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Wonderful!!!

  • Post author:Reverend Luke Haisa
  • Post published:September 11, 2025
  • Post category:Luke's Blog

Judges 13:1-24 This narrative details the announcement of Samson’s birth to Manoah and his wife. It reveals a figure who is more than a mere angelic being, displaying characteristics that…

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The Ultimate Judge and Deliverer

  • Post author:Reverend Luke Haisa
  • Post published:September 4, 2025
  • Post category:Luke's Blog

The Book of Judges The Book of Judges presents the recurring cycle of Israel’s sin (rebellion), oppression, repentance, and deliverance through divinely appointed judges. The judges in the Book of…

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The Commander of the Army of the Lord

  • Post author:Reverend Luke Haisa
  • Post published:August 28, 2025
  • Post category:Luke's Blog

This pericope, often understood as a Christophany – a pre-incarnate appearance of Christ – offers insights into the identity and mission of Jesus Christ. It foreshadows His divine authority, mediatorial…

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Scarlet for our Salvation

  • Post author:Reverend Luke Haisa
  • Post published:August 21, 2025
  • Post category:Luke's Blog

Rahab, a resident of Jericho, encounters two Israelite spies sent to scout the city before its conquest. Recognizing the power of Israel’s God, she hides the spies from the king’s…

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From Shame to Victory

  • Post author:Reverend Luke Haisa
  • Post published:August 14, 2025
  • Post category:Luke's Blog

Deuteronomy 21:22-23 This pericope addresses the treatment of a criminal executed by hanging on a tree. It emphasizes both the curse associated with such a death and the need to…

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Greater Than Moses Is Here

  • Post author:Reverend Luke Haisa
  • Post published:August 7, 2025
  • Post category:Luke's Blog

Deuteronomy 18:15-19 Moses was not just a prophet but the mediator of the covenant at Sinai, a deliverer who led Israel out of Egyptian bondage, a lawgiver who received and…

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Divine Light, Eternal King

  • Post author:Reverend Luke Haisa
  • Post published:July 31, 2025
  • Post category:Luke's Blog

Numbers 24:15-17 The prophecy of the star and the scepter was uttered by Balaam, a non-Israelite prophet, under divine inspiration. It emerges in a context where Balak, king of Moab,…

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Look and Live, Believe and Live

  • Post author:Reverend Luke Haisa
  • Post published:July 24, 2025
  • Post category:Luke's Blog

Numbers 21: 4-9 As the Israelites journeyed through the wilderness, they grew impatient. They spoke against God and Moses, complaining about their lack of food and water, expressing discontent with…

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Sin Taken Away

  • Post author:Reverend Luke Haisa
  • Post published:July 17, 2025
  • Post category:Luke's Blog

In Leviticus 16, God instructs Moses on the rituals for the Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur), a day on which Israel’s sins were atoned for. The chapter outlines the high…

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Once-for-all Atonement

  • Post author:Reverend Luke Haisa
  • Post published:July 10, 2025
  • Post category:Luke's Blog

Leviticus 4 and 5 outline the sacrificial system, specifically addressing sin offerings and guilt offerings, which served as a means for the Israelites to atone for unintentional sins and specific…

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