February 28 Readings

You can also check out all these Reading Plans Blogs to go through the Bible in a year from Back to the Bible Reading Lists:the Chronological Reading Plan blog; OT and NT Together blog; Historical Readings blog; Blended Readings blog and Beginning to End blog In addition, there is the Theophilus1 blog in the One Year Bible format

The Back to the Bible OT and NT Together Reading Plan

Numbers 17-19; Mark 6.30-56

In Numbers 17, God told Moses to get twelve staffs from each leader of the tribe with the name of each man writen on it. They are to place in the tabernacle where God will meet with them. The staff that will sprout would be the man that God chose. He said this to gstop the constant grumbling agsainst Moses. When Moses went in the next day to the tabernacle and saw Aaron's staff not only sprouted but had budded and produce almond buds. This was to show Israel that Aaron was chosen. The reaction of the Israelites was terror. If we are chosen of God to do His work, the results wil be seen without us proclaiming how wonderful our ministry is.

In Numbers 18, v. 1-7 dealt with the duties of the priests and Levites. Notice only those God chose to serve Him should. We should not 'lure' people into position of leadership when they are unqualified, spiritually. The priests and Levites were chosen from God, the service of priesthood was a gift to them. As Christians serving God, is a gift, let us make use of our spiritual gift, time and money for his service. The offerings of the priests and Levites are discussed in v. 8-32. God provided them what they need (Phil 4.19). In verse 8-16, God provided provisions for them to have from the grain, sin, or guilt offerings. We too should provide for those who are in God's ministry, whether they are missionaries and ministers. They have dedicated themselves to God and God honors that by blessing them in their ministry and providing for their daily needs.


In Numbers 19, the issue of uncleanness came up again. There were rules stated in the chapter to follow to decide when one was unclean. An example shown here if a person touches a dead body, that person is unclean for seven days (v. 11-13). The water of cleansing must be applied to that person, so that he is clean ceremonially or he would be isolated from the people. As Christians, we do not have to worry about being unclean, ceremonially, but we have to worry about having sins in our lives. We need to keep short accounts with God, we need to confess our sins, turn from our evil ways, provide restitution and seek reconciliation to be clean before God. This was a one time event when we asked Christ into our lives, but must be donne regularly.

Numbers 17 with Commentaries, verse by verse
Numbers 18 with Commentaries, verse by verse
Numbers 19 with Commentaries, verse by verse

Other Links
Dr. Thomas Constable Study Notes is a PDF file, open with Adobe Acrobatic Reader
Calvin Harmony of the Law Volume 1 Search for the chapter you want with (CTRL F)
Calvin Harmony of the Law Volume 2 Search for the chapter you want with (CTRL F)
Calvin Harmony of the Law Volume 3 Search for the chapter you want with (CTRL F)
Calvin Harmony of the Law Volume 4 Search for the chapter you want with (CTRL F)

Mark 6:30-56 with Commentaries, verse by verse

The passage deals with the feeding of the five thousand. Mark 6.32-44; Matt 14.13-21; Luke 9.10-17; John 6.5-13 and Jesus walking on the water. Mark 6.45-51; Matt 14.32-32; Joh 6.15-21. Both were miracles over nature. An object lesson can be learnt about this miracle. God uses the small things of the world for his glorey. This is the spiritual principle that we need to learn and understand. God asked Moses what was in his hand? He is asking us what do we have in our hand available for his service. Moses had a staff to conquer a king, David had a slingshot with five small stones, and this boy was willing to give Jesus his lunch of loaves and fish. We may feel insignificant in our lives, we feel that we are not worth anything. But God can use something small and make it big. For instance, recently we read about the partable of the mustard seed, even though it was the smallest seed when fully grown it is the largest of the plants found in the garden.

The second miracle is Jesus walking on the water. We need to remember when Jesus say to his disciple when they saw him walking on the water during the storm. "Take courage, It is I, Don't be afraid." Life seems impossible at times, with overwhelming problems, debts to pay illnesses to cope with. We need to remember these very words that Jesus told his disciples. It is sad to read in verse 52 that theier hearts were hardened beause the did not understand the loaves.

Stedman on Mark 6.7-52
Stedman on Mark 6.53-7.30
Peter Pett Commentary on Mark 6.7-8.26

More Links in Mark
Dan Hill on Mark
Ray Stedman on Mark
Jeff Miller on Mark
Chadwick on Mark
Dr. Thomas Constable Study Notes is a PDF file, open with Adobe Acrobatic Reader
Sermons on Mark by Ryle, Spurgeon, and Whitefield
John Piper Sermon's on Mark
Peter Pett Commentary on Mark 6.7-8.26

Jesus Saves
This Posting is NOT a commentary of the passages read today but it is a devotional. Please send a comment if something spoke to you today from the passages, links or thoughts that I have shared with you.