January 23, 2025 — The Invitation

Jesus Himself told how the elect ones on the guest list refused. The non-elect came instead (Lk 14:16-24).  The decision had been made by “the king and his leaders and all the assembly in Jerusalem” (2 Chron 30:2) to hold the Passover the very next month. In order to do this, the news had to be communicated […]

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January 22, 2025 — Now Is The Time

God gave you a non-renewable gift today of 86,400 seconds. I suppose that’s why we call it the present.  God very particularly had decreed that the Passover, recounting Israel’s deliverance from Egyptian bondage by the blood of the lamb, was to be celebrated in the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at […]

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January 21, 2025 — Revive Us Again!

“Nothing with God is too good to be true; the truth is the best of everything.” —R.J. Campbell  As we continue to read of the celebration at the temple, it’s hard to believe that only a few months before incense had been ascending from every hill and on every street corner in Jerusalem to the […]

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January 20, 2025 — Heaven’s Love Song

Song gives wings to the soul. We sing our sweetest to the One who put the new song in our hearts.  It has to be one of the most descriptive—and delightful—sentences in the Chronicles: “And when the burnt offering began, the song of the Lord also began” (2 Chron 29:27). How could the burnt offering be described? […]

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January 17, 2025 — Perfecting Holiness

The temple cleansed. The priests restored. The offerings sacrificed. The nation forgiven.  It was rigorous work to restore the Lord’s house. They “brought out all the debris that they found in the temple of the Lord” (2 Chron 29:16), and it was carted off by the Levites. “They began to sanctify on the first day of the first […]

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