24 Aviv — Bitter and Sweet Waters
It was on this day that Israel paused at Marah after crossing the Red Sea. It’s recorded in Exodus 15: “So Moses brought Israel from the Red Sea; then they went out into the Wilderness of Shur. And they went three days in the wilderness and found no water. Now...
Daily Bread — Thursday, May 2, 2024
One witness shall not rise against a man concerning any iniquity or any sin that he commits; by the mouth of two or three witnesses the matter shall be established. (Deuteronomy 19:15) Justice is so important in the Kingdom of God that, even if someone had committed a...
23 Aviv — He Warns To Prepare, Not To Scare
It was on this day that Titus completely surrounded the city of Jerusalem, allowing no one in and no one out. A generation before, Yeshua had spoken of this time: “But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then know that its desolation is near. Then let those...
Daily Bread — Wednesday, May 1, 2024
You shall not remove your neighbor’s landmark, which the men of old have set, in your inheritance which you will inherit in the land that the Lord your God is giving you to possess. (Deuteronomy 19:14) From the very beginning of Creation, we see that boundaries are...
22 Aviv — There’s More To Come
It was on this day, according to tradition, that Joshua and the children of Israel began their march around the city of Jericho. It’s recorded in Joshua 6: Then Joshua the son of Nun called the priests and said to them, “Take up the ark of the covenant, and let...
Daily Bread — Tuesday, April 30, 2024
You shall separate three cities for yourself in the midst of your land which the Lord your God is giving you to possess. You shall prepare roads for yourself, and divide into three parts the territory of your land which the Lord your God is giving you to inherit, that...
21 Aviv — Written For Our Example
It was on this day, so says tradition, that Israel crossed through the Red Sea followed by Pharaoh and his chariots. When the waters closed upon the Egyptians and they were destroyed, Israel sang the “Shirah” - the song celebrating their deliverance. A portion of that...
Daily Bread — Monday, April 29, 2024
If you say in your heart, “How shall we know the word which the Lord has not spoken?” When a prophet speaks in the name of the Lord, if the thing does not happen or come to pass, that is the thing which the Lord has not spoken; the prophet has spoken it...
20 Aviv — The One and Only Path
According to Jewish tradition, it was on this day that Pharaoh, thinking that the wilderness had shut them in, caught up with the Hebrews while they were encamped at Pi Hahiroth - “the mouth of the gorges.” Israel came to be at this place because, as they were leaving...
Daily Bread — Sunday, April 28, 2024
The Lord your God will raise up for you a Prophet like me from your midst, from your brethren. Him you shall hear, according to all you desired of the Lord your God in Horeb in the day of the assembly, saying, “Let me not hear again the voice of the Lord my God, nor...
19 Aviv — God Can Even Use the Enemy
It was on this day that, having learned of their flight the previous day, Pharaoh began his pursuit of Israel into the wilderness. Ironically, on this same date over 3500 years later, on April 20, 1889, another tyrant, Adolph Hitler was born. As we go through these...
Daily Bread — Saturday, April 27, 2024
You shall be blameless before the Lord your God. For these nations which you will dispossess listened to soothsayers and diviners; but as for you, the Lord your God has not appointed such for you. (Deuteronomy 18:13-14) As mentioned in the previous devotion, the...