Bible Study - The Journey Continuers - May 3, 2026

 

Bible Study – The Journey Continues – May 3, 2026

In last week’s study, GOD gave the Israelites the Ten Commandments or THE LAW.

As I stated, I think of the Law as fence posts strung with barbed wire to guide us, as humans, as we journey through life. However, we need more than an external guide.

We need the internal presence of GOD, 24/7.

GOD knows humans because HE physically formed the male and made he female using a body part taken from Adam, the male.

Sin in the Garden of Eden changed the dynamics of human reproduction as revealed in Genesis 3:4:

¹⁶ He said to the woman:

I will intensify your labor pains;
you will bear children with painful effort.
Your desire will be for your husband,
yet he will rule over you.

This to me begs the question of human birth before Adam and Eve sinned versus after they sinned.

What was Eve’s purpose other than being Adam’s help mate? GOD took a body part from Adam’s side to create Eve.

Genesis 3: ²⁰ The man named his wife Eve^[g] because she was the mother of all the living.

Was the propagation of the human race before sin different than after sin?

We know that the union of the male and female is GOD’S plan to populate the earth. Today we have test tube conception.

Since Eve was the mother of all physical people was the propagation of the human race different before and after, Adam and Eve sinned? One thing to consider is that life before sin was ideal but life after sin, life upon earth changed, which I think included the reproduction of humans.

GOD knew there needed to be more to life than physical life. In fact, the Bible reveals to us that there is life after death for those who are guided by their faith in GOD and The Law inscribed upon their hearts.

1 Corinthians 15:45 Christian Standard Bible

⁴⁵ So it is written, The first man Adam became a living being;^[a] the last Adam became a life-giving spirit.

GOD knew that all humans needed to go one step further than physical life.

Humans needed to be “born again” Spiritually in order to be the eternal citizens of Heaven and to function as HIS Children upon earth. GOD’S ultimate plan of preparing humans for eternal life in Heaven was to give all people the opportunity to be changed from a human mind set, subject to eternal death, to a Spiritual mindset by being “Spirit Born” by the power of GOD through faith in JESUS.

What about those who die before they have an opportunity to accept JESUS as their Savior such as aborted babies, still born babies, mentally challenged, infirmed before reaching what the Bible refers to as “age of accountability”? GOD has special provisions for them.

Once JESUS paid the price for the consequence of sin, HE opened the path to GOD for all people to come to GOD through faith in JESUS. JESUS is the only pathway to eternal life.

What is the mindset of GOD?

2 Peter 3:9

The Lord does not delay his promise, as some understand delay, but is patient with you, not wanting any to perish but all to come to repentance.

All people are invited to come to HIM. The path is open to all people but for GOD to dwell within their human body, however a person must be “born again” Spiritually through faith in JESUS.

The first birth of all humans is physical, but the second birth is Spiritual.

As “born again” or “Spirit Born” Christians, the Holy Spirit resides within the human body of all who accept JESUS as their Savior or as written in 1 Corinthians 6:19

¹⁹ Don’t you know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, ²⁰ for you were bought at a price. So, glorify God with your body.^[e]

The Law was step one. The Law revealed the expectations of GOD for HIS chosen people. The Law was a place holder until JESUS fulfilled the “LAW” and established “Grace,” through faith in JESUS -- HIS physical life, physical death, physical resurrection from the dead on the third day, witnessed by hundreds, HIS bodily ascension into Heaven was when HE took HIS seat at the right hand of GOD, HIS FATHER, to intercede in behalf of all humans, who come to HIM, through faith.

Why do Christians need JESUS to intercede for us? Even though, we are “born again” we still live in our human bodies, and Satan still accuses Christians before GOD. JESUS is our advocate. Christians will not be fully perfected until, we either die or meet JESUS at the rapture, often referred to as the great escape.

When a person is “born again” or “Spirit Born” that person is given The Holy Spirit, WHO confirms that persons’ Spiritual Birth into GOD’S eternal Family.

GOD knew that the ultimate, for those living upon earth, was to have The Holy Spirit indwell every true believer as his/her guarantee of eternal life to all who place their faith in JESUS. Plus, so much more.

The HOLY SPIRIT is the third person of the Trinity, WHO dwells within every born-again person, thus 24/7 communication with GOD and JESUS.

Ephesians 1:14

The Holy Spirit is the down payment of our inheritance, until the redemption of the possession, to the praise of his glory.

This is one reason GOD sent HIS only SON, JESUS, to earth to live a 100% human life and change the dynamics of communication directly with GOD and JESUS from going through a priest to direct access, 24/7.

This is not to put down the Priests in Christian denominations. Often, Christians need a fellow believer to walk with them through various times and issues in their lives.

Back to the journey of the Israelites --------

GOD was revealing HIMSELF to the Israelites and HIS expectations for them to build the right relationship with HIM by observing THE LAW. The Law was a placeholder until JESUS fulfilled the Law.

