Numbers 15:17-16:40
These passages in Numbers show God's vengance agianst the people of Israel. He killls a great many and shows His power to all the people. He causes the ground to open up and swallow the families that were conspiring against Moses and Aaron. He then burns up the 250 people who were also conspiring agianst Moses and Aaron. These passages again show us how we don't appreciate our life and how we forget the things that God has done for us.
Mark 15:1-47
It seems as if Pilate has more respect and understands the situation with Jesus more than the Jews do. He realizes the Pharises arrested Him out of envy. He even demands them to tell him what crime he has committed. The torture and abuse that Jesus took is stressed and hard to take. The most fascinating part is that He knoew He was going to be taking this abuse and torture, yet He walked with God and let His will happen. It is still so powerful to think what Jesus did for our sins, not just our sins 2000 years later but for the sins of the people who were crucifying Him. What a truly powerful statement to die for the sins of the people who have tortured, humiliated, and ultimitely crucified you. Jesus, I love you, and everything about you. You are my saviour and have provided a sinner like me a chance for eternal salvation. Praise you with everything I am, I love you!
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
DAY 69 MARCH 10, 2010
Numbers 14:1-15:16
It absolutely blows me away the lack of faith or fear the Israielites have for the Lord. He has provided many huge miracles and done many Godly acts to warrant their faith and respect. They actually start to plot against Moses and talk about going back to Egypt. The Lord tells Moses what He is going to do for their lack of faith and respect...none of them willl enter this land except for Joshua and Caleb because they showed the faith and loyalty and commitment that God deserved. Lord, I make my own covenant with You; I will not turn away. I respect, fear, and love You.
Mark 14:53-72
This passage starts with them trying to find something to put on Jesus. The people they brought totally were falsely testifying and their stories contradicted each other. Hi is the truth and nothing agianst Him is false and sinful. When one of the high priest asks Him if He is the Messiah and the Son of God, He simply answers, "I Am", with the honest truth He knows He is persicuting Himself and is ready to accept God's will. This is where Peter denies Jesus three times befoe the rooster crows twice. How can you let this happen when you said you would die before you would deny Him? Peter has made a huge mistake but I'm sure Jesus has forgiven him for this error. He realizes it when he hears the rooster crow for the second time. Fulfilling Jesus' prophesy, he breaks down suffering great regret.
It absolutely blows me away the lack of faith or fear the Israielites have for the Lord. He has provided many huge miracles and done many Godly acts to warrant their faith and respect. They actually start to plot against Moses and talk about going back to Egypt. The Lord tells Moses what He is going to do for their lack of faith and respect...none of them willl enter this land except for Joshua and Caleb because they showed the faith and loyalty and commitment that God deserved. Lord, I make my own covenant with You; I will not turn away. I respect, fear, and love You.
Mark 14:53-72
This passage starts with them trying to find something to put on Jesus. The people they brought totally were falsely testifying and their stories contradicted each other. Hi is the truth and nothing agianst Him is false and sinful. When one of the high priest asks Him if He is the Messiah and the Son of God, He simply answers, "I Am", with the honest truth He knows He is persicuting Himself and is ready to accept God's will. This is where Peter denies Jesus three times befoe the rooster crows twice. How can you let this happen when you said you would die before you would deny Him? Peter has made a huge mistake but I'm sure Jesus has forgiven him for this error. He realizes it when he hears the rooster crow for the second time. Fulfilling Jesus' prophesy, he breaks down suffering great regret.
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Day 68 March 09
Numbers 11:24 -13:33
Joshua runs to Moses and is concerned because others are starting to prphosize and a re spiriting wit God. Moses is not angry and is happy, he wishes all of God's people could do this to lesson the burden on himself. God send sthem as promised an abundance of quail, they gorge themselves and teh Lord is angry so he puts a plague on the people. Aaron and Miriam complain about who Moses has married, Th eLord gets extremely angry and questions Aaron and Miriam for questioning Moses who God trusts more than anyone, don't question true people of God. Moses sent out the twelve leaders to scout Canaan, when they come back they again show their lack of faith in God. They compare themselves to grasshoppers compared to the giants that live there. They use this report as to why they can't survive if they attack Canaan.
Mark 14:22-52
The strength in Jesus's prayer is awesome and overwhleming. he prays for God to save him of the impending torture and death coming his way. Overriding this though is praying that God's will will happen. To know something terrible is goign to happen and to know it is coming and still wanting God's will is truly remarkeable. I love you Jesus and the xample you set for me and my life> I am sorry for my sins please forgive me, as you are teh only one that matters to me.
