Exodus 15 introduces the song Moses and the Israelites sang to God. Can you imagine? You know how powerful Pharaoh and his army is. Now you have witnessed God’s power and it is mighty. I will sing to the Lord, for he is highly exalted. v. 1. Can you imagine how they felt singing this…

In reading Exodus 14, I was struck by so many things. People, Israelite and Egyptian, who did not know God are being actively impacted by His working in their lives. Plagues that devastated Egypt. Two million or so former slaves leaving en masse with their livestock are now traveling through the wilderness and the Lord…

Last night we watched the first part of the 3 part series on PBS The U.S. and the Holocaust. It showcased the sentiment in this country toward immigration during World War II. The Great Depression left little room in people’s hearts for “foreign” people coming to find shelter here when jobs and food were so…

In the time before this last plague that will befall Egypt, God teaches Moses who teaches the Children of Israel what they are to do so that their firstborn children will live and not die. They are to take a year old lamb or kid without defect and slaughter them at twilight. Then they are…

Exodus 11 is a short Chapter. One more plague. Now the Lord had said to Moses, “I will bring one more plague on Pharaoh and on Egypt. After that, he will let you go from here, and when he does, he will drive you out completely. v. 1. In the last Chapter Pharaoh had threatened…

“How long will you refuse to humble yourself before me?” Exodus 10:3. God’s question to Pharaoh before the plague of locusts. Even Pharaoh’s officials question why he won’t realize Egypt is ruined! v. 7. Yet, Pharaoh refuses to humble himself and tries to dictate to God the terms of who would leave. His country is…

The message given to Pharaoh each time Moses and Aaron went to him: Let my people go so they can worship Me. But I have raised you up for this very purpose, that I might show you my power and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth. Exodus 9:16. For by now…

As I read Exodus 8, I can’t help but imagine how awful the plagues of frogs, gnats and flies would be as they overtake every space where the people are. How could anyone work or think or not be driven to distraction? The magicians could replicate the frogs but what help was that? Who needed…

In Genesis 7 is the interesting statement: Then the Lord said to Moses, “See, I have made you like God to Pharaoh, and your brother Aaron will be your prophet.” v. 1. In the commentary below it said God made Moses “like God to Pharaoh” – in other words, a powerful person who deserved to…

Then the Lord said to Moses, “Now you will see what I will do to Pharaoh: Because of my mighty hand he will let them go; because of my mighty hand he will drive them out of his country.” Exodus 6:1. Pharaoh didn’t let the Israelites go because Moses and Aaron told him God told…