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  • Biblical Principle #295: Warning Regarding Leprosy

    Biblical Principles List Principle In the Law of Moses, God warned Israel to carefully obey the priests’ instructions regarding leprosy. Explanation As GOD concluded His instructions for Moses to write in the Law of the covenant for Israel, He finished with a warning to the Israelites about the importance of heeding the priests’ instructions about…

  • Biblical Principle #294: Israel’s Cleansing of Leprous House

    Biblical Principles List Principle The Law of Moses gave instructions for how Israel was to cleanse a house that had a leprosy-like infection. Explanation We previously established that GOD gave Moses instructions for the Israelites for treating situations of leprosy, as well as other specific questionable skin illnesses that could be leprous. GOD also provided…

  • Biblical Principle #292: Israel’s Treatment of Leprosy

    Biblical Principles List Principle The Law of Moses instructed Israel how to treat cases of leprosy. Explanation In Scripture, skin blemishes that were infectious or suspected of being infectious are referred to as leprosy. One who had leprosy was referred to as a leper. To keep infection from spreading, those with suspected infectious leprosy were…

  • November 8 – Jesus Raises Lazarus

    Reading John 11:1-54 Devotional Jesus had three friends who were brothers and sisters, Mary, Martha and Lazarus who apparently lived in the town of Bethany, which is about 2 miles from Jerusalem. (Note: This is likely the same Mary and Martha referred to in Luke 10:38-42 where Martha wanted Mary to help her prepare the…

  • October 25 – Jesus Heals, Opposition Grows

    Reading Mark 2:13-14 Matt. 9:10-13; Luke 5:29-32 Luke 5:33-39 John 5:1-3, 5-47 Matt. 12:1-8; Mark 2:23-28 Matt. 12:9-14; Mark 3:1-6; Luke 6:6-11 Matt. 12:15-21; Mark 3:7-12 Luke 6:12-19 Devotional One day while walking along the Sea of Galilee and teaching a crowd, Jesus called Matthew, who was a tax collector, to come follow Him, and…

  • October 24 – Jesus Begins the Great Galilean Ministry

    Reading Matt. 4:12-17; Luke 4:14-15 Luke 4:16-30 Luke 5:1-10a Matt. 4:18-22; Luke 5:10b-11 Mark 1:21-38 Matt. 4:23-25 Mark 1:40-45; 2:1-12 Devotional After Jesus heard that John the Baptist had been imprisoned by Herod, He returned to Galilee, staying in Capernaum. From this point forward Jesus began preaching repentance because the kingdom of heaven was near.…

  • July 10 – Hezekiah’s Last Years

    Reading 2 Kings 18:13-16; 20:1-11 Isa. 38:9-20 2 Chron. 32:25-30 2 Kings 20:12-19 2 Chron. 32:31, 1-8 2 Kings 18:17-25; 2 Chron. 32:9-15 2 Kings 18:26-35; 2 Chron. 32:16, 18-19 2 Kings 18:36-37; 19:1-36 2 Chron. 32:21a-b, 22-23 2 Kings 20:20-21a; 2 Chron. 32:32-33a Devotional In his latter years, Hezekiah had problems with Sennacherib, king of…

  • April 12 – Amnon, Tamar and Absalom

    Reading 2 Sam. 12:24-25 1 Chron. 3:4c-9 2 Sam. 13:1-14:24 Devotional Recall that GOD told David through Nathan the prophet that “the sword will never depart from your house” (2 Sam. 12:1-12). In today’s reading we see the beginning of this prophecy unfold. David had a son named Amnon. David had another son named Absalom…