The first command pertains to the purity of the believer’s life. The second command pertains to the attitude in which the believer offer his life to God. Indeed, every believer...
The Sabbath Rest is celebrated in the context of the three feasts. The three feasts represent the three attitudes that are necessary for God’s people to experience enduring prosperity. During...
While God commands every first offspring, man or animal to be offered to Him; The spirit of this command calls for all to offer themselves as a living sacrifice. In...
The feast of the Unleavened Bread is celebrated together with the Passover feast. During the first Passover, after the Israelites had eaten the Passover lambs, God sent an angel to...
After the golden calf incident, the people repented before God. Moses, having broken the tablets of the commandments went up the mountain to collect a second set of tablets. At...
God’s choice of Jacob is justified because in His eyes Jacob is more righteous than Esau. Thus, God had mercy on Jacob and exalted Him on the world’s stage. Esau...
The Israelites, having been blessed by Abraham’s promise did not set themselves to become a blessing to the nations. Instead, they turned inward to become self-serving while despising the people...
God made space for the people to ponder over the recent events. Indeed, the death of the 3000 people (see v32:28) and the divine punishment that ensued (see v32:35) gave...
Moses endeavoured to restore the covenant that was broken by the golden calf incident. Despite God’s assurance of His favour towards Moses, Moses demanded for the assurance to include the...
Moses’s intervention has brought the people some time to restore their covenant with God. Their recent rebellion occasioned the display of God’s righteous anger. Indeed, He will deal harshly with...