Twilight (Numbers 9-11 / Mark 5)

When you think of the word "twilight," you may think of the recent movie that came out that teenage girls were especially crazy about. However, when you hear the word "twilight," I want you to think about Numbers 9:11. Twilight was when the Passover was to be celebrated. One of the most important Jewish holidays was celebrated by eating the passover lamb with unleavened bread and bitter herbs. From the New Testament, we know this lamb symbolizes Christ (I Cor. 5:7 ). Unleavened bread was eaten as a reminder that the departing Israelite slaves had no time put leaven in their bread as they were hastily escaping from Egypt's hold on them. The bitter herbs represented the hard times and experiences that the Israelites had to endure under their slavery to the Egyptians. Also from Numbers 9-11, we learn that it does not pay to "complain" (11:1, 19) and that God led the Israelites through the use of a cloud (9:22-23).

In Mark 5:19, a man after being healed from demon possession is told to go home to his family and share with them what God had done for him (and he did). Do you have family times where each believer can share what God is doing in his or her life?