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We’ve just completed a series about ‘Foods of the Bible’, dedicated to Audley McLean, an exceptional Bible teacher. Until a new topic is set, it will be random observations.

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Food

“Jesus answered them and said, ‘Truly, truly, I say to you, you seek Me, not because you saw signs, but because you ate of the loaves and were filled.  Do not work for food which perishes, but for the food which endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you, for on Him the Father, God has set His seal.

 

“Therefore they said to Him, ‘What shall,…

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Wheat for Minchah

[King Darius after finding Cyrus’ Decree] “’Moreover, I issue a decree concerning what you are to do for these elders of Judah in the rebuilding of this house of God:  the full cost is to be paid to these people from the royal treasury out of the taxes of the provinces beyond the River, and that without delay. 

 

“’Whatever is needed, both young,…

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Giving Posca

“At mealtime Boaz said to her, ‘Come here, that you may eat of the bread and dip your piece of bread in the vinegar.’  So she sat beside the reapers; and he served her roasted grain, and she ate and was satisfied and had some left. 

 

“When she rose to glean, Boaz commanded his servants, saying,…

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Deer Betrayal

“And Rebekah spake unto Jacob her son, saying, Behold, I heard thy father speak unto Esau thy brother, saying, ‘Bring me venison, and make me savoury meat, that I may eat, and bless thee before the Lord before my death.  Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according to that which I command thee. 

 

“’Go now to the flock, and fetch me…

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Recipe for Roti

“Now the two angels came to Sodom in the evening as Lot was sitting in the gate of Sodom.  When Lot saw them, he rose to meet them and bowed down with his face to the ground.  And he said, ‘Now behold, my lords, please turn aside into your servant’s house, and spend the night, and wash your feet; then you may rise early and go on your way.’

 

“They said however, ‘No, but we shall…

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Curious Now?

[God speaking] “’Now you, son of man, listen to what I am speaking to you; do not be rebellious like that rebellious house.  Open your mouth and eat what I am giving you.’  Then I looked, and behold a hand was extended to me; and lo, a scroll was in it.  When He spread it out before me, it was written on the front and back, and written on it were lamentations, mourning and woe. 

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Come Down

“How often they rebelled against Him in the wilderness and grieved Him in the desert!  Again and again, they tempted God, and pained the Holy One of Israel.  They did not remember His power, the day when He redeemed them from the adversary,

 

“He gave also their crops to the grasshopper and…

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Spelt Bread and Water

“But as for you, take wheat, barley, beans, lentils, millet and spelt, put them in one vessel and make them into bread for yourself; you shall eat it according to the number of the days that you lie on your side, three hundred and ninety days. 

 

“Your food which you eat shall be…

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Little Lost…

Then Moses called for all the elders of Israel and said to them, ‘Go and take for yourselves lambs according to your families, and slay the Passover lamb.  You shall take a bunch of hyssop and dip it in the blood which is in the basin, and apply some of the blood that is in the basin to the lintel and the two doorposts;’” Exodus 12:21-22a

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The Salt War?

“But his wife, from behind him, looked back, and she became a pillar of salt.” Genesis 19:26;

 

[King Cyrus decree] “’Whatever is needed, both young bulls, rams, and lambs for a burnt offering to the God of heaven, and wheat, salt, wine and anointing oil, as the priests in Jerusalem request, it is to be given to them daily without fail, that they may offer acceptable sacrifices to the God of heaven and pray for…

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Relay?

“For God so greatly loved and dearly prized the world, the He even gave His One and only begotten Son, so that whoever believes and trusts in Him as Saviour shall not perish, but have eternal life.” John 3:16 The Amplified Bible

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Onward - Sanctification

The last instruction Jesus left with His disciples – The Great Commission:

“And Jesus came up and spoke to them, saying, ‘All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth.  Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptising them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.’” Matthew 28:18-20

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Just as if…

“Now we know that whatever the Law [of Moses] says, it speaks to those who are under the Law, so that [the excuses of] every mouth may be silenced [from protesting] and that all the world may be held accountable to God [and subject to His judgment]. 

 

“For no person will be justified [freed of guilt and declared

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Gracious Guilt

““I find then the principle that evil is present in me, the one who wants to do good.  For I joyfully concur with the law of God in the inner man, but I see a different law in the members of my body, waging war against the law of my mind and making me a prisoner of the law of sin which is in my members. 

 

“Wretched man that I am!  Who will set me free…

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How to KNOW

“For we know that the Law is spiritual, but I am of flesh, sold into bondage to sin.  For what I am doing, I do not understand; for I am not practicing what I would like to do, but I m doing the very thing I hate.  But if I do the very thing I do not want to do, I agree with the Law, confessing that the Law is good. 

 

“So now, no longer am I the one doing it, but

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Tithe-free Rue

“Now when He had spoken, a Pharisee asked Him to have lunch with him; and He went in and reclined at the table.  When the Pharisee saw it, he was surprised that He had not first ceremonially washed before the meal. 

 

“But the Lord said to him…

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Sweetening Disobedience

“Then their father Israel said to them, ‘If it must be so, then do this:  take some of the best products of the land in your bags, and carry down to the man as a present, a little balm and a little honey, aromatic gum and myrrh, pistachio nuts and almonds.’” Genesis 43:11

 

[God speaking] “’Go up to a land flowing with milk and…

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Little Red Boxes

“Again the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, ‘Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, ‘When a man or woman makes a special vow, the vow of a Nazirite, to dedicate himself to the Lord, he shall abstain from wine and strong drink; he shall drink no vinegar, whether made from wine or strong drink, nor shall he drink any grape juice nor eat fresh or dried grapes.  All the days of…

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Validate the Bible

“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.  He was in the beginning with God.  All things came into being through Him, and apart from Him nothing came into being that has come into being.” John 1:1-3

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Quail in Psalms

“Then He brought them out with silver and gold; and among His tribes there was not one who stumbled.  Egypt was glad when they departed; for the dread of them had fallen upon them.

 

“He spread a cloud for a covering, and fire to illumine by night.  They asked, and He brought quail, and satisfied them with the bread of heaven. 

 

“He opened the rock, and water flowed out; it ran in the dry places like…

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