Thy Kingdom Come!
Verse of the week to live by:
“And you shall be to Me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation” (Ex.19:6).
Bible Readings 2025, Week 5; January 27-Feb.2
Jan.27; Ex 17-18; Mat 19; Ps 27; Pro 27
1. Ex. 17:5-7; “And the Lord said to Moses, “Go on before the people, and take with you some of the elders of Israel. Also take in your hand your rod with which you struck the river, and go. 6 Behold, I will stand before you there on the rock in Horeb; and you shall strike the rock, and water will come out of it, that the people may drink.” And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel. 7 So he called the name of the place Massah and Meribah, because of the contention of the children of Israel, and because they tempted the Lord, saying, “Is the Lord among us or not?”
Where is Christ in this passage? Please refer to the passage below:
1Cor.10:1-5; “Moreover, brethren, I do not want you to be unaware that all our fathers were under the cloud, all passed through the sea, 2 all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea, 3 all ate the same spiritual food, 4 and all drank the same spiritual drink. For they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them, and that Rock was Christ. 5 But with most of them God was not well pleased, for their bodies were scattered in the wilderness.”
1. Ex.18:1; “And Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses’ father-in-law, heard of all that God had done for Moses and for Israel His people—that the Lord had brought Israel out of Egypt.”
Who was Jethro?
2. Matt. 19:13-14; “Then little children were brought to Him that He might put His hands on them and pray, but the disciples rebuked them. 14 But Jesus said, “Let the little children come to Me, and do not forbid them; for of such is the kingdom of heaven.”
What did Jesus mean that the little children such is the kingdom of heaven?
Jan. 28; Ex 19-21; Mat 20; Ps 28; Pro 28
1. Ex. 19:6; “And you shall be to Me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.’ These are the words which you shall speak to the children of Israel.”
Please read 1 Pet. 2:9-10 below:
1Pet.2:9-10; “But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light; 10 who once were not a people but are now the people of God, who had not obtained mercy but now have obtained mercy.”
Apostle Peter wrote to the Gentiles. Why did Peter apply Ex. 19:6 to the Gentiles?
2. Ex. 20:1-5; “I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. “You shall have no other gods before Me. “You shall not make for yourself a carved image—any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth; 5 you shall not bow down to them nor serve them.”
God is the king of His kingdom. In Genesis 1:26, God created Adam in God’s image and the king over God’s creation. Why did God prohibit making a carved image?
3. Matt.20:1-2; “For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard.” 2 Now when he had agreed with the laborers for a denarius a day, he sent them into his vineyard.”
What are our responsibilities in God’s kingdom?
Jan.29; Ex 22-23; Ps 29; Pro 29
1. Ex. 22:20; “He who sacrifices to any god, except to the Lord only, he shall be utterly destroyed.
What did God mean by “any god?” What are some gods we face in our lives?
2. Ex. 22:28; “You shall not revile God, nor curse a ruler of your people.”
What is the relationship between honoring God and respecting the president or the king over God’s people?
3. Ex. 23:20-22; “Behold, I send an Angel before you to keep you in the way and to bring you into the place which I have prepared. 21 Beware of Him and obey His voice; do not provoke Him, for He will not pardon your transgressions; for My name is in Him. 22 But if you indeed obey His voice and do all that I speak, then I will be an enemy to your enemies and an adversary to your adversaries. 23 For My Angel will go before you and bring you in to the Amorites and the Hittites and the Perizzites and the Canaanites and the Hivites and the Jebusites; and I will cut them off.”
Who is this Angel of the Lord?
Jan.30; Ex 24-26; Mat 21; Ps 30; Pro 30
1. Ex. 24:9-11; “Then Moses went up, also Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel, 10 and they saw the God of Israel. And there was under His feet as it were a paved work of sapphire stone, and it was like the very heavens in its clarity. 11 But on the nobles of the children of Israel He did not lay His hand. So they saw God, and they ate and drank.”
