“Stand still!” Seriously? Every nerve in our bodies screams, “Do something!” But God says… I don’t know about you, but my wit works best when it’s in crisis. It seemed that way with the Israelites, too. Here they were, trapped. Mountains on either side and the sea blocking off any escape. Even if there was […]
Read More… from November 5, 2021 — So We Meet Again, Pharaoh
Hard ol’ Pharaoh will get harder yet—so hard that even the Red Sea won’t soften him up. God never gets surprised. Did you hear that? God never gets surprised. The children of Israel have been traveling for several days, setting up their first camp at Succoth. They then “camped in Etham at the edge of […]
God thinks of everything and His reminders are for our good. Don’t forget: God remembers! The rest of Exodus 12 speaks of the special relationship God’s redeemed people now had, and how they should memorialize the Passover. In chapter 13, the Lord repeats the principle of the firstborn (vv 2, 11-13). The firstborn of man […]
Read More… from November 3, 2021 — God Our Sunshade And Nightlight
Many today dispute the story of the Exodus, but Jesus didn’t, and I’d believe Him anytime. Can you imagine the scene! We’re told there were “about six hundred thousand men on foot” (Ex 12:37) plus the women and children, the aged, and Levites—perhaps two-and-a-half to three million people. In addition, “a mixed multitude went up […]
When people won’t listen to anything else God says, Preacher Death gets their attention. The land of Egypt was asleep. Only in Goshen were the inhabitants awake, shoes on, bags packed. Suddenly at the stroke of midnight, the word of the Lord came true. “The Lord struck all the firstborn in the land” (Ex 12:29). […]
The Jewish Passover and the Christian Lord’s Supper are times to both reflect and resolve. After great battles, it has been common to say things like “Remember the Maine,” the battle cry of the Spanish-American War. “Remember the Alamo” was popular during the Mexican-American War. “Remember Pearl Harbor” rallied the U.S. after the Japanese aerial […]
“Loins girded,” says the KJV. In other words, don’t let anything impede your personal exodus. Do you see what God is doing? He is about to pour out well-deserved wrath on Pharaoh and all those who do not, as some of the Egyptians do, fear the word of the Lord (Ex 9:20). But how is […]