I have been meditating lately upon Jesus' remarks about how dreadful it will be for pregnant women and nursing mothers in those days before His return: Woe to those who are with child and to those who nurse babes in those days; for there will be great distress upon the land, and wrath to this…
To better understand the spiritual significance of the hair and shaving one's head let us recall that in Lev 21:5 it was unlawful for the priests, who were always in the presence of God, to make their heads bald. We should also recall that in Leviticus one would shave himself as part of the process…
Now I praise you because you remember me in everything, and hold firmly to the traditions (like a Christian woman covering her head in the presence of God), just as I delivered them to you. But I want you to understand (Paul wants the believers to understand that there is a spiritual reason why the…
For the horses of Pharaoh with his chariots and his horsemen went into the sea, and the LORD brought back the waters of the sea on them; but the sons of Israel walked on dry land through the midst of the sea. And Miriam the prophetess, Aaron's sister, took the timbrel in her hand,…
And it came about when Moses was coming down from Mount Sinai (and the two tablets of the testimony were in Moses' hand as he was coming down from the mountain), that Moses did not know that the skin of his face shone because of his speaking with Him (cf. Is 42:21--"The LORD was pleased…
And the sixth angel poured out his bowl upon the great (spiritual) river, the Euphrates; and its (life-giving, spiritual) water was dried up, that the way might be prepared for the (spiritual) kings from the east. And I saw coming out of the mouth of the dragon and out of the mouth of the beast…
In Matthew 20:28 and Mark 10:45 we read that Jesus came to "give his life as a ransom for many". 1 Timothy 2:5-6 also speaks of "the man Christ Jesus, who gave himself as a ransom for all men". Ransom = anti (instead of, in place of, in exchange for) + lutron (ransom, price paid for…
As we read in Exodus 32 where Moses had delayed in coming down from the mountain and the people had Aaron make for them a god to go before them, we are reminded how this very thing has happened today. Jesus has delayed in coming down from heaven and the people have called upon their…
Then God said to Noah..."Make for yourself an ark of gopher wood; you shall make the ark with rooms, and shall cover it inside and out with pitch." Genesis 6:13-14 As I was reading this in the Hebrew yesterday I noticed that the words "cover it...with pitch" are the same words used elsewhere to mean…
For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men. It teaches us to say "No" to ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self‑controlled, upright and Godly lives in the present age, while we wait for the blessed hope‑‑the glorious appearing of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ, who gave…