Tag: Cross
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The Order Matters – Genesis 35:14
Genesis 35:14“And Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he talked with him, even a pillar of stone, and he poured a drink offering thereon, and he poured oil thereon.” Jacob doesn’t just walk away from the moment. He marks it. Right there, in the place where God spoke to him, he sets…
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Come Back to Bethel – Resurrection Message from Genesis 35:2-4
Genesis 35:2-4Then Jacob said unto his household, and to all that were with him, Put away the strange gods that are among you, and be clean, and change your garments: And let us arise, and go up to Bethel; and I will make there an altar unto God, who answered me in the day of…
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Brought Together at the Grave – Genesis 25:9-10
Genesis 25:9-10 And his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite, which is before Mamre;The field which Abraham purchased of the sons of Heth: there was Abraham buried, and Sarah his wife. There is something moving about this scene. Isaac…
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Together to the Place of Sacrifice – Genesis 22:6
Genesis 22:6 And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering, and laid it upon Isaac his son, and he took the fire in his hand, and a knife; and they went both of them together. This verse is loaded. Abraham takes the wood and lays it on Isaac. That alone is enough to stop…
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The Blood That Cries, The Blood That Cleanses – Genesis 4:10
Genesis 4:10 And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother’s blood crieth unto me from the ground. This is one of the most haunting lines in all of Genesis. Abel is dead, silent in the field, and yet God says his blood still has a voice. Cain may think the matter…
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Freed by Confession – Genesis 3:10-11
Genesis 3:10-11 “And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself. And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?” Now Adam speaks. And the first…
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Judged at the Wood, Not the White Throne – Revelation 20:11-13
Revelation 20:11-13 And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled awayand there was found no place for them.And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before Godand the books were openedand another book was opened, which is the book of…
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Two Mountains, Two Voices – Revelation 16:17
Revelation 16:17 And the seventh angel poured out his vial into the air and there came a great voice out of the temple of heaven, from the throne, saying, It is done. When I read this verse, I cannot help but think of two mountains. One is Megiddo. The other is Calvary. Both are places…
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One Cup or the Other – Revelation 16:5-6
Revelation 16:5, 6 And I heard the angel of the waters say, Thou art righteous, O Lord, which art, and wast, and shalt be, because thou hast judged thus.For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and thou hast given them blood to drink; for they are worthy. This is one of those…
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Two Bloods – Revelation 14:19-20
Revelation 14:19-20 And the angel thrust in his sickle into the earth, and gathered the vine of the earth, and cast it into the great winepress of the wrath of God. And the winepress was trodden without the cityAnd blood came out of the winepress, even unto the horse bridles, by the space of a…
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Bitter Water and the Tree – Revelation 8:10-11
Revelation 8:10, 11 And the third angel sounded, and there fell a great star from heaven, burning as it were a lamp, and it fell upon the third part of the rivers, and upon the fountains of waters; And the name of the star is called Wormwood: and the third part of the waters became…
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The Cross in the Camp – Revelation 4:7
Revelation 4:7“And the first beast was like a lion, and the second beast like a calf, and the third beast had a face as a man, and the fourth beast was like a flying eagle.” John sees four living creatures, each with a distinct face. One like a lion. One like a calf. One with…
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Rich and Yet Ruined – Revelation 3:17
Revelation 3:17 Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked. This is the tragedy of Laodicea. They were completely wrong about their true condition. They said, “I am rich, and increased with goods,…
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The Handle Is Gone – 1 Peter 3:19-20
1 Peter 3:19-20 By which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison;Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water. These are mysterious verses, no doubt about it. Peter…
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Which Tree Will You Choose? – 1 Peter 3:18
1 Peter 3:18 For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit. Peter says Christ suffered once for sins, the Just for the unjust, that He might bring us to God. That…
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Bought by Blood – 1 Peter 1:18-20
1 Peter 1:18-20 Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers;But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was…
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From Bitter to Sweet – James 3:9–12
James 3:9–12 Therewith bless we God, even the Father; and therewith curse we men, which are made after the similitude of God. Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be. Doth a fountain send forth at the same place sweet water and bitter? Can the…
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Joy on the Other Side – Hebrews 12:2
Hebrews 12:2 Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God. After telling us to run with patience, the writer of Hebrews now tells us where…
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The Torn Veil — Hebrews 10:20
Hebrews 10:20 …which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh. That verse is breathtaking when you slow down enough to feel it. The veil in the tabernacle was not just fabric. It was a barrier. It said, “You may come this far, but no farther.” It stood between…
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Shadow and Savior — Hebrews 10:1–4
Hebrews 10:1–4 For the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect. For then would they not have ceased to be offered? because that the worshippers once purged should have…
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At Home in the Heart – Ephesians 3:17–21
Ephesians 3:17 That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith… Paul is not praying for a visit. He is praying for residency. The word dwell carries the idea of settling in, unpacking, rearranging the furniture. It is one thing for Christ to be welcomed as a guest on Sundays. It is another for Him…