Exodus 30-32

Exodus 30 The Altar of Incense

Exodus 31 The Sabbath

Exodus 32 The Golden Calf

Exodus 28-29

Exodus 25-27

Psalm 5:11

Psalm 91

Exodus 22-24

Exodus 19-21

The Law and the Land
Having delivered his people from Egypt, God continued to guide them. When they reached Mt. Sinai, God spoke to them and gave them the Ten Commandments to shape their worship and their relationships. This would set them apart to be his special people, "a kingdom of priests and a holy nation." But the people disobeyed God's ways and had to spend forty years wandering in the wilderness before reaching the border of the Promised Land. Moses was allowed to see it but not go in. Joshua led the people across the Jordan River and into the land God had promised them. God was with them every step of the way. 

Purpose: To see how God wants his people to live and act as those called to be holy and live in close relationship with him.

Exodus 19

Exodus 20

Exodus 21

Not taking the LORD’s name is vain

You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain. (Exodus 20.7; Deuteronomy 5.11 ESV)

Untwisting Scripture: Taking the LORD’s name in vain edition

Exodus 20:1-26 The Obedience chapter

Humor

The teacher smiled at her Sunday school group and exclaimed, "All right, class, all those who want to go to Heaven raise your hands." Everybody in the class had a hand raised, except one boy. "Don't you want to go to Heaven?" asked the teacher. "I can't ma'am. My mom wants me to come straight home."

 

Why Didn't Cain Please God?

 

Q: Why didn't Cain please God?

 

A: Because he just wasn't Able.

 

 

 

Quotes

I had rather do and not promise than promise and not do. --Arthur Warwick

"An ounce of action is worth a ton of theory." --Friedrich Engels (1820 - 1895); German philosopher.

If any man should ask me what is the first, second, and third part of being a Christian, I must answer "Action!" -- Thomas Brooks

A passion to obey Christ is born out of our relationship with him. The more we love him, the more we want him to be a part of our affairs. -- Calvin Miller in "A Hunger for the Holy"

When a person's faith seems to collapse without warning, one can be sure it has been the result of inner conflicts--the termites of disobedience. Quinton J. Everest

Nothing shall be lost that is done for God or in obedience to Him. John Owen

Today, we are overboard on 'belief' but bankrupt on obedience.

Somebody is waiting on the other side of your obedience. Tim Storey

Wicked men obey from fear; good men, from love. -Aristotle

You cannot train a horse with shouts and expect it to obey a whisper. Dagobert D. Runes

 

Exodus 20:1-26 The "Obedience" Chapter

 

 

 

Genesis 22:18 ...and through your offspring all nations on earth will be blessed, because you have obeyed me."

Genesis 26:5 ...because Abraham obeyed me and kept my requirements, my commands, my decrees and my laws."

Exodus 5:2 Pharaoh said, "Who is the LORD, that I should obey him and let Israel go? I do not know the LORD and I will not let Israel go."

Exodus 12:24 "Obey these instructions as a lasting ordinance for you and your descendants.

Exodus 19:5 Now if you obey me fully and keep my covenant, then out of all nations you will be my treasured possession. Although the whole earth is mine,

Exodus 24:7 Then he took the Book of the Covenant and read it to the people. They responded, "We will do everything the LORD has said; we will obey."

Exodus 34:11 Obey what I command you today. I will drive out before you the Amorites, Canaanites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites.

Matthew 19:17 "Why do you ask me about what is good?" Jesus replied. "There is only One who is good. If you want to enter life, obey the commandments."

Matthew 28:20 and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age."

Mark 1:27 The people were all so amazed that they asked each other, "What is this? A new teaching—and with authority! He even gives orders to evil spirits and they obey him."

Luke 11:28 He replied, "Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it."

John 14:15 [ Jesus Promises the Holy Spirit ] "If you love me, you will obey what I command.

John 14:21 Whoever has my commands and obeys them, he is the one who loves me. He who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I too will love him and show myself to him."

John 15:10 If you obey my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have obeyed my Father's commands and remain in his love.

Acts 7:39 "But our fathers refused to obey him. Instead, they rejected him and in their hearts turned back to Egypt.

Romans 6:12 Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its evil desires.

Romans 6:16

Don't you know that when you offer yourselves to someone to obey him as slaves, you are slaves to the one whom you obey—whether you are slaves to sin, which leads to death, or to obedience, which leads to righteousness?

