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Moses speaks like God to Pharaoh—Exodus 7:1-7
God’s commission seemed impossible to Moses, but God reiterated his call (Exod 6:28-30). Before sending him back, he…
God uses little people—Exodus 6:28-30
The last post discussed how Exodus uses Moses’s genealogy (Exod 6:14-25) to underline the weak sort of vessel…
A boring genealogy—Exodus 6:10-26
God calls us to serve his purposes and does not wait for us to figure out whether he…
Mission Impossible—Exodus 6:9-13
Have you ever been in an impossible situation? But if you’re following the Lord’s plan, he’s got your…
Thinking about some characters in Exodus
Recapping some of the character development so far in Exodus (in the earlier Bible studies): (1) Moses. Moses…
Why Does God Take So Long?—Exodus 6:9
In Exodus 6:6-8, God not only promised liberation from slavery, but also a land of their own in…
The Reason for the Promised Land—Exodus 6:8
Without the promised land, deliverance from slavery would have been incomplete. Former slaves could not maintain their freedom…
Not just what God saved us from—Exodus 6:6-7
What usually gets our attention is that God delivers us out of trouble. But God has a bigger…
God reaffirms his promise—Exodus 6:1-8
Moses complains that the Lord has not kept his promise (5:22-23; note last week’s post); the Lord responds…
Crisis of young faith—Exodus 5:22-23
Moses had anticipated that his people might not believe him (Exod 4:1), so God had provided signs so…
When Caesar demands what is God’s—Exodus 5:14-21
Pharaoh requires the slaves to meet their daily quota of brick-making although he is no longer supplying some…