And one of the scribes came up and heard them disputing with one another, and seeing that he answered them well, asked him, “Which commandment is the most important of all?” Jesus answered, “The most important is, Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. And you shall love the Lord yourContinue reading “Mark 12: 28-34….At last a Sincere Question!”
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Mark 6:53- 7: 4….A surprising consequence and a bit of info!
When they had crossed over, they came to land at Gennesaret and moored to the shore. And when they got out of the boat, the people immediately recognized him and ran about the whole region and began to bring the sick people on their beds to wherever they heard he was. And wherever he came,Continue reading “Mark 6:53- 7: 4….A surprising consequence and a bit of info!”
Exodus 35: 1-19….Is God unreasonable?
Moses assembled all the congregation of the people of Israel and said to them, “These are the things that the LORD has commanded you to do. Six days work shall be done, but on the seventh day you shall have a Sabbath of solemn rest, holy to the LORD. Whoever does any work on itContinue reading “Exodus 35: 1-19….Is God unreasonable?”
Exodus 34: 25-35….Miracles on the mountain?
“You shall not offer the blood of my sacrifice with anything leavened, or let the sacrifice of the Feast of the Passover remain until the morning. The best of the firstfruits of your ground you shall bring to the house of the LORD your God. You shall not boil a young goat in its mother’sContinue reading “Exodus 34: 25-35….Miracles on the mountain?”
Exodus 31: 18….What does this mean?
And he gave to Moses, when he had finished speaking with him on Mount Sinai, the two tablets of the testimony, tablets of stone, written with the finger of God. Comment: Why such a short reading? Because it so important. Does God have a finger? Jesus was God and He had ten fingers! In anContinue reading “Exodus 31: 18….What does this mean?”
Exodus 31: 12-17…. Saturday or Sunday?
And the LORD said to Moses, “You are to speak to the people of Israel and say, ‘Above all you shall keep my Sabbaths, for this is a sign between me and you throughout your generations, that you may know that I, the LORD, sanctify you. You shall keep the Sabbath, because it is holyContinue reading “Exodus 31: 12-17…. Saturday or Sunday?”
Exodus 26: 31-37… Divisions in the meeting structure which was to be built.
“And you shall make a veil of blue and purple and scarlet yarns and fine twined linen. It shall be made with cherubim skillfully worked into it. And you shall hang it on four pillars of acacia overlaid with gold, with hooks of gold, on four bases of silver. And you shall hang the veilContinue reading “Exodus 26: 31-37… Divisions in the meeting structure which was to be built.”
Exodus 25: 10-22….Tabernacle items – the ark!
“They shall make an ark of acacia wood. Two cubits and a half shall be its length, a cubit and a half its breadth, and a cubit and a half its height. You shall overlay it with pure gold, inside and outside shall you overlay it, and you shall make on it a molding ofContinue reading “Exodus 25: 10-22….Tabernacle items – the ark!”
Exodus 23: 9-17….For the future.
“You shall not oppress a sojourner. You know the heart of a sojourner, for you were sojourners in the land of Egypt.Laws About the Sabbath and Festivals“For six years you shall sow your land and gather in its yield, but the seventh year you shall let it rest and lie fallow, that the poor ofContinue reading “Exodus 23: 9-17….For the future.”
Exodus 22:28- 23:8….Walking the Way of Holiness!
“You must not dishonor God or curse any of your rulers.“You must not hold anything back when you give me offerings from your crops and your wine.“You must give me your firstborn sons.“You must also give me the firstborn of your cattle, sheep, and goats. But leave the newborn animal with its mother for sevenContinue reading “Exodus 22:28- 23:8….Walking the Way of Holiness!”
As I read it! 