Wednesday, July 22, 2026
“Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word” (Psalm 119:9 KJV).
If our physical posterity could augment its spiritual dexterity, exactly what would that entail?
The nation Israel began with a “sign,” a token or mark—the “sign” of physical circumcision, representing or symbolizing the Abrahamic Covenant (Genesis 17:9-14; Acts 7:8; Romans 4:11). Signs are a part of Jewish national heritage, Israel’s birthright. “Then said Jesus unto him, Except ye [Israelites] see signs and wonders, ye will not believe” (John 4:48); observe how the context is the miracle of Christ healing the nobleman’s dying son (verses 46-54). Contrasting the two major nationalities (Jews and Gentiles) of his day (the latter Acts period), Paul wrote: “For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom:…” (1 Corinthians 1:22).
What started as a tribe of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and Jacob’s 12 sons, finally became a nation of a few million living in Egypt roughly 400 years later. In Exodus 4:1-9, the LORD therefore commissions Moses and endues him with miracle-working power to authenticate his message. “And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe thee, neither hearken to the voice of the first sign, that they will believe the voice of the latter sign. And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe also these two signs, neither hearken unto thy voice,…” (verses 8,9). Read carefully how those first two “signs” of Moses’ ministry are handling serpents and healing leprosy. These are crucial in stirring up faith in the Jewish nation captive to Satan and sin. God ordered Moses in verse 17: “And thou shalt take this rod in thine hand, wherewith thou shalt do signs.” By chapter’s end, the Scriptures recount: “And Moses and Aaron went and gathered together all the elders of the children of Israel: And Aaron spake all the words which the LORD had spoken unto Moses, and did the signs in the sight of the people. And the people believed: and when they heard that the LORD had visited the children of Israel, and that he had looked upon their affliction, then they bowed their heads and worshipped” (verses 29-31). Again, “signs” attended Israel’s national birth as its people exited Egypt.
How striking it is that Moses’ ministry here previews Christ’s own ministry 1,500 years into the future….
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