Reading Through the Bible with Elder Linda

In this episode we read about 5 courageous women who made life better for women in the society they lived in. We also read about how leadership was transferred from Moses to Joshua. We talked about how part of Joshua’ s preparation was how he used to linger in the presence of the Lord (Exodus 33:11). We are reminded that if we want to be prepared for our next step, we too should spend some time li...

In this episode we saw God’s people fall into sexual sin and idol worship. This incident resulted in the death of 24,000 of God’s people. This episode should remind us that lust and sexual sins can attack anyone. That’s why Jesus came and died for us because He knows we were born with a sin nature and only the Grace of God and the blood of Jesus saves us. Let’s also remember that anything we love...

In this episode we finished reading about how the King of Moab hired a pagan prophet to curse God’s people. It didn’t work. He tried to curse them three times but each time God intervened and pronounced a blessing instead. The awesome thing about this incident is that God’s people, the children of Israel, were not even aware that someone was trying to put a curse on them. This should cause us to r...

In this episode we learn about the donkey that God allowed to speak. Yes, there was a talking donkey in the Bible! God who created us and the universe can do what ever He wants to do when He wants to do it. To get Balaam’s attention, He allowed the donkey to talk. One of the things we can get from this lesson is that God will use and can use anything to get our attention - He speaks to us from man...

In this episode, we read about the death of Aaron which took place the first day of the fifth month in the 40th year of the children of Israel’s journey and you can find that in Numbers Chapter 33 :38. We also see in chapter 21 a lot of the victories the children of Israel had as well as a notable incident when a bronze snake had to be used to heal the people because of their complaining. God sent...

In Chapter 19, we learned the procedures the children of Israel had to do to make them clean and have their sins covered. Thank God that we don’t have to go through what they went thru! We only have to call on Jesus who cleans us and washes away all our sins. In Chapter 20 we see Moses’ disobedience caused him to miss out on going to the promised land. Additionally in this Chapter we see a relativ...

In this episode we started the lesson by reading what Paul said about the Old Testament in 1 Corinthians 10:1-12. Paul reminds us that the things in the Old Testament was written to warn us and for us to learn from the journey of the Children of Israel. We stressed the point that it is important for us to read the entire Bible, Old and New Testament. We also read about the responsibilities the Pri...

In this episode we read about God’s judgment against Korah and the other rebels. Some were swallowed up by the earth, some were burned with the fire from God, and 14,700 died from a plague that God sent. Our take away from all this devastation is that we should not covet the assignment God gives someone else. Be content with the place and assignment God has given us. Also we must watch who we hang...

In this episode we recapped the journey of the children of Israel this far. In Chapter 15 God reminded the new generation of the sacrifices they must submit once they enter the promised land. God is talking to the new generation because He had just past judgment on the old generation condemning them to die in the wilderness. In this Chapter we also see God’s penalty for someone who deliberately br...

Let’s draw closer to God thru prayer, reading the Bible, and reading good spiritual books by Christian authors. By doing the above we can edify and build up our spirit man. Let’s press deeper into God! A reminder about three books God led me to write: Nuggets to Live By, A Letter and a Prayer for Married Couples, and The Christian Benefit Package. Also suggested a couple of other books that are go...

In this episode we find out the people’s fate for refusing to obey God and go up and possess the land. God at first wants to destroy them all. But Moses interceded for the people and God decided He would just let them die in the wilderness. So they were condemned to wonder in the wilderness until they all died (40 years). God would take their children, the next generation in to possess their promi...

Due to being unavailable next week, I am posting next week's lesson today. We are in Numbers Chapter 11, where we see God’s judgment fall on the people in the form of a plague after they complained about the manna (sent down by God daily) and demanded meat. This reminds us that when God provides for us, we need to be grateful for His provision. In Chapter 12 we see where the leaders complain and c...

In this episode we learned about the two silver trumpets God told them to make. These trumpets would be used sort of like a PA system to call the people together, to signal when it was time to travel and break up camp, signal when they needed to go to war, etc. Also in this lesson we see that God’s people are finally leaving Mt Sinai after being there for a little over a year. In Chapter 11 we see...

