Tag: covenant
Biblical Principle #139: God Assured Israel’s Victory in Canaan
Biblical Principles List Principle God assured Moses of Israel’s victory throughout Canaan (if they obeyed Him). Explanation As GOD concluded His initial message to Moses at Mount Sinai, after having spoken the Ten Commandments to all of Israel, GOD told Moses: 23 For My Angel will go before you and bring you in to the…
Biblical Principle #136: God Waited to Come Down at Sinai Because the People Weren’t Ready
Principle At Mount Sinai, God did not descend immediately because Israel needed time to prepare. Explanation We have previously established that, in Exodus 19, GOD offered Israel His covenant upon their arrival at Mount Sinai. We noted that GOD waited three days before descending upon Mount Sinai. Now let’s view the situation, as best we…
Biblical Principle #135: God Descended Upon Mount Sinai
Biblical Principles List Principle God descended upon Mount Sinai on the third day with thunder, lightning, dark clouds, and a trumpet. Explanation As GOD had told Moses, upon the third day, He descended upon Mount Sinai in a manner that was observable by Israel: 16 So it was that on the third day in the…
Biblical Principle #133: God Offered Israel a Covenant
Biblical Principles List Principle Upon reaching Mount Sinai, God offered Israel a covenant. Explanation Having reached this important location, GOD offered Israel an exclusive covenant. 3 Then Moses went up to the mountain of God, and God called to him from the mountain, saying, “Thus you shall say to the house of Jacob and tell…
Biblical Principle #132: Israel Camped at Mount Sinai
Biblical Principles List Principle On the first day of the third month since leaving Egypt, Israel camped at Mount Sinai. Explanation After a long journey from Egypt, nearly 90 days later, Israel reached Mount Sinai in the Arabian desert. It may have seemed like just another waypoint at first, but it would soon become the…
Biblical Principle #76: Isaac was the Child of Promise (Descendants vs Seed)
Biblical Principles List Principle Isaac was the child of God’s promise. Explanation When GOD told Abraham that Abraham would have a son, Sarah thought logically and gave her handmaid Hagar to Abraham as a wife. Sarah apparently thought there was no way that she would bear that child, so it would have to come from someone…
Five Lessons from the Passover
The Passover and Feast of Unleavened Bread was one of three Jewish annual feasts in the Law of Moses. GOD set up the Passover and Feast of Unleavened Bread as a memorial—a reminder of specific events in Israel’s history. The Passover meal was a reminder of how GOD passed over the homes of the children…
August 24 – GOD Reveals More Details of the Messiah, New Covenant
Reading Jer. 23:1-8; 33:14-26; 31:27-40 Devotional Through the prophet Jeremiah, GOD reveals additional details some 580+ years before Jesus, regarding the coming Messiah, His kingdom, and the new covenant. GOD rebuked the shepherds (spiritual leaders or elders) of Israel because they had failed to lead the people properly and the result had been catastrophic. GOD…
July 29 – Three Examples of GOD’s Wisdom
Reading Jer. 10:1-12:17 Devotional For today’s devotional I will focus on three examples of GOD’s wisdom and greatness which are contained in this reading. These chapters contain a wealth of information and insight into GOD and His character. It is nearly impossible to capture all of the lessons we could learn within one short devotional,…
