by Jacob D. Gerber | Mar 15, 2019 | Bible Meditations, Exodus
Bible Readings for March 15th Exodus 26 | John 5 | Proverbs 2 | Galatians 1 In Exodus 26, Yahweh describes the two different places in the tabernacle where his holiness would dwell most fully on earth: the Holy Place and the Most Holy Place. Those two places would be...
by Jacob D. Gerber | Mar 14, 2019 | Bible Meditations, Exodus
Bible Readings for March 14th Exodus 25 | John 4 | Proverbs 1 | 2 Corinthians 13 For modern readers, the detailed instructions that Yahweh gives for the construction of the tabernacle can become a bit tedious—something like reading a complex instruction manual without...
by Jacob D. Gerber | Mar 13, 2019 | Bible Meditations, Exodus
Bible Readings for March 13th Exodus 24 | John 3 | Job 42 | 2 Corinthians 12 Exodus 24 is a covenant renewal worship ceremony. Because we also meet weekly on the Lord’s Day to renew the one new covenant that Jesus himself inaugurated through his life, death,...
by Jacob D. Gerber | Mar 12, 2019 | Bible Meditations, Exodus
Bible Readings for March 12th Exodus 23 | John 2 | Job 41 | 2 Corinthians 11 At its core, the law functions on the principle “Do this and live.” So when God gives the law to Israel, he promises them that they will receive either blessings or curses—blessings if they...
by Jacob D. Gerber | Mar 11, 2019 | Bible Meditations, Exodus
Bible Readings for March 11th Exodus 22 | John 1 | Job 40 | 2 Corinthians 10 Exodus 22:31 might be the most interesting verse in the whole chapter: “You shall be consecrated to me. Therefore you shall not eat any flesh that is torn by beasts in the field; you shall...
by Jacob D. Gerber | Mar 10, 2019 | Bible Meditations, Exodus
Bible Readings for March 10th Exodus 21 | Luke 24 | Job 39 | 2 Corinthians 9 Our society may not have a more intellectually lazy cliché than “An eye for an eye leaves the whole world blind.” The phrase itself is clever, vividly portraying one eye put out after another...