In this week’s lesson we read about the lamp stand being set up to give light in the Holy Place. We are reminded that not only is Jesus the light of the world, but all Christians should be a light to the world as well. We also read about how they dedicated the Levites so that they could begin assisting the Priests in the tabernacle. In Chapter 9 we read about them celebrating the Feast of Passover...

In this episode we talked about the Priestly blessing and how Christ has made that prayer a reality for every Christian. The Lord blesses us, protects us, gives us favor and peace-everything they prayed in the Priestly blessing in Numbers 6:22-27. In Chapter 7 we talked about the gifts the leaders brought to the tabernacle. Our take away from Chapter 7 is that God appreciates and sees everything w...

In this episode, we learned about the Nazarite vow. This was a vow that applied to someone who makes a special promise to the Lord to abstain. We also learned of three people in the Bible, who were Nazirites from birth: Samuel, Samson, and John the Baptist. We talked about how God has called us to live separated lives for Him and how he’s called us to commit our all to Him. We are reminded that he...

In this episode we continued to read about the duties of the Levites. We also read about how God instructed them to cleanse the camp by separating all the sick and unclean people from the camp - almost sounds like the start of the first hospital per one commentator. In this episode God also dealt with unfaithfulness in the marriage. As we read this passage we must remember that this was a differen...

In this episode I began by sharing my brief testimony of how God came through for me. We read from Isaiah 59:19 ‘…when the enemy comes in like a flood the spirit of God will lift up a standard against him’. We went on to read in Chapter 3 about the Levites being the substitute for the first born and about the duties God gave to the Levites. One thing we can learn from these two Chapters is that Go...

In this episode we did a brief review of Genesis- Numbers as we follow the journey of God’s chosen people. We made the point that the Children of Israel started out well here in Numbers Chapter 2 doing everything God told them to do. I’m sure they were excited and full of zeal because they were getting ready to travel to their promised land. Unfortunately in just a few Chapters they will be filled...

In this week’s lesson we gave an introduction to Numbers. Numbers so named for two major numberings. The counting of the warriors 20 years old and up: and the second counting of the new generation after the old generation died. This book will cover their 38 year wilderness journey. This book will record their many complaints and how God grew tired of them and rejected the complainers. This is an o...

In today’s lesson we read about the blessings the children of Israel would receive if they obeyed God and the punishment they would receive if the were disobedient. God still would show them grace because he will not utterly destroy them all - He will reserve a remnant. Remember God has a master plan that included Jesus being born from one of these tribes (the tribe of Judah). God also wants us to...

In this episode we talked about the Sabbath year and the year of Jubilee. The year of Jubilee for the children of Israel meant they were set free from their debt, from slavery, and they got back any property they had lost. For us the year of jubilee represents our freedom. When we said yes to Jesus our Jubilee began. Every thing that the devil stole from us is restored (our joy, peace, etc.). We g...

In this episode we completed Chapter 23 which talked about the 7 feasts God instructed the Children of Israel to keep annually. In Chapter 24 we read about how the Priest were to keep the lamps burning in the tabernacle. We also read about how God instructed His people to put 12 loaves of flat bread on the table of shewbread weekly. The last part of the Chapter dealt with a blasphemer who was ston...

In this episode we talked about the last three feasts God told the Children of Israel to observe, the feast of trumpets, the Day of Atonement, and the feast of Tabernacles. They blew the trumpets all day to mark the beginning of a 10 consecration as the prepared for the Day of Atonement. The blowing of the trumpet is believed to represent the rapture for us. The Day of Atonement (explained fully i...

In this episode we reviewed the feasts of Passover and Unleavened Bread which we talked about last week. Passover for us would speak of Jesus the lamb of God who died on the cross to take away our sins. The feast of unleavened bread represents us allowing God to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. We talked about the feast of first fruits which speaks to us the resurrection of Christ as he was th...