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  • Biblical Principle #122: God Sent Plagues Upon Egypt

    Biblical Principles List Principle God sent the plagues upon Egypt so that He could show His great might and superiority over all creation. Explanation Because Pharaoh resisted Moses’ and Aaron’s message from GOD to allow the Israelites to go into the wilderness and worship Him, GOD sent a sequence of plagues upon Egypt. The plagues…

  • Biblical Principle #99: Humans Elevated Above Heavenly Creatures

    Biblical Principles List Principle The heavenly creatures—the first sun, moon, and stars of creation—are brought lower than GOD’s elect humans. Explanation Genesis 37 records two dreams that Joseph, son of Jacob, had: 5 Then Joseph had a dream, and reported it to his brothers. 6 Thus he said to them, “Hear this dream I dreamed:…

  • October 6 – Ezra Leads the Second Return to Jerusalem

    Reading Ezra 7:1-7, 11-28; 8:15-32; 7:8-10; 8:1-14, 33-36 Devotional In the spring of 458 B.C., Ezra led a second wave of Israelites in returning to Jerusalem. GOD had put it in the heart of Artaxerxes, king of Persia, to bring honor to the temple and to extend favor to Ezra and the Jews. Artaxerxes sent…

  • September 16 – Sometimes Young People Must Confront the Older

    Reading Job 32:1-37:24 Devotional Now that Job’s three friends—Eliphaz, Bildad and Zophar—have finally run out of things to say to Job, we are introduced to a young man named Elihu who has been present throughout the dialogue thus far, but is just now choosing to speak. Elihu accuses the other three of condemning Job despite…

  • September 15 – Wisdom Comes from GOD

    Reading Job 25:1-31:40 Devotional Job recalled earlier times in his life where he enjoyed prosperity and blessings from GOD, and he compared it to his current situation of suffering and pain. In the middle of this conversation, Job shares some important truths regarding wisdom. It is these thoughts that will serve as today’s devotional topic.…

  • June 5 – Ahab, the Pouting King

    Reading 1 Kings 20:1-43; 22:1; 21:1-24, 27-29; 22:51, 2-4; 2 Chron. 18:2-3 1 Kings 22:5-6, 10-12, 7-9, 13-28 Devotional Ahab, the king of Israel, saw a vineyard which was close to his palace, and he decided he wanted it. He contacted Naboth, the owner of the vineyard, and offered him to trade the land for a better vineyard…

  • June 2 – Idolatry and Strife Continue in Judah, Israel

    Reading 1 Kings 13:33-34; 14:1-18 2 Chron. 11:5-12, 18-23 1 Kings 14:22-24; 2 Chron. 12:1, 14 2 Chron. 12:2-12 1 Kings 14:30 2 Chron. 12:13, 15a, 16 1 Kings 15:1-2 2 Chron. 13:2b-21 1 Kings 15:3-5 2 Chron. 13:22; 14:1a Devotional Despite the LORD’s discipline of Jeroboam, he refused to change his evil ways. In…

  • May 6 – Seeing GOD in the Psalms (Part 18)

    Reading Psalm 4; 12; 20; 25; 32; 38 Devotional We are now entering the next grouping of psalms which covers a variety of feelings from the believer directed toward GOD. Psalm 4 GOD is righteous and there are times where we long for Him to answer our cry. He has set apart the godly for…

  • January 23 – The Danger of Pride

    Reading Ex. 5:1-8:32 Devotional GOD sent Moses and Aaron before Pharaoh with the message to let the Hebrews go three days’ journey in the wilderness to sacrifice to Him. GOD knew that Pharaoh would refuse, and He began unleashing His plagues upon the Egyptians one after another until Pharaoh changed his mind. Generations earlier, when…