Genesis 1:1–2 “In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep …” Observation: Time now begins. The uncreated, eternal God who had ‘til now communed within Himself as Father, Son...

Acts 25:26 “Yet I have nothing definite about him to write to my lord.” Observation: Festus had a real problem on his hands. Paul had come into the Roman justice system for discipline, yet Rome’s representative had to confess to King Agrippa that he had no meaty...

Leviticus 26:3–4, 14, 16 “If you walk in My statutes and keep My commandments … then I shall … But if you do not obey Me and do not carry out all these commandments. … I … will …” Observation: Set forth here are laws concerning obedience, given by God as unalterable...

Leviticus 20:2, 6 “Any man from the sons of Israel … who gives any of his offspring to Molech, shall surely be put to death … As for the person who turns to mediums and to spiritists … I will set My face against that person and will cut him off from among his people.”...

Psalm 13:1–2, 5–6 “How long, O Lord? Will You forget me forever? How long will You hide Your face from me? How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart all the day? How long will my enemy be exalted over me? ... But I have trusted in Your...

Leviticus 16:8–10 “Aaron shall cast lots for the two goats, one lot for the Lord and the other lot for the scapegoat. Then Aaron shall offer the goat on which the lot for the Lord fell, and make it a sin offering. But the goat on which the lot for the scapegoat fell...

Acts 27:9–10, 20, 22, 31 “Paul began to admonish them, and said to them, ‘Men, I perceive that the voyage will certainly be with damage and great loss, not only of the cargo and the ship, but also of our lives.’ … All hope of our being saved was gradually abandoned …...

Acts 14:8–10 “And at Lystra a man was sitting who had no strength in his feet, lame from his mother’s womb, who had never walked. This man was listening to Paul as he spoke, who, when he had fixed his gaze on him and had seen that he had faith to be made well, said...

Exodus 39:43 “And Moses examined all the work and behold, they had done it; just as the Lord had commanded, this they had done. So Moses blessed them.” Observation: Through the eighty-one verses of Exodus 39 and 40 I find extraordinary detail as to how the priest’s...

Psalm 19:4–6 “In [the heavens] He has placed a tent for the sun, which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber. It rejoices as a strong man to run his course. Its rising is from one end of the heavens, and its circuit to the other end of them. And there is...