"... there came a hideous and painful festering wound upon the people who have the permanent imprint of the dangerous creature and who throw themselves prostrate in homage of its image."
HER STORY: Season 3, Exodus Pioneers, Rahab
Bawdy innkeeper, canny businesswoman, Canaanite idolater, she was called out of Jericho, and into Bethlehem. #Rahab #Jericho #BibleStudy #Joshua #BookofJoshua #Tamar #Judah #Ruth #Boaz #Bible #BrokenSearchingTrustedPowerful
Isaiah 58: Dorian Gray Religion
The key is in the phrase “as if” in verse 2. The people may have had authentic religious fervor, but it was religion they loved, not God. #DorianGray #Piety #Isaiah58
Revelation 15: Holy Smoke
As John watched, smoke filled the heavenly Holy of Holies, preventing anyone from entering in. For John, this would have brought to mind God’s instruction to Moses that God later portrayed in all reality. #Revelation15 #HolySmoke #Shekinah
HER STORY: Season 3, Exodus Pioneers, Song of Miriam and Moses
From powerless to prophet, enslaved to mighty leader, she led the people in songs of glorious thanksgiving. #Miriam #Moses #SongofVictory BookofExodus #Exodus #Exodus15 #Bible #Biblestudy
Isaiah 57: Rest In Peace
The righteous were defined both by their hearts and their habits—because of their love for God and God’s word, their lives reflected God’s righteousness. #Isaiah67 #RIP #RestInPeace #NoRestfortheWicked
Revelation 15: The Sea of Glass Flickering Red
After John took in the angels, he saw the glassy sea spread out beneath or before them, and a scene of worship and adulation. #Revelation15 #BowlsofGodsWrath #GlassySea
HER STORY: Season 3, Exodus Pioneers, Miriam
Trauma had warped her in ways she did not even realize, until God drew out what had been festering within for so long.
Isaiah 56: The Eunuch and Foreigner
If you are feeling like an outsider, or someone who is too damaged to be loved by God, this passage is God’s personal word to you. #Isaiah56 #Eunuch #CleansingtheTemple
Revelation 15: Reprise of the Glassy Sea
It seems John was gazing up into the sky, or perhaps he was in a transported state in heaven. Either way, what came before him now took his breath away. #GlassySea #Revelation15 #SongofMoses #SongoftheLamb