Psalm: 62 Meditation Romans: At age 75 Abraham received the promise of Isaac and the land of Canaan as an inheritance. Abraham and Sarah had to wait another 25 years before the miraculous birth of Isaac. Abraham and Sarah were as good as dead when it came to child-bearing and laughter (meaning “Isaac”). But Abraham …
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Saturday, March 5
Psalms: 12, 13 Meditation Deuteronomy: One of the first things Moses admonishes here is to remember. Years earlier shortly after the Jews had set out on their freedom journey, Moses’ had dispatched 12 spies to scope out the Promised Land. Ten of the 12 came back already defeated and dejected. This attitude affected all the …
Friday, July 30
Psalm: 37 Meditation Joshua: The land of Canaan was not a unified entity but rather a collection of what might be called city-states; each city with its own king. Gibeon was one such city-state. Israel’s reputation had preceded it even to the point of Moses’ dictate that Israel shall have all the land. The Gibeonites, …
Sunday, February 7
Psalm 93, 96 Meditation: Genesis – The blessing Rebekah’s family bestows upon her, while it may seem fairly generic for her travels and wedding, perfectly foreshadows the expansion of Israel. Rebekah becomes the mother of Jacob, who is given the name ‘Israel’ by God. She is the grandmother of the Twelve Tribes of Israel and …
Thursday, February 4
Psalm 71 Meditation: Genesis – Much of Sarah’s life foreshadows the troubles of the early Israelites. God changed her name as a symbol of their covenant, she became a slave of the Pharaoh in Egypt, and was freed from Egypt through a series of plagues. Finally, upon her death, Abraham took possession of a piece …
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