FEBRUARY 21, 2021 Exodus 3:16-17 Go and gather the elders of Israel together, and say to them, “The Lord God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, appeared to me, saying, ‘I have surely visited you and seen what is done to you in Egypt; and I have said I will bring you up out of the […]
FEBRUARY 20, 2021 Exodus 3:15 Moreover God said to Moses, “Thus you shall say to the children of Israel: ‘The LORD God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you. This is My name forever, and this is My memorial to all generations.’” The Hebrew word, l’olam, translated […]
FEBRUARY 19, 2021 Exodus 3:15 Moreover God said to Moses, “Thus you shall say to the children of Israel: ‘The LORD God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you. This is My name forever, and this is My memorial to all generations.’” The Hebrew word that is […]
FEBRUARY 18, 2021 Exodus 3:13-14 Then Moses said to God, “Indeed, when I come to the children of Israel and say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ and they say to me, ‘What is His name?’ what shall I say to them?” And God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM.” And […]
FEBRUARY 17, 2021 Exodus 3:11 But Moses said to God, “Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh, and that I should bring the children of Israel out of Egypt?” Consider this: Moses was raised as a prince of Egypt, the son of Pharaoh’s daughter. He had received the finest education Egypt could offer. Other writings say […]
FEBRUARY 16, 2021 Exodus 3:9-10 “Now therefore, behold, the cry of the children of Israel has come to Me, and I have also seen the oppression with which the Egyptians oppress them. Come now, therefore, and I will send you to Pharaoh that you may bring My people, the children of Israel, out of Egypt.” The word “Now” […]
FEBRUARY 15, 2021 Exodus 3:8 “So I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up from that land to a good and large land, to a land flowing with milk and honey.” The Almighty described the land to which Israel would go in some specific detail. I find that […]
FEBRUARY 14, 2021 Exodus 3:7 And the Lord said: “I have surely seen the oppression of My people who are in Egypt, and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters, for I know their sorrows.” There are a couple of words in this verse that, in Hebrew, hint at notions beyond the idea that God was aware of their suffering. The Hebrew […]
FEBRUARY 13, 2021 Exodus 3:5 Then He said, “Do not draw near this place. Take your sandals off your feet, for the place where you stand is holy ground.” We would assume that, in and of itself, Mount Sinai was no more holy than any other piece of ground. It was made of the same rock and dust […]
FEBRUARY 12, 2021 Exodus 3:4: So when the Lord saw that he turned aside to look, God called to him from the midst of the bush and said, “Moses, Moses!” And he said, “Here I am.” It is fascinating to consider that the Creator of all things called him by the name he was known by – Moses. […]