Tag: Old Testament
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Day 057: Why is Numbers 7 So Long? (Numbers 7:84-88)
Categorizing is quick. Seeing is slow. Numbers 7 reminds me that God sees individuals, not labels—and that nothing offered to Him in faith is ever redundant.
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Day 016: Abram the Crosser-Over
The first time Abram is called “the Hebrew,” the Bible isn’t naming his ethnicity so much as his story. He is the crosser-over—the man who passed out of death and into promise. And in Genesis 15, we discover that the God who calls us to cross is also the God who crosses for us.
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Day 014: Why Does Job Mention Greek Constellations? (Job 38:31-32)
When God speaks to Job out of the whirlwind, He suddenly points to the stars—naming the Pleiades, Orion, and the Mazzaroth. Those familiar names open a window into how God’s unchanging Word is faithfully translated so each generation can understand it.
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Day 004: Reading Job as Courtroom Drama
Read Job like the Bible’s first courtroom drama—crime, trial, verdict, and grace. Discover how God invites honest wrestling with suffering.
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Day 001: Formless and Empty (Genesis 1)
Genesis 1:2 describes creation as “formless and empty.” Why? More than mechanics, the text emphasizes God’s character: the One who brings order from chaos can do the same in your life.
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Day 287: Treasures Old and New (Matthew 13:51-52)
Jesus ends His parables in Matthew 13 with a line most people skip: a scribe trained for the kingdom brings out treasures old and new. In a world quick to “unhitch” from the Old Testament, Jesus calls us to treasure both—the ancient promises and their fulfillment in Him.