JESUS was the perfect acceptable sacrifice to GOD, HIS FATHER, for all sin by HIS physical sinless life and death upon the cross by the shedding of HIS sinless blood and physical death upon the cross to atone for all sin.

JESUS paid the price for all sin, but each person must accept it by placing his or her faith in JESUS. In doing so results in the miracle of the person of faith being Spiritually born into GOD’S eternal family, never to be unborn.

Let’s return to the journey of the Israelites as they continue their journey to the land of promise.

GOD revealed HIMSELF to the Israelites and their leaders, Moses and Aaron, as they journeyed to the physical land of promise, which is a foreshadow of the Christian’s life’s journey.

It was a learning experience for the Israelites, Moses and Aaron and a message to us today; never underestimate the power and leadership of GOD through faith in JESUS!!!

Exodus 17:1-7: (This event took place early in the journey of the Israelites as they left Egypt to follow GOD to the land of promise.)

17 The entire Israelite community left the Wilderness of Sin, moving from one place to the next according to the Lord’s command. They camped at Rephidim, but there was no water for the people to drink. ² So the people complained to Moses, “Give us water to drink.”

“Why are you complaining to me?” Moses replied to them. “Why are you testing the Lord?”

³ But the people thirsted there for water and grumbled against Moses. They said, “Why did you ever bring us up from Egypt to kill us and our children and our livestock with thirst?”

This is a foreshadow of our thirst for THE LIVING WATER that only faith in JESUS provides. JESUS fulfilled The Law and established Grace for all who place their faith in JESUS.

⁴ Then Moses cried out to the Lord, “What should I do with these people? In a little while they will stone me!”

⁵ The Lord answered Moses, “Go on ahead of the people and take some of the elders of Israel with you. Take the staff you struck the Nile within your hand and go. ⁶ I am going to stand there in front of you on the rock at Horeb; when you hit the rock, water will come out of it and the people will drink.” Moses did this in the sight of the elders of Israel. ⁷ He named the place Massah^[a] and Meribah^[b] because the Israelites complained, and because they tested the Lord, saying, “Is the Lord among us or not?”

Obedience to the leadership of GOD is vital when we journey through life on our way to eternal life in Heaven.

Disobedience has consequences -------

We read in read in Numbers 20:1-13: (This took place close to the end of the journey of the Israelites to the land of promise.)

Water from the Rock

20 The entire Israelite community entered the Wilderness of Zin in the first month, and they^[a] settled in Kadesh. Miriam died and was buried there.

² There was no water for the community, so they assembled against Moses and Aaron. ³ The people quarreled with Moses and said, “If only we had perished when our brothers perished before the Lord. ⁴ Why have you brought the Lord’s assembly into this wilderness for us and our livestock to die here? ⁵ Why have you led us up from Egypt to bring us to this evil place? It’s not a place of grain, figs, vines, and pomegranates, and there is no water to drink!”

⁶ Then Moses and Aaron went from the presence of the assembly to the doorway of the tent of meeting. They fell facedown, and the glory of the Lord appeared to them. ⁷ The Lord spoke to Moses, ⁸ “Take the staff and assemble the community. You and your brother Aaron are to speak to the rock while they watch, and it will yield its water. You will bring out water for them from the rock and provide drink for the community and their livestock.”

⁹ So Moses took the staff from the Lord’s presence just as he had commanded him. ¹⁰ Moses and Aaron summoned the assembly in front of the rock, and Moses said to them, “Listen, you rebels! Must we bring water out of this rock for you?” ¹¹ Then Moses raised his hand and struck the rock twice with his staff, so that abundant water gushed out, and the community and their livestock drank.

Oh my. Disobedience has its consequences!

Often, we stick with what works in the past, whereas GOD desires for HIS children to increase and build their faith in HIM and not the physical things, we are often prone to use. The water from a rock was never about the staff, but about obedience to GOD’S command and power. Obedience builds trust as we journey with GOD and JESUS!!!

Only GOD can change hearts of stone or rocks into fountains of living water which quinches our Spiritual thirst.

¹² But the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, “Because you did not trust me to demonstrate my holiness in the sight of the Israelites, you will not bring this assembly into the land I have given them.” ¹³ These are the Waters of Meribah,^[b] where the Israelites quarreled with the Lord, and he demonstrated his holiness to them.

Disobedience has consequences. Notice that Moses and Aaron were present and Moses hit the rock twice. Likely once for Moses and once for Aaron. Water came out but it cost Moses and Aaron their entrance into the land of promise. Neither entered into the Land of Promise.

This is a message to us today – never ever give up on GOD and JESUS as we journey through life. Just know that Christians have an adversary, Satan, who has been defeated by JESUS.

Ephesians 1:14

The Holy Spirit is the down payment of our inheritance, until the redemption of the possession, to the praise of his glory.

