Mar 7th What a great day to read! The proverbs said "The way of the LORD is strength to the upright: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity. The righteous shall never be removed: but the wicked shall not inhabit the earth." If you use the grammatical guide that the : is there to guide the reader to consider that what came before the colon was explained in other words after the colon. We can now say that there is a "fixed" difference between the upright and the wicked as much as is the difference between the righteous and the wicked. This is God's doing!
Numbers 8:1-9:23 reminds us of how the business of GOD should be performed. The older are experienced and will be used to guide and teach the younger and stronger. Did you notice how many times "The children of Israel" phrase is used today? GOD makes a way for all of those that come to Him so that they worship Him properly. Look at the provisions of God for the keeping of the passover in the second year in the wilderness of Sinai and note His traits and attributes. When we read today about the cloud and or the fire that covered the tabernacle we can learn that GOD wants all men to look to Him before doing anything.
Mark 13:14-37 seems to flow from the Book of Numbers when Jesus is foretelling about the time of tribulation. He said for them to "watch" and verse 32 said "But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father." How do you consider this truth? Should we not learn that GOD knows and that we should believe Him. When Jesus uses the term "Son of man as a man" in verse 34 He demonstrates a great truth about eternal security. Watch! Watch! One day, perhaps today, Jesus is coming in the clouds for His saints, watch. OT/NT the command is watch.This only applies to the saints.
Psalm 50:1-23 affirms that we, as saints, are to be gathered to Him because of the covenant that we have made by sacrifice. Read and ponder God and His promises. Selah. Let us offer today onto our GOD thanksgiving. He said in verse 23 "Whoso offereth praise glorifieth me : and to him that ordereth his conversation aright will I shew the salvation of God". I love to see those colons. pj