Second Kings 2:23-25 can catch you off guard because it is short, severe, and it does not answer every question we want to ask. Elisha is mocked, he speaks a curse in the Lord’s name, and two bears injure many of the mockers. If we read it fast, it can feel random....
Tithing is a significant topic in Scripture, rooted in the Old Testament and practiced by Israel as a part of their covenant relationship with God.
When you read the Bible carefully, you start to see that God builds big things out of ordinary family life. The twelve tribes of Israel did not begin as a political idea. They came from one man, Jacob, whose name God changed to Israel, and from the sons God gave...
Melchizedek shows up for a moment in Genesis, then the Bible brings him back later in a way that sheds real light on who Jesus is and what kind of priest He is. The main scene is still Genesis 14:18-20, where Melchizedek meets Abram after a battle, blesses him, and...
The Bible uses the phrase the word of the LORD in a way that can be easy to flatten into mere information, like God just dropped a thought into someone’s mind. But in several key places, the wording is more personal than that. God appears, God makes Himself known,...
Some places in the Old Testament introduce a visitor as the Angel of the LORD, but then the conversation and the reaction look like someone has met the LORD Himself. If you move slowly and watch what the text actually says, you can learn what to look for without...
Exodus 3:2-6 drops us into the moment God meets Moses at the burning bush and calls him to go back to Egypt. The passage also introduces the Angel of the LORD, and it does it with wording that makes you slow down. The account starts with a messenger appearing, but...
