Passover is one of the most important celebrations in the Jewish faith. It highlights the provision of God in desperate times of trouble. Passover celebrations began on the first month, Abib, also known as Nisan. For seven days they would eat unleavened bread. This means that they would not leave...

In Deuteronomy 23, God puts restrictions on who could participate in Israel’s formal worship. He bans castrated males from the assembly, which meant a banning of the practice of castration in Israel. God also restricted access from any children of a forbidden union; this meant a marriage between ...

In today’s reading, the law set out ways for Israel to remember God once they had entered the Promised Land. People quickly get used to their surroundings, and we are always in danger of forgetting where we came from. Israel was commanded to give the first of the produce of their land as an offer...

In Deuteronomy 29, we see God renewing His covenant with the Israelites who were alive at the end of the wilderness wandering period. The forty years in the wilderness had come to an end and the people were about to take over the Promised Land. God had chosen that generation, He had rescued them ...

When Moses had completed his mission here on earth, the LORD brought him home. God was with Moses the whole time and never let him be lonely. God and Moses had a personal relationship. Sometimes it is easy to forget that this relationship is not unique to Moses alone. Jesus Christ has made a way ...

The defeat of Jericho makes absolutely no human sense! It should not have happened! By all human standards, Jericho should have defeated Israel. They were a large, fortified city being attacked by a semi-nomadic people group with limited resources. Remember that though the Hebrews had some recent...

It was Jesus who said, “With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible” (MATTHEW 19:26). God is not only the ultimate problem solver, He also works out the troubles of our lives and makes good come out of it. He delights in making the impossible possible. And that is exactly wh...

The Promised Land was divided up between the Israelite tribes in the 14th century BC, about 3,400 years ago. History tells us that this is true, and the Bible tells us that it was the result of their covenant with God. God willed it. This is interesting considering the political turmoil over Isra...

Back in Genesis 49, Jacob, renamed Israel, blessed his sons who would become the twelve tribal heads of the nation of Israel. To Judah he said, “The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh comes;” (GENESIS 49:10). This promise was ultimately accompl...

Our reading today in Joshua 19 covers the land of the tribes of Simeon and Zebulun. Simeon is interesting to me because of the prophecies of Genesis 49. Remember that is when Jacob, or Israel, gave prophesies to his sons about the future of their descendants. And here in our reading, that future ...