‘And the angel answered him, “I am Gabriel. I stand in the presence of God, and I was sent to speak to you and to bring you this good news”‘ (Luke 1:19 ESV). Gabriel, the angel who appeared to Zechariah, was no ordinary messenger. He was one who stood in the very presence of God.
“On the next day Moses went into the tent of the testimony, and behold, the staff of Aaron for the house of Levi had sprouted and put forth buds and produced blossoms, and it bore ripe almonds” (Numbers 17:8 ESV). The Lord had the heads of house from each of the twelve tribes carve their
“And when the centurion, who stood facing him, saw that in this way he breathed his last, he said, ‘Truly this man was the Son of God!’” (Mark 15:39 ESV) Roman soldiers were expert executioners. They had seen men die in the cruelest of ways. They had witnessed their various human responses to torture and
“Please pardon the iniquity of this people, according to the greatness of your steadfast love, just as you have forgiven this people, from Egypt until now” (Numbers 14:19 ESV). Moses stood in the gap for the people of Israel, pleading with God to forgive them despite their rebellion. The Israelites had once again doubted God,
‘But Moses said to him, “Are you jealous for my sake? Would that all the LORD’s people were prophets, that the LORD would put his Spirit on them!”‘ (Numbers 11:29 ESV). In Numbers 11, Moses was overwhelmed with the burden of leading Israel, so God took some of the Spirit that was upon Moses and
“And truly, I say to you, wherever the gospel is proclaimed in the whole world, what she has done will be told in memory of her” (Mark 14:9 ESV). On the Wednesday of Passion Week, Jesus and His disciples took a day of rest a short distance from Jerusalem in a town called Bethany. While
“At the command of the LORD they camped, and at the command of the Lord they set out. They kept the charge of the LORD, at the command of the LORD by Moses” (Numbers 9:23 ESV). The Israelites who lived in the wilderness learned to live and move at the Lord’s command. His presence was
“And he sat down opposite the treasury and watched the people putting money into the offering box” (Mark 12:41 ESV). Jesus sat near the Temple collection box so that He might watch who was giving and how much they were giving. He did this to teach a lesson to His disciples. As they witnessed the
“And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’ The second is this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.” (Mark 12:30-31 ESV). A Jewish scribe came to Jesus
“Have you not read this Scripture…?” (Mark 12:10 ESV). Jesus questioned whether the religious leaders and teachers had read a particular Scripture from Psalm 118 concerning the stone the builders rejected. Even as they rejected Jesus, His question pointed them to the biblical prophecy which predicted their rejection. Shouldn’t biblical evidence have changed their view