The Lord values education.  This much is clear from his commands regarding the yearly observance of the Passover.  He specifically told parents to teach their children the significance of this yearly festival. What do we American parents teach our children? By creating a yearly holiday, the Lord made one of the first history lessons every recorded possible.  It was passed down from generation to generation and is still practiced today.  Can you imagine the fear and dread those Israelites must have felt when they looked over their shoulders and say 600 chariots rumbling towards them?  Chariots behind them, and the … Continue reading Exodus 13-15:A personal plea

It’s interesting to note that Pharaoh’s magicians were able to perform the first few signs and wonders all by themselves: turning the water into blood and bringing the nasty frogs into the houses.  But then God began to make a distinction…the Israelites did not have the gnats and flies, boils OR hail.  Can you imagine such a hailstorm as that? Pharaoh is like a yo-yo…yes, you can go.  No, you can’t go.  What was he afraid of?  What was he fighting against? It’s impossible to fight against God and win.  When he calls us, that voice doesn’t go away until … Continue reading Exodus 7-9: Blood, Frogs, Gnats, Flies, Boils and Hail…oh my!

The story of God’s plan in action continues through the beginning of Exodus. God had a plan for Abraham’s descendants to inhabit the Promised Land, and Jacob and his family were indeed settled there.  But famine struck the region, and God led Jacob and his family down to Egypt where Joseph was in charge of the food supply.  The Israelites settled there and prospered for many years. How did a prospering people become slaves of a foreign ruler? Apparently, lack of education among the leaders of a country is not confined to America and current times.  The history of the … Continue reading Exodus 1-3:The wells