Be holy, for I Am Holy

Leviticus is  a difficult read. It, however is a book of holiness; what God expects of His people. The Christian today is not saved by holiness, but by grace through faith in the One who is holy, and presented Himself as the sacrifice for our sin; our unholiness. Through Him we are holy. Today's  reading …

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Eating Unto the LORD

And the LORD spake unto Moses and to Aaron, saying unto them, "Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, 'These are the beasts which ye shall eat among all the beasts that are on the earth.  Whatsoever parteth the hoof, and is clovenfooted, and cheweth the cud, among the beasts, that shall ye eat. Nevertheless …

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Great Political Beasts and Their End

"I Daniel was grieved in my spirit in the midst of my body, and the visions of my head troubled me. I came near unto one of them that stood by, and asked him the truth of all this. So he told me, and made me know the interpretation of the things. ‘These great beasts, which …

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The Wisdom of a King

"And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much, and largeness of heart, even as the sand that is on the sea shore.  And Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east country, and all the wisdom of Egypt.  For he was wiser than all men; than Ethan the Ezrahite, and …

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Beasty Kingdoms

God reveals the kingdoms of men as beasts of the earth.  Beasts like a “Lion with eagle’s wings” (7:4),  “a bear… with ribs in its mouth” (7:5), “a leopard, which had four wings on its back…” (7:6); then, a fourth beast “dreadful and terrible”.  These beasts represent human governments which the LORD was showing Daniel …

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110711 And ye shall know that I am the LORD

"But ye, O mountains of Israel, ye shall shoot forth your branches, and yield your fruit to My people of Israel; for they are at hand to come.  For, behold, I am for you, and I will turn unto you, and ye shall be tilled and sown: and I will multiply men upon you, all …

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020311 …To make a difference between the unclean and the clean…

"Ye shall not make yourselves abominable with any creeping thing that creepeth, neither shall ye make yourselves unclean with them, that ye should be defiled thereby.  For I am the LORD your God: ye shall therefore sanctify yourselves, and ye shall be holy; for I am holy: neither shall ye defile yourselves with any manner …

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010211 – Noah did… all that the LORD commanded him

"And the LORD said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before Me in this generation.  Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male and his female: and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male and his …

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