After victoriously crossing the Red Sea, the nation of emancipated slaves, trekked into the vast desert of the Sinai Peninsula. An estimated two-million people and their flocks and herds required a lot of water … something the dusty, dry desert was lacking. God provides! When the thirsty pilgrims complained, God instructed Moses to “go on ahead of the people and take some of the elders of Israel with you. Take the staff you struck the Nile with in your hand and go. I am g

Manna, the bread that fell from Heaven during the Hebrew’s wilderness wanderings, foreshadows Jesus, the “Bread of Life” (John 6:35). Manna is a type of Christ. Consider the parallels. Manna, a gift from God, came down from Heaven to sustain life. Jesus, God’s gift of Grace, came down from Heaven to give eternal life. Manna was free and available to every Hebrew pilgrim. Jesus offers salvation that is free and available to everyone who believes. Manna had to be gather

Noah’s ark is a type of Christ. Noah, the man, is also a type of Christ. Lamech, Noah’s daddy, named his son “Noah, saying, ‘This one will give us rest’ ” (Genesis 5:29, NASB). Noah’s name meant “rest”, which points forward to Jesus, the giver of rest. Jesus said, “Come to me, all of you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest” (Matthew 11:28). “Noah was a righteous man, blameless among his contemporaries” (Genesis 6:9), certainly foreshadowing Jesus, who was

Noah’s ark is a type of Christ. First, let’s consider the events leading up to the flood. The sixth chapter of Genesis opens with a description of what God saw when He gazed upon His creation. “The Lord saw that human wickedness was widespread on the earth and that every inclination of the human mind was nothing but evil all the time… The earth was corrupt in God’s sight, and the earth was filled with wickedness” (Genesis 6:5-6, 11). Just chapters before, “God saw all that

The Old Testament reveals the Messiah through prophecy. It also reveals Him through types, or symbols and foreshadows. Typology, the study of types, refers to Old Testament people, places, objects, or events which point forward to Jesus, the Messiah. One of the most obvious and powerful types is the bronze serpent found in Numbers 21. When the wilderness-wandering Hebrews sinned, “the Lord sent poisonous snakes among the people, and they bit them so that many Israelites d

The promises written by Paul are NOT Paul’s promises. They are God’s promises. Paul was the faulty and frail human scribe who wrote God’s words. As you read the Prison Epistles, remember that the promises of “grace to you and peace” (Ephesians 1:2), of “every spiritual blessing” (Ephesians 1:3), and of “the promised Holy Spirit” (Ephesians 1:13), are inspired words that come directly from the throne of God! Let’s look at one more promise… “I can do all things through Ch

Imagine, if you can… You have been falsely accused of a capital crime. If you are found guilty, you will be executed. Month after month, while shackled to a Roman soldier, you await your court date. The endless waiting is torture! You know your accusers. They want blood, and they’re willing to lie and cheat to get a conviction. They will dance and sing if you’re beheaded. And, you know your judge. When your date with justice arrives, you will stand before Emperor Nero

“When you were dead in trespasses and in the uncircumcision of your flesh, he made you alive with him and forgave us all our trespasses. He erased the certificate of debt, with its obligations, that was against us and opposed to us, and has taken it away by nailing it to the cross” (Colossians 2:13–14). Read that again… slower this time. “ He made you alive” … “forgave us all our trespasses” … “He erased the certificate of debt.” The great Apostle Paul admitted that he s

Jesus gathered His disciples to prepare them for the coming hours. Soon, Jesus would be arrested, tried, convicted, beaten, and crucified. “Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me. In My Father’s house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also” (John 14:1–3, NKJV). Thi

Paul cared deeply for the church at Philippi. They had been supportive of Paul’s ministry during his second and third missionary journeys, and especially during his imprisonment in Rome. Unlike his other epistles, Paul didn’t write to correct the theology or the activities among the people in Philippi. He wrote the letter to the Philippians to encourage. He started his correspondence by writing, “I give thanks to my God for every remembrance of you, always praying with jo