I am about to rain bread from heaven for you, and the people shall go out and gather a day’s portion every day, that I may test them, whether they will walk in my law or not. Exodus 16:4 ESV There seemed to be no hope. Thousands of Israelites were […]

If you will give earnest heed to the voice of the Lord your God, and do what is right in His sight, and give ear to His commandments … I will put none of the diseases on you which I have put on the Egyptians; for I, the Lord, am […]

How have the mighty fallen … I am distressed for you, my brother Jonathan; you have been a close friend to me. Your love to me was more wonderful than the love of women.  2 Samuel 1:25-27 NASB David gained fame as a mighty warrior. He also was a man […]

The Egyptians were marching after them, and they became very frightened; so the sons of Israel cried out to the Lord … ‘It would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the wilderness. Exodus 14:10-12 NASB After being dominated by Assyria, Babylon, and Persia, […]

He took six hundred select chariots, and all the other chariots of Egypt with officers over all of them. Exodus 14:7 NASB Pressured by the results of the plagues, Pharaoh finally agreed to give the Israelites their freedom. Then, he changed his mind. He was so serious that he pursued […]

Pharaoh will say of the Israelites: They are wandering around the land in confusion; the wilderness has boxed them in. I will harden Pharaoh’s heart so that he will pursue them.  Exodus 14:3-4 CSB It seemed like an impossible situation. The Israelites themselves seemed perplexed. Under God’s direction, they appeared […]

So may the Lord be with you, when I let you and your little ones go! Watch out, for evil is on your mind. Exodus 10:10 NASB Moses had no doubts. He had no hidden motivations or secret agendas. He really had heard from God. This was not a personal […]

Now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face; now I know in part, but then I will know fully just as I also have been fully known. 1 Corinthians 13:12 NASB Christopher Columbus sailed westward from Spain, hoping to reach the Far East. He reached new […]

About this time tomorrow I will cause very heavy hail to fall, such as never has been in Egypt from the day it was founded until now. Exodus 9:18 ESV Storms can be frightening. But the storm God sent n Egypt was unique. It was a storm “as never has […]

Take handfuls of soot … The ashes will spread like fine dust over the whole land of Egypt, causing festering boils to break out on people and animals throughout the land.  Exodus 9:8-9 NLT:8-9 NLT God asked Pharaoh to let His people go. It seemed like a simple request. But […]