https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbFrOQV4scM&list=PLpjdHYmZ6tSRMhkmO6aSl0uKTt6uVsXU5&index=13 After warning Pharaoh of the tenth and final plague, the death of the firstborn, Moses took his leave from the king of Egypt once for all. Although Pharaoh still would not listen, the LORD Himself was coming down into Egypt at midnight and Israel would soon be driven out of the land; therefore, Moses …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0s63xxFpzrI&list=PLpjdHYmZ6tSSncw8nqaiXGsZ48t3cCywW&index=6 In all that he does, he prospers. Psalm 1:3 ESV After describing how the blessed man is like a tree, the psalmist concludes verse 3 with this simple declaration: In all that he does, he prospers. This can easily be read as a sort of summary statement of everything that has come before it. …
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https://open.spotify.com/episode/3HR20Pc0ASkIK1XwjG6yjt?si=EIhDZOMRS_2CcvifnqDH5A If you haven’t heard, the Middle-earth series that Amazon is dropping an unbelievable amount of money to produce is called The Rings of Power. Its first trailer came out a few weeks ago, and it was met with a sizable negative response. In fact, most of the positive reactions that I have encountered essentially …
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7QA7zp5j8c&list=PLpjdHYmZ6tSRMhkmO6aSl0uKTt6uVsXU5&index=12 Following the explosiveness of the first nine plagues, we come now to a very short chapter that serves as an interlude before the tenth and final plague is poured out upon Pharaoh and upon Egypt. Here Moses concludes his dialogue with Pharaoh for good, promising a great wail of death throughout Egypt to come. …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovkZsCDhI2Q&list=PLpjdHYmZ6tSSncw8nqaiXGsZ48t3cCywW&index=15 and its leaf does not wither. Psalm 1:3 ESV As we continue to meditate through Psalm 1, we reach the third and final metaphorical description of the blessed man’ tree-likeness: and its leaf does not wither. As we have seen, the comparison of God’s people to a tree is meant to convey steadfastness that, …
Last Sunday I preached through plagues seven through nine. While moving through those passages, I essentially bypassed the first two verses of chapter 10, which preface the eighth plague: Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go in to Pharaoh, for I have hardened his heart and the heart of his servants, that I may show …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLS1INUuj88&list=PLpjdHYmZ6tSRMhkmO6aSl0uKTt6uVsXU5&index=11 After moving through the first two three-plague cycles, we come now to the final set of three: the plagues of hail, locust, and darkness. WHOEVER FEARED THE WORD OF THE LORD // VERSES 13-35 As we have seen, the LORD’s plagues against Pharaoh and the land of Egypt have been intensifying each time. First, …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QzvUOvQXk4&list=PLpjdHYmZ6tSSncw8nqaiXGsZ48t3cCywW&index=8 that yields its fruit in its season Psalm 1:3 ESV The blessed man, the psalmist says, is like a tree. He is strong and enduring because he is planted beside streams of water that nourish his growth, which are the Scriptures in the life of the Christian. We now move on to the second …
https://open.spotify.com/episode/6sq6JeFMlkwlRjPzZ4fApT?si=Ye0KpgZnSHuDKxuNBw2H-w During our study of Exodus 4:18-31, we encountered this difficult statement from God that He spoke to Moses: “When you go back to Egypt, see that you do before Pharaoh all the miracles that I have put in your power. But I will harden his heart, so that he will not let the people …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJWTYOfiShs&list=PLpjdHYmZ6tSRMhkmO6aSl0uKTt6uVsXU5&index=10 Last week we began to study the ten great plagues that the LORD brought upon the land of Egypt in response to Pharaoh’s stubborn refusal to let God’s people go. We continue here with the second set of three plagues, and there is indeed textual evidence for viewing the first nine plagues as three …
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