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PHall | April 9, 2011
The book of Psalms is to be experienced, even felt, as our emotions overtake our minds, before we take it apart to study. Even taking it apart is a different experience than found in most books, because the book of Psalms is actually five different books (1-41; 42-72; 73-89; 90-106; 107-150), none of which have […]
PHall | April 6, 2011
The Bible is filled with paradoxes such as God is both transcendent and yet immanent, both far away and yet close. The Tabernacle suggested that with its court, holy place and most holy place. Another way was the Tabernacle’ location. The tribes were “to camp around the tent of meeting at a distance from it” (Num.2.2). God […]
PHall | April 6, 2011
Little things surprise me. For example, all through Leviticus the Israelites are still at the foot of Mt. Sinai. Numbers opens with “on the first day of the second month of the second year after Israel’s departure from the land of Egypt” (1:1). When Israel left Egypt, “God did not lead them along the road to the […]
PHall | April 6, 2011
I am not who I am, A mask hides the real me. Chaos rules with bedlam, Hidden from all to see. Beneath the mask lies, lies, Hope once again is crushed. Silently my soul cries, Pained reality gushed. Fear keeps the real me hid. Discovery hurts all. My real self I have rid, Wearing a smiled shaped pall. Father above can […]
PHall | April 5, 2011
When reading the book of Revelation, it needs to be “seen” before being studied. That makes it very unusual due to it “visual viscosity” a phrase which describes the way the whole scenes stick in our heads more so than the individual interpretations. John prepares us for this by saying the whole vision was to […]
PHall | March 21, 2011
Exodus (1-18); Law (19-24); Tabernacle (25-40) Compassion (1-18); Covenant (19-24); Companionship (25-40) Come Out (1-18); Come To (19-24); Come Down (25-40)
PHall | March 21, 2011
1-16 – Holiness within Religion Holiness towards God 1-4 of 10 Commandments The Greatest Command Sacrifices in Loving God – Religion 17-27 – Holiness within Relationships Holiness towards Others 6-10 of 10 Commandments The Second Greatest Command Sacrifices in Loving One Another – Morality (including Justice)
PHall | March 20, 2011
Both the Golden Calf worship and the offering of strange fire by Nadab and Abihu have much in common, have too much in common. Both take place at the foot of Sinai. Both take place with God’s special servants. Both take place in close proximity to something special. Both break God’s commands. And both narratives […]
PHall | March 18, 2011
Grace is written on every page of the Bible. But blood is not. Grace is written in ways that blood does not need. The very breath we take is grace. God’s word breathed out through the Holy Spirit is grace. The breath Jesus exhaled declaring “it is finished” is grace. And God’s waiting breath, waiting […]
PHall | March 15, 2011
A third connection between these two books is Deity coming to live among the people. In the book of Exodus, it can be easily outlined into three sections. The first is just an obvious way of naming the three sections, and the last two are mine: Exodus; Law; Tabernacle Compassion; Covenant; Companionship Come Out; Come […]