Tag: Adam and Eve
Each person is significant!
Scripture reading for April 17th: 1st Chronicles 1-9
The first nine chapters of 1st Chronicles offers a challenge as to what we might learn from pronouncing hundreds of names, many that are unfamiliar to us. Chronicles was written from the view of the priesthood and some think that Ezra helped compile this record. The geneaology begins with Adam and gives a record of descendants up to the exile in 586 BC. This record is repeated again, with additions, right up to the time of Christ in Luke’s Gospel. (Luke 3:23-37)
God considers individuals important. He knows our name and listed all these people by name. He also recorded information about certain individuals who were noteworthy. Of the sons of Judah, Er, the first-born, was noted as being wicked and the Lord put him to death. (2nd Chronicles 2:3) Hezron married at 60 years of age and had a son, Segub. (2nd Chronicles 2:21) It may have been unusual to marry so late! In 2nd Chronicles 4:9-10, Jabez cried out to the Lord for his blessing and an enlarged territory. Jabez asked to have God’s hand with him and to be free from pain. God answered his prayer!
In the last section of this genealogy, there is a record of the sons of Levi. The Levite families had assigned jobs in the temple. The house of Merari was assigned to be musicians ministering before the tabernacle. (2nd Chronicles 6:31-32) Aaron and his descendants offered the sacrifices in the most holy place. (2nd Chronicles 6:49) A later record in 2nd Chronicles 9:17-27 described Levites who returned from captivity in Babylon and were gatekeepers in the house of the Lord. A single man, Mattithiah, was a Levite who was put in charge of baking bread for the tabernacle.
God is a God of order. He assigns jobs to His people according to their abilities and His needs. He knows each by name and makes note of those who do well and those who mess up! Each person is important and the job they are assigned is significant. Take time today to thank God for the gifts He has given you. Ask Him to show you the significance of your work and offer your gifts to Him to use for His glory! God is keeping a record for Heaven!
“In the beginning, God!”
Scripture reading for January 2nd: Genesis 1-2
The journey begins in God’s Word for another exciting year! May the Lord bless your new year and walk with you each step of the way!
I am so thankful that you have chosen to trek with me through the Bible again this year. We are starting at the beginning and I just love these first chapters of Genesis. To think that Moses recorded this for us about 1500 years before Christ is amazing! According to Scripture, he was moved on by the Holy Spirit and wrote down a message given him by God. (2nd Peter 1:19-21) This record of creation is given to us by the only One who was there to witness it all! Without this record, we could only speculate about where we came from and why we are here. In fact, that kind of speculation is what is going on with many intellectuals today who deny God exists or that He can be known by us. It is being taught in our school systems to our children and they are confused!
God made all that is simply by speaking! What powerful words! As He spoke, out of nothing, creation appeared! Psalm 33:6 states: “By the Word of the Lord were the heavens made, their starry host by the breath of his mouth.” We serve a God who breathes out stars, constellations, and galaxies that stretch out for countless millions of light years in every direction from the earth! (Recommended Resource–How Great is Our God by Louis Giglio)
Even more amazing was man himself! Man made in the image of God! Man walked with God and shared rulership of creation with God. We are special and unique! Thank Him for your uniqueness and His purpose for your life. Invite Him to walk with you today and this year! It will be the most exciting way to begin a new year!
Then God said, “let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move along the ground. So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created them.”–Genesis 2:26-27