Did you all notice I put the current schedule on the sidebar? Pretty handy, huh? ;)
Anyway, I still haven't quite finished Exodus (today I'm supposed to go through Leviticus 26, I think), but I'm determined to be back on schedule by tomorrow!
Anywho, here are a few thoughts/questions I had from Exodus:
- 2:18 says "And when they came to Reuel their father, he said, How is it that ye are come so soon to day?"
Then in 3:1 it says "Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father in law, the priest of Midian."
Soo...both Reuel and Jethro were "the priest of midian." (2:16-18 and 3:1) I guess Reuel and Jethro must be the same guy (priest of midian, seven daughters, Moses's father-in-law), but it is rather confusing...
??? - One of my favorite verses in the Bible is 4:11-12: "Who has made man's mouth? Or who makes the mute, the deaf, the seeing or the blind? Have not I, the Lord? Now therefore go, and I will be with your mouth, and teach you what to say."
Maybe it's only after seeing that scene in The Prince of Egypt that it seems so powerful. But wow. - I really don't understand 4:24-26...it makes no sense whatsoever. Help!
- In chapter 14 the Egyptians are pursuing Israel, and they panic. In verse 15 it says: "And the Lord said to Moses, 'why do you cry to me? Tell the children of Israel to go forward.'"
There is a time to cry out to the Lord , but sometimes we have to just rise up in the power of God and move foward!!! - What does 29:19-20 mean??
And thou shalt take the other ram; and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands upon the head of the ram. Then shalt thou kill the ram, and take of his blood, and put [it] upon the tip of the right ear of Aaron, and upon the tip of the right ear of his sons, and upon the thumb of their right hand, and upon the great toe of their right foot, and sprinkle the blood upon the altar round about. - The story of the golden calf gets more unbelievable every time I read it. After the calf is made the children of Israel say "This is your god, oh Israel, that brought you out of the land of Egypt." That is almost unbelievable. It's an image they made by melting down all their earrings and shaping it into a calf, and they say that it brought them out of Egypt? wow.
And then: "When Aaron saw it [the calf], he built an alter before it....and said, 'tomorrow is a feast to the Lord.' Then they rose early on the next day, offerened burnt offerings, and brought peace offerings, and the people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play."
Right in the middle of this huge sin against God, they put on this little religious act and offer sacrifices to the Lord!
Since the Israelites are a picture of God's people today, reading their story is such an amazing reminder of what we need to watch out for.
2 comments:
I konw, I know, I NEED to post something. I know what I want to post about, I just haven't had a chance. Life just seems to be so crazy around here all the time. I still need your prayers.. :)
Hey, I'm posting aren't I?? Like Anne, life has been CRAZY, though!! I don't know when I'm going to post, but hopefully sometime soon...
I'm praying for you, Anne! (And for everyone in the group! :))
Love you all!
Tiffany
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