Category Archives: grace
Exodus: God alone … Israel alone
Exodus 30-31. Every one of the instructions in this chapter has particular application to the Hebrew people and the Israelite nation alone. The altar was for the tabernacle from which only the people of Israel could worship. The atonement census … Continue reading
Posted in discernment, grace, holiness, new covenant, Sabbath
Tagged Exodus 30, Exodus 31
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Exodus: living symbols
Exodus 29 When the people of Israel saw a priest, they were to be reminded that God lived among them. The special ordination ceremonies and the unique garments and responsibilities of the priests made them living symbols of both God’s … Continue reading
Exodus: connecting
Exodus 26 There was a place where the Hebrews came to worship, to connect with the divine presence which they were following in the wilderness. That place was the tabernacle. It was a physical manifestation of the glory of God … Continue reading
Exodus: access
Exodus 24 The ESV Study Bible explains that the distinctions made between three groups is “preparing Israel for the tabernacle.” It was a symbol, preparing people for the symbol. Moses could commune with God face to face, and represented the … Continue reading
Exodus: grace to the grumbling
Exodus 15:22-16:36 The deliverance at Mara and through the quail and Manna came in spite of the people’s grumbling against their leaders. Even the laws which the LORD was setting up for his people were symbols of his grace. The … Continue reading
Exodus: remember
Exodus 12:31-13:22 Every element of their experience in departing Egypt was designed to be remembered. Whenever an Israelite celebrated the annual Passover feast, he remembered what God had done for him and his people. Every time he ate unleavened bread, … Continue reading
Exodus: life, grace and deliverance
Exodus 11:1-12:30 The symbol that the Israelites were told to produce on their doorposts looked like a letter of the Hebrew alphabet: the letter chet. It is the first letter in the word for life (chayim), and also the first … Continue reading
Joseph: grace and integrity
Genesis 46:1-47:12. Joseph’s integrity was such that – in spite of the fact that Egyptians despised shepherds – Pharaoh gave Jacob and his family the best of the land. Also, Pharaoh ordered that Joseph appoint someone in his family to … Continue reading
Jacob: envy and manipulation
Genesis 29:31-30:43. The Israelites in Moses’ day would look back upon today’s text and see how God orchestrated the events to produce Jacob’s family and prosperity. Yet they would also see that their own existence was the result of human … Continue reading
Posted in dependence upon God, grace, Jacob, sovereignty of God, will of God
Tagged Genesis 29, Genesis 30
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Jacob: grace with consequences
Genesis 29:1-30. God is at work in the background of Jacob’s life, making sure that he stays with Laban long enough to cool down the anger of Esau, and so preserve Jacob’s life by his grace. But God has … Continue reading
Posted in dependence upon God, grace, Isaac, Jacob, judgment, will of God
Tagged Genesis 29
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