Moses and the Burning Bush (Exodus 3:1-22 & 4:1-17)
Moses was tending the flock of his father-in-law Jethro. He led his flock to the far side of a mountain. Here, an angel appeared to him from within a bush that appeared to be on fire but was not burning. Then God called to Moses from the bush and told him to not come any closer because the ground on which he was standing was hallowed. Moses hid his face because he was afraid to look at God. God then told Moses to liberate the Hebrews from Egypt. God told him what to say to the people and the pharaoh. Moses threw his staff on the ground and it becomes a snake, and he reached his hand into his coat and pulled out leprosy, he used these as signs to bear witness to the Lord.
Plagues in Egypt (Exodus 7:14-25, 8:1-32, 9:1-35, 10:1-29, 11:1-10)
God told Moses to confront the pharaoh on the banks of the Nile. God turned all the water to blood, made the fish die, and the water stink. Second, God sent a plague of frogs. Third, God sent gnats and flies to terrorize the people of Egypt. Fourth, the Lord sent a plague on the livestock of the Egyptians not the Hebrews. Fifth, the Lord told Moses to throw dust on the pharaoh and everyone was covered in boils. Sixth, the Lord rained hail upon all the livestock and people. Seventh, the Lord told his people to mark their doors with lambs blood. Eighth, God sent locusts to eat the grain. Ninth, God covered the land of Egypt in total darkness.
Passover in Egypt (Exodus 12: 1-29)
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Moses told Pharaoh to let God's people go. But the foolish king's heart was very stubborn. And he would not let them go. Moses stretched his hands toward the land of Egypt and suddenly the entire land was very dark and became very terrifying for the Egyptians who had no light for the entire day. However, the Hebrews had light.
Besides the non-existence there are myths, folktales, untruths, dysfunctional behaviors, back stabbing, unbelievable violence, and stories that tend to make you say “hum mm.” For various odd reasons, unfamiliar to me, my expectations of people and events of the Hebrew Bible are set higher and totally different from what I had predicted.
•Our leader, Moses, went up a mountain to talk to God. We were patiently waiting, but now he’s been up there for such a long time. Some of us started complaining. Is he ever going to come down? We asked Aaron to build us gods so we could worship it. He told us to take off our gold jewelry. We all handed it to him. Aaron put the gold into the fire and created a calf for us! We were able to worship something we could see. Reverently, we kept worshipping it until Moses came down. When he came down from just talking to God, Moses was mad! Aaron lied and said that he just put the gold in and a golden calf popped out! We, including Aaron, had sinned against
Tullock, J. H., & McEntire, M. H., (2006). The Old Testament Story (9th Ed.). p.
The Hebrews complained to Moses that they were led into the desert to die of starvation. God said that he would send down bread from Heaven. The Hebrews were only allowed to gather how much they needed and on the sixth day they would gather double. That evening there were quail scattered throughout their camp. In the morning when the dew evaporated there were manna flakes in its place. Moses told the Hebrews it was the bread that God had sent for them.
Exodus felt as if he'd just been hit by a pound of bricks, his head spinning and pounding while his heart fluttered against his rib cage like the wings of a humming bird. Dizzy, blue eyes were swimming around the room meanwhile, taking in the sight of the kitchen he knew belonged to the Conspiracy clan. The timid goth had to recollect himself in those long, hesitant moments in an attempt to mentally unravel the events that just took place, until it was clear to him that he had managed to go back in time again, that his cruel mind had tricked him into believing that he was in danger-- that she was here, or perhaps more appropriately, that he was back /there./ And to make the situation worse, he had let Alastor bare witness to it. Not just the
In New Testament times, an assortment of coins originating from Rome, Antioch, and Jerusalem circulated in Palestine, including the Roman denarius. In the parable of the workers in the vineyard, at the end of the day, the landowner paid each worker one denarius regardless of the number of hours each laborer had toiled in the fields. The land owner had hired the workers at 9:00 A.M., however, he paid them the same amount of money as the workers he had hired at noon and 3:00 P.M. This arrangement infuriated those workers who had worked thelongest, yet were paid equally as those who had worked shorter hours.
