Ex 35. Intimate Union With God … on His Terms
2 Peter 3:8-9 “…Do not let this one fact escape your notice, beloved, that with the Lord one day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years like one day. The Lord is not slow about His promise, as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing for any...
Ex 34. The Glory of Resting and Abiding in God’s Perfect Word
Exodus 18:13-20 “It came about the next day that Moses sat to judge the people, and the people stood about Moses from the morning until the evening. Now when Moses’ father-in-law saw all that he was doing for the people, he said, ‘What is this thing that you are doing...
Ex 33. Give Us This Day Our Daily Bread
Note: The content of this meditation relates to that shared in two Genesis meditations: No. 3: The Arena of Testimony, and No. 33 Dancing in the Arena of Testimony. It may be helpful to review them, while you begin to ponder this one. Let’s consider what Scripture...
Ex 32. The Honeymoon in the Wilderness
Exodus 15:22-25 “Then Moses led Israel from the Red Sea, and they went out into the wilderness of Shur; and they went three days in the wilderness and found no water. When they came to Marah, they could not drink the waters of Marah, for they were bitter; therefore it...
Ex 31. The Call to Death and Resurrection
Genesis 12:1 “Now the Lord said to Abram, ‘Go forth from your country, And from your relatives And from your father’s house, to the land which I will show you…’” (Emphasis added.) We can see that right from the beginning, as God’s Word first revealed Himself to...
Ex 30. The Essence of Man’s Relationship to God
Genesis 3:2-6 “The woman said to the serpent, ‘From the fruit of the trees of the garden we may eat; but from the fruit of the tree which is in the middle of the garden, God has said, ‘You shall not eat from it or touch it, or you will die.’ “The serpent said to the...
Ex 29. The Persistent Purpose of God
Genesis 1:26 “Then God said, ‘Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; and let them rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over the cattle and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.’” 1 John...
Ex. 28. Let Us Make Man In Our Image And Likeness
God was determined to separate His chosen people from the idol-worshipping people of Egypt. But the pharaoh was determined to prevent their departure. So, with one awesome destructive calamity after another, God devastated the pharaoh’s power structure until the poor...
Ex. 27. God’s Point of Entry & Base of Operations
Isaiah 55:8-11 “‘For My thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways My ways,’ declares the LORD. ‘For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways and My thoughts than your thoughts. “For as the rain and the snow come down from...
Ex 26. Only the Truly Circumcised Actually Leave Egypt
Exodus 12:40-41 “Now the time that the sons of Israel lived in Egypt was four hundred and thirty years. And at the end of four hundred and thirty years, to the very day, all the hosts of the Lord went out from the land of Egypt.” (Emphasis added.) This reminds us of...
Ex 25. For the Sake of My Covenant Friends
As we continue to ponder the way God separates the Light of His Word from the Darkness created by the Serpent’s lies, it is important that we see, clearly and accurately, more of what our Creator is doing, and why. He won’t be doing anything new; that is, He will...
Ex. 24 The Life is in the Blood
Matthew 16:21-23 “From that time Jesus began to show His disciples that He MUST go to Jerusalem, and suffer many things from the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised up on the third day. Peter took Him aside and began to rebuke Him,...
Ex. 23 God Continues to Separate Light from Darkness
Scripture uses the word ‘Light’ to express the Eternal Life and Truth that only comes from the one, true, Almighty God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. He is the sole Source, the only Creator and Sustainer of all things. He speaks and His living, creative Word goes forth...
Ex. 22 Only After Death Can Resurrection Appear
At this point in our meditations on the Book of Exodus, I pray that we can begin to recognize and highlight the central position of the Cross and the awesome work God does through it. The Cross is the Heavenly Gateway to the tremendous eternal Fruit that the atoning...
Ex. 21. God Deals With the Reality of Sin and Its Consequences
We learned in Genesis that Sin is the state of being in rebellion against and disobedience to God and His living, creating and sustaining Word and Holy Spirit. This rejection of God takes place when, just like the Serpent, we exalt, adore and, yes, actually worship...