Tag: Old Testament
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Day 268: Did God Command Divorce in Ezra? (Ezra 7-10)
Ezra responds to Israel’s sin of foreign marriages with deep repentance, but did God actually command the divorces in Ezra 10—or was it Shecaniah’s idea? This reflection wrestles with the tension between law and grace, the wounds left for children, and the hope of restoration pointing forward to Christ.
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Day 054: Fit to Fight (Numbers 1-2)
In Numbers 1, every man “able to go to war” was counted. Reading it, I wondered if I would have made the list. I’ve never fired a gun. But then verse 47 changes everything. The Levites weren’t numbered with the warriors — they were placed at the center, closest to God’s presence. Not all warriors…
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Day 039: How Exodus 29 Foreshadows Communion
The priests were not just preparing a sacrifice; they were preparing a meal. They were commanded to eat the very flesh through which atonement had been made for them—a stunning foreshadowing of the Lord’s Supper.
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Day 022: The Speckled Flock Before the Throne (Genesis 31:10-12)
Jacob’s flock was never uniform—striped and spotted, mottled and mismatched. And neither is the flock God is gathering for Himself. From scheming patriarchs to saints and sinners, from every tribe and tongue and nation, God is forming one people by one voice. What we glimpse imperfectly now, we will one day see clearly before the…
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Day 006: Compassion Fatigue (Job 12:5)
As Job’s suffering drags on, his friends grow weary of compassion and quick with contempt. I see myself in their frustration more than I want to admit. Yet where my patience runs out, Jesus “always lives to make intercession” for us.
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Day 273: The Sun and the Son (Malachi 1:11; 4:2)
Malachi closes the Old Testament with a promise: the Lord’s name will be great among the nations, and the Sun of Righteousness will rise with healing in His wings. The last light of the prophets points us to the coming of Christ.