Colossians 1:27

God wanted to make known among the Gentiles the glorious wealth of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.

Back to the Israelites ----

 

We do know that physical death was not the end of Moses because we know that Moses was present with GOD, JESUS, and HIS chosen disciples on the mount of transfiguration, as recorded in Mark 9 ² After six days Jesus took Peter, James, and John and led them up a high mountain by themselves to be alone. He was transfigured in front of them, ³ and his clothes became dazzling—extremely white as no launderer on earth could whiten them. ⁴ Elijah appeared to them with Moses, and they were talking with Jesus. ⁵ Peter said to Jesus, “Rabbi, it’s good for us to be here. Let’s set up three shelters: one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah”— ⁶ because he (Peter) did not know what to say, since they were terrified.

Moses died before entering the land of promise. When he died, he went to Heaven. How do we know that?

Let’s read the account of the transfiguration of JESUS as HE was approaching HIS passion.

On the Mount of Transfiguration there were two prophets from the Old Testament.

There was Moses, who represented the LAW. Moses judged JESUS regarding HIS fulfilment of the Law.

There was Elijah, who judged JESUS regarding HIS fulfilment of Prophecy.

GOD had Moses and Elijah evaluate JESUS regarding HIS fulfilment and completion of both the Law and the Prophets. Why?

JESUS was preparing to go to the cross to pay, in full, for the consequence for sin, which is death by the shedding of HIS blood. JESUS met all the requirements of the Law and Prophesy.

GOD approved JESUS to be HIS perfect acceptable sacrifice for all sin. JESUS gave HIS sinless life upon the cross, by the shedding of HIS blood for all who place their faith in HIM, as their Savior.

Numbers 20:22–29:

Aaron’s Death

²² After they set out from Kadesh, the entire Israelite community came to Mount Hor. ²³ The Lord said to Moses and Aaron at Mount Hor on the border of the land of Edom, ²⁴ “Aaron will be gathered to his people; he will not enter the land I have given the Israelites, because you both rebelled against my command at the Waters of Meribah. ²⁵ Take Aaron and his son Eleazar and bring them up Mount Hor. ²⁶ Remove Aaron’s garments and put them on his son Eleazar. Aaron will be gathered to his people and die there.”

²⁷ So Moses did as the Lord commanded, and they climbed Mount Hor in the sight of the whole community. ²⁸ After Moses removed Aaron’s garments and put them on his son Eleazar, Aaron died there on top of the mountain. Then Moses and Eleazar came down from the mountain. ²⁹ When the whole community saw that Aaron had passed away, the entire house of Israel mourned for him thirty days.

What did GOD do for Moses?

Deuteronomy 34:1-8:

Christian Standard Bible

Moses’s Death

34 Then Moses went up from the plains of Moab to Mount Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, which faces Jericho, and the Lord showed him all the land: Gilead as far as Dan, ² all of Naphtali, the land of Ephraim and Manasseh, all the land of Judah as far as the Mediterranean^[a] Sea, ³ the Negev, and the plain in the Valley of Jericho, the City of Palms, as far as Zoar. ⁴ The Lord then said to him, “This is the land I promised Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, ‘I will give it to your descendants.’ I have let you see it with your own eyes, but you will not cross into it.”

⁵ So Moses the servant of the Lord died there in the land of Moab, according to the Lord’s word. ⁶ He buried him^[b] in the valley in the land of Moab facing Beth-peor, and no one to this day knows where his grave is. ⁷ Moses was one hundred twenty years old when he died; his eyes were not weak, and his vitality had not left him. ⁸ The Israelites wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days. Then the days of weeping and mourning for Moses ended.

The physical journey of Moses came to an end but not his eternal life.

GOD still had plans for Moses as we read in Moses’ presence on the Mount of Transfiguration with JESUS.

We know that when Moses died physically, he went to Heaven and he was available to meet with JESUS on the Mount of Transfiguration.

As brother Paul wrote in 1 Corinthians 2:9

But as it is written, What no eye has seen, no ear has heard, and no human heart has conceived— God has prepared these things for those who love him.

Fellow Christians the best is yet to come!

Blessings with love!!!

 

Bible Study - The Law Versus Grace - April 26, 2026

 

Bible Study - The Law Versus Grace - April 26, 2026

The journey continues to the Promised Land. But as with any journey, what do we or, as in this case, what did the Israelites learn by experiencing the leadership of GOD???

All human’s alive upon planet earth are on a journey of potentially experiencing GOD, as we do life upon earth. I believe Earth is the proving ground for the human race and gives the opportunity for eternal life in Heaven with GOD, JESUS, and THE HOLY SPIRIT.

This physical journey upon earth is designed to get us to consider eternity. Life gives us a foretaste of experiencing GOD and HIS care as we journey through life. We have many options from which to choose.

