Exodus 32:7-14 "Your people are ruining everything!" God doesn't mince words as he sends Moses back down the mountain to set the rescued Israelites straight. They had witnessed God doing amazing things in Egypt, so powerful that a hard-hearted and bull-headed Pharaoh had let them go. They had been the recipients of miracle after miracle... Continue Reading →
Reluctant Prophets and the Tireless Work of God
Exodus 6:1-13 The cries of the people poured from their hearts and rose to God's ears. Disturbed by the lack of justice happening on earth, seeing an entire race of people enslaved, witnessing the cruelties of the ruling class, God determines to make "momentous events of justice happen." Those events were huge, indeed. So huge... Continue Reading →
Fearful Hearts Become Hard
Exodus 5:10-23 As is often the case when outsiders arrive on a nation's soil, fear drives the policies of that nation's leaders. Afraid that the Israelite's growing numbers and prosperity would threaten the Egyptian way of life, Pharaoh orders them into slavery. Saved from the slaughter of all the Hebrew male children (Pharaoh feared they... Continue Reading →