Let’s do a thought experiment. Suppose at the founding of America, God spoke to the men who led us so capably, who devised our Constitution, and who created our Republic. Imagine that these men heard directly from God, who laid out some basic principles for our nation to follow. Picture God saying to our founders…
Posts Categorized: Israel
Deuteronomy 27:2-3 – Stones on Mount Ebal
When Yahweh delivered His children Israel from Egypt, He showed them clearly how He was different from every other god. For four hundred years they had been immersed in a culture that worshiped the creation. God declared there is One who made all of creation, and they were to lift only His Name on high. …
Deuteronomy 22:21 – An Outrageous Thing
Consider how the morals in America – as well as in the world – have changed through the years. Do you think they’ve improved. Are they pleasing to God? Sadly, no. When Yahweh chose Israel to be His special heritage (Deuteronomy 32:9), it was to raise up a nation wholly devoted to Him, so that…
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 12:23 – Don’t Eat the Blood
We read of certain prohibitions the Lord commanded Israel and may wonder what’s behind them. One such that we come across today in our reading is Deuteronomy 12:23 in which Yahweh declares through Moses: “Only be sure that you do not eat the blood, for the blood is the life, and you shall not eat…
Deuteronomy 9:3 – A Consuming Fire
God created us with an ego, but that sure can get out of hand! The Oxford English dictionary says about ego that it’s “a person’s sense of self-esteem or self-importance.” Certainly the self-esteem part of the definition is critical simply so we can function on a daily basis. We have to feel a sense of…