Daily Meditation on the Old Testament – Week 24 (June 13-19)

• Sunday – Psalm 116        LSB 678 – We Sing for All the Unsung Saints
• 1. Why does the psalmist love the LORD? v. 1-8
• 2. Why is the death of His saints precious in the sight of the LORD? v. 15
• 3. When do we sing verses 12-13 and 17-19 of this Psalm?
• 4. Why are these words appropriate for the Offertory & its place in the service?

• Mon – Joshua 1     LSB 647 – Lord Jesus Christ, the Church’s Head
• 1. What commands (Law) does the LORD give to Joshua? v. 2-9
• 2. What promises (Gospel) does the LORD give to Joshua? v. 2-9
• 3. What is the chain of command for the Israelites? v. 10-11
• 4. What do the Reubenites, Gadites & half tribe of Manasseh promise? v.12-16

• Tuesday – Joshua 2      LSB 732 – All Depends on Us Possessing
• 1. How is Joshua’s strategy different from Moses who sent 12 spies? v. 1
• 2. How does Rahab help the spies and why? v. 3-7, 15-16 (Hebrews 11:31)
• 3. What faith does Rahab confess? v. 8-11
• 4. What do the spies promise Rahab? v. 14, 18-19

• Wednesday – Joshua 3      LSB 601 – All Who Believe and Are Baptized
• 1. What leads the people through the Jordan & what does it represent? v. 2-6
• 2. How will they know that God is with them to give them the land? v. 10-13
• 3. Who stood in the midst of the Jordan as the people crossed on dry ground?
• 4. How is the crossing of the Jordan a type of Baptism?

• Thursday – Joshua 4  LSB 866 – Lord Jesus Christ, the Children’s Friend
• 1. Why did the LORD command 12 stones to be taken from the Jordan? v. 1-7
• 2. What happened when the priests carrying the ark left the Jordan? v. 15-18
• 3. To whom else would the stone memorial give witness of the LORD? v. 20-24
• 4. What symbols and memorials in church remind us of God’s salvation?

• Friday – Joshua 5              LSB 661 – The Son of God Goes Forth to War
• 1. After they first entered the land, what did God command and why? v. 2-7
• 2. What did the Israelites celebrate and what did the LORD provide? v. 10-12
• 3. Before we go out as part of the church militant, how does God prepare us?
• 4. Who is the Commander of the LORD’s army whom Joshua worshipped?

• Saturday – Jeremiah 7    LSB 513 – The Clouds of Judgment Gather tune 644
• 1. What does the LORD promise if the people repent of their evil ways? v. 5-7
• 2. How will the LORD condemn their sins and hypocritical worship? v. 8-15
• 3. What did the LORD do to warn and turn His people from their sin? v. 25-26
• 4. How will the LORD punish the people for sacrificing their children? v. 31-34

This week, memorize & meditate on The Fifth Petition of the Lord’s Prayer

Answers to Daily Meditation on the Old Testament – Week 24 (June 13-19)

• Sunday – Psalm 116
• 1. The LORD hears his prayer, is gracious and merciful, saves and delivers him.
• 2. At death a saint enters heaven, made holy by God’s grace and Jesus’ blood.
• 3. These verses are the word of the Offertory for Divine Service I.
• 4. We offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving for receiving the benefits of the Service of the Word and now lift up the cup of salvation in the Service of the Sacrament

• Monday – Joshua 1
• 1. Cross the Jordan and do all that is written in the Book of the Law of Moses.
• 2. I will be with you, never forsake you, and will give the people the land.
• 3. From the LORD to Joshua to the officers to the people.
• 4. Though their land is east of the Jordan, their fighting men will cross and fight.

• Tuesday – Joshua 2
• 1. Joshua sends only 2 spies secretly who report back to him about Jericho.
• 2. She hides the spies on her roof & helps them escape because of her faith.
• 3. Faith in the LORD of all things who dried up the Red Sea & blesses His people
• 4. If she ties a scarlet cord in her window, she and her household will be spared.

• Wednesday – Joshua 3
• 1. The ark of the covenant acts as the LORD’s throne and shows His presence.
• 2. When the priests bearing the ark touch the Jordan, it will stop flowing.
• 3. The priests carrying the ark of the covenant and, therefore, the LORD.
• 4. Through water we enter the kingdom of God & the promised land of heaven.

• Thursday – Joshua 4       
• 1. To serve as a memorial of how God cut off the Jordan so they could cross.
• 2. The waters of the Jordan returned to flood stage.
• 3. The children of future generations would hear of the LORD’s mighty work.
• 4. Cross, candles, paraments, banners, altar, font, stained glass windows

• Friday – Joshua 5
• 1. Joshua was to have all the males circumcised, which was a sign God gave to Abraham that He would give his descendants the land. (Genesis 17:8-11)
• 2. The Passover.  The LORD provided the produce of the land in place of manna.
• 3. With Baptism and the Lord’s Supper, signs and blessings of God’s forgiveness
• 4. The Lord, specifically the Son of God. (Exodus 3:4-5) (Revelation 19:11-16)

• Saturday – Jeremiah 7
• 1. God will let them dwell in the land that He gave their forefathers forever.
• 2. God will destroy their house of worship and cast them out of His sight.
• 3. The LORD sent His prophets but the people would not listen & were stubborn
• 4. Their dead bodies will be food for animals and their land will be a waste.

