THE THEME OF THIS DEVOTION IS: PASSOVER WAS AN EXPRESSION OF GRACE BY WAY OF THE COVERING OF THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB WHICH ALONE—APART FROM AND PRIOR TO THE COMMANDMENTS GIVEN AT SINAI—SAVED FROM THE WRATH OF GOD UPON THE PAGAN WORLD. THE GIVING OF THE LAW...
FI Y4 WK 17 P. YITRO (JETHRO) GOD IN THE CLOUD ON THE THIRD DAY
THE THEME OF THIS DEVOTION IS: THE CLOUD AND THE THIRD DAY SPEAK TO DEEP ASPECTS OF THE NEW COVENANT, EMBEDDED IN THE TORAH AND DISPLAYED IN THE LIFE OF OUR LORD YESHUA. THE NEW COVENANT SPEAKS SPECIFICIALLY TO THE INTERIOR DIMENSION OF THE TORAH WHICH WAS GIVEN AT...
FI Y4 WK 16: B’SHALACH (When he sent) JOSEPH’S BONES
THE THEME OF THIS DEVOTION IS GOD WEAVES THE STRANDS OF OUR RELATIONSHIPS SO THAT THE WHOLE FAMILY OF GOD GOES UP TOGETHER TO OUR JOINT INHERITANCE. EXODUS 13:19: “And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him, for he had placed the children of Israel under solemn...
FI Y4 WK 15 BO (Go) GOD’S SIGNS
THE THEME OF THIS DEVOTION IS: GOD WORKS SIGNS AND WONDERS IN ORDER TO MAKE HIMSELF KNOWN AND TO TEACH HUMANITY BY SUPERNATURAL MEANS THAT CANNOT BE MISTAKEN FOR MERELY NATURAL KNOWLEDGE. VA’YOMER YHVH EL-MOSHE BO EL-PAROH CI-ANI HICH’BAD’TI ET-LIBO VE’ET-LEYV AVA’DAIV LE’MA’AN SHITI O’TO’TAI EY’LEH B’KIR’BO “And...
FI Y4 WK 14 VA’YEIRA (I APPEARED): THE LORD, OUR DELIVERER FROM SUFFERING
THE THEME OF THIS DEVOTION IS: GOD WHO FEELS OUR SUFFERING DELIVERS US BY HIS MIGHTY HAND AND HIS OUTSTRETCHED ARM. Exodus 6:2-7, “And God spoke to Moses and said to him: I am the LORD. I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, as God Almighty [EL...
FI Y4 WK 13 The 1st Parashah of Exodus—SHEMOT (Names): THE MYSTERY OF THE THORN BUSH
THE THEME OF THIS DEVOTION IS: GOD MINISTERS HIS WORD AND HIS GRACE TO US FROM WITHIN A CLOTHING OF THORNS. Exodus 3:2: “And the angel of YHVH appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush: and he looked, and, behold,...
FI Y4 WK 12 P. VA’YECHI (HE LIVED) A TIME TO DIE
THIS PARASHAH DEVOTION SHOWS THAT THERE IS A TIME TO DIE. FOR THE CHRISTIAN, AS IT WAS WITH JACOB, THIS IS A HOMEGOING. Genesis 47:28-31: “And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years: so the whole age of Jacob was an hundred forty and seven years....
FI Y4 WK 11 P. VA’YIGASH (HE APPROACHED) THE APPROACH TO GOD
THE APPROACH OF JUDAH TO JOSEPH WAS A PICTURE OF OUR APPROACH TO GOD THROUGH THE ONE WHOM HE HAS MADE LORD OVER ALL—YESHUA. Jesus said, “No man comes to the Father but by me.” (John 14:6) Earlier in John 6:27 he said, “Labor not for the food...
PEOPLE & STORIES OF THE TORAH: EXODUS
Devotions for the Sixth Year of the Torah-Gospel Devotional Cycle, To be compressed into a Daily Devotional Book for 366 days (to include a devotion for Leap Year). DEVOTION 13: Introduction to Exodus and devotional commentary on Parashah SHEMOT: Exodus 1:1-6:1 INTRODUCTION: Exodus and HOUSE(-hold). The Evening Devotion. ...
FI Y4 WK 10 PARASHAH MIKEITZ (at the end) Genesis 41:1-44:17 ALL THINGS IN THEIR TIME
PART A: THE EXACT TIMING OF GOD This parashah begins with the remarkable statement, VA’YE’HI MI’KEITZ SHE’NA’TA’IM YAMIM “And so it was (that) AT THE END OF TWO (FULL) YEARS OF DAYS”— THIS MEANS, ON THE VERY LAST DAY OF TWO FULL YEARS OF DAYS—"TO THE DAY”!...