Exodus 40: 1-33 (portions)….The tabernacle erected!

1 The LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 2 “On the first day of the first month you shall erect the tabernacle of the tent of meeting. 3 And you shall put in it the ark of the testimony, and you shall screen the ark with the veil. 4 And you shall bring in the tableContinue reading “Exodus 40: 1-33 (portions)….The tabernacle erected!”

Exodus 39: 32-43….Everything Prepared!

Thus all the work of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting was finished, and the people of Israel did according to all that the LORD had commanded Moses; so they did. Then they brought the tabernacle to Moses, the tent and all its utensils, its hooks, its frames, its bars, its pillars, and itsContinue reading “Exodus 39: 32-43….Everything Prepared!”

Exodus 39: portions 1-30….Is dress important?

1 From the blue and purple and scarlet yarns they made finely woven garments, for ministering in the Holy Place. They made the holy garments for Aaron, as the LORD had commanded Moses.2 He made the ephod of gold, blue and purple and scarlet yarns, and fine twined linen. 3 And they hammered out goldContinue reading “Exodus 39: portions 1-30….Is dress important?”

Exodus 38: 9-31….I’ve cut out large sections!

And he made the court. For the south side the hangings of the court were of fine twined linen, a hundred cubits; their twenty pillars and their twenty bases were of bronze, but the hooks of the pillars and their fillets were of silver. And for the north side ……And for the west side…….And forContinue reading “Exodus 38: 9-31….I’ve cut out large sections!”

Mark 6: 14-29….There is no other word for it -MURDER!

King Herod heard of it, for Jesus’ name had become known. Some said, “John the Baptist has been raised from the dead. That is why these miraculous powers are at work in him.” But others said, “He is Elijah.” And others said, “He is a prophet, like one of the prophets of old.” But whenContinue reading “Mark 6: 14-29….There is no other word for it -MURDER!”

Mark 6 1-13….“A prophet is not without honor, except in his hometown”

He went away from there and came to his hometown, and his disciples followed him. And on the Sabbath he began to teach in the synagogue, and many who heard him were astonished, saying, “Where did this man get these things? What is the wisdom given to him? How are such mighty works done byContinue reading “Mark 6 1-13….“A prophet is not without honor, except in his hometown””

Mark 5: 35-43….What other proofs does Mark offer?

Comment: Thinking back what has Mark suggested so far as proofs that Jesus is, as he claimed at the beginning, the Son of God? To list a few – John the Baptist fulfilled the prophecies as being the forerunner of the Messiah; Jesus was an amazing teacher, exceptional in fact; Jesus cured both those illContinue reading “Mark 5: 35-43….What other proofs does Mark offer?”

Mark 5: 21-34….A minor miracle on the way to a major miracle!

And when Jesus had crossed again in the boat to the other side, a great crowd gathered about him, and he was beside the sea. Then came one of the rulers of the synagogue, Jairus by name, and seeing him, he fell at his feet and implored him earnestly, saying, “My little daughter is atContinue reading “Mark 5: 21-34….A minor miracle on the way to a major miracle!”

Mark 5: 14-20….Jewish pigs!

The herdsmen fled and told it in the city and in the country. And people came to see what it was that had happened. And they came to Jesus and saw the demon-possessed man, the one who had had the legion, sitting there, clothed and in his right mind, and they were afraid. And thoseContinue reading “Mark 5: 14-20….Jewish pigs!”

Mark 5: 1-13….Were there a surfeit of demon possessed people in Israel?

They came to the other side of the sea, to the country of the Gerasenes. And when Jesus had stepped out of the boat, immediately there met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit. He lived among the tombs. And no one could bind him anymore, not even with a chain,Continue reading “Mark 5: 1-13….Were there a surfeit of demon possessed people in Israel?”