Author: Mark Uraine
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Finishing God’s Sentences – part 2
And ye shall observe the feast of unleavened bread; for in this selfsame day have I brought your armies out of the land of Egypt: therefore shall ye observe this day in your generations by an ordinance for ever. Exodus 12:17 (KJV) Unleavened bread – So let’s look at this sentence again. We know that the words “the…
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Finishing God’s Sentences – part 1
And ye shall observe the feast of unleavened bread; for in this selfsame day have I brought your armies out of the land of Egypt: therefore shall ye observe this day in your generations by an ordinance for ever. Exodus 12:17 (KJV) The feast of – I’ve been married for over a decade now and…
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Multitude of Nations
And his father refused, and said, I know it, my son, I know it: he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great: but truly his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a multitude of nations. Genesis 48:19 (KJV) Multitude of nations – Aw parental blessings,…
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The Faces of God
The Lord make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee: Numbers 6:25 (KJV) Face – An idiom says a lot about a culture. In America, we have the idiom “two faced” when describing someone’s hypocrisy. If a person said different things to different people in order to win favor, we’d consider them to be…
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Threshold Covenant
And ye shall take a bunch of hyssop, and dip it in the blood that is in the bason, and strike the lintel and the two side posts with the blood that is in the bason; and none of you shall go out at the door of his house until the morning. Exodus 12:22 (KJV)…
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Keep Yourself in Check
The LORD bless thee, and keep thee; Numbers 6:24 (KJV) Keep – The priestly blessing upon the children of Israel is one of the most powerful blessings I’ve encountered in the Bible. My eyes well up with tears upon hearing these words. I have to pause after each verse and take it all in. When…
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Defining a Fool
Then he said unto them, O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken: Luke 24:25 (KJV) O Fools – April 1st was a day to recognize the foolish, to play jokes, and act silly, so I thought it fitting to touch on whom Yeshua considers foolish in this world.…
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Imitation is the Highest Form of Flattery
And he saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men. Matthew 4:19 (KJV) Follow me – The words used by Yeshua to select his disciples seem so simple, don’t they? Just follow Him. He’s heading to the kingdom, so I’ll head that way too. But while focusing our attention on the end goal,…
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The Beginning of Wisdom
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: a good understanding have all they that do his commandments: his praise endureth for ever. Psalm 111:10 (KJV) Fear – God is mighty and terrible (Deut. 7:21), He is a consuming fire (Deut. 4:24), and He is vengeful (Ps. 94:1). But are these what David is referring to…
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A Renewed Covenant
For finding fault with them, he saith, Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah: Hebrews 8:8 (KJV) New – Boy don’t we love these words! If there’s a new covenant, then surely we can dismiss that old one which was full…