by Jacob D. Gerber | Mar 21, 2019 | Bible Meditations, Exodus
Bible Readings for March 21st Exodus 32 | John 11 | Proverbs 8 | Ephesians 1 Exodus 32 includes one of the most famous—and most tragic—stories from the history of Israel, the scene where God’s people make for themselves a golden calf to worship while Moses is...
by Jacob D. Gerber | Mar 20, 2019 | Bible Meditations, Exodus
Bible Readings for March 20th Exodus 31 | John 10 | Proverbs 7 | Galatians 6 In Exodus 31, we find some of the clearest teaching in all the Bible about the purpose and importance of the Sabbath. In recent history, the fourth commandment to keep the Sabbath holy has...
by Jacob D. Gerber | Mar 19, 2019 | Bible Meditations, Exodus
Bible Readings for March 19th Exodus 30 | John 9 | Proverbs 6 | Galatians 5 Much of Exodus 30 is focused on an important aspect of tabernacle worship: the altar of incense (Ex. 30:1–10) and the recipe for the incense that would be burned on the altar (Ex. 30:34–38)....
by Jacob D. Gerber | Mar 18, 2019 | Bible Meditations, Exodus
Bible Readings for March 18th Exodus 29 | John 8 | Proverbs 5 | Galatians 4 In Exodus 29, we read about three distinct processes to prepare priests to be set apart for ministry, each with a unique and important theological value. The priests were to be washed with...
by Jacob D. Gerber | Mar 17, 2019 | Bible Meditations, Exodus
Bible Readings for March 17th Exodus 28 | John 7 | Proverbs 4 | Galatians 3 The garments described in Exodus 28 are holy garments (Ex. 28:2) for a holy priesthood, even down to the plate that they wore on their turbans with the inscription “Holy to the LORD” (Ex....
by Jacob D. Gerber | Mar 16, 2019 | Bible Meditations, Exodus
Bible Readings for March 16th Exodus 27 | John 6 | Proverbs 3 | Galatians 2 Despite the fact that normal Israelites were not allowed into the holy places, the tabernacle was nevertheless supposed to be the place where Yahweh dwelt in the midst of all his people. So in...
