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  • Biblical Principle #214: Penalty for not Observing Passover

    Biblical Principles List Principle Under the Law of Moses, an Israelite who didn’t keep Passover was destroyed and cut off from Israel. Explanation We have previously established that, under the Law of Moses, the three special feasts were important to GOD. Like other instructions, such as circumcision and purging leaven on the Day of Preparation…

  • Biblical Principle #160: When God Specifies (Do Exactly That)

    Biblical Principles List Principle When God specifies something, He expects and demands exactly what He said. Explanation We previously covered GOD’s miraculous consumption of the sacrifice offered by Aaron and his sons as their first priestly actions on behalf of the people of Israel. Unfortunately, tragedy immediately followed this miracle. 9:22 Then Aaron lifted his…

  • Biblical Principle #151: Israel Commanded to Leave Sinai (without God)

    Biblical Principles List Principle God instructed Israel to leave Mount Sinai, but He would not accompany them. Explanation Through the intercession of Moses, GOD turned away from destroying the Israelites for their idolatry with the golden calf. GOD told Moses it was time for Israel to leave Mount Sinai, but there was a big consequence…

  • Biblical Principle #60: The Tower of Babel was Rebellion Against God

    Biblical Principles List Principle Noah’s descendants rebelled against God’s command to fill the earth, instead, conspiring to build the Tower of Babel. Explanation As Noah and family exited the ark following the flood, GOD made Noah several promises: 1 Thus God blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them, “Increase and multiply, and fill…

  • The Christian’s Attitude Towards Government (How Christians should think, speak and act towards government)

    I have a confession. When the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in June 2015 that states could not forbid homosexual “marriage,” I was pretty despondent. I struggled with my attitude. When I heard that the Texas state government had stood up in resistance to this judgment, my heart was glad. (“GOD bless Texas!”) Then, when I…

  • Why Everyone Who Loves America Should Cringe Over “Gay Marriage”

    Why Everyone Who Loves America Should Cringe Over “Gay Marriage”

    This picture of the United States White House in Washington D.C. was taken on June 26, 2015, when the United States Supreme Court ruled that states must allow homosexual “marriage.” Let me tell you why this image should make you cringe. There are 4 societal mistakes that will rapidly destroy a nation:

  • October 12 – Without Strong Leadership, People Fall Away

    Reading Neh. 13:4-11, 15-31; 12:27-47; 13:12-14, 1-3 Devotional Twelve years after his first trip to Jerusalem, Nehemiah returned to the Persian palace in Susa. Sometime afterward, Nehemiah was told that the spiritual condition in Israel was not good, so he again asked King Artaxerxes for permission to return to Jerusalem, and the king agreed. The…

  • September 29 – The Inconsistency of Man

    Reading Psalm 78 Devotional Today begins a three-day look at the remaining 11 psalms which were written after the captivity and punishment of Judah was over. Psalm 78 recounts GOD’s history with Israel. The theme of the psalm is that GOD has always been consistent, strong and faithful towards Israel despite Israel’s numerous rebellions and…

  • August 15 – GOD Calls Ezekiel

    Reading Eze. 1:1-7:27 Devotional In 592 B.C., GOD appeared to a man named Ezekiel who had been taken to Babylon in the great deportation from Judah in 597. Ezekiel lived by the Kebar River in Babylonia among the exiles. Here is how GOD first appeared to Ezekiel: 4 I looked, and I saw a windstorm…

  • August 11 – Satan’s False Message of ‘Peace’

    Reading Jer. 24:1-10; 29:1-32; 27:1-22; 28:1-17 Devotional Now the vast majority of Israelites from Judah are in exile in Babylon. GOD is in the process of punishing them for their rebellion and wickedness. GOD told Jeremiah, who remains in Jerusalem, to write a letter to the exiles. As part of His letter, GOD wants the…