The Mae West Confession

Zechariah 7:5 “Say to all the people of the land and to the priests, ‘When you fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh months these seventy years, was it actually for Me?’” Observation: This was a question from God posed through Zechariah to the nation of...

Roused

Zechariah 4:1 “Then the angel who was speaking with me returned and roused me, as a man who is wakened from his sleep.” Observation: In just fourteen short chapters, Zechariah prophesied more about Messiah than anyone but Isaiah. Chapter 4 relates a remarkable series...

Clarion Call for Involvement

Deuteronomy 22:1, 3 “You shall not see your countryman’s ox or his sheep straying away, and pay no attention to them; you shall certainly bring them back to your countryman. … Thus you shall do with his donkey, and you shall do the same with his garment, and you shall...

Confusing Roles

Deuteronomy 19:1, 8-9 “When the Lord your God cuts off the nations, whose land the Lord your God gives you and if the Lord your God enlarges your territory,…and gives you all the land which He promised…if you carefully observe all this commandment…to love the Lord...

Teleprompter and Cue Cards

Deuteronomy 17:18 “He shall write for himself a copy of this law on a scroll in the presence of the Levitical priests.” Observation: Moses was telling the people what he had heard God say, which included the fact that one day they would have a king. God required the...

Responding to God’s Testing

Deuteronomy 13:3 “The Lord your God is testing you to find out if you love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul.” Observation: Through Moses, God warned the people to have their guard raised high against false prophets who, though they come...