Annual Bible Reading 2017: Leviticus 23-27

23rd January Morning Leviticus 23-24 If you have been reading this book together with the summaries that I have provided in this book, then you will realize that the book of Leviticus is an interesting one. The chapters that am going to handle are those that handle two important things in both the History and … Continue reading Annual Bible Reading 2017: Leviticus 23-27

Annual Bible Reading 2017: Leviticus 8-22

22nd January Morning Leviticus 8-10 These three chapters are about the office of the priesthood something of importance in the theology of the book of Leviticus. Like I had argued earlier, Priesthood is not original with the Israelites but it was an established system within the Ancient Near East people the Semites and the religions … Continue reading Annual Bible Reading 2017: Leviticus 8-22

Annual Bible Reading 2017: Exodus 40, Leviticus 1-7

21st January Morning Exodus 40-LEVITICUS I want you to read the last chapter of Exodus preparing for the new book we are going to start. I told you in the chapters 34-39 that Israel has now put in place the most important thing in the history of their nation. Israel, through Moses, has done something … Continue reading Annual Bible Reading 2017: Exodus 40, Leviticus 1-7

Annual Bible Reading 2017: Exodus 34-39

20th January Morning Exodus 34-35 I had handled the gist of chapter 34 in my earlier submissions, if you missed it I suggest you go through the chapters we handled earlier. But if am to draw a lesson from all this I would pick one of consistency. If we work with the assumption that the … Continue reading Annual Bible Reading 2017: Exodus 34-39

Annual Bible Reading 2017: Exodus 25-33

19th January Morning Exodus 25-31 If you are a contextual reader or someone who is interested in chronological storytelling, you will have trouble connecting some Biblical narratives. The events that happen in Exodus chapters 25-30 are after (not before), what is in chapter 31. It is too bad for those who have been consistent with … Continue reading Annual Bible Reading 2017: Exodus 25-33

THEOLOGY CAN BLIND YOU TO GOD

Article by Marshall Segal Jesus had enemies. As soon as he’s declared Son of God in the Gospel of Mark, he’s driven into the wilderness to face Satan, his first and greatest adversary (Mark 1:12). Satan lurks behind all opposition to Jesus, and his demons show up repeatedly to entice and corrupt, but surprisingly, his henchmen … Continue reading THEOLOGY CAN BLIND YOU TO GOD

Annual Bible Reading 2017: Exodus 21-24

18th January Morning Exodus 21-23 If you have noticed because this is a Bible study where we are trying to understand the message of the Bible then and what it is now, this morning we have read three chapters. The reason is that since the Bible never had chapters in its original form, it was … Continue reading Annual Bible Reading 2017: Exodus 21-24

Annual Bible Reading 2017: Exodus 17-20

17TH January morning Exodus 17-18 Verse 7 says; And he called the name of the place Massah and Meribah, because of the faultfinding of the children of Israel, and because they put the LORD to the proof by saying, "Is the LORD among us or not?" Can you believe it is the Israelites questioning the … Continue reading Annual Bible Reading 2017: Exodus 17-20

Annual Bible Reading 2017: Exodus 13-16

16th January morning Exodus 13-14 Chapter 13 has three themes I want to briefly discuss: The Leaven in verse 3, The Firstlings in verse 13 and The Travel Map of God in verse 17. Let me begin with the first one. The Leaven: R. Kelley writes thus: Most breads, cookies and crackers list “leaven” (in … Continue reading Annual Bible Reading 2017: Exodus 13-16

Annual Bible Reading 2017: Exodus 9-12

15th January Morning Exodus 9-10 The tension between Pharaoh and God continues. Pharaoh does not want to let go of his slaves but God wants him to let his people go by all means. While Pharaoh sees slaves in the Israelites, God sees people in them. How Satan sees and understands us is not the way … Continue reading Annual Bible Reading 2017: Exodus 9-12