To The Reader

🌋🌋🌋🌋🌋🌋🌋 Moses Mountain Climbing Meter: 7️⃣ Hang in there, Moses. This is the last one til Nebo. Chapter 34 seems to be the bookend for chapter 24. In both, God calls Moses up alone for 40 days. In both he ends up with a set of stone tablets. But this time Moses has asked to…

🌋🌋🌋🌋🌋🌋 This… is a long one. But oh so good. We start by following Moses down the mountain (for the 6th time). And he has bad news: God is leaving. They’ve been assigned to “an angel” (not “THE Angel of the Lord Who IS in fact Yahweh’s avatar). “Go up to a land flowing with…

I enjoy watching a skilled worker doing a job. I once watched a professional painter paint a line straight down a wall in a wide angle corner without painters tape- and it was perfect. It was baffling and wondrous to behold. I’ve watched incredibly skilled musicians play and I’m just frozen with awe. Once, in…

This chapter covers the altar of incense, the census tax (try to remember that one! It’s important later- much later), the anointing oil, and the incense. I’m gonna talk about the incense. Scent allergies are growing problem for many people. Not sure how well those folks would’ve handled the tabernacle. It was a very scenty…

Ordination. We usually think of that word connected with a young preacher “graduating” and given a kind of preacher diploma. And indeed, in most ministry circles, ordination does come with a certificate of some kind. Aaron and his sons will not get a certificate. They will be quarantined in the tabernacle space for a week,…

The priestly wardrobe- for glory and for beauty. And meaning. There is a lot of meaning here too. Oh, and underwear. We’re gonna talk about underwear. This is where Aaron and his 4 sons are singled out to serve as priests. They are given a special wardrobe; Aaron in particular. Let’s look at each piece.…

Gonna keep it super simple today. Let’s talk Tabernacle. There is a limited set of materials used in its construction. Each material suggests something. We KNOW (from God) that the tabernacle Moses sets up is a model of the real thing in Heaven which is not made of earthly materials. Now, we’ll wrap up with…

Hello Friend. ☺️ Here we are again on Mount Horeb. Why-did-we-ever-leave-Egypt counter:2️⃣ (🧄🧄 2 garlic bulbs) Moses mountain climbing meter:4️⃣ (he’s been up there for 4 chapters)🌋🌋🌋🌋 “And to Moses he (Yahweh) said, “Go up to Yahweh—you and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy from the elders of Israel—and you will worship at a distance.”‭‭Exodus‬…

Why-did-we-ever-leave-Egypt counter:2️⃣ Moses mountain climbing meter:4️⃣ (he’s still up there) The chapter opens with some laws that feel like practical applications of the 10 Commandments. It’s what loving God and neighbor might look like in real life. You return your enemy’s lost donkey to him. (It doesn’t say you have to enjoy it or become…

Why-did-we-ever-leave-Egypt counter:2️⃣ Moses mountain climbing meter:4️⃣ Controversial scriptures incoming in 3…2…1 There are plenty of people on the internet who read laws like Exodus 21:1-11 and say, “See! The Judeo-Christian God is a monster who advocates slavery! He lets men buy women for sex and they have no rights!” I understand their anger. But a…

It’s been 3 months since Israel left Egypt. Moses has brought them to his old stomping grounds where he met God in the burning bush. 🔥 Just to clarify, Mount Horeb and Mount Sinai are one and the same. (See Ex. 3:12, Deut. 4:10-13). The region of Horeb contains the mountain. That’s how we get…

There are 3 stories in these two chapters: Ya gotta love the children of Israel. God brought 10 supernatural plagues on Egypt, freed them from slavery, gave them the treasures of Egypt, led them by a cloud, parted the waters for them, and drowned Pharaoh’s army. Oh, and gave them manna too. But water? Yeah-…