JANUARY 13, 2022 Exodus 35:30-32 The Lord has called by name Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah; and He has filled him with the Spirit of God, in wisdom and understanding, in knowledge and all manner of workmanship, to design artistic works, to work in gold and silver and bronze, […]
JANUARY 12, 2022 Exodus 35:21 Then everyone came whose heart was stirred, and everyone whose spirit was willing, and they brought the Lord’s offering for the work of the tabernacle of meeting, for all its service, and for the holy garments. When it came to “funding” the Sanctuary, Moses didn’t have to ply the people with smooth words or exact a […]
JANUARY 11, 2022 Exodus 35:10-11 “All who are gifted artisans among you shall come and make all that the Lord has commanded: the tabernacle, its tent, its covering, its clasps, its boards, its bars, its pillars, and its sockets…” The Hebrew phrase translated as “gifted artisans” is more literally translated as “every wise-hearted man.” This […]
JANUARY 9, 2022 Exodus 35:4-5 And Moses spoke to all the congregation of the children of Israel, saying, “This is the thing which the Lord commanded, saying: ‘Take from among you an offering to the Lord. Whoever is of a willing heart, let him bring it as an offering to the Lord.’” There is a common perception among Christians that most everything Israel was instructed […]
JANUARY 10, 2022 Exodus 35:10-11 “All who are gifted artisans among you shall come and make all that the Lord has commanded: the tabernacle, its tent, its covering, its clasps, its boards, its bars, its pillars, and its sockets…” In these and several other verses, God instructs the people to build the Sanctuary which was a project the entire nation […]
The Israelites understood that they were to escape through the midst of the sea, but the sea had not yet split. Jewish legend says that Moses bade the Israelites step into the sea, but they were unwilling to do so until Nahshon sprang forward and plunged into the water. He struggled under the waves and nearly drowned. As the water washed over him, the LORD instructed Moses to lift his staff and stretch out his hand so that the water might split. Nahshon then led the Israelites to safety on the other side.
The legend of Nahshon’s leap of faith hints toward Messiah. The rabbis teach that Nahshon earned merit for the entire tribe of Judah when he leapt into the sea, earning his tribe the right to the kingdom of the house of David: “Nahshon jumped into the midst of the waves of the sea, followed by his tribe. Therefore the tribe of Judah merited the kingdom.” (Mechilta).
What did Israel say at the sea? They said, “The LORD shall reign forever and ever” (Exodus 15:8). The Holy One, blessed be He, therefore said, “I will make him king because He was the reason they proclaimed me as king at the sea.” (Mechilta, Beshalach)
The rabbis compared Nahshon’s leap into the sea to the willing sacrifice made by Shadrach, Meshack, and Abednego when they stepped into the fiery furnace. Nahshon acted like a holy martyr voluntarily accepting martyrdom for the sake of sanctifying the name of the LORD. Through his voluntary act of “martyrdom,” so to speak, he obtained the privilege of becoming an ancestor of the kingly dynasty of Messiah.
Like Nahshon, Yeshua willingly laid down His life for the sake of His people. His death brought forgiveness for transgressions. He became the “great atoning prince.” Like Nahshon, the Messiah is the prince (nasi) over the tribe of Judah. The Messiah is the archegos of life in that He was the first to pass from death to life. In that sense, the Red Sea can be compared to death. Just as Nahshon led Israel through the sea to safety on the other side, Messiah leads the way through death to safety on the other side through His resurrection.
Day 7 of Passover Torah : Exodus 13:17 – 15:26 & Numbers 28:19 – 28:25 Haftarah : II Samuel 22:1-51
JANUARY 8, 2021 Exodus 34:33 And when Moses had finished speaking with them, he put a veil on his face. The radiance that emitted from Moses face must have been extraordinary. Several translations tell us that his face emitted “beams” of light that shone so brightly that the people were afraid to approach him. The Hebrew […]
JANUARY 7, 2022 Exodus 34:29-30 Now it was so, when Moses came down from Mount Sinai (and the two tablets of the Testimony were in Moses’ hand when he came down from the mountain), that Moses did not know that the skin of his face shone while he talked with Him. So when Aaron and all the children of Israel […]
JANUARY 6, 2022 Exodus 34:23-24 “Three times in the year all your men shall appear before the Lord, the Lord God of Israel. For I will cast out the nations before you and enlarge your borders; neither will any man covet your land when you go up to appear before the Lord your God three times in the year.” The three […]
JANUARY 5, 2022 Exodus 34:19 All that open the womb are Mine, and every male firstborn among your livestock, whether ox or sheep. There is, obviously, something very important about the firstborn, biblically speaking. If there was any doubt about that, this verse makes it very clear: among the children of Israel, every firstborn male — whether man or […]