EXODUS Lesson 8 – Chapters 8 and 9 Last week we saw the plagues, or better “strokes” against Egypt, begin. The opening volley was that the Nile River was turned to blood. And, as we discussed, the Hebrew term for blood, dam, also denoted the color red, and meant blood-like; so the water in the […]

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EXODUS Lesson 7 – Chapter 7 Last week Exodus chapters 5 and 6 began the preparation for the Lord to force Pharaoh to give up the Israelites and allow them to leave. Moses and Aaron were in Egypt, they had confronted Pharaoh with the mildest demand that would be put on him: let My people […]

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EXODUS Lesson 6 – Chapters 5 and 6 This week we begin Exodus chapter 5; and I’m going to change up on you a bit. Usually I read from the Complete Jewish Bible, but this time I’ll read from a version called “The Scriptures”. And, it is for one reason only: everywhere that the original […]

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EXODUS Lesson 5 – Chapter 4 Let’s continue our study of Exodus as we move, today, into chapter 4. Last time we met, we were in the midst of the Burning Bush theophany. I say theophany because indeed that kind of direct interaction between God and a man by which God manifests Himself in some […]

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EXODUS Lesson 4 – Chapter 3 Last week we ended with Moses on his way to the backside, or the far side, of the wilderness of Midian. And, I made the case for you that the mountain where Moses would encounter the Burning Bush was NOT on the Sinai Peninsula, but on the Arabian Peninsula. […]

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EXODUS Lesson 3 – Chapters 2 and 3 Last week, the stage was set for us, and the actors were introduced. We were given the condition of the Israelites in Egypt…..as oppressed slave laborers……..and why they were in that condition…..because the NEWEST King of Egypt didn’t honor Joseph’s memory or promises. Further, we learned that […]

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EXODUS Lesson 2 – Chapter 1 Last week we discussed that the noted Hebrew Bible scholar, Everett Fox, chose a method to look at Exodus that involved dividing it into 6 divisions. Today, we enter the first of the divisions that he calls the “Deliverance Narrative”. It starts at 1:1, and continues through Chapter 15. […]

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EXODUS Lesson 1 – Introduction Today, we start what I think you will find to be an exciting, eye-opening, and (I hope) spirit-filled adventure into the 2 nd book of the Torah……Exodus. And, to set the table for what it is we’ll study, and where it will take us, I would like to spend a […]

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ESTHER Week 10, Chapters 9 and 10 END We’ll conclude our study of Esther today. For me, Esther has been an excellent example of what happens when serious students of the Scriptures (you) take the time to examine God’s Word and accept it for what it says within the context and setting of the times. […]

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ESTHER Week 9, Chapter 8 We ended last time about halfway through chapter 8 and things are moving very rapidly now. Like it is with so many Bible characters, when we take the Scriptures for what they actually say and add in the cultural context and known history of the time, we see a bit […]

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