GOD works in many ways to reveal truth to all people. HE gives us inquiring minds to explore and decide what is truth.

In 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18:

Christian Standard Bible - The Comfort of Christ’s Coming

¹³ We do not want you to be uninformed, brothers and sisters, concerning those who are asleep, so that you will not grieve like the rest, who have no hope. ¹⁴ For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, in the same way, through Jesus, God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep. ¹⁵ For we say this to you by a word from the Lord: We who are still alive at the Lord’s coming will certainly not precede those who have fallen asleep. ¹⁶ For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a shout,^[a] with the archangel’s voice, and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. ¹⁷ Then we who are still alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we will always be with the Lord. ¹⁸ Therefore encourage^[b] one another with these words.

This is often referred to as the “great escape,” when the church and all Christians, who are alive, will be taken up with JESUS into Heaven.

As we approach the second coming, there will be challenges along a person’s Spiritual journey through faith in JESUS.

The Bible reveals to us in Matthew 24:24

For false messiahs and false prophets will arise and perform great signs and wonders to lead astray, if possible, even the elect.

We, who have placed our faith in JESUS, know the truth of our salvation. We have been bought with the price of the shed blood of JESUS, as confirmed by HIS resurrection and the seal of the Holy Spirit in our hearts, through faith in JESUS, that we have been redeemed by the shed blood of the LAMB, JESUS. Never forget that as we continue our life’s journey during these days leading up to the second coming of JESUS, Satan will try to deceive the world.

Satan still battles those who are to receive salvation and continues after they receive salvation.

What is the good news? We read in 1 John 4:1-6:

The Spirit of Truth and the Spirit of Error

4 Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but evaluate the spirits to see if they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.

² This is how you know the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God, ³ but every spirit that does not confess Jesus^[a] is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you have heard is coming; even now it is already in the world.

⁴ You are from God, little children, and you have conquered them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world. ⁵ They are from the world. Therefore, what they say is from the world, and the world listens to them. ⁶ We are from God. Anyone who knows God listens to us; anyone who is not from God does not listen to us. This is how we know the Spirit of truth and the spirit of deception.

Early in the journey of the Israelites, GOD revealed to the Israelites that HE could and would provide for them -- water that was drinkable after HE changed bitter water to drinkable water, when HIS instructions were followed. GOD provided food from Heaven – Quail at night and Manner in the morning – again the Israelites had to follow GOD’S instructions. Obedience to the instructions from the ONE TRUE GOD of the Israelites is the foundation upon which our Judeo-Christian faith in JESUS is based. Obedience is true today as “Born Again” Christians live life upon earth.

But pause and look around, Satan is busy trying the landscape of the world and especially America.

What do Christians need to do? Pray for America and its leadership is vital. We must keep our eyes upon JESUS because the days are evil and it is only the beginning.

GOD promised in the Old Testament scriptures that HE would send HIS Messiah, HIS only SON, JESUS, to earth to be the final acceptable sacrifice for all sin and be the only way to eternal life for all who place their faith in JESUS and be “born again.”

Eternal life is only possible by a person being “born again.” All humans who are born upon earth are the result of the human sperm uniting with the human egg. Life is a gift from The ONE TRUE GOD, YHWH or “IAM WHO I AM.”

We are studying the foundation upon which the Judeo-Christian faith was and is established.

Back to the journey ---- The Israelites were on a journey from being slaves in Egypt to the Land GOD promised them.

A million Israelites were traveling to this Land of Promise, led by GOD. But along their journey, GOD was revealing HIMSELF and building trust to their leaders, Moses, and Aaron, and as well in the Israelites themselves.

The food GOD provided from Heaven came with specific instructions for gathering the food each day and storing it to be used on the Sabbath. They should rest and worship GOD on the Sabbath.

Some tested GOD and learned that when they went to harvest manner on the Sabbath, there was not any.

This was to train and build trust in the Israelites to be obedient to GOD’S instructions.

I believe this was GOD’S way of teaching the Israelites obedience, trust and building confidence is HIS care and building trust for HIS chosen people then and today.

All people are chosen and on life’s journey, but not all respond to GOD’S invitation to be “born-again” Spiritually through faith in JESUS.

There are special provisions for the stillborn, infirmed, mentally challenged -------

GOD’S physical care of the Israelites upon earth was a precursor to prepare for GOD’S ultimate redemptive plan of eternal salvation and eternal life through faith in GOD’S Only SON, JESUS.

GOD had revealed to the One Million Israelites, that HE delivered them from Egypt and demonstrated HIS care to provide them with much needed physical water and food to sustain their physical life and their journey ahead. Trust and Obey! That is GOD’S eternal message to all people today through faith in JESUS to sustain those who place their faith in JESUS, as their Savior through the miracle of a person being born-again Spiritually into GOD’S eternal family with citizenship in Heaven ---

Philippians 3:20

Our citizenship is in heaven, and we eagerly wait for a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ.

