In the first four of His ten commandments (Exodus 20:2-11), God shows Israel what the true and proper response to His Word’s Authority and Revelation should be. This is how the human image and likeness of His living Word is to respond. Remember: God is restoring the...
Biblical Meditations
Ex. 42. The Fourth Commandment – God’s Eternal Sabbath Rest, Part 2
As we continue to ponder the fourth commandment and how Father uses it to reveal Himself and do His redemptive, restorative work in and through His Word’s disciples, let’s give serious consideration to the following questions: How is it that so much controversy and...
Ex. 42. The Fourth Commandment and God’s Eternal Sabbath Rest Part 1
Exodus 20:8-11 “Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of the Lord your God; in it you shall not do any work, you or your son or your daughter, your male or your female servant or your...
Ex 41. Honoring the Name of God
In His written Word (God’s authentic revelation and explanation of His living Word, Yeshua, who represents us in God’s Eternal Covenant), enormous significance is placed on the Majesty, Dignity and Authority of God’s Name. And because God’s Name is so great, the name...
Ex. 40 The Second Commandment
Exodus 20:4-6 “You shall not make for yourself an idol, or any likeness of what is in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the water under the earth. You shall not worship them or serve them; for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of...
39. The Supreme Foundational Commandment
Genesis 2:1-3 “Thus the heavens and the earth were completed, and all their hosts. By the seventh day God completed His work which He had done, and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had done. Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it,...
Ex 38. Take My Yoke Upon You!
Genesis 1:27 “God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.” Exodus 19:5-6a “Now then, if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, then you shall be My own possession among all the peoples, for all...
Ex. 37. The Two-Edged Sword
Hebrews 4:11-13 “Therefore let us be diligent to enter that rest, so that no one will fall, through following the same example of disobedience (of the first Exodus generation). For the Word of God is living and active and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing...
Ex. 36. On the Third Day at Mt. Sinai
Exodus 19:10-15 "The Lord also said to Moses, 'Go to the people and consecrate them today and tomorrow, and let them wash their garments; and let them be ready for the third day, for on the third day the Lord will come down on Mount Sinai in the sight of all the...
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...