Joshua runs to Moses and is concerned because others are starting to prphosize and a re spiriting wit God. Moses is not angry and is happy, he wishes all of God's people could do this to lesson the burden on himself. God send sthem as promised an abundance of quail, they gorge themselves and teh Lord is angry so he puts a plague on the people. Aaron and Miriam complain about who Moses has married, Th eLord gets extremely angry and questions Aaron and Miriam for questioning Moses who God trusts more than anyone, don't question true people of God. Moses sent out the twelve leaders to scout Canaan, when they come back they again show their lack of faith in God. They compare themselves to grasshoppers compared to the giants that live there. They use this report as to why they can't survive if they attack Canaan.
Mark 14:22-52
The strength in Jesus's prayer is awesome and overwhleming. he prays for God to save him of the impending torture and death coming his way. Overriding this though is praying that God's will will happen. To know something terrible is goign to happen and to know it is coming and still wanting God's will is truly remarkeable. I love you Jesus and the xample you set for me and my life> I am sorry for my sins please forgive me, as you are teh only one that matters to me.
DAY 67 MARCH 8, 2010
Numbers 10:1-11:23
The trumpets blowing are mentioned here. It is apt because of all our senses must be aware for God now and then. They had to look for the cloud to see when they were moving now they had to listen for the trumpets. All of our senses belong to God. Again, the people of Israiel start complaining. They are God's chosen people, but they continue to show a huge lack of faith and appreciation for everything that the Lord has done for them. Moses himself even whines to God saying that the burden to bear is too much and he can't handle all the people's whinings. He even asks God to tell him now if this is his destiny. God tells him to gather 60 elders and He will dispurse the work among them. He also tells Moses that the Israielites will eat meat (one of their complaints) for the next month.
Mark 14:1-21
This is the passage where the leading teachers were looking for a way to arrest and kill Jesus but they knew if it was done during passover there would be huge riots to deal with. I just shows how popular and true Jesus was when He had the support of the people. These passages contain the lady who poured the expensive perfume on Jesus' head and was scolded by the disciples for wasting it when they could have given it to the poor. Jesus corrects them and raises a good point to never question what someone does in the name of our saviour. He makes and has made all the rules. Who are we to question these. This is the last suppoer when Jesus is being betrayed by Judas. How sad to know this will happen and play out the bad roles.
The trumpets blowing are mentioned here. It is apt because of all our senses must be aware for God now and then. They had to look for the cloud to see when they were moving now they had to listen for the trumpets. All of our senses belong to God. Again, the people of Israiel start complaining. They are God's chosen people, but they continue to show a huge lack of faith and appreciation for everything that the Lord has done for them. Moses himself even whines to God saying that the burden to bear is too much and he can't handle all the people's whinings. He even asks God to tell him now if this is his destiny. God tells him to gather 60 elders and He will dispurse the work among them. He also tells Moses that the Israielites will eat meat (one of their complaints) for the next month.
Mark 14:1-21
This is the passage where the leading teachers were looking for a way to arrest and kill Jesus but they knew if it was done during passover there would be huge riots to deal with. I just shows how popular and true Jesus was when He had the support of the people. These passages contain the lady who poured the expensive perfume on Jesus' head and was scolded by the disciples for wasting it when they could have given it to the poor. Jesus corrects them and raises a good point to never question what someone does in the name of our saviour. He makes and has made all the rules. Who are we to question these. This is the last suppoer when Jesus is being betrayed by Judas. How sad to know this will happen and play out the bad roles.
DAY 66 MARCH 7, 2010
Numbers 8:1-9:23
God gives more instructions to Aaron and Moses. He instructs that the Levites are His people; they are replacing the firstborn sons that God took in Egypt. The directions to the Levites to become clean and then they can be assistants to the Tabernacle to Aaron and the preists. You also see how specific the Lord is with His directions. They can start working at 25 and must retire at age 50. It is interesting with the cloud at the camp as the cloud moved they followed it . Could be one month or one year, this is important because we are all on God's timetable, not our own.
Mark 13:14-37
These chapters are real important as they talk about the bad times. He is not discussing this to clear anything up to His disciples. This is a matter of providing warning and He uses parables to support this. The one involving the slaves and them working not sure when their master will be back. It could be morning, day or night. This keeps all on gaurd not being able to be busy or "act" Christian just before He arrives.
Psalms 5:1-23
This Psalm is about fearing God and respecting Him. It seems to somewhat downgrade the importance of the sacrifices as they just represent the covenant with the Lord; He doesn't need the food--it is all His anyways.
God gives more instructions to Aaron and Moses. He instructs that the Levites are His people; they are replacing the firstborn sons that God took in Egypt. The directions to the Levites to become clean and then they can be assistants to the Tabernacle to Aaron and the preists. You also see how specific the Lord is with His directions. They can start working at 25 and must retire at age 50. It is interesting with the cloud at the camp as the cloud moved they followed it . Could be one month or one year, this is important because we are all on God's timetable, not our own.