We who have been “born again” eagerly wait for the second coming of JESUS to establish HIS rule upon planet earth, when Satan is chained in the bottomless pit.

Revelation 20:1-3 Satan Bound

Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven holding the key to the abyss and a great chain in his hand. He seized the dragon, that ancient serpent who is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years. He threw him into the abyss, closed it, and put a seal on it so that he would no longer deceive the nations until the thousand years were completed. After that, he must be released for a short time.

Back to the journey of the Israelites ------

GOD had revealed HIS sufficiency in proving to the Israelites of HIS physical deliverance to meet their physical needs; now it was time to build the foundation to meet their Spiritual deliverance and needs.

GOD introduced the Ten Commandments to the Israelites ----

First, these were not suggestions, but commandments designed to mold and draw the Israelites and others, who would embrace Judaism, into the revelation of GOD, HIS sufficiency and build the right relationship of trust with HIM.

The building blocks or the first foundation laid were the Ten Commandments, or The Law as given in Exodus 20:

The Ten Commandments

Exodus 20:1 Then God spoke all these words:

² I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the place of slavery.

³ Do not have other gods besides me.

⁴ Do not make an idol for yourself, whether in the shape of anything in the heavens above or on the earth below or in the waters under the earth. ⁵ Do not bow in worship to them, and do not serve them; for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, bringing the consequences of the fathers’ iniquity on the children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate me, ⁶ but showing faithful love to a thousand generations of those who love me and keep my commands.

⁷ Do not misuse the name of the Lord your God, because the Lord will not leave anyone unpunished who misuses his name.

⁸ Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy: ⁹ You are to labor six days and do all your work, ¹⁰ but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God. You must not do any work—you, your son or daughter, your male or female servant, your livestock, or the resident alien who is within your city gates. ¹¹ For the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and everything in them in six days; then he rested on the seventh day. Therefore, the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and declared it holy.

¹² Honor your father and your mother so that you may have a long life in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.

¹³ Do not murder.

¹⁴ Do not commit adultery.

¹⁵ Do not steal.

¹⁶ Do not give false testimony against your neighbor.

¹⁷ Do not covet your neighbor’s house. Do not covet your neighbor’s wife, his male or female servant, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.

Deuteronomy 8 Christian Standard Bible

Remember the Lord

8:1 “Carefully follow every command I am giving you today, so that you may live and increase, and may enter and take possession of the land the Lord swore to your ancestors. ² Remember that the Lord your God led you on the entire journey these forty years in the wilderness, so that he might humble you and test you to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep his commands. ³ He humbled you by letting you go hungry; then he gave you manna to eat, which you and your ancestors had not known, so that you might learn that man does not live on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord. ⁴ Your clothing did not wear out, and your feet did not swell these forty years. ⁵ Keep in mind that the Lord your God has been disciplining you just as a man disciplines his son. ⁶ So keep the commands of the Lord your God by walking in his ways and fearing him. ⁷ For the Lord your God is bringing you into a good land, a land with streams, springs, and deep water sources, flowing in both valleys and hills; ⁸ a land of wheat, barley, vines, figs, and pomegranates; a land of olive oil and honey; ⁹ a land where you will eat food without shortage, where you will lack nothing; a land whose rocks are iron and from whose hills you will mine copper. ¹⁰ When you eat and are full, you will bless the Lord your God for the good land he has given you.

¹¹ “Be careful that you don’t forget the Lord your God by failing to keep his commands, ordinances, and statutes that I am giving you today. ¹² When you eat and are full, and build beautiful houses to live in, ¹³ and your herds and flocks grow large, and your silver and gold multiply, and everything else you have increases, ¹⁴ be careful that your heart doesn’t become proud and you forget the Lord your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the place of slavery. ¹⁵ He led you through the great and terrible wilderness with its poisonous^[a] snakes and scorpions, a thirsty land where there was no water. He brought water out of the flint rock for you. ¹⁶ He fed you in the wilderness with manna, which your ancestors had not known, in order to humble and test you, so that in the end he might cause you to prosper. ¹⁷ You may say to yourself, ‘My power and my own ability have gained this wealth for me,’ ¹⁸ but remember that the Lord your God gives you the power to gain wealth, in order to confirm his covenant, he swore to your ancestors, as it is today. ¹⁹ If you ever forget the Lord your God and follow other gods to serve them and bow in worship to them, I testify against you today that you will certainly perish. ²⁰ Like the nations the Lord is about to destroy before you, you will perish if you do not obey the Lord your God.

WOW!!! That is powerful.

I think of the Ten Commandments as fences to guide the Israelites and proselytes, and others through life before GOD sent HIS only SON JESUS into the world to fulfill the Law and establish “GRACE.”

The Commandments are still vital today to show all people how they fall short of measuring up to GOD’S expectations and their need for eternal salvation through faith in JESUS.

