Exodus Essay

Zipporah took a flint knife, cut off her son’s foreskin and touched Moses’ feet with it. “Surely you are a bridegroom of blood to me,” she said. So the LORD let him alone. (At that time she said “bridegroom of blood,” referring to circumcision) (Exodus 4:24-26, NIV). However, distinctive differences can be seen in various translations that bear on the identity of the subject involved. As noted above the NIV version clearly identifies Moses as the one being threatened with death and yet the ESV

idea of covenant is central to the Bible’s story. “Covenant presents God’s desire to enter into relationship with men and women created in his image. This is reflected in the repeated covenant refrain, “I will be your God and you will be my people” (Exodus 6:6-8). Covenant is all about the relationship between the Creator and his creation. The idea may seem simple; however the implications of covenant and covenant relationship between God and humankind are immeasurable” (Gentry & Wellum, 2012, p21)

1500 Word Assignment Express Kingdom Values Through Ministry Fall 2014 By: Charmaine Warford How can the church more effectively express Kingdom values through its ministry and service to the local community? 1. The church could take a lesson from Paul and his techniques for reaching people where they are for the Kingdom. 1 Corinthians 9: 19-23 “19. Though I am free and belong to no one, I have made myself a slave to everyone, to win as many as possible. 20 To the Jews I became like a Jew

Testament that our best is only possible by obeying God. [PENTATEUCH] The Pentateuch or otherwise known as the Torah is a five-part literary composition. These compositions contain the books of Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy. The main story is about the founding of Israel and their exodus out of Egypt. In Genesis 9: 11-17, there is one of the covenants God made with man, Noah. First of all, what is a covenant? A covenant is an agreement and union between two individuals. Conditional

miniscule economic opportunity and social inequality in the South and took initiation to make a change. In 1879, tens of thousands of African Americans migrated from the South to Kansas in search of better opportunities. This became known as the Kansas Exodus. An important motivation for this movement was the African American pursuit of a more equal economic playing field. Kansas promised large amounts of land and better economic opportunity for any

today should abide by the Ten Commandments instead of the Beatitudes due to the directness of these commandments. For example, the verse Exodus 20:13 states, “Thou shalt not kill.” If an individual in society today read this commandment, they would automatically know not to kill another individual. Another example of a direct commandment comes from the verse Exodus 20:15; this states, “Thou shalt not steal.” Obviously, by just reading this command, an individual should know not to steal. All in all

The Old Testament depicts sin and unintended consequences with stories, like The Tower of Bible and the Golden Calf. Neither story illustrates direct sin or disobedience, however, they do show God’s way of punishment for sin and disobedience, with a touch of irony. The Old Testament utilizes these stories as teachings that can be seen as rise and fall, or sin before punishment through the “law of unintended consequences.” The Tower of Babel, a story in Genesis 11, is centered on a community that

Old Testament Research paper 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. Moses had an older brother, Aaron and

Passover is one of the most widely observed holidays and one of the most sacred to the Jewish people. It is a time of songs, family, and celebration. During this time, the Jews commemorate the bondage of the Israelites to Egypt. This weeklong celebration includes several rituals such as the meal known as the seder, removal of leavened bread and readings from the Haggadah. Passover customs between the Yemenites (Eastern Jews) and the European Jews vary in certain ways. One variation is in their musical

“law.” The first five books of the Old Testament in Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy. It is believed that God gave the Torah to Moses on Mount Sinai for the freed people of Israel to follow. The Torah contains instructions for the people to follow so that God would bless them and give a promised land where they would thrive. Moses's encounter with God and the covenant God made with the people of Israel is recorded in Exodus 19 and 24. Four important laws in the Torah were (1) worship