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  • Biblical Principle #148: The Census Atonement Offering

    Biblical Principles List Principle When Israel took a census, each man was to offer a ransom payment for the atonement of his soul. Explanation GOD instructed Moses to have all Israelite men give a ransom payment for themselves at each census. 11 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 12 “When you take the census…

  • October 20 – Jesus is Born

    Reading Luke 1:5-80 Matt. 1:18-25a Luke 2:1-38 Devotional Finally, after almost 10 months of daily reading, we reach the second most important event in human history—Jesus is born! (The most important event would be Jesus’ death, of course.) Let’s recap the major events of today’s reading. After 400 years of silence, GOD sends a message…

  • April 16 – The Discipline of GOD

    Reading 2 Sam. 21:1-14; 24:1-9 1 Chron. 21:1-30; 22:1-19 Psalm 30 Devotional In today’s reading GOD punished Israel for some specific sins which were committed. The first occurred during King Saul’s lifetime when he attempted to kill all the Gibeonites whom Joshua had made a covenant to protect hundreds of years earlier. As a result GOD sent…

  • February 5 – GOD Organizes

    Reading Num. 9:1-12; 1:1-2:34 Devotional The Israelites had been encamped at Mount Sinai for 9 months. GOD instructed Moses to have the people observe the LORD’s Passover, which marked one year since they left Egypt. During this same time period GOD began organizing the tribes of Israel for their specific functions. First, He took the…