oil, followed by the command to make it a permanent part of worship at the tabernacle.
Exodus 30:17-21 meaningDecember 10, 2020
The LORD then describes how to make a laver (or basin). It was to be made of bronze and used by the priests to wash their hands and feet before they entered the tabernacle to serve the LORD. The account of its construction is in Exodus 38:8.
Exodus 30:11-16 meaningDecember 10, 2020
The LORD describes what can be labeled as a "tabernacle tax." Moses was to take a census and receive a "ransom" (a half a shekel) from everyone twenty years or older. The money was to be used to maintain the tabernacle.
Exodus 30:7-10 meaningDecember 10, 2020
The high priest was to burn incense every morning and evening, resulting in incense being before the LORD all day, every day. Only certain incense could be burned, and atonement needed to be made for the altar every year.
Exodus 30:6 meaningDecember 10, 2020
The LORD describes where the altar of incense was to be placed.
Exodus 30:1-5 meaningDecember 10, 2020
The LORD describes how the altar of incense was to be built. The rings and the poles, used to carry the altar of incense, are also described here.
Exodus 29:38-46 meaningDecember 9, 2020
The discussion now turns from the priests' ordination ceremony to the sacrifices that were to be performed daily. What was to be offered and when the offerings were to take place. The LORD stresses the importance of these daily burnt offerings and His response to them by dwelling amongst and fellowshipping with His people.
Exodus 29:36-37 meaningDecember 9, 2020
Now that the priests had been purified and set apart for the ministry, the altar was next. Purifying the altar was also to be a seven-day process. The end result was that the altar was most holy.
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