April 18 She tied the scarlet cord in the window. (Joshua 2:21) Rahab depended for her preservation upon the promise of the spies, whom she regarded as the representatives of the God of Israel. Her faith was simple and firm, but it was very obedient. To tie the scarlet cord in the window was a…
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APRIL 17 You have come … To the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.(Hebrews 12:22, 24) Reader, have you come to “the sprinkled blood”? The question is not whether you have come to a knowledge of doctrine or an observance of ceremonies or to a certain form of experience,…
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APRIL 16 … The precious blood of Christ.(1 Peter 1:19) Standing at the foot of the cross, we see hands and feet and side all distilling crimson streams of “precious blood.” It is “precious” because of its redeeming and atoning efficacy. By it the sins of Christ’s people are atoned for; they are redeemed from…
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APRIL 15 My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?(Psalm 22:1) Here we view the Savior in the depth of His sorrows. No other place displays the griefs of Christ like this, and no other moment at Calvary is so full of agony as when His cry rends the air—“My God, my God, why…
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APRIL 13 All who see me mock me; they make mouths at me; they wag their heads.(Psalm 22:7) Mockery was a large factor in our Lord’s suffering. Judas mocked Him in the garden; the chief priests and scribes laughed Him to scorn; Herod set Him at nothing; the servants and the soldiers jeered at Him…
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APRIL 12 My beloved is to me a sachet of myrrh.(Song of Songs 1:13) Myrrh may well be chosen to typify Jesus because of its preciousness, its perfume, its pleasantness, its healing, preserving, disinfecting qualities, and its connection with sacrifice. But why is He compared to “a sachet of myrrh”? First, because it speaks of…
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… The king’s garden … (Nehemiah 3:15) Mention of the king’s garden by Nehemiah brings to mind the paradise that the King of kings prepared for Adam. Sin has utterly ruined that delightful dwelling and has driven out the children of men to till the ground, which yields thorns and thistles to them. My soul,…
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I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint. (Psalm 22:14) Did earth or heaven ever witness a sadder spectacle than this? In soul and body, our Lord felt Himself to be weak as water poured upon the ground. The placing of the cross in its socket had shaken Him…
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… The place that is called The Skull. Luke 23:33 The hill of comfort is the hill that is called The Skull or Calvary; the house of consolation is built with the wood of the cross; the temple of heavenly blessing is based upon the riven rock—riven by the spear that pierced His side. No…
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And there followed him a great multitude of the people and of women who were mourning and lamenting for him. (Luke 23:27) Among the rabble that hounded the Redeemer to His doom, there were some gracious souls whose bitter anguish found an outlet in wailing and lamentations—suitable music to accompany that woeful march. When I…
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