Bruggemann contrasts the alternative consciousness of Moses with the royal consciousness of Solomon and discusses the religious, social and political traditions that were present during their individual regimes. He states that there are three essential components that the Solomonic tradition values as a part of the royal consciousness, which include affluent economics, oppressive politics and religion of immanence. The shifts in the foundation of Israel, contrasted the basic values of economical equality with an emphasis on self-serving affluence. Israel was prosperous but its fortune was hierarchical and only benefited the people on top. The second characteristic of the royal consciousness involves the political state of the society. Moses
MOSES AND THE TEN PLAGUES In the story of Moses and the Ten Plagues which stretches from Exodus 7-12, God begins with pure lies. First, God says to Moses and the elders of Israel to say to the king of Egypt, “The LORD God of the Hebrews has met with us and now let us go, we beseech you, three days’ journey into the wilderness that we may sacrifice to the LORD our God” (3:18). This is a lie because what God is actually trying to do is find a way to get the Israelites out of Egypt permanently and as quickly as possible, not just for a three-day religious retreat.
Tullock, J. H., & McEntire, M. H. (2006). The Old Testament Story (9th ed.). p. 209, 210. Retrieved from
He was known as a tragic figure, due to his faithfulness due to Gods call. One aspect of the call is that he never married; he had no family, children, or grandchildren. Life to Jeremiah was one big object lesson of God's word. He was known as Judah's weeping prophet, because of the abuse he received at the hands of fellow priest and prophets from kings and even from his own family. God also commanded Jeremiah to remain celibate. (Tullock & McEntire, 2012).
The book of Ezekiel reiterates a message that is clear from the beginning of the story of creation. Simply put, it is about God being the focal point and the source of all good rather than humanity. Often times while reading the scripture we tend to focus on the importance of humanity and foolishly put aside God himself! This message of forsaking God’s law and the pure simple message of his word naturally leads to the judgement of God. Ezekiel is ordained by God to speak to the Israelites and remind them of this fact. A few points that the book of Ezekiel focuses on is simply reminding the people who God is, the reason for their current status, and their possible future if they choose to partake in it by God’s grace.
3 Stein, Robert H. A Basic Guide to Interpreting the Bible: Playing by the Rules. Baker Books, 1994.
The Old Testament consisted of a set of documentations of religious scriptures, which were written by different people at various times to a different audience. Most of the Old Testament contains short stories of traditional stories and those stories of distinguish ways God established mankind. These stories are often told to the people in narrative form, which are guidelines often referred to as laws, songs, genealogies, and list from these authors that composed the Old Testaments. The pressing of set documentation is essential because it is the framework for the lives of Gods followers. The term “Old Testament” originated as a means to express spoken traditions and Gods creation from that particular era. It is a method of philosophical investigation was designed to answer the why questions within these spiritual text documentations. These religious documentations consisted of four parts. These four sections retrieved from the Old Testaments are the laws, history, wisdom and prophecy. The laws are a rule of behavior enforced within the community. The rules are sometimes called “Torah.” When analyzing these Torah, these rules viewed within the first five spiritual books of the Bible. For example, in the first Torah in Genesis, it explains the creation, Noah’s Flood, Abraham and Isaac, and Joseph’s coats of many colors. However, the laws in Exodus were in regards to the going out. The going out took about 40 plus years, until the people were lead to the promise land of
Moses was a beautiful child born of the tribe of Levi to Amram, a man of the house of Levi and Jochebed. Being a Hebrew, he was born in a foreign nation, Egypt, at a time when his race was subjected to slavery. The Pharaoh noticed that the number of Hebrew children and slaves was steadily increasing. He gave a decree to have all male children killed out of fear that one day, the slave laborers would riot and rebel against him.