Psalm: 50 Meditation: HebWhy did the law require sacrifices? During the temple period, God sometimes told the people that he wouldn’t accept the sacrifices of his people. Why does this letter to the Hebrews say “all” the sacrifices before Jesus were insufficient? How did the death of Jesus Christ fulfill God’s will and God’s requirement …
Tag: Death
Wednesday, December 28
Psalm: 20 Meditation: JohnHow much faith do you need to believe someone has the power to heal and save your child? Jesus’s word had the power to save this child from death. Although a man traveled several days to have Jesus come with him to save his son, Jesus won’t go with him but just …
Saturday, December 17
Psalm: 55 Meditation: RevConquest, war, famine and death are represented by the four horsemen. Unfortunately these have been seen many times in the last 2000 years. These passages indicate that the scale of these events at the end would be global and amazing. A day’s wage to make 2 loaves of bread is a scary …
Sunday, July 24
Psalm: 24 Meditation: 2 SamuelAt Saul’s death, David is not but insisted on mourning the loss of Saul and especially Jonathan, Saul’s son. Jonathan’s nature (selfless and protective of David at his own peril) is a great example of a life well lived for God. Gospel: Matthew 25:31-46 New Testament: …
Monday, July 4
Psalm: 1 Meditation: LukeThe death of Jesus was an unsettling time for Jerusalem. Darkness fell over the land, strange things happened in the Temple and a crucified man died in three hours instead of three to four days. The most miraculous of all might be the fact that the soldiers and all those who had …
Tuesday, June 21
Psalm: 97 Meditation: 1 SamuelIf you took God’s sacred vessel, the Ark of the Covenant, would you: a. keep it for 7 months as the world around you is plagued by death and destruction; b. move it from city to share the misery and test the local gods’ strength; c. put it on a new …
Thursday, May 26
Psalm: 47 Ascension Thursday Meditation Hebrews: This is a great rendering of just how much Jesus is identified with us. So, He became “a little lower than the angels” as depicted in Psalm 8:5. Either at His Incarnation, His birth, His death, or His resurrection, Jesus, by His obedience, shifted thew whole hierarchy of heaven, …
Saturday, April 23
Psalm: 31 Meditation Isaiah: Isaiah sounds like he’s prophesying of John’s “Revelation”. This is a veiled image of the restored earth. Of particular note is v. 8: death will be swallowed up forever – that actually began at Jesus’ Resurrection. This image is also cited by Paul in 1 Cor. 15. And He will wipe …
Tuesday, April 12
Psalm: 34 Meditation John: This is but days before Jesus’ death. I have never understood v. 22 because there is no more mention of these Greeks – let’s call them “God-fearers”. Perhaps they show up here to give us a glimpse of the scope of the effectiveness of Jesus’ crucifixion, embracing Jew and Gentile alike. …
Friday, March 25
Psalms: 22, 95 Meditation Romans: This is a passage about the importance death plays in our lives. The verb tenses used here (in English) throughout (when speaking of death) are all in the past whereas the tense used with “life” is in the present. Because we’re so tied to our bodily experience, it then becomes …
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