The Daily D with Josiah Douglas

Moses and God talked to each other like someone talks to their friend. Is that how you talk to God?

Key Verse:

Thus the Lord used to speak to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his friend.

Exodus 33:11a

The Israelites were all able to go to the tent of meeting to speak to God, but they sent Moses Instead.

Key Verse:

Whenever Moses went out to the tent, all the people would rise up, and each would stand at his tent door, and watch Moses until he had gone into the tent. When Moses entered the tent, the pillar of cloud would descend and stand at the entrance of the tent, and the Lord would speak with Moses. And when all the people saw the pillar of cloud standing at the entrance of the tent, all the people would rise up and worship, each at his tent door.

Exodus 33:8-10

Moses pitched the tent of meeting outside the Israelite camp. A lot of times we pitch t our tent of meeting outside our own camps.

Key Verse:

Now Moses used to take the tent and pitch it outside the camp, far off from the camp, and he called it the tent of meeting. And everyone who sought the Lord would go out to the tent of meeting, which was outside the camp.

Exodus 33:7

The first person to be filled with the Holy Spirit was all the way back in Exodus. He was a craftsman just like my dad who died about a year ago.

Key Verse:

See, I have called by name Bezalel the son of Uri, son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, and I have filled him with the Spirit of God, with ability and intelligence, with knowledge and all craftsmanship, to devise artistic designs, to work in gold, silver, and bronze, in cutting stones for setting, and in carving wood, to work in every craft.

Exodus 31:2-5

God lead the Isrealites out of Egypt so He could hang out with them. 

Key Verse:

And they shall know that I am the Lord their God, who brought them out of the land of Egypt that I might dwell among them. I am the Lord their God.

Exodus 29:46

The Israelites vowed to obey God and all of His commands, but we know that they had a really hard time following through with that vow. 

Key Verse:

Moses came and told the people all the words of the Lord and all the rules. And all the people answered with one voice and said, "All the words that the Lord has spoken we will do.

Exodus 24:3

Taking a quick dive into hermeneutics today, talking about cultural context and a super random command from God in Exodus.

Key Verse:

You shall not boil a young goat in its mother's milk.

Exodus 23:19b

God wanted to make His people different than the rest of the world. One of the ways He did this was by making sure they were good to the helpless. 

Key Verse:

You shall not mistreat any widow or fatherless child.

Exodus 22:22‭

What does the Bible say about slavery? What does God think about slavery? Exodus 22 has a lot to say about slavery, most of it looks pretty bad...

Key Verse:

Whoever steals a man and sells him, and anyone found in possession of him, shall be put to death.

Exodus 21:16

There are tons of promises in the Bible, but there's also a lot of "if's"

Key Verse:

Now therefore, if you will indeed obey my voice and keep my covenant, you shall be my treasured possession among all peoples, for all the earth is mine;