Lesson date: 8/4/5855AA

((I want to subtitle this chapter as the testimony of my sad pathetic life as a “Christian”.))

Verse 1 – After all his excuses Mosheh accompanies Aharon into the throne room of Pharaoh and tells him “Let My people go”. Let’s put this into a modern context; YHVH tells you to go to President Trump and tell him to do something. Now, remember, YHVH tells you first that Pres. Trump won’t do it. How many excuses would I come up with? What would I feel like in the Oval Office telling the leader of the most powerful nation in the world, “Let My people go so that they can celebrate a festival to YHVH.” Just being in the Oval Office is a very intimidating place to be.

Continue reading Shemoth (Exodus) 5 — “Let My People Go” →

Lesson date: 8/11/5855AA

Verse 1 – Please remember how I said certain verses were linked to one another because of the verbs used in the verses. Let’s look at verse 1 and see how it may be linked to another verse in its sequence: “Now see what I do to Pharaoh,”

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Lesson date: 02/15/5859AA

(The Fourth Sabbath in Counting Seven Sabbaths
The 28^th Day of the Counting of the Omer)

Verses 1-2 – In verse 1 we see YHVH tell Mosheh that He has made Mosheh an elohim to Pharaoh. He is not saying that Mosheh is a god but a mighty-one or mighty man in the eyes of Pharaoh. In the eyes of Pharaoh, Mosheh is someone who carries the full weight and authority to speak in the Name of YHVH. In modern terms, he is empowered. He also declares that YHVH has made Aharon Mosheh’s prophet (spokesman).

Continue reading Shemoth (Exodus) 7 — “You shall speak all that I command you” →

Lesson date: 02/22/5859AA

(The Thirty-fifth Day of the Counting of the Omer
The Fifth Sabbath of Counting Seven Sabbaths)

Verses 1-2 – I am not sure if I mentioned it to you last weak but the word for “harden” or “to strengthen” came from the root word that meant to “bait a trap”. Once again we see YHVH setting a trap for Pharaoh.

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Lesson date: 9/2/5855AA

Verse 1-2 – Plague Number 5 – YHVH”s message is the same, “Let My people go!”
We see it used in Shem. 5:1, 7:16, 8:1, 8, 20-21; 9:13, 17; 10:3-4 and the message is the same, “Let My people go so that they serve Me (or slaughter to me). What has changed between the “Let My people go,” message and the command He gives us, “Come out of her My people?”

Continue reading Shemoth (Exodus) 9 →

Lesson date: 9/9/5855AA

Verses 1-3 – Once again we see YHVH instructs Mosheh and Aharon to take a message Pharaoh.

Rom 9:17  For the Scripture says to Pharaoh, “For this same purpose I have raised you up, to show My power in you, and that My Name be declared in all the earth.”

Rom 9:18  So, then, He favours whom He wishes, and He hardens whom He wishes.

Continue reading Shemoth (Exodus) 10 →

Lesson date: 9/9/5855AA

((Study guide after the fact))

Verses 1-2 – When you begin to break down Hebrew terms in Scripture all of a sudden Scripture takes on a new and more dynamic meaning than before. Last week we read Chapter 11 because we had time left after reading Chapter 10. We had some good questions and comments on Chapter 11 but we failed to find a pivotal phrase in verse 1. Look below at verse 1 in the ISR and KJV+ versions:

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Lesson date: 9/16/5855AA

Verses 1-2 – Verse 1 sounds somewhat innocuous but I think it has big implications for us. Didn’t YHVH speak to us while we were still in Mitsrayim (Church). We may or may not have known His Name but I doubt that we knew about His Moedim or that YHVH had His own calendar. By the chesed of the Almighty I learned about His Moedim in 1979 but it took 40 years to put it together with all the other things we have learned. AND!, I am still learning, maybe not fast enough for everybody but I am still learning.

Continue reading Shemoth (Exodus) 12 →

Lesson date: 9/23/5855AA

Verses 1-2 – These two verses are linked to verses 12-13 so I will cover them there.

Verses 3-8 – Chapter 13 is a short chapter but it is a very important chapter. The verses are tightly woven and form a command about the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the month of Abib (Aviv) and being set-apart. Once again, Passover is not a “festival” but rather a preparation day for Unleavened Bread. Chapter 12:11 tells us how we are to keep Passover, that we should be ready to flee. Chapter 13 makes it clear the Unleavened Bread is the festival and it is to commemorate Yisra’el being brought out of Mitsrayim. What is the big deal about unleavened Bread?

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Lesson date: 10/8/5855AA

Chapter 14 is a continuation of chapter 13. Follow the progression of place names:
1.) Ramses 2.) Goshen 3.) Sukkot 4.) Etham

• Ramses – Child of the Sun((day));
• Sukkot – booths (to dwell in booths (because we now know the moedim);
• Etham – with them (in the pillar of cloud and pillar of fire) also Isa. 7:14

Verses 1-2 – Now, look at the progression that is taking place: before Pi Hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea, opposite Ba’al Tsephon.

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