Year in the Bible: Week 11 30 The Lord your God, who is going before you, will fight for you, as he did for you in Egypt, before your very eyes, 31 and in the wilderness. There you saw how the Lord your God carried you, as a father carries his son,…
Year in the Bible: Week 10 31 And as soon as he had finished speaking all these words, the ground under them split apart. 32 And the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up, with their households and all the people who belonged to Korah and all their goods. Numbers 16:31-32 ESV This…
Year in the Bible: Week 9 47 But the Levites were not listed along with them by their ancestral tribe. 48 For the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 49 “Only the tribe of Levi you shall not list, and you shall not take a census of them among the people of Israel. 50 But appoint the Levites over the tabernacle…
Every 50 years, the Jewish people would pause to take a sabbath year that was different than all the others. This sabbath year would be marked by rest, celebration, homecoming, and freedom. Here is the cool part, all of this would be happening while no one is harvesting the fields!…
Year in the Bible: Week 7 This week we begin reading the book of Leviticus. When reading Leviticus, it is important to note that this is a book all about how God graciously provides a way for sinful people to live in His holy presence. The word "holy" means “to…
Year in the Bible: Week 6 21 Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and the Lord drove the sea back by a strong east wind all night and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided. 22 And the people of Israel went into the midst of the sea on dry ground, the waters being a…
Year of the Bible : Week 5 This week, we finished our second book of the Bible. Congrats on making it this far! Genesis concludes with Joseph and his kindness towards his brothers and their families. “But Joseph said to them, ‘Do not fear, for am I in the place…
Year of the Bible : Week 4 24 So Jacob was left alone, and a man wrestled with him till daybreak. 25 When the man saw that he could not overpower him, he touched the socket of Jacob’s hip so that his hip was wrenched as he wrestled with the man. 26 Then the man said, “Let me…
1 Now the Lord said to Abram, “Go from your country and your kindred and your father's house to the land that I will show you. 2 And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great, so that you will be a…
Year of the Bible : Week 2 The book of Job is one of the most unique stories we have in the Bible. Starting with a conversation between God and Satan about a man named Job. Satan's accusation is that Job is righteous because He is blessed and if he…