Mar 25, 2018
The Passover festival, which remembered when the angel of
death ‘passed over’ Israelite houses covered by the blood of a
lamb,
was about to happen in Jerusalem (Ex. 12:21-23). On his way to
the
festival, Jesus stopped with his disciples at the house of Lazarus
in
Bethany, about two miles from Jerusalem. This was...
Mar 18, 2018
Working and labor isn’t a necessary evil of life, but a way
of
glorifying God (Eccl. 2:24; Col. 3:23). Even land was expected
to
produce or it was viewed as worthless (Gen. 3:17, 18; Heb.
6:8).
However, God didn’t expect people, animals, or land to be
worked
to death, but to rest from producing also. In His mercy,...
Mar 11, 2018
At the beginning, God didn’t have to make anything, but chose to create the universe for His own creative pleasure and satisfaction (Gen. 1:31; Rev. 4:11). God sets the standard of work— personal pleasure comes from personal performance.
Mar 4, 2018
At the beginning, God created men and women to be attracted to one another in the deepest emotional, physical and spiritual bond through their sexual union (Gen. 1:28; 2:23, 24; SoS. 1:1-4, 12-2:7). Unlike animal sexuality, human sexuality is physical and spiritual, making it connected to morality based on the image of God....