Wed 7/6 · Deut 29 · Rom 13
God made covenant with Reuben, Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh (v.8). They settled in the land of Moab (v.1), which they won when they defeated Sihon king of Heshbon…
Pastor Elmer Inafuku’s reflections on each day’s Bible reading.
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God made covenant with Reuben, Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh (v.8). They settled in the land of Moab (v.1), which they won when they defeated Sihon king of Heshbon…
Yes, it did come to pass when Babylon besieged Jerusalem for 2.5 years in 589-587 BC! Babylon cut off all food supplies and starved the Jews until they ate their…
I think the tribe of Judah was chosen for the blessing group because Judah started badly, by proposing to his brothers to sell Joseph as a slave (Gen 37:26-27), but…
I think it means Israel didn’t have to tithe for the 1st 2 years because they needed to fight to take the land and they needed to start their farms.…
We can apply God’s command to not have differing weights or measures in our relationship with people by not having a different standard for ourselves and for others, by not…
By studying Deut 24:19-22, I feel that God is very much concerned for people with needs, like foreigners, orphans and widows. Normally God doesn’t want us to waste food and…
1) Balaam was a prophet hired by King Balak of Moab to curse Israel (Num 22:4-6) and spiritually represents the curses that Satan tries to put upon God’s people. 2)…
I think today it’s okay to wear clothes of mixed materials because I believe the main reason God gave that commandment to the Jews was to remind them not to…
The law of not leaving a body on a pole overnight but burying it that same day fit in perfectly with what happened to Jesus’ body on the cross as…
The 2 ways of fighting that God told Israel to do and the reason for the difference were: 1) To kill all the men but keep the women, children, livestock…
The cities of refuge are a picture of the salvation Jesus provides to mankind. The person who kills by accident is a picture of a sinner who repents, the person…
In chapter 18, if a prophet proclaims something will happen, but it does not come to pass, he is a false prophet. And in chapter 13, if a prophet turns…
Solomon violated these instructions by acquiring a great number of horses (v.16, 2 Chron 9:25…12,000 horses), taking many wives (v.17a, 1 Kings 11:3…700 wives and 300 concubines), and accumulating large…
The 3 main feasts of Israel and their fulfillment in restoration church history were: 1) Passover (v.1), fulfilled through the Reformation in 1517; 2) Weeks (v.10), fulfilled through the Azusa…
In v.1, the end of every 7 years is the time for canceling debts. When we walk with Jesus, we are always living at the end of 7 years because…
I think God called some animals unclean is because eating them would be harmful to humans. Today we eat some animals that the OT calls unclean, like pigs, because modern…
The 3 groups are: 1) false prophets (v.1-5), 2) family members or friends (v.6-11) and 3) idolatrous towns (v.12-18).
God strictly commands Israel about where and how they should worship because he didn’t want them to be influenced by the idol worship of the nations around them, fall into…
In Israel’s annual agricultural calendar, the spring rain falls in March-April and is followed by the barley and wheat grain harvests in April-June. Then before and during the autumn rain,…
One spiritual lesson I learned was God is willing to give us a second chance! He gave Israel a 2nd chance to continue their journey and enter the Promised Land…