Tag: passover
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Jesus and the One Sin
6As soon as the chief priests and their officials saw him [Jesus], they shouted, “Crucify! Crucify!” But Pilate answered, “You take him and crucify him. As for me, I find no basis for a charge against him.” 7The Jewish leaders insisted, “We have a law, and according to that law he must die, because he…
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Regular Interaction With God [1-minute read]
39“‘In addition to what you vow and your freewill offerings, offer these to the Lord at your appointed festivals: your burnt offerings, grain offerings, drink offerings and fellowship offerings.’”–Numbers 29 Chapters 28 and 29 detailed the basic interaction calendar that God expected with His people. Ponder your interactions with God. The best time with God involves two…
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Calendar [1-minute read]
1The LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 2“Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, These are the appointed feasts of the LORD that you shall proclaim as holy convocations; they are my appointed feasts.–Leviticus 23 God scheduled regular BBQ parties throughout the year. What’s amazing is that these festivals match up with Jesus and the early church. My…
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Be Gone!
29At midnight the LORD struck down all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sat on his throne to the firstborn of the captive who was in the dungeon, and all the firstborn of the livestock. 30And Pharaoh rose up in the night, he and all his servants and all the Egyptians. And…
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Salvation Sign
13The blood shall be a sign for you, on the houses where you are. And when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and no plague will befall you to destroy you, when I strike the land of Egypt.–Exodus 12 Obviously the Passover would be a sign to the Egyptians in a way…
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A Tale of Two Kings
10Moses and Aaron did all these wonders before Pharaoh, and the LORD hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he did not let the people of Israel go out of his land.–Exodus 11 Today’s chapter served as a warning for Pharaoh concerning the dreadful 10th plague. I want to offer a contrast. The king in Jonah’s day was just as…
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People and Problems
8Now there arose a new king over Egypt, who did not know Joseph.–Exodus 1 The book of Genesis had a satisfying ending. The people of Israel were saved and delivered from the famine. They found a home in Egypt and an ally in Pharaoh. The villains in Joseph story owned what they could own and…
Joel M Bradshaw 