The Lord told Moses to tell Pharaoh to, “Let my people go, that they may serve me.” If Pharaoh refused God would plague the country with frogs. The Lord told Moses to tell Aaron to stretch out his hand with his staff over the rivers, canals, and pools and make the frogs come up. Aaron did and frogs covered the land. Pharaoh’s magicians…
Soli Deo Gloria
Soli Deo Gloria
Posts from August 2015
The Lord said to Moses, “See, I have made you like God to Pharaoh, Aaron your prophet. Speak all I command, Aaron shall tell Pharaoh to let the people go. I will harden Pharaoh’s heart Pharaoh’s heart, though I multiply my signs and wonders Pharaoh won’t listen to you. I will lay my hand on Egypt…
The Lord told Moses he’d see what God would do to Pharaoh. God spoke to Moses saying, “I am the Lord. I appeared to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, as God Almighty.” They didn’t know God by His name the Lord. He established His covenant with them to give them the land of Canaan. God had…
A man from the house of Levi took a Levite wife. She conceived and bore a son and hid him for 3 months. She could hide him no longer, so she made a basket of bulrushes (papyrus reeds) and daubed it with bitumen and pitch. She put the child in it and placed it among…
The sons of Israel who went to Egypt with Jacob were: (1) Reuben (2) Simeon (3) Levi (4) Judah (5) Issachar (6) Zebulun (7) Benjamin (8)Dan (9) Naphtali (10) Gad (11) Asher. Jacob’s descendants numbered 70 persons. Joseph, his brothers, and all that generation died, but the people of Israel were fruitful and increased greatly; they multiplied and grew exceedingly strong, so that the land was filled with them. The Egyptians ruthlessly oppressed and enslaved Israel. The…
Below are links to all the posts of chapter summaries and brief thoughts on each chapter of Genesis: (1) Genesis 1 – God Created All (2) Genesis 2 – 7th Day, Covenant & Marriage (3) Genesis 3 – The Fall (4) Genesis 4 – The First Murder (5) Genesis 5 – Adam to Noah (6)…
After Jacob died Joseph fell on his father’s face and wept over him and kissed him (v. 1). Joseph commanded his servants to embalm Jacob and they did over 40 days, and the Egyptians wept for Jacob 70 days (v. 3). When the mourning period was over Joseph asked to be able to fulfill Jacob’s…
This is a section from Thomas Watson’s book “All Things for Good” outlining how God works all things for good to believers, The promises of God: The promises are notes of God’s hand; is it not good to have security? The promises are the milk of the gospel; and is not the milk for the good of the…
Jacob called his sons and said, “Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you what shall happen to you in the days to come. Assemble and listen, O sons of Jacob, listen to Israel your father.” (vs. 1-2) (1) Reuben: firstborn, Jacob’s might, first fruit of his strength, preeminent in dignity and power. Unstable as water,…
Peterson, David. Engaging with God, A Biblical Theology of Worship. Downers Grove: IVP Academic, 1992. Engaging with God a Biblical Theology of Worship is a helpful outline of how local churches ought to think about what “worship” is. If churches desire to order their life together according to Scripture this is a great aid. It’s divided into ten chapters moving through…