Tag: faithfulness
Biblical Principle #374: Saul Turned Against David
Biblical Principles List Principle King Saul turned against David and persecuted him. Explanation Although David was loyal to Saul, with an “evil” spirit haunting him, Saul turned against David and persecuted him, to the point that Saul tried to kill David. First, Saul attempted to sabotage David by having his daughter, Michal, marry David. 1…
Biblical Principle #365: The Ark of the Covenant Plagued the Philistines
Biblical Principles List Principle Once captured, the presence of Israel’s ark of the covenant brought great suffering upon the Philistines. Explanation The Philistines once captured Israel’s ark of the covenant. That did not go as the Philistines had imagined. It first started with the temple of Dagon, god of the Philistines: 1 The Philistines took…
Biblical Principle #359: Samson Killed 1,000 Philistines
Biblical Principles List Principle Through the strength of the Holy Spirit, Samson killed a thousand Philistines with a donkey’s jawbone because they had burned his wife and father-in-law to death. Explanation After Samson’s eventful wedding, which ended with Samson returning to his parents’ home without his wife, Samson’s father-in-law gave Samson’s wife to his friend:…
Biblical Principle #334: Israel’s Idolatry Would Provoke GOD’s Jealousy
Biblical Principles List Principle The Song of Moses revealed that it would be Israel’s worship of other gods that would provoke God to jealousy against Israel. Explanation In the Song of Moses, Moses prophesied: 12 So the Lord alone led them,And there was no foreign god with them. … 15 … Then he forsook God…
Biblical Principle #333: The Song of Moses Exposed Israel’s Spiritual Division
Biblical Principles List Principle The Song of Moses revealed a spiritual division among Israelites: the wicked majority and the faithful servants of God. Explanation Shortly before Moses’ death, GOD revealed Israel’s future through the Song of Moses. The Song highlights a distinction between two groups of Israelites: The Wicked Majority Here are some statements in…
Biblical Principle #332: God Gave Israel the Song of Moses
Biblical Principles List Principle God gave Israel the Song of Moses as a prophecy that would one day testify against them when its words came to pass. Explanation As Moses’ death was imminent and Moses had transferred leadership to Joshua, GOD gave Moses one last assignment:
Biblical Principle #331: Moses Transferred Leadership to Joshua
Biblical Principles List Principle As Moses neared death, he transferred leadership over Israel to Joshua. Explanation For some time, GOD had revealed to Israel that it would be Joshua who would succeed Moses and lead Israel into Canaan, completing the forty-year wilderness wandering punishment, following their Egypt escape. Moses had asked GOD to name a…
Biblical Principle #329: Israel to Be Scattered
Biblical Principles List Principle God told Israel through Moses that, when the Law’s curses came upon them, they would indeed be scattered to all nations. Explanation We previously saw that Moses prophesied that, due to their hard-hearted nature, Israel would one day suffer the curses contained within the Law. When that time came, one of…
Biblical Principle #327: Memorials Upon Crossing the Jordan
Biblical Principles List Principle Moses gave Israel two memorial ceremonies to complete following their crossing the Jordan into Canaan. Explanation As Moses’ death drew near, he impressed upon Israel the importance of faithfulness to the covenant with GOD. Keenly aware of these people’s character, given how many times he had interceded on their behalf, Moses…
Biblical Principle #325: Israel’s Obedience Would Bring Blessings
Biblical Principles List Principle God told Israel that faithful obedience to the Law of Moses would result in great blessings. Explanation We have established that GOD: After GOD spoke the ten commandments to Israel, the Israelites all promised to obey GOD’s laws and keep His commandments. They “signed on the dotted line,” so to speak,…