Go to Pharaoh in the morning, as he is going out to the water. Stand on the bank of the Nile to meet him, and take in your hand the staff that turned into a serpent.
#exodus 7:15 #vaeira
Water in the Scriptures is often a symbol of people and the Nile was the source of life for Egypt. By striking the Nile, Moses was threatening the very existence of the people, who were in turn the source of power and authority for Pharaoh. Moses' first sign to Pharaoh should reasonably have been the last, but there's no limit to the self-destructive power of pride.
What if some [Jews] were unfaithful? Does their faithlessness nullify the faithfulness of God?
Romans 3:3 ESV
The hypocrisy of some Jews does not devalue the Law and the Prophets or his promises to the patriarchs of Israel, nor does it call into question God's choice of a people.
As Moses said in Deuteronomy 7:7-8, the descendants of Jacob weren’t chosen because they were more deserving or moral than any other people, but because God promised Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. He will certainly prune them of pathological branches (Romans 11:17), but he will always preserve a remnant for the sake of the patriarchs.
Then what advantage has the Jew? Or what is the value of circumcision?
Romans 3:1 ESV
If what really matters for eternal salvation is circumcision of the heart and not circumcision of the flesh, what is the benefit in being one of God’s “chosen people”? And why did God give circumcision at all if it doesn’t benefit anyone? These are fair questions that much of Christendom has been struggling with since the very first Gentile came to believe in Yeshua.
Solomon wrote in Proverbs 9:10 that the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom and in Ecclesiastes 12:13 that the whole duty of mankind is to fear God and keep his commandments. Paul essentially restates this in 1 Corinthians 7:19, “Neither circumcision counts for anything nor uncircumcision, but keeping the commandments of God.”
Keep the commandments of God, whether regarding marriage, civic duty, or circumcision, not because it will save you from eternal condemnation, but because you fear and love God.
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WORD FOR TODAY “are you walking on this road?”: Isa 35:8 A highway will be there, a roadway, And it will be called the Highway of Holiness. The unclean will not travel on it, But it will be for him who walks that way, And fools will not wander on it. Isa 35:9 No lion will be there, Nor will any vicious beast go up on it; These will not be found there. But the redeemed will walk there, Isa 35:10 And the ransomed of the LORD will return And come with joyful shouting to Zion, With everlasting joy upon their heads. They will find gladness and joy, And sorrow and sighing will flee away.
SPOKEN VERSE FOR TODAY: Ecc 6:11 For there are many words which increase futility. What then is the advantage to a man?
“Faith comes by hearing” positive frequencies spoken out loud hourly.
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Question 160: Have automobiles and airplanes been the subject of Biblical prophecy?
Answer:
Nahum 2:4 has been quoted as referring to automobiles, but this appears to strain the meaning of the passage, which was written as a direct prophecy of the destruction of Nineveh. The verse describes the mad rush of those in chariots to escape the enemy. Isaiah 60:8 has been thought by some to be a reference to the coming use of airplanes, but here again the direct meaning is obvious, that in the time of Judea's prosperity ships shall flock to her shores as doves to the windows of their dovecotes. Habakkuk 1:8 might be thought to presage man-flight, but the figure is used to express the terrific haste with which the Chaldeans shall come against Judea.
Question 159: What is baptism of fire?
Answer:
It has been variously interpreted to mean: (A) the baptism of Ruach HaKodesh, (B) the fires of purgatory and (C) the everlasting fires of hell. Modern theologians take the view that the baptism of fire and that of Ruach HaKodesh are the same and that it may be rendered "baptized with Ruach HaKodesh through the outward symbol of fire" or "as with the cloven tongues of fire," referring to the Shavuot baptism of the disciples.
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