Daily Meditation on the Old Testament – Week 23 (June 6-12)

• Sunday – Psalm 110        LSB 494 – See, the Lord Ascends in Triumph tune 826
• 1. What does David mean when he says, “The LORD says to my Lord”? v. 1
• 2. What does God say to His Son that is fulfilled after Jesus’ ascension? v. 1
• 3. In what office does Jesus now serve forever at the right hand of God? v. 4
• 4. From God’s right hand of power, what will Jesus do on the Last Day? v. 5-6

• Mon – Deuteronomy 26     LSB 893 – Sing to the Lord of Harvest
• 1. What were the people to do after they received their land inheritance?v.1-4
• 2. What were the people to confess as they offered the first fruits? v. 5-11
• 3. Who received the benefits of the tithe of first fruits? v. 12-13
• 4. What does the LORD promise to those who walk in His ways? v. 16-19

• Tuesday – Deuteronomy 28      LSB 346 – When All the World Was Cursed
• 1. If we faithfully obey the voice of the LORD, what does He promise? v. 1-14
• 2. If we do not obey the voice of the LORD, what else does He promise? v. 15f
• 3. Who redeemed us from the curse of not keeping God’s Law? (Galatians 3:13)
• 4. Why are we blessed by God, now and for all eternity? (Ephesians 1:3-7)

• Wednesday – Deuteronomy 30     LSB 611 – Chief of Sinners Though I Be
• 1. What does God desire of His people who are cursed for not obeying? v. 1-2
• 2. What will the LORD do for those who repent? v. 3-10
• 3. Where is the Word of the LORD and His Commandments? v. 11-14
• 4. What choice does God desire us to make? v. 15-20

• Thursday – Deuteronomy 31       LSB 338 – Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus
• 1. Though Moses would not cross the Jordan, who would go with them? v. 1-8
• 2. What were the people to do every seven years and why? v. 9-13
• 3. Whom did God commission to take Moses’ place of leadership? v. 14-15
• 4. What did God commission Joshua to do for the Israelites? v. 23

• Friday – Deuteronomy 34             LSB 677 – For All the Saints
• 1. What did the LORD show Moses from the top of Mt. Nebo & Pisgah? v. 1-4
• 2. When Moses died, who buried his body? v. 5-6
• 3. Who raised Moses before the Last Day and for what purpose? (Jude 1:9)
• 4. Why was Moses known as the greatest Old Testament prophet? v. 10-12

• Saturday – Jeremiah 1                    LSB 573 – Lord, ‘Tis Not That I Did Choose Thee
• 1. When did Jeremiah speak the Word of the LORD? v. 1-3
• 2. When did the LORD first know Jeremiah & appoint him to be His prophet?v.5
• 3. How did the LORD test whether Jeremiah would speak His Word? v. 11-12
• 4. How did the LORD encourage Jeremiah as he prophesied judgment? v.17-19

This week, memorize & meditate on The Fourth Petition of the Lord’s Prayer

Answers to Daily Meditation on the Old Testament – Week 23 (June 6-12)

• Sunday – Psalm 110
• 1. The LORD (Yahweh) says to my Lord (Jesus Christ).  God says to His Son.
• 2. “Sit at my right hand.” He sits at the right hand of God the Father Almighty.
• 3. Jesus is our priest who hears our prayers and intercedes for us before God.
• 4. Judge the nations. From thence He will come to judge the living and the dead

• Monday – Deuteronomy 26
• 1. They were to bring the first fruits of the land as an offering in worship.
• 2. That God had delivered from oppression and brought them to this good land.
• 3. The Levites (church workers), sojourners (homeless), orphans, and widows.
• 4. That they will be His treasured possession and set apart as His holy people.

• Tuesday – Deuteronomy 28
• 1. The LORD promises to give us temporal blessings in this earthly life.
• 2. The LORD promises to send curses upon our earthly life.
• 3. Jesus was cursed by God for us when He was crucified on the cross.
• 4. God blesses us in Christ by the blood of His redemption for our forgiveness.

• Wednesday – Deuteronomy 30
• 1. That they repent, return to the LORD their God, and obey His voice.
• 2. The LORD will gather and restore them and make them prosperous.
• 3. Not far off in heaven or far away on earth but near us in our mouth and heart
• 4. Not death and evil, but life and good by holding fast to Him who is our life.

• Thursday – Deuteronomy 31      
• 1. The LORD would drive out the nations. He would never leave or forsake them
• 2. Assemble and hear the reading of the Law so their children would fear God.
• 3. Joshua (Hebrew for “the LORD saves”, Jesus in Greek)
• 4. Bring them into the Promised Land like Jesus brings us into His kingdom.

• Friday – Deuteronomy 34
• 1. The Land God promised to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob and their offspring.
• 2. God buried Moses in the valley in the land of Moab.
• 3. God raised Moses from the dead to appear on the Mount of Transfiguration to give testimony of Jesus and discuss His exodus. (Luke 9:28-31)
• 4. Because the LORD spoke with him face to face and because of all the signs and wonders which the LORD sent him to do in the sight of His people.

• Saturday – Jeremiah 1
• 1. During the reign of the last 5 kings of Judah before the exile to Babylon 587BC
• 2. Before God formed him in the womb and before he was born.
• 3. The LORD gave Jeremiah a vision of an almond branch, and he confirmed it.
• 4. The LORD would be with Jeremiah and make him to be a fortified city.

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