Romans 6:17

But thanks be to God that, though you used to be slaves to sin, you wholeheartedly obeyed the form of teaching to which you were entrusted.

2 Thessalonians 1:8 He will punish those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.

James 1:25

Ephesians 2:1-2

Colossians 3:6

Sin is more than a breaking of God's laws, it is a breaking of His heart

 

THE SLIDE RULE

A father took his two sons, ages seven and five to the playground. The seven-year-old was very proud as he was able to read the sign with all the rules to his brother. "Do not jump on the merry-go-round when in motion." "Go down the slide while sitting only." "Only one child on a swing at a time." There were about twenty rules and the boys promised to obey them all, if the father would trust them and let them play without standing by. They said that they were too old to be watched and their friends would tease them calling them babies if Dad stayed. He made them promise to be good and obey the rules, and left them.

When it was time to get the children, the father decided to watch them at a distance for a while to see how reliable they were in following his instructions. He found that they obeyed most of the printed instructions. That is, all but one. They would get on the tall semicircular slide and go down head first or backward. Angrily, he picked up the children and took them over to the posted regulations and made his seven-year-old read them aloud again. Then he asked them what they had to say for themselves. The five-year-old answered immediately:

"Don't be silly Dad, you're the one who told us there's no use for a slide rule anymore."

Some of you younger readers will be asking, "What's a slide rule?" I have to admit that I often used one in college rather than a calculator (primarily because it cost over $100 to get a calculator that would do logarithms!). Of course, I also typed my term papers on a portable typewriter, and was thrilled when "Pong" was invented! (you younger readers may need to talk to your parents to fully understand today's message)

Things have changed. There isn't much use for a slide rule anymore, any more than we need an abacus to count. Some things don't change, though. Numbers are the same, whether they are calculated on a slide rule or a scientific calculator.

It's much the same way in religion. Our methods of teaching people may change. We may use television or radio (or e-mail!), methods that were unheard of 100 years ago. But the message cannot change. It must be God's Word.

"Since you have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit in sincere love of the brethren, love one another fervently with a pure heart, having been born again, not of corruptible seed but incorruptible, through the word of God which lives and abides forever, because 'All flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of the grass. The grass withers, and its flower falls away, but the word of the LORD endures forever.' " (1 Peter 1:22-25a)

 

 

WHAT ABOUT DISOBEDIENCE?

"And you He made alive, who were dead in trespasses and sins, in which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the sons of disobedience" (Ephesians 2:1-2, NKJV)

The word "disobedience" does not elicit strong reactions in the nominal Christian environment. It appears to be viewed casually, as though it were not a serious circumstance. The Word of God, however, is unusually clear on the subject of disobedience. Our text identifies it as the area in which the devil himself is found "the prince of the power of the air." Those who are disobedient are individuals in whom Satan works. They are also people who live in synch with a cursed world. Disobedience is found in the realm of spiritual death the place of insensitivity to God, Who is the source of life.

If obedience is a favorable response to Divine requirements, disobedience is an unfavorable response. If obedience is accepting heavenly benefits, disobedience is rejecting them. If obedience is submission to God, disobedience is rebellion against Him. Those who obey do what God requires of them. Those who disobey refuse to do what God requires of them. Disobedience is an act of insurrection, a reaction of hostility toward the Lord of all. It is never right, nor is it excusable.

Scripture apprizes us that s single act of disobedience made many people sinners (Rom 5:19). That act of disobedience--Adam's sin--is appropriately called the "offense" (Rom 5:15,17,18,20). It was an offense, crime, transgression, and affront to the Lord. If a single act of disobedience could thrust an entire race into spiritual darkness and disgrace, how terrible is our involvement in disobedience!

The wrath of God will come upon "the children of disobedience" (Col 3:6), i.e., those who insist on disobeying the Lord. With alarming clarity, the Spirit informs us of the return of the Lord Jesus. "The Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels, In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ." The judgment of God all such is affirmed: "Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power" (2 Thess 1:8-9).

There will come temptations to disobey God to refuse to yield to His will. Satan will energetically attempt to influence you to ignore His commandments and count the words of His Son as inconsequential. There is abundant grace to enable you to resist his attempts, and obey the Lord from your heart. I implore you to culture a life of obedience of instant response to the Lord. It will bring great benefits to you now, and a place with the Lord in the world to come.

