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Today I have finished reading from Torah - the first five books of the Bible, ending with Deuteronomy. The whole book is essentially Moses’ farewell address for the people of Israel, and he foreshadows a prophet to come - one like him - the Messiah (Deut. 18:15-19).

In the meantime, Moses pleads with the people to love, obey, and commit themselves to Yahweh, for this leads to blessed life (Deut. 30:19-20). Amen!

I just finished Numbers today. One theme that stood out to me is that God acts for the sake of His Name receiving honor. There are negative and positive examples of this: negative, in His judgment upon Israel after their refusal to enter the Promised Land (Num. 13-14; esp. 14:28-30); positive, in His unseen protection of Israel from the curses of Balaam son of Beor (Num. 23-24; esp. 23:18-24). To Yahweh be the glory!

I just finished Leviticus today. I used to find this section of Scripture quite boring, as the narrative of Scripture is for the most part on pause as God informs Moses of various rules for the Israelites. But this time, the Holy Spirit was showing me this common theme: God’s people must approach God and live in God’s presence on God’s terms.

We must be holy because He is holy (Lev. 20:26).