How do you understand that Moses, Aaron, Nadab, Abihu, and seventy elders of Israel saw God?
2. Ex.26:1; “Moreover you shall make the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine woven linen and blue, purple, and scarlet thread; with artistic designs of cherubim you shall weave them.”
What are the cherubim?
3. Matt. 21:4-5; “All this was done that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying: “Tell the daughter of Zion, ‘Behold, your King is coming to you, Lowly, and sitting on a donkey, A colt, the foal of a donkey.”
Is this event the fulfillment of Zech. 9:9, below?
Who is the King over God’s kingdom?
and Zech. 9: 9, “Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your King is coming to you; He is just and having salvation,
Lowly and riding on a donkey, A colt, the foal of a donkey.”
Jan.31; Ex 27-28; Mat 22; Ps 31; Pro 31
1. Ex. 27:21; “In the tabernacle of meeting, outside the veil which is before the Testimony, Aaron and his sons shall tend it from evening until morning before the Lord. It shall be a statute forever to their generations on behalf of the children of Israel.”
What is the veil? Why the veil was there in the Tabernacle?
2. Ex. 28:1-2; “Now take Aaron your brother, and his sons with him, from among the children of Israel, that he may minister to Me as priest, Aaron and Aaron’s sons: Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. 2 And you shall make holy garments for Aaron your brother, for glory and for beauty.”
Who was Aaron? How did he become the High Priest?
3. Matt. 22:37-39; “Jesus said to him, “‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ 38 This is the first and great commandment. 39 And the second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”
What are the rules of God’s kingdom?
Feb.1; Ex 29-31; Mat 23; Ps 32; Pro 1
1. Ex. 31:1-4; “Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: “See, I have called by name Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah. 3 And I have filled him with the Spirit of God, in wisdom, in understanding, in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship, to design artistic works, to work in gold, in silver, in bronze.”
Why did God fill Bezalel with the Holy Spirit? Was it enough for Bezalel to build the tabernacle without the Holy Spirit?
2. Ex.31:17; “It is a sign between Me and the children of Israel forever; for in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, and on the seventh day He rested and was refreshed.”
What is the relationship between the Sabbath and God’s rest in Gen.2:1-3?
3. Matt. 23:9; “Do not call anyone on earth your father; for One is your Father, He who is in heaven.”
How do you understand this verse?
Feb.2; Ex 32-33; Ps 33; Pro 2
1. Ex. 32:1-2; “Now when the people saw that Moses delayed coming down from the mountain, the people gathered together to Aaron, and said to him, “Come, make us gods that shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him.” And Aaron said to them, “Break off the golden earrings which are in the ears of your wives, your sons, and your daughters, and bring them to me.”
Which commandment of the Ten Commandments did Aaron and Israel break? Please refer to Ex. 20:1-3; “And God spoke all these words, saying: “I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. “You shall have no other gods before Me.”
2. Ex. 33:11; “So the Lord spoke to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his friend. And he would return to the camp, but his servant Joshua the son of Nun, a young man, did not depart from the tabernacle.”
Did Moses see the face of God?
3. Ex. 33:18-23; “And he said, “Please, show me Your glory.” Then He said, “I will make all My goodness pass before you, and I will proclaim the name of the Lord before you. I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.” 20 But He said, “You cannot see My face; for no man shall see Me, and live.” 21 And the Lord said, “Here is a place by Me, and you shall stand on the rock. 22 So it shall be, while My glory passes by, that I will put you in the cleft of the rock, and will cover you with My hand while I pass by. 23 Then I will take away My hand, and you shall see My back; but My face shall not be seen.”
God did not grant Moses his request to see the glory of God. When did God reveal His glory? Please refer to John 1:14-18 below:
“And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth. John bore witness of Him and cried out, saying, “This was He of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me is preferred before me, for He was before me.’ And of His fullness we have all received, and grace for grace. 17 For the law was given through Moses, but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. 18 No one has seen God at any time. The only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, He has declared Him.”