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Deuteronomy 1:34

9/21/2026

When the Lord heard what you said, He was angry and solemnly swore:

Moses is recounting to a new generation the events that had led to their forty years of wandering in the desert and that now led to their going into the promised land. Moses will not be going with them, so He wants to do what he can to prepare for them to do without him. Most important is that they remember God’s dealings with His people and that they commit themselves to follow Him. God had sworn that the generation that had refused to trust Him would not enter the land; and the last of that generation, except for Joshua and Caleb had by now died. “Remember God’s faithfulness, O Israel! Repent and believe.” Such was the thrust of the message Moses declared. Lord, help us heed the warning and entrust our souls to Jesus.

Numbers 1:34

9/20/2026

From the descendants of Manasseh: All the men twenty years old or more who were able to serve in the army were listed by ame according to the records of their clans and families.

We have websites we can consult when we want to track our family tree. The government, or somebody keeps the record and with modern technology it can be accessed. 3500 years ago, in the time of Moses, such a thing was entirely established, and families kept track for the central government details the government needed to raise an army or to levy a tax. We amaze ourselves with what we can do with modern technology. It is equally amazing what they could accomplish without it. Every individual counts. All are on record. Many individuals are listed in the book of life. Our names can be there through the perfect life and death of Jesus.

Leviticus 3:1

9/19/2026

If someone's offering is a fellowship offering, and he offers an animal from the herd, whether male or female, he is to present before the lord an animal without defect.

If you are choosing an animal from your flock there would be a real temptation to offer up to God an animal that had a defect. Who except the priest would know? What value did the animal have to me? Who would buy it? Should I eat it? Wouldn’t it be a convenient way to get rid of an animal that I did not want to feed? And it was going to die anyway when it was offered up. What Satan is tempting you to is contempt for God, hypocrisy before His people, and corrupting of the priesthood. Selfishness and pride are the motivating factors. If it is a Fellowship Offering it is not fellowship with Jesus.

Exodus 3:7

9/18/2026

The Lord said, "I have indeed seen the misery of my people in Egypt. I have heard them crying out because of their slave drivers, and I am concerned about their suffering."

God is moved by the present suffering of His people, but His vision includes that astonishingly complex real problem that His people have. He will direct Moses and Aaron to address the immediate manifestation of His people’s problem, but it will all be part of His dealing with the entire issue of sin and a redemption that will touch those in bondage to sin throughout the whole Earth. He will be teaching and forming a people for Himself, even as He deals with their enemies. Egypt will pass away, but His people will not pass away, as they are united to His Son who will reign over them forever. Even then He has in mind Jesus.

Genesis 2: 23

9/17/2026

The man said, "this is now bone of my ones and flesh of my flesh. She shall be caled "woman:, for whe was taken out of men."

The task of naming all the animals had brought Adam to the realization that, unlike all the animals God had made male and female, he was alone without a counterpart. God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and God took one of his ribs and fashioned a woman as a companion f=or him. “Man” was “ish” in Hebrew, and Adam called his wife “Isha. God always intended a mate for Adam, but He did not want to create her before Adam recognized his need. Are there not time when God does not do what He intends to do until we ask Him to do it? Did He not wait until we asked Him to give us His Savior Jesus?

Revelation 11:10

9/16/2026

The inhabitants of the earth will gloat and will celebrate by sending each other gifts, because these two prophets had tormented those who live on the earth.

Unrepentant men had so hated the prophets who had rebuked their sins that they made the death of the prophets a time to rejoice and celebrate. People all joined in by making it a gift-giving occasion and thereby put pressure on one another to participate. Of course, all of them will be horrified to see God raise these prophets from the dead and take them to heaven, but they will probably try to shrug off this occurrence and still enjoy the gifts they gave. Men will be hardened in their sin and simply manage to prepare themselves for God’s final blow. And we would all be with them, but for the Spirit of God opening our eyes to Jesus.

Jude 14

9/15/2026

Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied about these men: "See, the Lord is coming with thousands upon thousands of his holy ones..."

Very early in the history of mankind the coming judgment of God upon the wicked was clearly revealed. A yearning for that judgment is in all men by nature, since every person wants the wicked person to get what is coming to him. Enoch appears to quote a revelation that God gave very early in the history of man. In the New Testament we are told that Jesus will bring with Him the multitude that have died in Christ as He returns to call forth all bodies from graves and unite bodies with their spirits. The joy of victory and the terror of judgment have been joined in the purpose of God from all eternity. We face it awestruck but unafraid because of You, Lord Jesus.

3 John 6

9/14/2026

They have told the church about your love/ You will do well to send them on their way in a manner worthy of God.

Our hospitality should have the mark of God on it—generosity, abundance, thoughtfulness. God deals with us in such a way, and it will be well for us to treat visiting ministers in such a way. It will also be well for us to send them on their way with something that helps them with travelling needs. God knows our needs before we ask, and grants them out of the riches of His grace. God does not want our giving to impoverish us, but is aware of what is appropriate. “Worthy of God” means “appropriate”, considering how God has dealt with us. These are people we do not know very well and may never see again. We give for the sake of Jesus.