Numbers 13:1-2, 17-33, 14:1-3, 26-38 God led the people of Israel to the Promised Land, and Moses sent out twelve spies to check out the land that God had promised them, to see who inhabited the land, and if it was a land flowing with milk and honey. When the spies returned after 40 days, […]
Leviticus 16:1-34 The Tabernacle is set up, and God lays out very specific plans for sacrifices, and very specific rules for the place where He dwells, the Most Holy Place. Only once per year could the high priest enter it, on the Day of Atonement. What is atonement? When was the last time your celebrated […]
Exodus 32:1-35 We celebrate Trinity Sunday and recognize God as 3-in1, three persons, one God. God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. As the Israelites wait for Moses to come down from Mt Sinai, they aren’t patient enough and instead make for themselves a god, a golden calf. They worship this […]
Exodus 19:1-11, 16-25, 20:1-21 We celebrate Pentecost and think about the tongues of fire descending upon the disciples allowing them to speak in other languages, so that the word of God is spread. Today we journey to Mt. Sinai where smoke and fire have descended upon the mountain and God gives Moses the Ten Commandments. Which one […]
Exodus 16:1-17:7 As the people of Israel are freed from the slavery of Egypt, they have one response: complaining. They’re hungry, they’re thirsty. Sounds much like the children in our lives who are constantly hungry and thirsty even after they’ve just been fed. How does God respond to hunger and thirst? He meets our needs. He […]
Exodus 12:1-32 There were a total of ten plagues that came upon Egypt, and it was only after the last plague, the plague of the firstborn, that Pharaoh let the people of Israel go. To prepare for this plague and to save the Israelites, God gave instructions about sacrificing a lamb, having a meal, and painting […]
Exodus 3:1 – 4:7 As Moses unexpectedly meets God in the burning bush, God tells Moses to take his sandals off, because the place where he is standing is holy ground. It was because Moses was in the presence of God that made the ground holy. As we come into God’s presence, as we enter […]
Exodus 2: 1-25 As the baby boys of Israel are commanded to be thrown into the Nile, one family keeps their boy safe. That boy would become Moses who was drawn out of the waters of the Nile and would one day save His people. Jesus came as a baby boy, just like Moses. And […]
Exodus 1:1-22 The people of Israel go from prospering in Egypt to be forced into slavery, all because Pharaoh was scared of them. Amidst all the changes that happened in their life, God was working His plan for His people to rescue them from the bondage of slavery. God worked a plan to rescue us […]
The world is full of sin. The world is full of sinners. The world is full of sinners who sin. Sinners who do terrible things to others. We saw Joseph sold into slavery by His brothers. We saw Jesus sold to the hands of the Pharisees by Judas’ betrayal, ultimately leading Him to the cross. Yet, God can take the worst things and work good in them. He does it with Joseph who ends up saving his family and reuniting with them as famine sweeps across the land. We see God do it through Jesus who dies on the cross for us sinners, and for our sins, only to rise from the dead, saving us from the power of sin, death and the devil.
