“Now when Moses went into the tabernacle of meeting to speak with Him, he heard the voice of One speaking to him from above the mercy seat that was on the ark of the Testimony, from between the two cherubim; thus He spoke to him.” Numbers 7:89 Moses was given instructions for constructing the tabernacle by God in order for the Lord to meet (tabernacle) with His people. His Presence would go with His people. He would tabernacle with His people. This of course prefigured “Immanuel” – God with us – the Lord Jesus Christ. “And He said [to Moses],…
“But now the righteousness of God apart from the law is revealed” (Romans 3:21) Since all have broken the holy law of God, all are liable to death. Death is theirs by merit. Death is the due wage of sin (Romans 6:23). Full payment is due God. Physical, spiritual, and eternal death are the due wages of sin. Man, left to himself, can never attain the righteousness that God’s holiness demands in His law. He cannot obtain the righteousness of God through obedience to God’s law. How can God remain absolutely just and yet declare a man to be righteous?…
“The scepter shall not depart from Judah, Nor a lawgiver from between his feet, Until Shiloh comes; And to Him shall be the obedience of the people.” (Genesis 49:10) As Jacob was about to die, he blessed his sons and his grandsons (Ephraim and Manasseh). When he blessed Judah, he declared this prophetic blessing, “The scepter shall not depart from Judah, Nor a lawgiver from between his feet, Until Shiloh comes; And to Him shall be the obedience of the people.” This is an allusion to the coming of the Messiah, the Kingly office of Jesus Christ. This is a continuation…
“And you were dead in the trespasses and sins.” (Ephesians 2:1) Many believers and ministers today believe that men is merely wounded in their trespasses and sins at birth. Man is basically good, but he sometimes does bad things. Paul denies this totally saying that we are dead in our trespasses and sins until the power and love of God (mentioned in Chapter 1 of Ephesians) makes us alive in Christ. Paul is about to show the difference between man’s nature before being regenerated and brought to life by Christ Jesus, by God’s grace. “And you were dead in the…
“The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved!” (Jeremiah 8:20) Jeremiah is the lamenting prophet. He laments that he has been given a duty to speak to a people who would not listen to God’s words spoken by the prophet. “But this is what I commanded them, saying, ‘Obey My voice, and I will be your God, and you will be My people; and you will walk in all the way which I commend you, that it may be well with you.’ Yet they did not obey or incline their ear, but walked in their…