And They Shall Know – The Saturday Morning Post

Jan 29th, 2022 And They Shall Know – The Saturday Morning Post

Today’s Passage – Exodus 28 – 29(Click on the references to listen to the audio – Click here to view the passage from Blue Letter Bible)

(Second Milers also read – Luke 13 – 14; Proverbs 29; Psalms 141 – 145)

Read the “0129 Evening and Morning“ devotion for today, by the late Charles Haddon Spurgeon.

“And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will be their God. And they shall know that I am the LORD their God, that brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, that I may dwell among them: I am the LORD their God.” (Exodus 29:45-46)

Good morning. Do you know? The LORD had a perfect way, a completed way of showing His love to Israel. In verse 28, God shows us how the LORD clothed Aaron and his sons. A beautiful gem-stone represented each one of the tribes of Israel. They were kept in a holder that held them close to Aaron’s heart.

At the close of chapter 29, God gives us three glimpses of who God is to Israel. In verse 29, God said of Israel that…

1) They shall know that I am the LORD their God.

They knew Him. They knew God. They watched as God sent His plagues on Egypt for them. The could see how the LORD their God preserved them in the midst of their afflictions. When we look, we can see that we can know the LORD also. Philippians chapter 3 tells us…

“Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ, And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith: That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death; If by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead.” Philippians 3:8-11)

And in John chapter 10, Jesus tells us…

“I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine.” (John 10:14)

Not only would Israel know God, but…

2) They shall know that I freed them from bondage.

From a life of slavery, and impossible tasks, like making bricks without straw. God was there to help Israel perservere, all the way up to the time Pharaoh would kick them out of Egypt. The LORD even had Pharaoh and his army follow Israel down ito the Red Sea at the crossing. And God got His glory on Pharaoh as He said He would. I can almost picture Yul Brenner looking up as the wave was about to break over his head saying, “His God is God!”

He did the same for us as He did for Israel. He took us out of the bondage of sin.

“As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us.” (Psalm 103:12)

“Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy. He will turn again, he will have compassion upon us; he will subdue our iniquities; and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.” (Micah 7:18-19)

“For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more.” (Hebrews 8:12)

Our sins are gone! No more sin, it was all paid for by the precious blood of our Lord Jesus Christ. But the best was saved for last. And one of the best things that would happen between God and Israel is…

3) That they shall know Me that I may dwell among them.

Just think about walking with God as He walked with Adam and Eve in the garden of Eden. Or as Abraham prepared a meal for the LORD in the cool shade of his tent. Or dinning on the beach with Him and His desciples.

“And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea. And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God. And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.” (Revelation 21:1-4)

What a day, glorious day, that will be.

Peace.