Thank YOU JESUS for being willing to leave Heaven and come to earth to live a 100% human, subject to physical death and potential sin, yet YOU lived a sinless life. Thus, YOU became the perfect acceptable sacrifice to pay the price GOD demands for sin, by the shedding of YOUR blood to fulfill the Law and establishing “Grace.”  THE PRICE FOR SIN WAS PAID IN FULL for all who will place their faith in YOU, JESUS.

JESUS, YOU are THE PERFECT ACCEPTABLE SACIFICE TO GOD FOR ALL SIN.

When any person places his or her faith in YOU, JESUS, the miracle of Spiritual birth takes place quicker than the twinkle of the eye.

The Divine SPERM, THE HOLY SPIRIT unites with the human spirit, the spiritual egg. Spiritual birth takes place quicker than the twinkle of the eye and that person is “born again” or “Spirit Born” never to be unborn Spiritually. That person instantly becomes GOD’S Eternal SON or DAUGHTER.

Grace through faith in JESUS trumps the LAW!

Welcome home to all who have been led to pray to ask JESUS to forgive him or her for their sins and ask JESUS to come into his/her heart believing that JESUS gave HIS sinless life to atone for all their sins by the shedding of HIS sinless blood.

GOD proved to all the world that JESUS was and is HIS perfectly acceptable sacrifice by raising JESUS from the physically dead on the third day to live eternally with GOD and to intercede for all who seek salvation. NOW THAT IS GOOD NEWS!!!

Isaiah 1:18

Come now, and let us reason together, says the Lord. Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall be like wool.

Faith in JESUS and HIS passion, includes the physical birth and life of JESUS upon earth, HIS physical death, by the shedding of HIS blood and HIS bodily resurrection is salvation from the penalty for sin, which is eternal death and eternity in HELL.

If anyone reading this, who has not asked JESUS to come into his/her heart through faith in JESUS – NOW is your opportunity –

JESUS tells us in Revelation 3:20:

See! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me.

JESUS has been knocking on your heart’s door, and you are the only one who can open it because the latch or lock on your heart’s door is on the inside of your heart and only you can open it.

Dear JESUS, I ask YOU to come into my life/heart now and save my soul from an eternity in Hell to an eternity in HEAVEN through the miracle of Spiritual birth into YOUR eternal family through faith in JESUS.

Salvation is not saying the right words, it is all about the attitude of your heart. I have heard of some people saying LORD I give up, please come into my hear and save my soul.

If you prayed such a prayer, welcome into the eternal family of JESUS with your citizenship in Heaven.

Dear Father and JESUS, be their strength and reveal the wonderful truths in YOUR WORD as they continue their journey to the eternal promised land of HEAVEN. YES!!!

Blessings!!!

 

 

Bible Study - The Journey of the Israelites to the Land of Promise - Continues - Exodus 27 - April 19, 2026

 

Bible Study – The Journey of the Israelites to the Land of Promise - Continues – Exodus 27 – April 19, 2026

In last week’s study, after a teaching moment of turning bitter water into drinkable water for the Israelites, GOD led the Israelites to an oasis to be refreshed and reflect, as we read in Exodus 15:27:

²⁷ Then they came to Elim, where there were twelve springs and seventy date palms, and they camped there by the water.

In the Bible, 12 symbolizes God’s covenant people, order, and authority, while 70 represents completion, divine order, and significant spiritual milestones.

GOD still provides times to pause and rest as we journey through life.

There are times when rest comes, we keep wondering what next?

Where to next, as the Israelites continue their journey to the Land of Promise. THE LORD Provides physically and Spiritually as they journey and as we journey -------

Let’s read Exodus: 16:1-36:

Manna and Quail Provided

16 The entire Israelite community departed from Elim and came to the Wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after they had left the land of Egypt. ² The entire Israelite community grumbled against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness. ³ The Israelites said to them, “If only we had died by the Lord’s hand in the land of Egypt, when we sat by pots of meat and ate all the bread we wanted. Instead, you brought us into this wilderness to make this whole assembly die of hunger!”

Woe is me!!! Life often brings us “If only.” When life hands us lemons, it is time for lemonade.

GOD provided water in the desert and now their provisions had been consumed. The Million Israelites were hungry in the desert. GOD had provided drinkable water and now they needed food.

GOD knows our needs and HE was revealing HIMSELF to the Israelites.

GOD does not disappoint. Challenges in life’s journey gives opportunity for GOD to reveal HIS care to us. Are those times tough? YES!!! But they are teachable moments along life’s journey, and it builds our relationship with GOD through faith in JESUS. Life is NOT easy but GOD journeys with us, either to get our attention and/or build the right relationship with HIM through faith in JESUS.

