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Angel of the Lord

This is pre-incarnate Jesus.

Numbers 22:22 (ESV)

Feeding Multitudes

When Jesus fed the 5,000 and the 4,000 His miracle must have reminded the biblically literate of His day of this OT story. This places Jesus in the same prophetic line with Elisha!

2 Kings 4:42 (ESV), 2 Kings 4:43 (ESV), 2 Kings 4:44 (ESV)

The Shut Door

Noah did not shut the door of the ark, God did. This was not Noah's doing, but the LORD's. When the flood came, they were under the hand of God.

Genesis 7:16 (ESV)

the Shibboleth

What is required for saving faith? Faith in Jesus, and in Jesus' name, is required. In Greek and Hebrew thought, a person's name was the summary of everything they were. See how the ancients names were…

Acts 3:16 (ESV)

Author of Life

Jesus is the Author of life, He is the God of Genesis 1 - 3, the Creator of the universe and the author of life. This God died because of His choice for His people. Because He is the God of life, He could…

Acts 3:15 (ESV)

Worse yet

Not only did they reject the Holy One of God, they preferred a murderer in His place.

Acts 3:14 (ESV)

God/Us

The God of all the patriarchs sent Jesus. But the people, most of the people, rejected Jesus. Most people are not saved, will not be saved, simply because they reject Jesus. John was nothing, Peter was…

Acts 3:13 (ESV)

The Word of Faith

This verse is quoted in Romans 10:8, as "the word of faith which we proclaim." The gospel we believe and the gospel we preach is the same good news poclaimed by Moses!

Deuteronomy 30:14 (ESV)

What does the LORD require of you?

This sounds good until we realize that we can't even do these few minimal things. But it is one thing to say "I can't," and give up; it's quite another to give our all to the work the LORD gave us to…

Deuteronomy 10:12 (ESV), Deuteronomy 10:13 (ESV)

God's Covenant with Us

His covenant is with US. Not with our parents, but with us. Not that He did not have a covenant with our paents, but our covenant does not depend on thier covenant with God.

Deuteronomy 5:3 (ESV)

Peter's Statement of Faith

Peter made the correct statement od faith concening Jesus. We too must decide what we believe about Him. Faith matters, and Jesus elicited an open and vocal statement of faith. "Who do you say that I…

Mark 8:29 (ESV)

Getting the Message Right

Balaam is condemned in the NT for prophecying for the hope of gain; but here in Numbers he got the idea right! "I cannot go beyond the commandment of the LORD, to do either good or bad of my own will.…

Numbers 24:13 (ESV)

This same Jesus

Acts 1:11 The angel says either "this Jesus" or" this same Jesus" depending on the translation. Either way, the Jesus who is returning is not some other Jesus than the one we know in tbe New Testament,…