by David Keesling | Nov 19, 2014 | Uncategorized
Exodus 33:15 “Then Moses said to him, ‘If your Presence does not go with us, do not send us up from here’” (NIV). Observation: Moses had come off Mt. Sinai to the devastating scene of Hebrews worshiping a golden calf. In fury, God told Moses to lead the people away...
by David Keesling | Nov 18, 2014 | Uncategorized
Revelation 22:8-9 “I fell down to worship at the feet of the angel who showed me these things. But he said to me, ‘Do not do that. I am a fellow servant of yours and your brethren the prophets and of those who heed the words of this book. Worship God.’” Observation:...
by David Keesling | Nov 17, 2014 | Uncategorized
Psalm 67:6-7 “The earth has yielded its produce; God, our God blesses us. God blesses us, that all the ends of the earth may fear Him.” Observation: This psalm of thanksgiving invokes God’s continued blessings upon Israel, that all the nations of the earth might see...
by David Keesling | Nov 16, 2014 | Uncategorized
Psalm 47:2, 7-9 “How awesome is the Lord Most High, the great King over all the earth! . . . For God is the King of all the earth. . . . God reigns over the nations. . . . The kings of the earth belong to God” (NIV). Observation: This celebratory psalm demands...
by David Keesling | Nov 15, 2014 | Uncategorized
Matthew 15:9 “But in vain do they worship Me, teaching as doctrines the precepts of men.” Observation: Jesus had rebuked the Pharisees for exalting their own traditions above the clear teachings of God. In bringing these charges He quotes Isaiah 28:13, “This people...
by David Keesling | Nov 14, 2014 | Uncategorized
Leviticus 14:14 “The priest is to take some of the blood of the guilt offering and put it on the lobe of the right ear of the one to be cleansed, on the thumb of his right hand and on the big toe of his right foot.” Observation: Leviticus 13 and 14 are unusually long...
