September 13, 2024

Before Moses is able to leave for Egypt, he has to ask permission from his father-in-law, Jethro. This is an odd statement for a couple of reasons. First off, why does Moses have to ask permission from someone like this, and second, I thought a man named Reuel was his father-in-law (Exodus 2:18)? Unsurprisingly, there […]

When God calls to Moses from the burning bush, He does so that knowing that Moses has spent the last forty years of his life as a simple shepherd in Midian. At one point, Moses tried to lead his people from bondage by killing an Egyptian and inspiring a revolt, but the people didn’t really

As you probably know, to convince Pharaoh to let the people go from Egypt, Moses commands ten plagues to come on the people (from God). These ten, in order, are: water turning to blood, frogs, lice, flies, livestock pestilence, boils, hail, locusts, darkness, and the death of the firstborn. But we often forget that before

For two whole chapters (Exodus 3-4), Moses does just about everything he can to get out of going to Egypt. He asks for a name as to who is actually sending him to Pharaoh, tells God that he’s not a good speaker, and finally just begs God to send someone – anyone – else. One

Way back in Genesis 15, when Abraham was still known as Abram, God tells him what will happen to all those ancestors that God promised him. They will go to a land that is “not theirs,” live for 400 years as slaves, but will eventually return back to the promised land. For good measure, God

When God is telling Moses exactly what to expect upon his arrival in Egypt, He tells Moses to originally ask Pharaoh for a three-day leave for God’s people to go into the wilderness and make sacrifices to God. On the surface, this doesn’t seem like that unreasonable a request. After all, even though the people

I’m not exactly sure how old I was when I first realized that the land flowing with milk and honey didn’t actually have milk and honey flowing through it. For some reason, I always pictured it as something similar to Wonka’s factory – just a land with literal milk rivers and waterfalls with honey flowing

Do you know the meaning of your name? I don’t mean the familial association with your name, but the literal, etymological definition of your name? My name means “spirited” and “large-chested.” Seriously. If you don’t believe me, look it up. I would like to think my parents nailed the whole “spirited” thing, since I was,

When you think of “spiritual signs,” you probably think of something super obvious. The sign that Gideon asked for and received from God, for example, had to do with dew on a fleece (Judges 6:36-40). When Hezekiah was given 15 more years to live, he was shown a shadow that ran counter to the normal

Nearly forty years had passed since Moses went to Midian, and a lot had changed. Leaving his old life of palace glory, honor, and wealth, he had become a simple shepherd in a desolate land.  During that time, he had also became a husband and a father. He had responsibilities to the people around him,