 

 

FOLLOWING GOD'S DIRECTIONS

 

"Follow all the directions the Lord has given you. Then life will go well for you... " Deuteronomy 5:33 (GW)

 

 

WHAT GOD PROMISES IF WE OBEY HIM

"God blesses those who obey him." Proverbs 16:20 (LB)

"God saves those who obey him." Psalm 7:10 (GN)

"The Lord watches over those who obey him." Psalm 33:18 (GN)

"The Lord takes care of those who obey him." Psalm 37:18 (GN)

"You help all those who obey you." Psalm 7:9 (NL T)

"God gives us what we ask for because we obey His commands." 1 John 3:22 (NCV)

"Always obey the Lord and you will be happy." Proverbs 28:14 (GN)

"Keep God's laws and you will live longer." Proverbs 19:16 (GN)

"Those who obey the Lord lack nothing good." Psalm 34:10 (GN)

"Those who obey him have all they need." Psalm 34:9 (GN)

 

You will...

"...live in perfect freedom." Psalm 119:45 (GN)

"...have greater wisdom." Psalm 119:100 (GN)

"...dwell in security and Peace" Proverbs 1:33 (NAB)

"...be prosperous and successful." Joshua 1:8 (GN)

"...be great in the kingdom of heaven." Matthew 5:19 (NCV)

"...be rewarded." Proverbs 13:13 (NCV)

 

 

OTHER PROMISES

Proverbs 19:23 (GN), Proverbs 10:2 7 (GN), Psalm 25:14 (GN), Psalm 128:1 (GN),Psalm 106:3 (GN), Luke 11:28 (NIV), Psalm 111:10 (NLT), John 15:7 (LB)

 

HOW TO RECEIVE GOD'S PROMISES

 

1. OBEY GOD IMMEDIATELY

"I will quickly obey your commands." Psalm 119:32 (NCV)

"Without delay I hurry to obey your commands." Psalm 119:60 (GN)

 

2. OBEY GOD COMPLETELY

"Lord, you gave your orders to be obeyed completely." Psalm 119:4 (NCV)

"...Your job is not to decide whether God's law is right or wrong, but to obey it." James 4:11c (LB)

"Trust God from the bottom of your heart; don't try to figure out everything on your own." Proverbs 3:5 (Mes)

 

3. OBEY GOD JOYFULLY

"Obey him gladly." Psalm 100:2b (LB)

"I enjoy obeying your commands." Psalm 119:16 (NCV)

"I find pleasure in obeying your commands..." Psalm 119:47 (GN)

"Loving God means doing what he tells us to do..." 1 John 5:3 (LB)

 

4. OBEY GOD CONTINUALLY

"I am determined to obey you until I die." Psalm 119:112 (LB)

"Just tell me what to do and I will do it, Lord. As long as I live I'll wholeheartedly obey." Psalm 119:33 (LB)

"We must be sure to obey the truth we have learned already." Philippians 3:16 (NLT)

"Not all people who sound religious are really godly. They may refer to me as 'Lord' but they still won't enter heaven. The decisive issue is whether they obey my Father." Matthew 7:21 (NLT)

 

2 Thessalonians 1:8

He will punish those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.

 

 

Isaiah 43

Swimming in Deeper Waters - Isaiah 43:1-3

https://youtu.be/O647CrSlCwc?list=PLhYtut3yPj985SSv2lVAUQwrsPyVaMNKJ

Jun 29, 2025 = Pleasant Ridge exists to lead people into a life-changing walk with Jesus Christ!

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Exodus 16-18

The Consequences of Not Believing

After leaving Egypt, the children of Israel complained to Moses about not having any water (Exodus 17:3). God told Moses, “Behold, I will stand before thee there upon the rock in Horeb; and thou shalt smite the rock, and there shall come water out of it” (Exodus 17:6). Water did indeed then come out of the rock. Keep in mind that in this instance, Moses was told to strike the rock.

Sometime later, the children of Israel again complained about the lack of water. This time God said to Moses, “Take the rod, and gather thou the assembly together, thou, and Aaron thy brother, and speak ye unto the rock before their eyes; and it shall give forth his water (Numbers 20:8). What was different about this time? This time Moses was told to speak to the rock, not strike it. Because of his disobedience, God said that Moses, “…ye believed me not, to sanctify me in the eyes of the children of Israel” (Numbers 20:12). What is interesting is that God said Moses did not believe Him, not that he did not obey. So we see that to God, disobedience is unbelief.

