February 14

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Exodus 37:1-38:31
1.(2013) Fragrance in worship.

29 They also made the sacred anointing oil and the pure, fragrant incense—the work of a perfumer.

2.(2013) Mirrors. The women who tended the entrance of the Tent of Meeting gave their mirrors for the crafting of the bronze basin. Matthew Henry comments:

Note, In the washing of repentance, there is need of the looking-glass of self-examination. The word of God is a glass, in which we may see our own faces (see Jam. 1:23); and with it we must compare our own hearts and lives, that, finding out our blemishes, we may wash with particular sorrow, and application of the blood of Christ to our souls. Usually the more particular we are in the confession of sin the more comfort we have in the sense of the pardon.

3.(2013) Solemn Hearts. Matthew Henry comments on the courtyard:

The enclosing of a court before the tabernacle teaches us a gradual approach to God. The priests that ministered must pass through the holy court, before they entered the holy house. Thus before solemn ordinances there ought to be the separated and enclosed court of a solemn preparation, in which we must wash our hands, and so draw near with a true heart.

Matthew 28:1-20
1.(2013) The angel at the tomb. I wonder: earthquakes are how angelic beings move boulders. Jesus' physical body was resurrected and so couldn't pass through stone.

2 There was a violent earthquake, for an angel of the Lord came down from heaven and, going to the tomb, rolled back the stone and sat on it. 3 His appearance was like lightning, and his clothes were white as snow. 4 The guards were so afraid of him that they shook and became like dead men

Matthew Henry comments:

He came, and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat upon it. Our Lord Jesus could have rolled back the stone himself by his own power, but he chose to have it done by an angel, to signify that having undertaken to make satisfaction for our sin, imputed to him, and being under arrest pursuant to that imputation, he did not break prison, but had a fair and legal discharge, obtained from heaven; he did not break prison, but an officer was sent on purpose to roll away the stone, and so to open the prison door, which would never have been done, if he had not made a full satisfaction.

Psalm 34:11-22

Proverbs 9:9-10

“The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom,
and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.

Years Read
2013