Day 15- The God Who is There

Read it: Ezekiel 48:1-35 Live it:  Reading this chapter indicates that God will restore the land to His people and will divide it up among the tribes of Israel. No matter what your end-times theology is, we must all see that the last words of Ezekiel’s vision are “the...

Day 14- Immanuel

Read it: Isaiah 7:1-16 & Isaiah 8:7-8  Live it:  In these two passages, Isaiah introduces the new name of “Immanuel,” a name not found anywhere else in the Old Testament and not used again until the angel tells Mary her child will be called Immanuel (Matthew 1:23)...

Day 13- God – my shepherd

Read it:  Psalm 23; Ezekiel 34 Live it:   Once again, we will consider a compound Yahweh name of God. This time we will consider Yahweh-Rohi (The Lord is my shepherd).  In Psalm 23, David captures the essence of God as our shepherd. As a shepherd, He leads us beside...

Day 12- Mighty God

Read it: Isaiah 9:6, Deuteronomy 10:17, Zephaniah 3:17 Live it:  We find that the third name that is recorded in Isaiah 9:6 is El Gibbor, which translates to Mighty God. The meaning of the Hebrew word “Gibbor” is strong or powerful. Many times throughout the Bible,...

Day 11- The Lamb of God

Read it: John 1:29-36; Exodus 12:1-11 Live it:  John the Baptist is the first to use the term The Lamb of God. This term is not used anywhere else in the Bible or Hebraic writings. So what does it refer to? Is John creating a new phase that means something unique? Or,...

Day 10- Rock

Read it: Genesis 49:1 & 49:22-26 Live it:  Here, we find Jacob on his deathbed giving his sons what he called their final blessing for their future (I’m not sure I’d like some of those provisions from my parents in their last will and testament). In verse 24 Jacob...