We have the advantage of looking back over the annals of time to glean from GOD’S Word and HIS care for HIS Chosen, which includes all Spirit Born Christians. All Spirit Born believers are on a journey to the eternal promised land, HEAVEN. Their citizenship in heaven is established the instant any person places his/her faith in JESUS as written in:

Philippians 3:20

Our citizenship is in heaven, and we eagerly wait for a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ.

GOD established the rules or commandments for the Israelites to follow to satisfy their physical needs to sustain their lives and reveal HIS physical care for them. Physical care leads to Spiritual care and revelation.

The Law was a place holder until the law was fulfilled by JESUS. The passion of JESUS fulfilled The Law and established GRACE!!!

I love GRACE. Thank YOU, JESUS.

When a person places his or her faith in JESUS, that person is born again Spiritually. THE HOLY SPIRIT, THE DIVINE SPERM, unites with the human spirit, as the Spiritual egg, which needs to be fertilized Spiritually. Spiritual conception takes place quicker than the twinkle of the eye when any person asks JESUS to forgive him or her for all of his/her sins and ask JESUS to come into his/her heart, JESUS does. That person quicker than the twinkle of the eye is Spirit Born or a born-again Christian --- never to be unborn.

Once GOD’S Son or Daughter, always GOD’S Son or Daughter.

The Born again person’s citizenship is as recorded in Philippians 3:20:

Our citizenship is in heaven, and we eagerly wait for a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ.

Either, we who have been “Born Again” will go immediately to Heaven when we die or those Spirit Born Christians who are alive when JESUS returns to earth, will be taken to Heaven.

Back to GOD revealing HIMSELF to the Israelites and building the right relationship with them. As we read the revelation of GOD and HIS care to the nation of Israel, it is a foreshadow of GOD’S eternal care of all who place their faith in JESUS.

1.    JESUS said in John 14:2

In my Father’s house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I am going to prepare a place for you?

2.    John 14:3

If I go away and prepare a place for you, I will come again and take you to myself, so that where I am you may be also.

As the Israelites were journeying to the Land of Promise, it is a foreshadow of “Spirit Born” believers traveling to Heaven. Heaven is the final eternal home of all who place their faith in JESUS, WHO has prepared an eternal place for all who place their faith in HIM.

In the meantime, back upon earth, the Israelites continue their journey, both physical and Spiritual, to the physical Land of Promise ---

⁴ Then the Lord said to Moses, “I am going to rain bread from heaven for you. The people are to go out each day and gather enough for that day. This way I will test them to see whether or not they will follow my instructions. ⁵ On the sixth day, when they prepare what they bring in, it will be twice as much as they gather on other days.”^[a]

The Israelites grumbled again. THE LORD GOD told Moses that HE was going to rain bread from heaven. Why? There would be no mistake with the Israelites knowing that their daily bread came from THE ONE TRUE GOD, YHWH, WHO was leading them to the Land of Promise.

GOD gave specific instructions regarding the harvest of the “Bread from Heaven.” Is this a foreshadow of the coming of JESUS? I think so.

We read in Matthew 6: ¹¹ Give us this day our daily bread.

It is vital that as Spirit-born Christians that we do not neglect our daily walk with our LORD JESUS. Just as most of us eat food on a daily basis, we also need Spiritual Food on a daily basis. We need water more frequently than food, thus for Spirit born Christians, THE HOLY SPIRIT is as written in John 7:38:

The one who believes in me (JESUS), as the Scripture has said, will have streams of living water flow from deep within him.”

Why do we need “streams of living water?”

Isaiah 44:3

For I will pour water on the thirsty land, and streams on the dry ground; I will pour out my Spirit on your offspring, and my blessing on your descendants.

A foreshadow of the outpouring of the Holy Spirit and the fulfillment of the Passion of JESUS, which rendered the human body of all who place their faith in JESUS and recorded in 1 Corinthians 6:19

Don’t you know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God? You are not your own,

Since the passion of JESUS, those seeking to be in right relationship with GOD, there is a permanent, eternal shift from worshipping in the physical temple to the personal, eternal temple where the Holy Spirit resides, the Spirit Born person’s core of belief, where truth resides.

Our journey with the Israelites continues ----------

⁶ So Moses and Aaron said to all the Israelites, “This evening you will know that it was the Lord who brought you out of the land of Egypt, ⁷ and in the morning, you will see the Lord’s glory because he has heard your complaints about him. For who are we that you complain about us?”

In essence, do not confuse us for GOD. We are only GOD’S emissaries.

Often, we get caught up with a fellow Christian as having a “Hot Line” to Heaven. We must keep in mind that we are all sinners saved by the Grace of GOD, through faith in JESUS. YES, we should reach out to fellow Spirit-born Christians to pray, stand, walk, with us as we journey through life and encounter various issues.

Issues equal Spiritual growth opportunities. They are often “No fun” but rewarding once on the other side. Building faith and trust in GOD, through faith in JESUS, is a journey.

