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Bible Summary Day 22

Exodus 12: The Lord makes all things new to those whom he delivers from the bondage of Satan and takes to himself to be his people. The time when he does this is to them is always the beginning of a new life.

So long as we live we must continue feeding upon Christ, rejoicing in him always with thankful mention of the great things he has done for us.

Exodus 13: Those who have God’s law in their heart should have it in their mouth and often speak of it, to affect themselves and to reach others.

Jesus Christ alone as shown in the Bible and as the Holy Spirit in answer to prayers, recommend him to the soul, is the Way, the Truth and the Life.

The chapters for today continue the dramatic battle between the LORD God and Pharaoh for the release of God’s people, the children of Israel. Moses keeps going to Pharaoh with the word of the LORD to let the people go and Pharaoh keeps refusing.

Some common themes:

The plagues are so that:

it would be known that there is none like the LORD God in all the earth

His name would be declared throughout all the earth

it would be known that the earth is the LORD’s.

The LORD has put a difference between the Egyptians and Israel

God’s power is demonstrated in the wonders that He is doing in Egypt

Pharaoh’s heart is hardened time and again so that he would not let the people go.

When we look at the chapters, in chapter 9 we see three more plagues, numbers 5, 6 and 7 – death of the livestock, boils and hail. And in chapter 10 we see the plague of locusts and darkness upon the land, which are plague numbers 8 and 9.

Throughout these encounters we witness a cycle where Pharaoh asks Moses to make the plague stop and he will let the Hebrews go. But then once the plagues stop his heart is hardened and he changes his mind.

The final chapter for today’s reading, chapter 11, is God’s announcement of the final plague – the death of the firstborn.

Exodus 7 & 8

God sent Moses and Aaron to Pharaoh, commanding him to let His people (the Israelites) go into the wilderness and worship Him. As they stood before Pharaoh, he requested that they perform a miracle to prove themselves. Aaron threw down his staff and it became a serpent. Pharaoh called for men skilled in magic and witchcraft as they performed the same acts. His heart became hardened and he refused to let God’s people leave the land.

Each time Pharaoh was approached, his heart became hardened and he refused to let the people go. God began to release a series of plagues upon the land to demonstrate that He is the Almighty God. The first was the plague of blood. Everywhere that there was water in Egypt—streams, canals and ponds etc—the water was turned into blood. There were other plagues that followed – plagues of frogs, gnats and flies covered the entire land, yet Pharaoh’s heart remained hardened, and he refused to let the people go and worship God.

Exodus 4

Moses was sent to deliver the Israelites from captivity. Meanwhile he told God that the people would not believe him .

Therefore God showed him 3 signs .

However , Moses complained of his poor oratory . God could have perfected his ability but because of his persistence Aaron was provided for him as a spokesperson.

Chapter 5

Moses had his first encounter with Pharaoh the king of Egypt. Things didn't end well with the Israelites who were slaves in Egypt . Immediately after Moses delivered God's message to Pharaoh , things got escalated and the Israelites had their suffering increased .

Chapter 6

God sent Moses to the Israelites again , to reassure them of His promise of deliverance from slavery . God sent Moses to Pharaoh again to let the Israelites go .How ever , Moses was afraid to go knowing things might turn worse than it had been .

Gen 50

Jacob/Isreal was mourned 40 days by his family and friends and elders from Egypt. Before he died he instructed his sons to askJoseph for forgiveness. Also Joseph made an oath that his bones be carried out when they were freed.

Exodus 1

Joseph died and all his generation. When a new Pharoah appeared who knew not Joseph, and the children of Isreal multiplied imensely . The Pharoh feared the people would rise up against him with other nations. So he subjected him with hard labor.

Exodus 2

The Birth of Moses. His flight from Egypt for slaying an egyptian, and marriage to a Median priests daughter. God remembers his covenant with Abraham.

Exodus 3

The Lord appears to Moses in a burning bush and he recieves his call to free the people of Isreal.

Genesis:The Origin

Hebrew: The Beginning

Who wrote it: Moses

When was it written BC 1450-1410

Genesis 47-49

47

My father and my brothers and their flocks and their herds came out of Canaan and are in the land of Goshen

He presents them to Pharaoh they were Shepherds they came to sojourn in the land because there was a famine in Canaan

So Pharoah tells Joseph to give them the best land in Egypt in the land of Goshen and make them ruler over his cattle

And Jacob blessed Pharoah

They ruled and multiply

48

Jacob became sick and Joseph come to his father

Jacob tells Joseph. The Lord appeared unto him in the land of Canaan and blessed him and said Behold I will make thee fruitful and multiply thee and I will make of thee a multitude of people and will give this land to thee for an everlasting possession.

Isreal blessed Manasseh the oldest and Ephraim the younger. Joseph’s sons Jacob tells Joseph Ephraim shall be greater than Manasseh

49

Jacob tells his sons what shall befall them in the last days and he speaks a blessing over all his sons then dies

Genesis 45 – Joseph‘s reunion with his brothers

Genesis 46 – The family of Jacob comes to Egypt

Bible summary Day 15

Genesis chapter 42: There is provision in Christ; but we must come to him and seek it from him. God in his providence, sometimes seems harsh with those he loves and those that fear God may expect fair dealings.

Genesis 43: Our way to prevail with man is by first prevailing with the Lord in frequent prayer

Genesis 44: Even in affliction wherein we believe ourselves wronged by, we must own that God is righteous and find out our sins. God brings our sins to our remembrance that we may exercise and show repentance.

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These two chapters are characterised by dreams and demonstrates the all-knowing power of God as He is the one who provides Joseph with the interpretations.

Joseph is in jail and two servants of the king of Egypt (his chief butler and his chief baker) are thrown into the same jail where Joseph is. They both have dreams, which Joseph interprets. The dreams are fulfilled as indicated and the butler is restored to his position. He, however, doesn’t remember to tell the king about Joseph and another two full years pass while Joseph remains in prison.

In chapter 41, Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, has two dreams, which no-one can interpret. The chief butler then remembers Joseph, who is finally taken from prison and brought before Pharaoh. He interprets the dreams and is made second in command of Egypt. Seven years of plenty is then followed by 7 years of famine and all the countries come to Egypt to buy food.