The Lord warned Israel. He had told them through Moses and Joshua to remove the inhabitants of Canaan. They failed to hear the warning. In Judges 2:2–3 God tells them, “…What is this you have done? So now I say, I will not drive them out before you, but they shall become thorns in your [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘Israel’
September 8, 2009
TUESDAY’S NOTES: We Are Israel!
And when all these things come upon you, the blessing and the curse, which I have set before you, and you call them to mind among all the nations where the LORD your God has driven you, and return to the LORD your God, you and your children, and obey his voice in all that [...]
September 1, 2009
TUESDAY’S NOTES: Blessings & Curses
At first glance, the pronouncement of blessings and curses in Deuteronomy 28 seem to have one purpose—scare the children of Israel into obedience. Moses uses almost four times the space for curses as he does blessings in the text. The threat of punishment is often a greater motivator for obedience than reward. But, is this [...]
August 18, 2009
TUESDAY’S NOTES: What’s Our Excuse?
And when he sits on the throne of his kingdom, he shall write for himself in a book a copy of this law, approved by the Levitical priests. And it shall be with him, and he shall read in it all the days of his life, that he may learn to fear the LORD his [...]
June 9, 2009
TUESDAY NOTES: De-Numbing Numbers
Do you like numbers? Some folks like numbers. They grow up to be accountants, math teachers, scientists, etc. They enjoy calculating probability and formulating solutions to different mathematical problems. It is likely that they also enjoy reading the book of Numbers from the Old Testament.
For most people, Numbers isn’t the first book they would choose [...]
January 20, 2009
TUESDAY’S NOTES: Put Off Envy & Strife
When Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, she envied her sister. She said to Jacob, “Give me children, or I shall die!” –Genesis 30:1
Imagine for a moment being Jacob. You work for seven years to marry the love of your life only to find out the morning after your wedding that you [...]