Back to the journey of the Israelites --------

⁸ Moses continued, “The Lord will give you meat to eat this evening and all the bread you want in the morning, for he has heard the complaints that you are raising against him. Who are we? Your complaints are not against us but against the Lord.”

⁹ Then Moses told Aaron, “Say to the entire Israelite community, ‘Come before the Lord, for he has heard your complaints.’” ¹⁰ As Aaron was speaking to the entire Israelite community, they turned toward the wilderness, and there in a cloud the Lord’s glory appeared.

¹¹ The Lord spoke to Moses, ¹² “I have heard the complaints of the Israelites. Tell them: At twilight you will eat meat, and in the morning, you will eat bread until you are full. Then you will know that I am the Lord your God.”

¹³ So at evening quail came and covered the camp. In the morning there was a layer of dew all around the camp. ¹⁴ When the layer of dew evaporated, there were fine flakes on the desert surface, as fine as frost on the ground. ¹⁵ When the Israelites saw it, they asked one another, “What is it?” because they didn’t know what it was.

Moses told them, “It is the bread the Lord has given you to eat. ¹⁶ This is what the Lord has commanded: ‘Gather as much of it as each person needs to eat. You may take two quarts^[b] per individual, according to the number of people each of you has in his tent.’”

¹⁷ So the Israelites did this. Some gathered a lot, some a little. ¹⁸ When they measured it by quarts,^[c] the person who gathered a lot had no surplus, and the person who gathered a little had no shortage. Each gathered as much as he needed to eat. ¹⁹ Moses said to them, “No one is to let any of it remain until morning.” ²⁰ But they didn’t listen to Moses; some people left part of it until morning, and it bred worms and stank. Therefore, Moses was angry with them.

Most of us never change, always testing GOD and HIS WORD. GOD puts up with us because HE made us.

²¹ They gathered it every morning. Each gathered as much as he needed to eat, but when the sun grew hot, it melted. ²² On the sixth day they gathered twice as much food, four quarts^[d] apiece, and all the leaders of the community came and reported this to Moses. ²³ He told them, “This is what the Lord has said: ‘Tomorrow is a day of complete rest, a holy Sabbath to the Lord. Bake what you want to bake, and boil what you want to boil, and set aside everything left over to be kept until morning.’”

The Sabbath was to be a day of rest and worship THE ONE TRUE GOD OF THE ISRAELITES.

²⁴ So they set it aside until morning as Moses commanded, and it didn’t stink or have maggots in it. ²⁵ “Eat it today,” Moses said, “because today is a Sabbath to the Lord. Today you won’t find any in the field. ²⁶ For six days you will gather it, but on the seventh day, the Sabbath, there will be none.”

THE LORD was teaching the Israelites obedience to HIS WORD. The same is true today – Trust and Obey – Internalize and trust what is revealed to us as we study, apply and grow in our relationship with GOD through faith in JESUS.

²⁷ Yet on the seventh day some of the people went out to gather, but they did not find any. ²⁸ Then the Lord said to Moses, “How long will you^[e] refuse to keep my commands and instructions? ²⁹ Understand that the Lord has given you the Sabbath; therefore, on the sixth day he will give you two days’ worth of bread. Each of you stay where you are; no one is to leave his place on the seventh day.” ³⁰ So the people rested on the seventh day.

The same is true today – WE TEST THE LORD, WHO IN TURN SHOWS US THAT HE SAYS WHAT HE MEANS AND MEANS WHAT HE SAYS.

³¹ The house of Israel named the substance manna.^[f] It resembled coriander seed, was white, and tasted like wafers made with honey. ³² Moses said, “This is what the Lord has commanded: ‘Two quarts^[g] of it are to be preserved throughout your generations, so that they may see the bread I fed you in the wilderness when I brought you out of the land of Egypt.’”

³³ Moses told Aaron, “Take a container and put two quarts^[h] of manna in it. Then place it before the Lord to be preserved throughout your generations.” ³⁴ As the Lord commanded Moses, Aaron placed it before the testimony to be preserved.

³⁵ The Israelites ate manna for forty years, until they came to an inhabited land. They ate manna until they reached the border of the land of Canaan. ³⁶ (They used a measure called an Omer, which held two quarts.^[I^])

Forty years in Biblical context was considered a generation.

WOW!!! GOD was teaching the nation of Israel then and, in turn, the world today of HIS love and care for those who love GOD and place their faith in JESUS.

GOD continues to provide for HIS Children today. Have you ever been led to take a meal to a friend, neighbor, acquaintance or loved one? I know there was a time in our married life that things were tough and I grumbled. THE LORD was quick to bring to my mind those who had provided food to us, just to be good neighbors or friends.

What does JESUS tell us in Matthew 10:42:

And whoever gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones because he (or she) is a disciple, truly I tell you, he will never lose his reward.”

Blessings!!!