Leviticus 16:1-30. During the Day of Atonement (or Yom Kippur), the High Priest would enter in to God’s presence on behalf of the people through a blood of a sacrifice. This was just a foreshadowing of a future reality, as the book of Hebrews opens up to us, when Jesus would enter in for us […]

Leviticus 23:23-25. 1 Thes 4:13-18. 1 Corinthians 15:51-58. Like all the Jewish feasts, “Rosh Hashanah” or the Feast of Trumpets, prophetically looks forward to a key event on the timeline. Before the Day of The Lord, at the end of the age, the trumpet shall sound and (1) the dead in Christ shall be raised […]

1 Samuel 21:1-14. David, now a fugitive, runs to the tabernacle for refuge and provision. There he finds bread and the sword, which speak of spiritual food and weaponry for spiritual warfare. May we also draw near to God’s house in times of need. Then he makes a rash decision and finds himself in the […]

Col 1:12-14. Forgiveness is the release from a debt, as if you never owed that debt. Redemption is the price that was paid, so that we could be freed from that debt. So what was the price that was paid for our redemption? ah, the precious blood of the lamb! May our hearts glow in […]

1 Samuel 19:1-24. With Saul’s increasing attempts to take David’s life, David cries out to God (as in Ps 59). David fully trusts that God would deliver him and God always comes through for him. What comfort we find as Christians, knowing that God delivers the righteous!