Sigh. I wish I knew more about Hebrew culture, language, and speech. I get so frustrated as I read. I know I don’t understand so much of it! For example, I’m reading Numbers 17. It’s after the rebellion and destruction of Korah. They’ve been swallowed up, the plague has killed thousands of Israelites in minutes. …
Tag Archive: holiness
Really Quick
I was reading a note on Skip’s website regarding some of the crazy things that have happened lately – mainly that everything has broken this month (and really, it has) and has been incredibly expensive to fix (and it has to get fixed). It’s things like that that pull at my heart and make me…
Separated
Leviticus 20:7 Consecrate yourselves therefore, and be holy, for I [am] the LORD your God. Separate. Set apart. Viewed as holy. That’s how we are to be. Our God is holy. He made us. And He tells us to be separate and set apart, regarding ourselves as holy. That doesn’t mean we should all go…
Just Breathe… Believe… You Are Holy, Lord
This is a morning where I am feeling a lot overwhelmed. My husband found out yesterday that he was let go by his company. Although it’s a bit of a shock, it’s not completely unexpected, especially in light of the new health care requirements. Faced with providing benefits for him and others in his position,…
Reading the White
As I’m listening to Skip Moen’s Living the Biblical Worldview and my world is being shifted from under me, I found this article about Biblical translations called “Reading the White.“ Ultimately, it says, it doesn’t particularly matter what translation is being read. The point is to “read the white,” letting the Holy Spirit express the…
Unfathomable Mercy Wrapped Around His Infinite Holiness.
Then we might discover His unfathomable mercy wrapped around His infinite holiness. This quote is from Skip Moen’s blog entry this morning. I thought it was beautiful. I think there’s a tendency to either see God’s mercy or His holiness, not both at once. But Skip makes the point that even when God has every…
Transmitting Holiness
Ezekiel 44:19b They must leave them in the sacred rooms and put on other clothes so they do not harm the people by transmitting holiness to them through their clothes. I have to admit, this is pretty strange to me. First, I didn’t know holiness could be transmitted through clothes. Second, I didn’t know it…
Absolute Holiness
Ezekiel 43:12 And this is the basic law of the Temple: absolute holiness! Ezekiel has another vision. In this one he is watching the Temple being measured. My thoughts… this thing is huge! Some of the walls are 8 feet thick!!! Crazy! Anyhow, God enters the Temple (sounding like roaring, rushing waters) and speaks with…
Punishment
Jeremiah 30:11b But I must discipline you; I cannot let you go unpunished. As a parent, I can understand this verse like I never could before. Now I know what it’s like to have your child do something that cannot go unpunished. For example, if Gavin were to hit Kainoah, I’d have to punish Gavin. …
