Exodus 15:22-25 “Then Moses led Israel from the Red Sea, and they went out into the wilderness of Shur; and they went three days in the wilderness and found no water. When they came to Marah, they could not drink the waters of Marah, for they were bitter; therefore it...
Genesis 12:1 “Now the Lord said to Abram, ‘Go forth from your country, And from your relatives And from your father’s house, to the land which I will show you…’” (Emphasis added.) We can see that right from the beginning, as God’s Word first revealed Himself to...
Genesis 3:2-6 “The woman said to the serpent, ‘From the fruit of the trees of the garden we may eat; but from the fruit of the tree which is in the middle of the garden, God has said, ‘You shall not eat from it or touch it, or you will die.’ “The serpent said to the...
Genesis 1:26 “Then God said, ‘Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; and let them rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over the cattle and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.’” 1 John...
God was determined to separate His chosen people from the idol-worshipping people of Egypt. But the pharaoh was determined to prevent their departure. So, with one awesome destructive calamity after another, God devastated the pharaoh’s power structure until the poor...
Isaiah 55:8-11 “‘For My thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways My ways,’ declares the LORD. ‘For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways and My thoughts than your thoughts. “For as the rain and the snow come down from...
Exodus 12:40-41 “Now the time that the sons of Israel lived in Egypt was four hundred and thirty years. And at the end of four hundred and thirty years, to the very day, all the hosts of the Lord went out from the land of Egypt.” (Emphasis added.) This reminds us of...
As we continue to ponder the way God separates the Light of His Word from the Darkness created by the Serpent’s lies, it is important that we see, clearly and accurately, more of what our Creator is doing, and why. He won’t be doing anything new; that is, He will...
Matthew 16:21-23 “From that time Jesus began to show His disciples that He MUST go to Jerusalem, and suffer many things from the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised up on the third day. Peter took Him aside and began to rebuke Him,...
Scripture uses the word ‘Light’ to express the Eternal Life and Truth that only comes from the one, true, Almighty God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. He is the sole Source, the only Creator and Sustainer of all things. He speaks and His living, creative Word goes forth...
At this point in our meditations on the Book of Exodus, I pray that we can begin to recognize and highlight the central position of the Cross and the awesome work God does through it. The Cross is the Heavenly Gateway to the tremendous eternal Fruit that the atoning...
We learned in Genesis that Sin is the state of being in rebellion against and disobedience to God and His living, creating and sustaining Word and Holy Spirit. This rejection of God takes place when, just like the Serpent, we exalt, adore and, yes, actually worship...