Psalms: 91 Meditation Ezekiel: Here Ezekiel begins with the “appearance of the likeness of the glory (the weight, or gravitas) of the Lord, rainbow and all. Numerous times the Lord warns Ezekiel that the people of Israel are both rebellious and stubborn. He is then handed a scroll and told to eat it where it …
Tag: Glory
Friday, March 18
Psalms: 28, 95 Meditation Romans: The whole exhortation of Romans 2:25-29 is a rephrasing of Jesus’ quote in Matthew 15:8 and Mark 7:6 which he cited from Isaiah 29:13 namely: lip-service. The advantage of the Jews over the rest of us is that they were entrusted with the Word of God (and they did a …
Tuesday, March 1
Psalms: 1, 2, 3 Meditation Hebrews: “How can we escape if we neglect so great a salvation?” (v. 3) That is the point. The overwhelming number of people being lost are being lost because they have neglected such a great salvation. Paul tells us in the first chapter of Romans that “they are without excuse…” …
Saturday, February 12
Psalms: 8, 11 Meditation Isaiah: Rejoice is a key word here for this reading quite literally begins with that word in 61:10 and closes in 62:5 also using the same word. The image of a blissful marriage also begins and ends the reading. The day (or period) described here must be our tenure in heaven …
Thursday, January 6
Epiphany Psalm: 104 Meditation Revelation: From this verse to the end of chapter 22 represents the dénouement or “the outcome of a complex sequence of events” [Webster’s New Collegiate Dictionary – 1975). It took us going through the whole bible to get here and it does not disappoint. Here, John is describing, as best he …
Monday, October 25
Psalm: 55 Meditation Luke: “When the days drew near for Him to be taken up, He set His face to go to Jerusalem.” (v. 51) This can only mean Jesus was determined to face, for good or for ill, what God had planned for Him to do. In Mark 8:31-34, Jesus had just told His …
Friday, January 15
Psalm 17 Meditation: John – This is Jesus’ first open miracle. He mentions that his time has not yet come. It’s also mentioned that after this first revelation of his glory, his disciples believed in him. If the disciples didn’t believe in Jesus before seeing the clear water turn into drinkable wine, why were they …
Monday, November 16
Psalm: 86 Meditation Matthew: The Transfiguration. Why is this event so important? Well, it bears some similarity to Moses on Mount Sinai and the burning bush; God speaks here too. Jesus wanted people to make associations between Himself and Moses. How did Peter, James, and John know who was with Jesus? It is not as …
Saturday, April 4
Psalm: 13 Meditation John: This is the account of Jesus raising Lazarus from the dead. This event prefigures Jesus’ own resurrection with one glaring difference: Jesus will rise from the dead with a “glorious” body whereas Lazarus would one day die again. The unbelievers were present here as well to mock Jesus “Could he not…?’, …
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