Exodus 2:16-17 Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters. And they came and drew water, and they filled the troughs to water their father’s flock. Then the shepherds came and drove them away; but Moses stood up and helped them, and watered their flock. Moses had a heart for the oppressed … and that… Read More »
Face to Face with God
Exodus 33:11 So the Lord spoke to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his friend. And he would return to the camp, but his servant Joshua the son of Nun, a young man, did not depart from the tabernacle. Should we consider it strange that God would characterize His relationship with a man as friendship? Abraham… Read More »
Pictures of Jesus
Scripture is full of types and pictures, mysteries that are hidden or revealed according to God’s timing. Anyone who has read even just a few books of the Bible has surely noticed that certain numbers occur regularly and seem to have significance beyond their numeric value. For instance the number 40 (which occurs no less… Read More »
A Greater Revelation
John 14:8-9 Philip said, “Lord, show us the Father, and we will be satisfied.” Jesus replied, “Have I been with you all this time, Philip, and yet you still don’t know who I am? Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father! So why are you asking me to show him to you? Perhaps… Read More »
Two Points of View
Numbers 13:17-20 Then Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said to them, “Go up this way into the South, and go up to the mountains, and see what the land is like: whether the people who dwell in it are strong or weak, few or many; whether the land they… Read More »
Through the Lens
Deuteronomy 2:7-8 The LORD your God has blessed you in all the work of your hands. He has watched over your journey through this vast desert. These forty years the LORD your God has been with you, and you have not lacked anything. So we went on past our brothers the descendants of Esau, who… Read More »
Elevation
John 2:13 Now the Passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. After going down to Capernaum, Jesus goes up to Jerusalem which is to the south of Capernaum and so again it’s elevation we are talking about, when the text says He went up. The Bible has a lot… Read More »
Pictures of Jesus
Scripture is full of types and pictures, mysteries that are hidden or revealed according to God’s timing. Anyone who has read even just a few books of the Bible has surely noticed that certain numbers occur regularly and seem to have significance beyond their numeric value. For instance the number 40 (which occurs no less… Read More »
Counting Days
Psalm 90:12 So teach us to number our days,That we may gain a heart of wisdom. It seems like for the past three weeks in a row I’ve read in the news that the current oldest person in the world has died, and it’s not the same person over and over. It’s each successive “oldest… Read More »
Refuge
Psalm 91:2 I will say of the Lord, “He is my refuge and my fortress; My God, in Him I will trust.” In verse 2 of Psalm 91, as if in response to himself, Moses says that given the wonderful knowledge of his safety in God, he will then make the Lord his refuge …… Read More »
