Habakkuk 3:19 The Lord GOD is my strength, And He has made my feet like hinds’ feet, And makes me walk on my high places. Hinds are known for being highly agile and sure-footed, capable of navigating steep, craggy and dangerous mountain terrain. I recently watched videos of how they cross steep slopes, where there …
Author Archives: Priscilla Koegelenberg
The mystery that is Israel
Gen 15:18 On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram and said, “To your descendants I give this land, from the Wadi of Egypt to the great river, the Euphrates— There it is. Clear and precise. God’s promise to Abram that the physical land which today is known as Israel, is only a …
A prophetic worm
Ps 22:6 But I am a worm and not a man, scorned by mankind and despised by the people. When Jesus was nearing His death on the cross, He uttered these words: Matth 27: 46 About three in the afternoon Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” (which means “My God, …
The redemption price of the firstborn
Numbers 3:46-48 There are 273 more firstborn sons of Israel than there are Levites. To redeem these extra firstborn sons, collect five pieces of silver for each of them (each piece weighing the same as the sanctuary shekel, which equals twenty gerahs). Give the silver to Aaron and his sons as the redemption price for …
Missing evidence
Matthew 26:59-61 Inside, the leading priests and the entire high council were trying to find witnesses who would lie about Jesus, so they could put him to death. 60 But even though they found many who agreed to give false witness, they could not use anyone’s testimony. Finally, two men came forward 61 who declared, …
Self-sacrificing stars
Dan 12:3 Those who are wise will shine like the brightness of the heavens, and those who lead many to righteousness, like the stars for ever and ever. Daniel compares believers in the end-times to stars, shining brightly in the very dark world which will then surround them. Paul and Timothy do the same in …
When love rebukes
Matthew 23:37 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones God’s messengers! How often I have wanted to gather your children together as a hen protects her chicks beneath her wings, but you wouldn’t let me. We encounter a side of Jesus here in Matthew 23 that does not fit well into …
Adam, where are you?
Gen 3:9 Then the LORD God called to Adam and said to him, “Where are you?” As parents, we are often confronted with children who have transgressed in some way or other. And I use the word transgress deliberately, as it conveys the meaning that they knew the rules, and yet decided to disobey. Our reaction normally …
When Abraham sinned
Gen 2:20 Abraham introduced his wife, Sarah, by saying, “She is my sister.” So King Abimelech of Gerar sent for Sarah and had her brought to him at his palace. The background to this sorry state of affairs is that Abraham had just interceded for his nephew Lot and his family to be saved from …
Return
Malachi 3:7 …..Return to me, and I will return to you,” says the LORD Almighty…. I am placing an extract of a letter from Steve Porter today, because it so lovingly describes the circumstances many of us are facing at the moment: Spiritual apathy rarely announces itself. It slips in quietly, as life grows full. …