Because of his unbelief (Psalm 78:20-22), Moses was punished by not being allowed to lead the children of Israel into the promised land (Numbers 20:12). Unbelief in God, and His commands, has dire consequences. Ignorance of God’s existence will not be a valid excuse of the day of judgment. Notice what Paul wrote concerning this: “In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ: Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power” (2 Thessalonians 1:8-9). Yes, God is indeed a loving God but He is also a God of justice: “Tell ye, and bring them near; yea, let them take counsel together: who hath declared this from ancient time? who hath told it from that time? have not I the LORD? and there is no God else beside me; a just God and a Saviour; there is none beside me” (Isaiah 45:21). John also wrote that unbelievers would end up suffering eternal punishment (Revelation 21:8).

Do not be fooled by those who say that everyone will end up in heaven. That is not what the scriptures teach. Moses was punished for his unbelief and so we should expect punishment if we do not believe. God says what He means and means what He says. Believe it!

In Christ, Steve Preston

Isaiah 40

Floating in Deeper Waters - Isaiah 40:28-31

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Jul 6, 2025 = Jesus asks you to take on his yoke, but he pulls the weight!

https://rrffh.blogspot.com/2025/08/deeper-waters.html

Exodus 13-15

Exodus 13



“The Lord Will Fight for You” Exodus 13:17-14:31 – Paul Adams
https://youtu.be/Wf-gH1X_Hu8?list=PLF823s0yhvVwzzUFlAb1aeAcncPA2U9du&t=609

Wednesday: “The Lord Will Fight for You” Exodus 13:17-14:31 – Paul Adams

After finally leaving Egypt, the Israelite people found themselves surrounded by obstacles and enemies. They were afraid. The instruction God gave them was not to fight or flee, but to “stand firm” and to “be still” and watch as the Lord fights for them. How do you feel knowing the Lord fights for you?

Exodus 14

 


Exodus 15

Exodus 10-12

 Exodus 10 

 Exodus 11 

 Exodus 12 The Passover

#The Passover (12:1-51)

The major festival associated with the Exodus does not celebrate political independence, but deliverance from death. Israel's main enemy was not bondage to Egypt but bondage to death, as it is for all people. The most fundamental problem facing humans is not political, but spiritual. Of course, only the death of the firstborn was prevented in Egypt. So was death really conquered? Furthermore, why did the Passover require that the Israelites apply blood to their doorposts? They were not required to perform such a ritual to escape harm in any of the other plagues.

These questions highlight the significance of Jesus' death and resurrection as associated with the Passover season. Death is the effect of sin (1 Cor 15:56). Passover shows that we can be delivered from death only by means of a sacrifice that takes our place. The Passover lamb took the place of the firstborn son of every family of Israel (12:12-13, 23; 13:2, 11-16). The Passover symbolizes the reality that would come later in Jesus Christ, who gave his life as "a ransom for many" (Matt 20:28; Mark 10:45) and became "the Lamb of God that takes away the sin of the world" (John 1:29). Jesus says to his disciples, "this is my blood, which confirms the covenant.… It is poured out as a sacrifice to forgive the sins of many" (Matt 26:28). He brings to reality the truths that were first symbolized in the Passover celebration: Through his sacrifice, sin and death were fully and finally defeated (see also Isa 25:7-8).

Lev 23:4-8
Num 9:1-14; 28:16-25
Deut 16:1-7
Matt 26:17-30
Luke 22:15-20
1 Cor 5:6-8

Exodus 7-9

Exodus 7-9



10 Plagues

#Plagues

The Plagues (Exodus 7:14–11:10)

Exod 7:3–5; 12:28–33; 32:35

Gen 12:15–20; 20:1–18

Num 11:33; 12:1–15; 16:43–50

1 Kgs 13:4

2 Kgs 2:24

2 Chr 26:16–21

Acts 5:1–11

    Rescuing the Hebrew people from oppression by the Egyptians was not the main purpose of the plagues. If that had been the case, one climactic miracle would have been sufficient. The real purpose of the plagues was to communicate who God is—to Israel, to Egypt, and to the surrounding nations.

The Israelites did not know who the Lord was. They had lived for hundreds of years in Egypt, one of the most polytheistic religious environments the world has ever known. Whatever they may have believed about God when they arrived in Egypt, it is certain that they were infected with the prevailing pagan views during their sojourn there (see ch 32).

