Author: Nicholson
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October 27, 2021 — Blood On The Threshold
We can’t be squeamish about this! Applying the blood of Christ is our only way of escape. In our last study, we watched as each family carefully selected a blemish-free lamb from their flocks. Then at twilight, each household’s lamb would die. But it was not enough that the blood of the lamb be shed; […]
October 26, 2021 — Behold The Lamb!
Lambs were “an abomination” in Egypt, perhaps since the rule of the Hyksos “shepherd-kings.” There aren’t many days so momentous that they change the whole calendar, but this was one. “This month shall be your beginning of months;” said the Lord; “it shall be the first month of the year to you” (Ex 12:2). Up […]
October 25, 2021 — Pharaoh Phails
This was the biggest test of his life, but he just wasn’t paying attention. His grade? An Ph I’m eager to tell the thrilling details of the Passover in Exodus 12, but I want first to retrace Pharaoh’s journey from the day Moses entered his palace. Here are his opening recorded words: “Who is the […]
October 22, 2021 — “One More Plague”
This plague would be unique. Everyone must personally respond—for or against a lamb. Now we’re at the grand finale, preparing for the plague of all plagues. If we have been paying careful attention, we know what it is. It seems a very long time ago, but can you recall the first thing Moses was to […]
October 21, 2021 — Pharaoh, It’s Closing Time
The psalmist warns us: “He will not always chide: neither will He keep His anger forever.” Exodus 11 begins like the sound of a pealing bell, ringing out across the countryside: “And the Lord said to Moses, ‘I will bring yet one more plague on Pharaoh and on Egypt. Afterward he will let you go […]
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October 20, 2021 — Not One Hoof!
Moses shows that we can be both meek and mighty. Meek isn’t weak; it’s strength in control. Although “the children of Israel had light in their dwellings” (Ex 10:23), for three long days, darker than the darkest night, the Egyptians had only time to think. What was Pharaoh thinking? We don’t have to guess. Here […]
October 19, 2021 — The Illuminating Darkness
Sometimes we can see things in the darkest times that may be easily overlooked in the light. Northwest of Cairo’s center and 60 feet below the surface lie the ruins of biblical On, later called Heliopolis (Sun City) by the Greeks. Here Joseph’s father-in-law, Poti-Pherah, served as a priest. This was the center of the […]
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