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EXODUS 3 God said to Moses, “I am who I am. This is what you are to say to the Israelites: ‘I AM has sent me to you’ ” (Exodus 3:14). At the burning bush, Moses not only encountered the holiness of God and learned the importance of worshipping a holy God, he also learned a … Continue reading “YAHWEH: HIS PERSONAL NAME”

EXODUS 4 Moses said to the Lord, “O Lord, I have never been eloquent, neither in the past nor since You have spoken to Your servant” (Exodus 4:10a). Yesterday we looked at the name Yahweh, which focuses on God’s self-existence and the fact that only God has life in Himself. Often in our Bibles this … Continue reading “ADONAI: SOVEREIGN LORD”

ISAIAH 6 “Woe to me!” I cried. “I am ruined! For I am a man of unclean lips, and live among a people of unclean lips, and my eyes have seen the king, the Lord Almighty” (Isaiah 6:5). Each of us has a tendency to dilute the biblical portrait of God. Because of sin we … Continue reading “REACTING TO GOD’S HOLINESS”

LEVITICUS 10 “Among those who approach Me I will show Myself holy; in the sight of all the people I will be honored” (Leviticus 10:3b). God moved into the tabernacle after it had been set up by Moses and Aaron in the wilderness (Exodus 40). God lit the fire on the altar in front of … Continue reading “HOLINESS AND JUSTICE”

NUMBERS 12 Now Moses was a very humble [meek] man, more humble than anyone else on the face of the earth (Numbers 12:3). Moses meek? This man who attacked an Egyptian overseer and later took on a band of bullies? Certainly. There is a sense in which only a strong man can be meek because … Continue reading “MOSES THE MEEK”

EXODUS 3 “Do not come any closer,” God said. “Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy ground” (Exodus 3:5). One day while pasturing Jethro’s flocks, Moses saw a bush burning on the side of a mountain. Amazed the bush was not consumed, Moses went to investigate. There he heard … Continue reading “MOSES AT THE BURNING BUSH”

GENESIS 49 “Judah, your brothers will praise you; your hand will be on the neck of your enemies; your father’s sons will bow down to you” (Genesis 49:8). Like Reuben, Simeon, and Levi, Judah also committed a horrible sin that could have disqualified him from inheriting the blessing of the firstborn. The events recorded in … Continue reading “THE BLESSING OF JUDAH”

“Unfortunately there are no theologians in my country.” Mihai was not exaggerating. He was simply stating a fact. There are none. That is one of the legacies from Ceausescu’s reign of terror in Romania. Nor will there be any tomorrow. Nor the next day. But, maybe the day after.… Like the hope for prosperity and … Continue reading “CORAM DEO”

GENESIS 49 “Turbulent as the waters, you will no longer excel, for you went up onto your father’s bed, onto my couch and defiled it” (Genesis 49:4). Before he died, Jacob called his sons to him and passed on to them the blessings—and the judgments—of the covenant God had instituted with Abraham and passed on … Continue reading “REUBEN’S TERRIBLE SIN”

GENESIS 49 “Simeon and Levi are brothers—their swords are weapons of violence” (Genesis 49:5). Reuben was disqualified to receive the blessing of the firstborn. The next son in line was Simeon and the third was Levi. Jacob in his oracle puts them together (brother equals two of a kind) and disqualifies them both. We read … Continue reading “MEN OF VIOLENCE”