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ISRAEL AT SINAI

September 17, 2021Uncategorized1 Kings, 2 Kings, abraham, blood, Christ, covenant, creatures, descendants, desert, dominates, earth, foot, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, holy nation, honey, Isaiah, Israel, James, jesus, Jesus Christ, land, Lord, Matthew, midst, milk, Moses, Mount sinai, mountain, new testament, Numbers, Old Testament, Pharaoh, priests, relationship, Sinai, slave, slaves, Ten Commandments, theophany, validatingabarkley8

Exodus 19 describes Israel arriving at Sinai. This chapter is important for understanding the events at Sinai, where Israel spent over two years (Numbers 10:11). God addressed the people as “the house of Jacob. . . the people of Israel . . .” (Exodus 19:3) as a way to remind them that they were the people of the covenant, the descendants of Abraham. What was about to happen at Sinai was not a new covenant with the people but an extension of the covenant God made with Abraham.

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JESUS AND THE PLLLAR

September 6, 2021Uncategorized1 Kings, 2 Kings, abraham, acts, children of Israel, Christ, darkness, Egypt, egyptian, Exodus, fear, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, God's Power, hearts, Holy Ghost, Holy Spirit, Horeb, Israel, jesus, Jesus and the pillar, Jesus Christ, Mamre, Manifestation, Matthew, Mount sinai, new testament, Old Testament, pillar, pillars, power, resurrected, sealed, setting Numbers, striking, text, theophanany, violent windabarkley8

From the moment the Israelites left Egypt, danger followed them all the way. Between the Egyptian army pursuing them and the dangers in the wilderness, the Israelites were a crowd of scared, tired people. They had seen God’s power in Egypt, but they were walking into the unknown. Seeing the cloud during the day and the column of fire during the night was probably a great comfort. The pillar of cloud and fire functioned as a reminder of God’s guiding and protective care, shown in Exodus 14:19, the pillar interposed between Israel and the pursuing Egyptian army, striking fear into the camp of Egypt and encouraging the Israelites.

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HOW IS GOD A “DEVOURING FIRE”?

June 12, 2021Uncategorized40 years, Christ, Deuteronomy, devouring fire, Egypt, fire, forty years, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, God's jealousy, Hebrew, Hebrews, image of God, jesus, Jesus Christ, metaphor, mist, Moses, Mount sinai, new testament, Old Testament, sinful enemies, Ten Commandments, The Promise Landabarkley8

This quote is part of the Bible’s earliest record of God. The Hebrew people leaving Egypt understood God as a devouring fire (Exodus 24:17), especially when Moses entered the mist on top of Mount Sinai to receive God’s commandments. Moses spoke of God as a devouring fire (Deuteronomy 4:24) when he explained to the people why he, their leader for forty years, could not enter the promised land with them.

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SIGNS AND SYMBOLS OF THE BIBLE (MOUNT SINAI)

March 18, 2019Uncategorizedbible signs and symbols, burning, burning bush, bush, Christ, dream, Egypt, Exodus, Exodus 24:16-18, Galatians, glory, glow, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, Horeb, Israel, Israelites, Jacob, jesus, Jesus Christ, kill, killed, killer, law, laws, Lord, Moses, Mount, Mount sinai, mountains, Moutain, new testament, Old Testament, Pharaoh, sheep, Sinai, symbol, symbolic, symbolized, symbolizes, Symbols, Ten Commandmentsabarkley8

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We sometimes think of the Old Testament as a book in which God makes repeated appearances of many kinds. But when we put a time line next to the account, we quickly realize that God’s manifest presence was far more rare and purposeful than we realized. The last time God made a direct appearance in Genesis he visited Jacob in a dream (46:1-7) and assured him his family would become “a great nation” while in Egypt (v. 3). Over four hundred years would pass before God would make another recorded appearance. Continue reading SIGNS AND SYMBOLS OF THE BIBLE (MOUNT SINAI) →

BIBLE SIGNS AND SYMBOLS (FIRE)

January 22, 2019Uncategorized1 corinthians, Bible, bible signs and symbols, burning bush, combustion, Deuteronomy, Egypt, Exodus, fire, fire for light, Genesis, God, God's anger, granted, Holy Fire, Jesus Christ, Judgement, Leviticus, Lord, Malachi, Moses, Mount sinai, Numbers, Proverbs, Psalm, religious ceremony, signs and symbols, symbolic, Symbols, Zechariahabarkley8

920x920 Both mesmerizing and mysterious, fire represents combustion, a chemical reaction that releases both heat and light. Today, fire seems to be at our fingertips-we just need to turn on the stove or light a match. Because we no longer have to work to get it, most of us take fire for granted. Yet we rely on fire for light, warmth, cooking, manufacturing, and refining. Fire figures into the Bible in numerous ways-in daily life, religious ceremony, Continue reading BIBLE SIGNS AND SYMBOLS (FIRE) →

BIBLE SIGNS AND SYMBOLS “MOUNTAIN/HILL”

March 19, 2016Uncategorizedbible signs and symbols, hills, Isaac, jesus, Moses, Mount sinai, mount zion, Mountain of God, mountain/hills, mountainsabarkley8

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Although most Westerners would think of mountains and hills as very different from one another, in the biblical landscape the two terms were used almost interchangeably. We often see mountains and hills used in parallel to illustrate the same idea. For instance, in Psalm 114 we read, “The mountains jumped like rams. The hills jumped like lambs” (v. 4). The two terms are not contrasted, but rather represent the same idea.

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