Mon.’s Devo - The Steadfast Love of the Lord Never Ceases

Read: Ex. 22:16-Ex. 24
Reading the law shows you God’s loving heart towards his people. He loves the widow, the orphan and the poor and made laws to protect and honor them. He even tells us not to curse the ruler of the people. That word does not just mean a godly ruler but it mean a king, sheik, captain, chief, governor, prince, or president. Jesus meant the same thing when they brought him the question about paying their taxes to an unjust ruler. He told them to render to Caesar the things that were his and to God the things that were His. We pay our taxes whether we agree with what our government is doing or not. We honor our president whether we agree with what he is doing or not. God placed us in this country at this time and gave us this president. We get what the people want just like God gave them Saul even if it wasn’t what God wanted them to have. Our leaders and government cause us to call out to God for his rule over our lives and his government over our lives.
God gave them three annual feasts where they were to appear before God at these times. The first was Unleavened Bread. This feast included Passover and First Fruits. They are in the spring and associated with the wheat harvest. Jesus died on Passover, buried on Unleavened Bread and rose on First Fruits. The next was Pentecost which was 50 days later. This was the beginning of the barley harvest. The Holy Spirit was given on this feast. The next group of feasts are in the fall. They are Feast of Trumpets, Yom Kippor, and Feast of Tabernacles. Jesus will come back with the blast of a trumpet on Feast of Trumpets. The world will go into the Great Tribulation during Yom Kippor and God will set up his kingdom on earth at the Feast of Tabernacles. Jesus was in Jerusalem at every feast as was commanded by the law. He was and is the fulfillment of these feasts.
I don’t think I ever say that Moses, Aaron, Nadab, Abihu and the 70 elders actually saw God and had a meal with Him. How did they go back down and make a golden calf? How quickly we forget!
Lord, cause us to remember the times when your presence is so obvious and not fall to deception after we come down. Thank you for your loving kindness.