Sunday Psalm: Receiving the King of Glory

Psalm 24

1 The earth is the LORD'S, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein. 2 For he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods.
3 Who shall ascend into the hill of the LORD? or who shall stand in his holy place? 4 He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully. 5 He shall receive the blessing from the LORD, and righteousness from the God of his salvation. 6 This is the generation of them that seek him, that seek thy face, O Jacob. Selah.

7 Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in. 8 Who is this King of glory? The LORD strong and mighty, the LORD mighty in battle. 9 Lift up your heads, O ye gates; even lift them up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in. 10 Who is this King of glory? The LORD of hosts, he is the King of glory. Selah.

Psalms 24:1-10 (KJV)



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TAKE TIME: Reading Assignment for June 3-8, 2013

Introduction: The people had been encamped around Mount Sinai for almost a year. They needed the time to receive God's instructions and to construct God's sanctuary. Now the tabernacle had been completed and sanctified. The LORD took His place upon the mercy seat of the Ark of the Covenant. Soon we will read how the Levites themselves were installed into their offices and that the descendants of Abraham celebrated the Passover for the first time as free people!

In other words, it was time to pack up and move on to the Promised Land. After the closing ceremonies around Mount Sinai, God took up His position once again in the cloud. They should have been marching forward obediently as a mighty army behind their Commander, but it was not long before there was dissension within the ranks. They forgot all that God had wanted them to learn, including how to be good followers. The final test came with the sending of the spies into Canaan. As the saying goes, "So close and yet so far."


Reading Assignment:

• Monday - Numbers 8:1-9:14
• Tuesday - Numbers 9:15-10:36
• Wednesday - Numbers chapter 11
• Thursday - Numbers chapter 12
• Friday - Numbers 13:1-14:10
• Saturday - Numbers 14:11-45

Memory Verse

But as truly as I live, all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the LORD. Numbers 14:21


Prayer Journal (ACTS)

• Adoration - This week take time each day to praise God for His glory.
• Confession - The Israelites did not trust God to deliver what He had promised. We all doubt God at times. Confess this.
• Thanksgiving - Thank God that He is truthful. He never lies! 
• Supplication - What are your prayer requests this week? List them for future reference so that you can see how God answers.

Search the Scriptures

Look for references for each of the following:

• Promises that God made and to whom He made them. Do they apply to you?
• References that either refer to or infer something about future events.
• What does this passage teach about Jesus?
• Commandments that God made and to whom He made them. Do they apply to you?

Putting the Word into Action

In the passages we are reading it is traveling time for the Israelites and they have concerns about food, water, and God's provisions along the way. It is also traveling time here in the USA. While you are making plans for your journey make sure you pack gospel tracts to give to anyone who serves you in a restaurant, gas station, or hotel. And make sure you put a generous tip inside. God's people are greatly blessed and should bless others whenever they tell anyone about their great God! Remember that what you do reflects upon Him. Leaving a tract without a generous tip not only makes you look stingy but it makes your gracious God look bad, too.

Read Through the Bible in 2013: June 3-8

Take Ten

6/3/2013	II Samuel 8-10	Ephesians 6
6/4/2013	II Samuel 11-13	Acts 27, 28
6/5/2013	II Samuel 14, 15	Philemon
6/6/2013	II Samuel 16-18	Colossians 1
6/7/2013	II Samuel 19, 20	Colossians 2, 3
6/8/2013	II Samuel 21, 22	Colossians 4

For more information concerning the New Testament books of Philemon and Colossians click here. 

Journal Through the Bible: Week 21 Saturday

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Numbers chapter 7

This is a long chapter but since most of it is a list of the dedicated provisions for service and the animals or flour for sacrifices donated by each tribe representative there is much repetition. (Verses 12-83, with a summary of the totals in verses 84-88.)

It was the first time that the tabernacle was set up! It was a day of rejoicing! As a result, objects were donated and dedicated for use in the new tabernacle. The first gift was from the heads of the tribes themselves. Together these tribe representatives donated six covered wagons with 12 oxen to pull them.

Does God make any promises in this chapter?

• The very last verse of the chapter, verse 89, Moses hears God's voice speaking to him from the mercy seat on the ark of the covenant. This was God's promise that He had accepted the tabernacle and the offerings as dedicated by the people.

Does this chapter teach anything about Jesus?

• Nahshon, the ancestor of Jesus, was the first tribal representative to make his offering. Jesus is always the leader and head of worship just as He is the head of each church. It was fitting that the tribe of Judah be the first to be presented to God.
• As previously mentioned, each of the sacrifices was a picture of Jesus. These were offered by each of the tribes, one tribe per day for 12 days.
• Jesus, the offering that was made for us, presented Himself to God on our behalf. Because of this, we have access to God the Father.

Does this chapter teach anything about yet-future events?

• Even though the work of sacrifice and its atonement has been done, we do not literally hear God's voice calling to us from His mercy seat, but someday what we take by faith will become sight AND hearing! 

Does God issue any commands?

• God told Moses to take the wagons and oxen that the heads of the twelve tribes to be used by the Levitical families of Gershon and Merari who had the responsibilities for moving the textiles, metal rings, and boards necessary for the physical tabernacle itself. The family of Kohath did not require wagons because their responsibility was to bear the holy tabernacle furnishings upon staves across their shoulders. Gershon received 2 wagons and 4 oxen. Merari received 4 wagons and 8 oxen for their service.
• God stated that the representatives from each tribe would present their offerings one representative per day. The first was Nahshon of the tribe of Judah
• Each of the twelve tribes (Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, Reuben, Simeon, Gad, Ephraim, Manasseh, Benjamin, Dan, Asher, and Naphtali) gave the following: 

1. 1 silver charger by weight of 130 shekels full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering
2. 1 silver bowl of 70 shekels full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering
3. 1 gold spoon of 10 shekels full of incense
4. 1 young bullock for a burnt offering
5. 1 ram for a burnt offering
6. 1 lamb under a year old for a burnt offering
7. 1 goat kid for a sin offering
8. 2 oxen for peace offerings
9. 5 rams for peace offerings
10. 5 male goats for peace offerings
11. 5 young lambs for peace offerings