Daily Bread — Monday, June 10, 2024
And you shall say before the Lord your God: “My father was a Syrian, about to perish, and he went down to Egypt and dwelt there, few in number; and there he became a nation, great, mighty, and populous.” (Deuteronomy 26:5) As I mentioned in the previous devotion, some...
3 Sivan — Don’t Forget Who You Are
It was on this day that Moses acknowledged that the people had affirmed their desire to hear and to do all that the Lord would instruct them: “So it was, when you heard the voice from the midst of the darkness, while the mountain was burning with fire, that you came...
Daily Bread — Sunday, June 9, 2024
And you shall say before the Lord your God: “My father was a Syrian, about to perish, and he went down to Egypt and dwelt there, few in number; and there he became a nation, great, mighty, and populous.” (Deuteronomy 26:5) In the previous devotion we highlighted the...
2 Sivan — Proclaim His Praises
According to tradition, it was on this day that Moses ascended Mt. Sinai for the very first time. On this initial ascent up to the mountain, God told Moses to speak to the children of Israel and say: “You have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and how I bore you on...
Daily Bread — Saturday, June 8, 2024
And it shall be, when you come into the land which the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance, and you possess it and dwell in it, that you shall take some of the first of all the produce of the ground, which you shall bring from your land that the Lord your...
1 Sivan — Strangers In A Strange Land
According to the book of Jubilee, it was on this day that Jacob and his family departed Canaan and headed to Egypt in order to be reunited with his son, Joseph. It is recorded in Genesis 46: “Then Jacob arose from Beersheba; and the sons of Israel carried their...
Daily Bread — Friday, June 7, 2024
You shall not have in your bag differing weights, a heavy and a light. You shall not have in your house differing measures, a large and a small. You shall have a perfect and just weight, a perfect and just measure.. (Deuteronomy 25:13-15) Justice and honesty are...
29 Iyar — The Battle for Jerusalem
It was on this day in the year 70 AD that the Romans completed the construction of embankments around the city of Jerusalem as they prepared for their final assault on the city. Two thousand years later, not a whole lot has changed. Through other means, the nations of...
Daily Bread — Thursday, June 6, 2024
You shall not muzzle an ox while it treads out the grain. (Deuteronomy 25:4) This passage singles out the ox but should, obviously, be applied to all beasts that are in service to mankind. The primary issue is to point out how unfair and inconsiderate it is to expect...
28 Iyar — Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem
It was on this day, in 1967, that Israel captured the Old City of Jerusalem, uniting the city for the first time since the dawning of the modern state of Israel. It was also on this day that the huge bulge of the country of Jordan that lay on the “West Bank” of the...
Daily Bread — Wednesday, June 5, 2024
It shall be, if the wicked man deserves to be beaten, that the judge will cause him to lie down and be beaten in his presence, according to his guilt, with a certain number of blows. Forty blows he may give him and no more, lest he should exceed this and beat him with...
27 Iyar — Restoring the Kingdom to Israel
It was on this day, the 27th of Iyar, that, most likely, the Messiah ascended into heaven, as recorded in Acts 1. We know that He was crucified on the Preparation Day, which is the 14th day of Aviv. We know that He was resurrected on the third day, which was, most...