In Nehemiah 13:25, Nehemiah, (in charge of the city of Jerusalem just couldn’t take it anymore.) The city is restored, and the temple opens again for worship, but the people have returned to their forefathers’ sins. They have joined with the people of the land, married foreign wives, and even their children no longer spoke […]
READ MORE [Leviticus 3] Friendship with God in the Peace Offering. In this chapter, we learn about a form of sacrifice called the peace offering. In the peace offering, we are acknowledging that Jesus is our peace, expressing covenantal friendship with God even as Abraham did of old. The peace offering called for special handling of the […]
READ MORE The Father says today you are an entitled one in My kingdom. When I look at you, I don’t reference your past – I only see the Lamb that was slain from the foundation of the world. Your imperfections, sins, and failures? Lay them all on the altar of My lovingkindness. The blood is the […]
READ MORE In Nehemiah 8, the people have returned to the ruined city of Jerusalem from captivity in Assyria. Nehemiah gathers the entire city to hear the reading of God’s word. For seven days, Nehemiah read and expounded the law with 12 elders of the city assisting him (a forerunner of Jesus and the disciples). [Neh 8:8 […]
READ MORE [Leviticus 2] Visiting God’s Bakery. In Leviticus 2, instructions are given concerning grain offerings are found. Often these were cakes mingled with oil seasoned in various ways. These offerings represent Jesus as the bread from heaven and tell us much about who he is to us and how He sustains the believer day by day […]
READ MORE The Father says today My joy is your strength. It is not My plan and has never been My plan for you to labor in frustration and sadness. Man earns his bread by the sweat of his brow, but that is according to fallen nature and is not the portion of the New Creation. Reach […]
READ MORE “If it Please the King, Send Me.” In Nehemiah 2:5-7 we find Nehemiah serving as the king’s cupbearer. The king noted Nehemiah’s countenance was sad and he inquired after his wellbeing. Nehemiah was afraid for to display sadness in the king’s presence could be a capital offense. Dashing of a prayer under his breath Nehemiah […]
READ MORE [Leviticus 1] The Sacrifice of Christ in Our Behalf. In this chapter, we see that the Tabernacle is completed, and instructions regarding the different sacrifices are handed down by God to Moses. Each one of these sacrifices is minutely described, and no deviation or variation of offering up is acceptable – on pain of death. […]
READ MORE The Father says today, striving and laboring only moves you farther from where you want to be in My kingdom. This is a point of letting go and releasing your trust to Me as never before. Have the wisdom to cease from your own activities, enter into rest, and know that My hand is working […]
READ MORE [Exodus 40] The Tabernacle is Erected, and the Cloud Descends. In the final chapter of Exodus, Moses washes Aaron and his sons to prepare them for service. The Ark and other items of sacred furniture are set up. Then the cloud descends to remain with and guide the people through the wilderness. All of this […]
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