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by Michael Kelley | Let us not be the kind of people who pick and choose the parts of faith that taste the best to us, as if Christianity is like some kind of cafeteria line. Instead, let us believe in what God has told us is real. And may that belief draw us into a greater appreciation of who He is and what He has done on our behalf…

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Luke 22:15 And Jesus said to them, “I have eagerly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer.

This was the day before Jesus was crucified. He was going to spend time with His close friends, who He had discipled, for almost three years. Now He was going to show them the full extent of His love. He begins by washing their feet like a lowly servant. Mind you, this is the King of the universe. Then He broke the bread and said, "Take, eat, this is My body, which was broken for you." And then, after dinner Jesus took the cup and said, "This cup is the new covenant in My blood, which is shed for the remission of sins." It was a critical moment which was to define the end of the old covenant and the beginning of the new. Why was Jesus eager to eat the Last Supper with His disciples? It was Jesus' last opportunity to tell the apostles the significance of His death which would bring eternal life to many.

Would you like Jesus, be eager to share this good news with those around you?

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"If I slip into the place that can be filled by Christ alone, making myself the first necessity to a soul instead of leading it to fasten upon Him, then I know nothing of Calvary love." – Amy Carmichael

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by Simon van Bruchem | When you find your conversations dominated by complaining, stop and pause for a moment. You have far more to rejoice in than you do to complain about! Let’s stand out as people who know God works all things for our good…

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The Prince's Offerings

1 “This is what the Lord GOD says: The gate of the inner court that faces east must be closed during the six days of work, but it will be opened on the Sabbath day and opened on the day of the New Moon. 2 The prince should enter from the outside by way of the gate’s portico and stand at the doorpost of the gate while the priests sacrifice his burnt offerings and fellowship offerings. He will bow in worship at the threshold of the gate and then depart, but the gate must not be closed until evening. 3 The people of the land will also bow in worship before the LORD at the entrance of that gate on the Sabbaths and New Moons.

4 “The burnt offering that the prince presents to the LORD on the Sabbath day is to be six unblemished lambs and an unblemished ram. 5 The grain offering will be half a bushel with the ram, and the grain offering with the lambs will be whatever he wants to give, as well as a gallon of oil for every half bushel. 6 On the day of the New Moon, the burnt offering is to be a young, unblemished bull, as well as six lambs and a ram without blemish. 7 He will provide a grain offering of half a bushel with the bull, half a bushel with the ram, and whatever he can afford with the lamb, together with a gallonh of oil for every half bushel. 8 When the prince enters, he must go in by way of the gate’s portico and go out the same way.

9 “When the people of the land come before the LORD at the appointed times, whoever enters by way of the north gate to worship must go out by way of the south gate, and whoever enters by way of the south gate must go out by way of the north gate.  No one must return through the gate by which he entered, but must go out by the opposite gate. 10 When the people enter, the prince will enter with them, and when they leave, he will leave. 11 At the festivals and appointed times, the grain offering will be half a bushel with the bull, half a bushel with the ram, and whatever he wants to give with the lambs, along with a gallon of oil for every half bushel.

12 “When the prince makes a freewill offering, whether a burnt offering or a fellowship offering as a freewill offering to the LORD, the gate that faces east must be opened for him. He is to offer his burnt offering or fellowship offering just as he does on the Sabbath day. Then he will go out, and the gate must be closed after he leaves.

13 “You must offer an unblemished year-old male lamb as a daily burnt offering to the LORD; you will offer it every morning. 14 You must also prepare a grain offering every morning along with it: three quarts, with one-third of a gallon of oil to moisten the fine flour — a grain offering to the LORD. This is a permanent statute to be observed regularly. 15 They will offer the lamb, the grain offering, and the oil every morning as a regular burnt offering.

Transfer of Royal Lands

16 “This is what the Lord GOD says: If the prince gives a gift to each of his sons as their inheritance, it will belong to his sons. It will become their property by inheritance. 17 But if he gives a gift from his inheritance to one of his servants, it will belong to that servant until the year of freedom, when it will revert to the prince. His inheritance belongs only to his sons; it is theirs. 18 The prince must not take any of the people’s inheritance, evicting them from their property. He is to provide an inheritance for his sons from his own property, so that none of My people will be displaced from his own property.”

The Temple Kitchens

19 Then he brought me through the entrance that was at the side of the gate, into the priests’ holy chambers, which faced north. I saw a place there at the far western end. 20 He said to me, “This is the place where the priests will boil the restitution offering and the sin offering, and where they will bake the grain offering, so that they do not bring them into the outer court and transmit holiness to the people.” 21 Next he brought me into the outer court and led me past its four corners. There was a separate court in each of its corners. 22 In the four corners of the outer court there were enclosed courts, 70 feet long by 52 1/2 feet wide. All four corner areas had the same dimensions. 23 There was a stone wall around the inside of them, around the four of them, with ovens built at the base of the walls on all sides. 24 He said to me: “These are the kitchens where those who minister at the temple will cook the people’s sacrifices.” — Ezekiel 46 | Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB) Holman Christian Standard Bible ® Copyright © 2003, 2002, 2000, 1999 by Holman Bible Publishers. All rights reserved. Cross References: Genesis 13:14; Exodus 20:9; Exodus 29:39; Exodus 29:42; Exodus 34:23; Leviticus 2:4; Leviticus 14:21; Leviticus 23:38; Leviticus 25:10; Numbers 28:9; Numbers 28:11-12; 1 Samuel 8:14; 2 Samuel 6:14-15; 1 Chronicles 9:18; 2 Chronicles 21:3; Ezekiel 40:17; Ezekiel 44:3; Ezekiel 45:17; Ezekiel 47:1; Daniel 8:11; Luke 1:10

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Goodnight friends. Sleep well. God bless.

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Goodnight. Sweet dreams. God bless.

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And on that very day, the Lord brought the people of Israel out of the land of Egypt by their hosts.

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Count it all joy when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness.

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by T. M. Suffield | Spiritual warfare looks like forgiving your enemies, like repenting of your sin, like loving your spouse and your friends. It looks like preaching the gospel and taking the sacraments. It looks like loving your neighbours. It looks like the fruit of the spirit. It looks like prayer. We contest not with flesh and blood…

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What Does God Know?

Does God know future events?

by Bill Muehlenberg | The questions in my title and sub-title might seem to most Christians to be rather silly questions. ‘Well of course he does!’ they would say to both. He is omniscient and he knows all things. And that is indeed what Scripture seems to clearly teach.

With some exceptions, divine omniscience has long been considered to be one of the key attributes of God. That certainly has included his knowledge of the future, as well as his knowledge of possible or contingent events. But not all have agreed with this, and in the 1970s and 80s especially a new challenge to the traditional understanding arose in the form of free-will theism, or open theism...

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