Think & Act Biblically
Friday: Covenants Today
10/10/2025
5. Dedication of the firstborn (v. 36). The law declared that the firstborn of every household, as well as the firstborn of all the flocks, belonged to the Lord. In practice the people generally redeemed the firstborn by payment of a redemption price, but the practice reminded them that all life is
Thursday: The Sabbath and the Temple
10/09/2025
2. The Sabbath (v. 31). The second specific commitment of the people on this great covenant day was to the Sabbath, to keep it by abstaining from all commercial activity, and to observe the seventh year Sabbath of the land in which the fields would not be worked. The requirement has precedent in God
Wednesday: The First Essential Commitment
10/08/2025
The third striking characteristic of this covenant is the people's strong sense of responsibility. Nothing in the covenant looks to other people to do what they should do. Nothing sets some of them apart from these responsibilities, or assigns specific tasks to one group and other tasks to another.