They kept Passover…Joshua 5:10 After the children of Israel entered the land, they celebrated Passover at its appointed time, the 14th day of the month at twilight, verse 10. Verse 11: And they ate the produce of the land on the day after Passover and that year, Verse 12. What a privilege it is to enter into […]

Holy Convocation In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you shall have a sabbath-rese, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, a holy convocation, Leviticus 23:14 Also, the tenth day of this seven month shall be the Day of Atonement. It shall be a holy convocation for you. You shall afflict your […]

Come to my house and stay…Acts 16:15. Paul and Silas had arrived in Philippi a few days earlier, verse 12. And on the Sabbath day we went out of the city to the riverside, where prayer was customarily made; and we sat down and spoke to the women who met there, verse 13.  Faith comes by […]

All things are lawful…1 Corinthians 6:12 and 10:23 We are free in Christ. Paul explains this spiritual truth in his letters to the churches.  Romans 8:2: For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death. 1 Corinthians 9:1: Am I not an apostle? Am […]

In pain you shall bring forth children…Genesis 3:16 There has been much debate over this passage in Genesis 3, verse 16: To the woman He said: I will greatly multiply your sorrow and your conception in pain you shall bring forth children.  And to the man God said, cursed in the ground for your sake in toil […]

Through the resurrection of Jesus Christ… 1 Peter 1:3 and 3:21 The resurrection of Jesus is so important, Peter mentions it twice.  First in 1:3: Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His abundant mercy has begotten us again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus […]

Ishmael And Abraham said to God, “Oh, that Ishmael might live before You!” Genesis 17:18 Ishmael was Abram’s son born to him from Hagar. Hagar was Sarai’s Egyptian maidservant, Genesis 16:1. The promise of an heir was to Abram and Sarai not to Abram and Hagar. When Abraham asked God to accept Ishmael as the heir […]

Three Arks Make yourself an ark of gopherwood; make rooms in the ark, and cover it inside and outside with pitch. Genesis 6:14.  She took an ark of bulrushes for him, daubed it with asphalt and pitch, Exodus 2:3 And they shall make an ark of acacia wood, and overlay it with pure gold, inside and out, Exodus 25:10-11 Three […]

As you have done…Obadiah 1:15 Obadiah is the shortest book of the Old Testament. It is one chapter with 21 verses. It is a warning to Edom, the descendants of Esau, the twin brother of Jacob, the father of Israel. In his warning, Obadiah not only warns Edom but all the nations, verse 15: For the […]

They shall answer Jezreel…Hosea 2:22 Jezreel in Hebrew means, God will sow. In Verse 23 we see Hosea’s use of poetic imagery They shall answer Jezreel then I will sow her for Myself in the earth, and I will have mercy on her who had not obtained mercy.  Hosea also uses the imagery of a husband […]