Genesis 50:11Now when the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning at the threshing floor of Atad, they said, “This is a grievous mourning for the Egyptians.”…This is a part of history that the Egyptians of Moses’ time […]

Hebrews 12:14Pursue peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no one will see The Lord.We are to pursue peace with everyone. It doesn’t say with only christians, but everyone. This doesn’t mean that we have to be close […]

Genesis 49:33 And when Jacob had made an end of commanding his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed and yielded up the ghost, and was gathered unto his people.This is an interesting passage. It’s as if he knew […]

Hebrews 12:12,13Therefore, strengthen the hands that are weak and the knees that are feeble, and make straight paths for your feet, so that the limb which is lame may not be put out of joint, but rather be healed.We’ve got […]

Genesis 49:28All these are the twelve tribes of Israel, and this is what their father said to them when he blessed them. He blessed them, every one with the blessing appropriate to him.This is referring to the blessing that Jacob […]

Hebrews 12:11All discipline for the moment seems not to be joyful, but sorrowful; yet to those who have been trained by it, afterwards it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness.I wrote about this verse earlier. I wanted to further comment […]

Genesis 49:1Then Jacob summoned his sons and said, “Assemble yourselves that I may tell you what shall befall you in the days to come.”This is a very unique circumstance. He gathers all of his sons together and foretells the future […]

Hebrews 12:11All discipline for the moment seems not to be joyful, but sorrowful; yet to those who have been trained by it, afterwards it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness.Discipline is the method of instruction in God’s schoolhouse. When we […]

Genesis 48:17When Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand on Ephraim’s head it displeased him, and he graped his father’s hand to remove it from Ephraim’s head to Manasseh’s head.This is the only time that I recall Joseph […]

Hebrews 12:10 For they disciplined us for a short time as seemed best to them, but He disciplines us for our good, that we may share His holiness.Today’s passage gives one of the reasons for discipline, holiness. This is good, as […]