    The plagues revealed the Lord’s absolute superiority over everything in creation. These cataclysmic events were specifically aimed at elements the Egyptians particularly revered and worshiped, such as the Nile River (plague one, 7:14–25), amphibians (plague two, 8:1–15), insects (plagues three and four, 8:16–32), animals (plagues five and six, 9:1–12), plants (plagues seven and eight, 9:13–10:20), the sun (plague nine, 10:21–29), and life itself (plague ten, 11:1–10; 12:29–32). Thus Yahweh demonstrated to both the Egyptians and the Israelites that he alone is God.

    The plagues are often referred to as “signs,” just as Jesus’ miracles were (e.g., 7:3; 10:1–2; John 2:23; 4:48; 12:37). The plagues show that worship of the created order brings God’s judgment. Jesus’ miracles, on the other hand, show that with the Lord, all that is deadly in creation—illness, the demonic, nature run amok, and even death itself—can be overcome by life.

New Living Translation Study Bible. (2008). Carol Stream, IL: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

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Exodus 4-6

 

“Holy Ground” Exodus 3-4 – Tracy Marshall
https://youtu.be/XsCNXYATW2Y?list=PLF823s0yhvVwzzUFlAb1aeAcncPA2U9du&t=588

Monday: “Holy Ground” Exodus 3-4 – Tracy Marshall

God commissioned Moses for a heroic task—to lead His people out of Egyptian oppression. We may have reasons not to embrace God’s calling, but we must remember that answering His call is not about us, but about the power and provision of God. How do you respond when you find yourself standing on holy ground?

“Let My People Go” Exodus 5-6:12 – Phil Klutts

https://youtu.be/yas87WFr7oA?list=PLF823s0yhvVwzzUFlAb1aeAcncPA2U9du&t=500

Tuesday: “Let My People Go” Exodus 5-6:12 – Phil Klutts

Things got worse before they got better for the Israelites in Egypt. From all appearances, God seemed to be absent. But in reality, God was working behind the scenes, orchestrating an epic exodus out of Egypt by His “mighty hand.” How are you able to see the hand of God when life is difficult?

#Jehovah

#yahweh

#yhwh

Links:

https://biblehub.com/topical/j/jehovah.htm

https://www.biblegateway.com

Exodus 1-3

 

“Providence in the Ordinary” Exodus 2:1-10 – Michael Cady
https://youtu.be/mXzn89wc168?list=PLF823s0yhvVwzzUFlAb1aeAcncPA2U9du&t=875

Sunday: “Providence in the Ordinary” Exodus 2:1-10 – Michael Cady

God works behind the scenes to preserve Moses’ life and equip him for his future calling. We see the truth of Romans 8:28 play out in this dramatic story, and we are reminded that God works through the ordinary and that God can use our seemingly small acts of faith.

“Holy Ground” Exodus 3-4 – Tracy Marshall
https://youtu.be/XsCNXYATW2Y?list=PLF823s0yhvVwzzUFlAb1aeAcncPA2U9du&t=588

Monday: “Holy Ground” Exodus 3-4 – Tracy Marshall

God commissioned Moses for a heroic task—to lead His people out of Egyptian oppression. We may have reasons not to embrace God’s calling, but we must remember that answering His call is not about us, but about the power and provision of God. How do you respond when you find yourself standing on holy ground?

Exodus Introduction

Exodus helps us answer the question, "Who is God?" What we find is that God is the God who shows up and saves. This is most fully achieved in the person of Jesus, who showed up in human flesh to offer a new and better salvation. 

