SCRIPTURE: Exodus 30 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: ‘It is written,’ he said to them, ‘My house will be a house of prayer’ ; but you have made it `a den of robbers.’ [Luke 19:46] The tabernacle was to be a “meeting place” between God and His people, a ‘house of prayer’. It was a symbol of the individual heart in…
Author: Norm
update from Tim in Mexico
Yesterday Kelly, Pablo and I were trying to play baseball and some girl kept asking us for our full names on a piece of paper. Anyways we didn’t give them to her. Later on ‘Tequila’ came by and she asked her for her full name. She asked why and the girl said so that her…
a better covenant
SCRIPTURE: Exodus 29 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: Jesus replied, ‘If anyone loves me, he will obey my teaching. My Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him.’ [John 14:23] If you are like me, you found Exodus 29 hard to read. So much blood, ceremony, fire and sacrifice. Knowing how sensitive I am…
robed in love
SCRIPTURE: Exodus 28 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: The soldiers twisted together a crown of thorns and put it on his head. They clothed him in a purple robe and went up to him again and again, saying, “Hail, king of the Jews!” And they struck him in the face. [John 19:2-3] The high priest is decked out in the finest…
the light is on, He’s waiting
SCRIPTURE: Exodus 27 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that his deeds will be exposed. [John 3:20]. Imagine someone designing an x-ray that would expose all our inner thoughts, feelings and secrets. Would you step behind that x-ray, and allow your heart to be revealed? Would…
beware permanent buildings
SCRIPTURE: Exodus 26 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: With a loud cry, Jesus breathed his last. The curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. [Mark 15:37-38] Our family enjoys camping, we have owned several tent trailers. One thing for sure, canvas is fragile and fades with age. If God wanted to build a permanent temple, a…
tenting with God
SCRIPTURE: Exodus 25 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth. [John 1:14] The actual word for “his dwelling among us” is ‘tabernacled’. The tabernacle was a symbol of God living among…
glowing with God
SCRIPTURE: Exodus 24 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: As he was praying, the appearance of his face changed, and his clothes became as bright as a flash of lightning. Two men, Moses and Elijah, appeared in glorious splendour, talking with Jesus. [Luke 9:29-31] Jesus has a similar mountaintop experience as Moses, but there is something greater about Jesus.
easy for you to say?
Often when I speak about trusting God through suffering, I assume that others are thinking, easy for you to say, you’re not going through what I’m going through. I can’t dispute that, it is easier for me to say, given my circumstances compared to others. But that does not mean that what I said is…
listen to Jesus!
SCRIPTURE: Exodus 23 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: While he was still speaking, a bright cloud enveloped them, and a voice from the cloud said, ‘This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased. Listen to him!’ [Matthew 17:5] Jesus is the ultimate fulfillment of God’s promise to send His angel along the way and to bring…