Do you know Jesus? Peter, one of His closest disciples declared that he didn’t. Mark 14:71 reveals about Peter: But he began to invoke a curse on himself and to swear, “I do not know this man of whom you speak.” How could that be? Peter had walked with Jesus for three years. From the…
Posts Categorized: Blood of Christ
Mark 13:19 – In Those Days
The disciples must have been astounded at what Jesus told them during what we know as the Olivet Discourse. They had exclaimed about the grandeur of the temple, and He told them it would be completely destroyed. They asked when that would happen and what the sign indicating the temple’s destruction would be, and He…
Deuteronomy 2:34 – No Survivors
The book of Deuteronomy is the second telling of the Law. Often, what it provides is more detail from the narrative of the previous books that comprise the 5-volume Torah (Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy). We get a good dose of that in the first two chapters and learn some very interesting details about the…
Numbers 35:33 – Blood Pollutes the Land
Some of the final instructions to the Israelites before they crossed the Jordan River into the land of Canaan gave them important principles that we in modern times should have heeded, but did not. They display the character and intent of God, which ultimately His people ignored, and which we likewise have disdained in the…
Mark 9:2 – Satan On Notice
As is often the case in Scripture, more is going on behind the scenes in many passages we read than first meets the eye. This is particularly true of the episode known as The Transfiguration. The account begins in Mark 9:2 which says: And after six days Jesus took with him Peter and James and…
Numbers 9:16 – Supernatural
The Bible is a book filled with wonders, all of which point to God. Why is it that given all we’re shown He can do, that we still try to limit Him? How is it that we can accept some supernatural aspects of God and His kingdom, yet are loathe to believe others? What is…