Genesis Quick Links - Reflections = Week 06 - Thursday

Here are the quick links to each study in Genesis

Introduction to the Book

• Genesis 1-3
• Genesis 1 The Creation of the World
• Genesis 2 The Seventh Day, God Rests & The Creation of Man and Woman
• Genesis 3 The Fall
• Genesis 4-7
• Genesis 4 Cain and Abel
• Genesis 5 Adam's Descendants to Noah
• Genesis 6 Increasing Corruption on Earth & Noah and the Flood
• Genesis 7 Noah and the Flood
• Genesis 8-11
• Genesis 8 The Flood Subsides & God's Covenant with Noah
• Genesis 9 God's Covenant with Noah & Noah's Descendants
• Genesis 10 Nations Descended from Noah
• Genesis 11 The Tower of Babel & Shem's Descendants & Terah's Descendants
• Genesis 12-15
• Genesis 12 The Call of Abram & Abram and Sarai in Egypt
• Genesis 13 Abram and Lot Separate
• Genesis 14 Abram Rescues Lot & Abram Blessed by Melchizedek
• Genesis 15 God's Covenant with Abram
• Genesis 16-18
• Genesis 16 Sarai and Hagar
• Genesis 17 Abraham and the Covenant of Circumcision & Isaac's Birth Promised
• Genesis 18 Isaac's Birth Promised & Abraham Intercedes for Sodom
• Genesis 19-21
• Genesis 19 God Rescues Lot, God Destroys Sodom, & Lot and His Daughters
• Genesis 20 Abraham and Abimelech
• Genesis 21 The Birth of Isaac, God Protects Hagar and Ishmael, & A Treaty with Abimelech
• Genesis 22-24
• Genesis 22 The Sacrifice of Isaac
• Genesis 23 Sarah's Death and Burial
• Genesis 24 Isaac and Rebekah
• Genesis 25-26
• Genesis 25 Abraham's Death and His Descendants, The Birth of Esau and Jacob, & Esau Sells His Birthright
• Genesis 26 God's Promise to Isaac & Isaac and Abimelech
• Genesis 27-29
• Genesis 27 Isaac Blesses Jacob
• Genesis 28 Jacob Sent to Laban & Esau Marries an Ishmaelite & Jacob's Dream
• Genesis 29 Jacob Marries Leah and Rachel & Jacob's Children
• Genesis 30-31
• Genesis 30 Jacob's Children & Jacob's Prosperity
• Genesis 31 Jacob Flees from Laban
• Genesis 32-34
• Genesis 32 Jacob Fears Esau & Jacob Wrestles with God
• Genesis 33 Jacob Meets Esau
• Genesis 34 The Defiling of Dinah
• Genesis 35-37
• Genesis 35 God Blesses and Renames Jacob & The Deaths of Rachel and Isaac
• Genesis 36 Esau's Descendants
• Genesis 37 Joseph's Dreams & Joseph Sold by His Brothers
• Genesis 38-40
• Genesis 38 Judah and Tamar
• Genesis 39 Joseph and Potiphar's Wife
• Genesis 40 Joseph Interprets Two Prisoners' Dreams
• Genesis 41-42
• Genesis 41 Joseph Interprets Pharaoh's Dreams & Joseph Rises to Power
• Genesis 42 Joseph's Brothers Go to Egypt
• Genesis 43-45
• Genesis 43 Joseph's Brothers Return to Egypt
• Genesis 44 Joseph Tests His Brothers
• Genesis 45 Joseph Provides for His Brothers and Family
• Genesis 46-47
• Genesis 46 Joseph Brings His Family to Egypt & Jacob and Joseph Reunited
• Genesis 47 Jacob's Family Settles in Goshen & Joseph and the Famine
• Genesis 48-50
• Genesis 48 Jacob Blesses Ephraim and Manasseh
• Genesis 49 Jacob Blesses His Sons & Jacob's Death and Burial
• Genesis 50 Jacob's Death and Burial, God's Good Purposes, & The Death of Joseph

Genesis - Final Summary of Genesis = Week 06 - Thursday

Final Summary of Genesis

Read Genesis & See Chapter Headings

In this last lesson Mike will wrap up this long study by sharing three key lessons taught to us by Genesis.

Genesis 48-50 = Week 06 - Thursday

Jacob's Prophecies

Read Genesis & See Chapter Headings
Read Genesis 48
Read Genesis 49
Read Genesis 50

At the end of his life Jacob gives each of his sons a prophecy concerning their future. This event along with the death of both Jacob and Joseph will close out the Genesis record.

Genesis 46-47 = Week 06 - Wednesday

Reunion and Reconciliation

Read Genesis & See Chapter Headings
Read Genesis 46

Read Genesis 47

After reuniting with his brothers after a separation of 20 years, Joseph lays a plan that will determine if a reconciliation will be possible (Genesis 45:1 - 46:27).



Family Reunion

This lesson describes the final episode in Joseph's story where Jacob, Joseph and their families are reunited and settled in Egypt.

Genesis 43-45 = Week 06 - Tuesday

Reunion and Reconciliation

Read Genesis & See Chapter Headings
Read Genesis 43

Read Genesis 44

Read Genesis 45
Read Genesis 46

After reuniting with his brothers after a separation of 20 years, Joseph lays a plan that will determine if a reconciliation will be possible (Genesis 45:1 - 46:27).


