They were to live out the truths that the Lord had given them, and they could do that only by obeying them. All the...
The purpose of making them great was that they could be a “blessing” (Gen. 12:2) to “all the families of the earth”...
They, the people, were to cleave (cling) to their God. That is, they were to give themselves to Him and to draw power...
Israel was to be a witness to the pagan nations around them of the true God—the only God. They were to be an example...
When you think about the history of ancient Israel, you see that in many ways they got in trouble because not only...
Join Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and Sabbath School Bible Study Guide editor Clifford Goldstein, as they...
By the time we get to chapter 4, the history lesson shifts more into a sermonic mode. The recounting of events wasn’t...
We can worship on the right day and understand the truth about death, hell, the mark of the beast, and so forth. But...
If Israel were to be a witness, a holy people walking in truth amid a world steeped in error, idolatry, evil, and...
As believers, we have been called to reflect the character of God. When Moses talked about the power and majesty of...
When it came to “human rights,” the stranger, the widow, the orphan needed to be treated with the same fairness and...
Yahweh is the God of gods and Lord of lords, the sovereign Ruler and Sustainer of the creation (Col. 1:16, 17), but...
Circumcision was a sign of the covenant, but it’s only an outward sign. God wanted their hearts; that is, their...
Jesus linked love for God and love for one’s neighbor into one commandment, and that commandment was the greatest of...
The One who “upheld the unnumbered worlds through the vast realms of space” was the One who went to the cross for us.
In many ways, the Old Testament forms the background, the context, the basis for the New. Both testaments reveal the...
Just as God doesn’t merely say He loves us but has revealed that love for us by what He has done and still does,...
God’s love for us predated our existence, in that the plan of salvation was in place way before “the foundation of...
The fear of God—in the sense of awe and respect for who He is, His authority and power and justice and righteousness,...
In the midst of the law, in the midst of all the warnings, rules, and provisions, the people are called to love God....
In the Jewish religion, one of the most important prayers is taken from Deuteronomy 6. It is known as “the Shema.”
Even before the foundation of the world, the Father and Son had “united in a covenant” to redeem us if the race fell.
The idea of a covenant, a legal agreement between two parties, with rules and stipulations and regulations, can seem...
By having entered into the covenant with God, they were to be a special people, a witness to the world of the God who...
Though the idea of covenant, to describe God’s relationship with His people, is found all through the Bible, this...
It was because of the promise made to the fathers that God’s grace was given to their future generations. In Moses’...
Though the idea of covenant existed before the nation of Israel, and though the covenant promise was made before the...