Mark 13:14-37
These chapters are real important as they talk about the bad times. He is not discussing this to clear anything up to His disciples. This is a matter of providing warning and He uses parables to support this. The one involving the slaves and them working not sure when their master will be back. It could be morning, day or night. This keeps all on gaurd not being able to be busy or "act" Christian just before He arrives.
Psalms 5:1-23
This Psalm is about fearing God and respecting Him. It seems to somewhat downgrade the importance of the sacrifices as they just represent the covenant with the Lord; He doesn't need the food--it is all His anyways.
Saturday, March 6, 2010
DAY 65, MARCH 6, 2010
Numbers 6L:1-7:89
The vows that the Nazarite's make to God is interesting as are all vows made. No one is required by God to make a vow for salvation; that is God's giving the power of salvation. As long as they do the vow above and beyond the Bible, they can be blessed by God for doing so. God is very specific in His directions with every tribe giving his gifts to Him. He names every person twice in each passage. I believe this represents God has laid out His very specific plan and it is our duty as individuals to follow out His plans very specifically.
Mark 12:38-13:13
Jesus has two warning in the beginning of these passages: He warns the religious leaders against their pride and power. It is not real them sitting at the top of the tables and getting good seating is not in the name of God. He also warns against the "importance" of the rich as well, these views and vows are artificial and not of God but of man. Jesus prophesies about the temple crumbling down onto each other, the temple is something significant and powerful and Jesus says it will tumble down. The disciples have a problem grasping Jesus' prophecies again.
Proverbs 10:27-28
How prophetic this Proverb: Fear of the Lord (and love of the Lord) will lengthen my life and the hopes of the Godly result in happiness. It has! Lord I am truly happy with my hope and belief in You. My expectation as wicked were nothing without you.
The vows that the Nazarite's make to God is interesting as are all vows made. No one is required by God to make a vow for salvation; that is God's giving the power of salvation. As long as they do the vow above and beyond the Bible, they can be blessed by God for doing so. God is very specific in His directions with every tribe giving his gifts to Him. He names every person twice in each passage. I believe this represents God has laid out His very specific plan and it is our duty as individuals to follow out His plans very specifically.
Mark 12:38-13:13
Jesus has two warning in the beginning of these passages: He warns the religious leaders against their pride and power. It is not real them sitting at the top of the tables and getting good seating is not in the name of God. He also warns against the "importance" of the rich as well, these views and vows are artificial and not of God but of man. Jesus prophesies about the temple crumbling down onto each other, the temple is something significant and powerful and Jesus says it will tumble down. The disciples have a problem grasping Jesus' prophecies again.
Proverbs 10:27-28
How prophetic this Proverb: Fear of the Lord (and love of the Lord) will lengthen my life and the hopes of the Godly result in happiness. It has! Lord I am truly happy with my hope and belief in You. My expectation as wicked were nothing without you.
DAY 64, MARCH 5, 2010
Numbers 4:1-5:31
Teh tasks given to Moses by God and again the high level of detail and organization are quite evident. Organization is a means to an end and not an end in itself. A popular line is the church is an organism, not an organization, but being organized is an important part of that organism. I truly believe God wants my family to be organized and these messages so early in the spirit walk will prepare for the future and avoid potential chaos created by lack of organization.
Mark 12:18-37
The type of Pharises who question Jesus seem to be especially brazen and they try to show Jesus the proper scripture. They try to use such insignificant reference and unimportant scriptures to "catch" Him. The next Pharises to challenge Jesus seem to have a different approach than the others. He seems to be actually open to the words that Jesus is speaking. After he asks Jesus his questions, his heart seems to be changing; he seems to be questioning the ones or maybe himself and the motives for his questions. jesus states "You are close to the kingdom of Heaven." Is this a compliment or a backhanded compliment; does it show progression or is this a negative comment? I would not want to end up close to the kingdom of heaven, as the old addage about grenades, etc. This is one that I would not want to end up close on. The depth of these passages are utterly awesome.
Teh tasks given to Moses by God and again the high level of detail and organization are quite evident. Organization is a means to an end and not an end in itself. A popular line is the church is an organism, not an organization, but being organized is an important part of that organism. I truly believe God wants my family to be organized and these messages so early in the spirit walk will prepare for the future and avoid potential chaos created by lack of organization.
Mark 12:18-37
The type of Pharises who question Jesus seem to be especially brazen and they try to show Jesus the proper scripture. They try to use such insignificant reference and unimportant scriptures to "catch" Him. The next Pharises to challenge Jesus seem to have a different approach than the others. He seems to be actually open to the words that Jesus is speaking. After he asks Jesus his questions, his heart seems to be changing; he seems to be questioning the ones or maybe himself and the motives for his questions. jesus states "You are close to the kingdom of Heaven." Is this a compliment or a backhanded compliment; does it show progression or is this a negative comment? I would not want to end up close to the kingdom of heaven, as the old addage about grenades, etc. This is one that I would not want to end up close on. The depth of these passages are utterly awesome.
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