It’s all about control. Well, that’s what I believe. If you have a different reason click the Comment button and please share with us. But it really is all about control. The world teaches us, from Day One, that we should take care of Numero Uno (this being a Messianic
Moses’s father-in-law, Yitro, brings Moses’s wife and two sons to him now that he has taken the people close enough to their home on the way to Sinai. And after staying the night, Jethro (who apparently has converted from paganism after hearing about all that God did) sees Moses all day
Before I was saved I didn’t know the bible, at all. I knew what I had been told, or what I thought they had said, and that was it. And that was not always correct, either. How many people do you think would say yes if you asked them, “Does the
Arnold Schwarzenegger. Lou Ferrigno. Steve Reeves (you have to be in my age group to remember him.) When we think of those names we think of one thing- muscles! Big, well-developed muscles. They got those muscles through hard work, dedication and sacrifice. And after all that work, after all that
The Israelites are in the desert, free from Egyptian slavery. However, now the Egyptians (mainly Pharaoh) have realized what they did, and are regretting their letting the Israelites go. So Pharaoh gets all his chariots together and rides out. I don’t believe he wanted to kill them all, for what
He answered and said to them, “When it is evening you say, ‘It will be fair weather, for the sky is red’; 3 and in the morning, ‘It will be foul weather today, for the sky is red and threatening.’ Hypocrites! You know how to discern the face of the sky, but
I am sitting here, waiting for an inspiration. I actually glanced through the newspaper- same old, same old. Nothing jumps out at me, nothing that spurs my creative juices and uplifts (or upsets) my spirit, giving me a thought or a divine inspiration with which to blog about this morning.
The last three plagues fall upon Egypt: the locusts, 3 days of darkness and the death of the firstborn. With this last and most terrible plague, Pharaoh is humbled before God and allows the people to leave without condition. In fact, he pretty much kicks them out. The rules for
I have to think that everyone reading this has seen the bumper sticker that spells out the word “coexist” in different religious symbols. Isn’t that a wonderful ideal? All people living together, practicing their religious beliefs without interfering or harboring hatred towards each other, in a peaceful and respectful environment. World
The parashot we are in at this time of the year is the story of the plagues against Egypt in Exodus. For those who don’t know, the Torah is sectioned off, so to speak, into portions to be read at each Shabbat service. These portions are called Parashot (parsha, or parashah