#Reconciliation




Genesis 45:3 https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/what-joseph-knew-enabled-him-get-past-prosper-tom-sims-kq53c/

Genesis 41-42 = Week 06 - Monday

From Prison to Prince

Read Genesis & See Chapter Headings
Read Genesis 41
Read Genesis 42

After languishing in prison for several years Joseph is called upon to interpret Pharaoh's dreams and in doing so successfully is transformed from being a prisoner to becoming a prince of Egypt. (Genesis 41:1-57)





Confrontation

Joseph finally confronts his brothers who initially sold him into slavery (Genesis 42:1-44:34).

Biblical Examples of Enemies Being Blessings in Disguise
“Cherish your enemies; they may be blessings in disguise.” – Woodrow Kroll

Devotional: 3 Biblical Examples of Enemies Being Blessings in Disguise

Meant for Evil

When Joseph’s brothers despised him and sold him into slavery, they were actually doing Joseph a favor because he ended up being second in command next to Pharaoh (Gen 41:37-45). By his prudent planning, he saved all of Egypt and all the known world in the Middle East from starvation (Gen 41:53-57). Joseph’s enemies, his own brothers in this case, meant it for evil, but it turned out for everyone’s good (Gen 50:20), and their evil deed was actually part of God’s sovereign plan to save Joseph, his brothers, and what would later be the whole nation of Israel.

The Blood of the Martyrs

Saul was perhaps the greatest persecutor of the Christians during the 1st century. He was good at what he did in breathing out threats and murder of the believers in the early church (Acts 9:1-2), but the primary persecutor of the church would later become possibly the church’s greatest missionary. The man who was greatly responsible for persecuting the church and was the church’s chief enemy caused the church to spread due to the persecution, and instead of destroying the church, persecution actually spread the gospel message throughout Judea (Acts 8:3-4). The enemies of the church did what the church itself couldn’t do or wouldn’t do on its own–that is to spread the message of Jesus Christ far and wide. The saying that the blood of the martyrs is the seed of the Church has proven true time and time again over the centuries.

Judas’ Evil for our Good

When Judas betrayed Jesus for thirty pieces of silver (Matt 27:3), he was doing exactly what had been prophesied for centuries (Zech 11:13), and when Jesus’ own friend betrayed Him (Psalm 41:9), God was not caught by surprise. Nothing ever just occurs to God. God knew this would be so, and Judas’ evil and the evil done by the Jewish leaders and even Pilate and the Roman soldiers fulfilled what was long ago prophesied (Psalm 22; Isaiah 53). These men’s evil deeds, as the enemies of Christ, were used by God to bring the greatest blessing that anyone could ever know–that Jesus died on the cross for our sins so that we might be saved. This Satan-inspired evil was the downfall of the very one who inspired it, and Jesus’ death on the cross brought victory for those who would believe in Jesus and sealed Satan’s fate that very day at Calvary.

Conclusion

Martin Luther was right when he said even the Devil is God’s Devil and the evil he does fulfills God’s purposes, so the next time your enemies do you harm, see them as a blessing in disguise because God can bring good out of the worst of evil.

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Genesis 38-40 = Week 05 - Friday

Judah and Tamar

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The story of Jacob's family focuses in on one particular son, Judah, through whom the Messiah would eventually come, and examines his unusual relationship with his daughter-in-law Tamar.






Joseph's Story

After explaining Judah's connection to the coming Messiah, the Genesis writers finish their narrative with the telling of Joseph's story. (Genesis 39:1-40;23)

Psalm 143:10

Genesis 35-37 = Week 05 - Thursday

On The Run Again

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After a long period of silence Jacob's story picks up again as his sons cause trouble and we see Jacob in the familiar role of being on the run.






The Beginning of the End

This lesson begins the story of Joseph, Jacob's son with Rachel, who will become the bridge for the family's travel to and 400 year settlement in Egypt.

Genesis 32-34 = Week 05 - Wednesday

Jacob & Esau - Round 2

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After gathering his wives and children and leaving Laban behind, Jacob faces the dangerous confrontation with his brother Esau who had vowed to kill him because of his deception in the matter of the blessing from Isaac. (Genesis 32:1-33:20)

Genesis 30-31 = Week 05 - Tuesday

Jacob Leaves Laban

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After 20 years of service Jacob prepares for his departure from Laban by offering him a potentially lucrative proposal.

Genesis 27-29 = Week 05 - Monday

The Battle for the Blessing

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In this lesson we will see the outcome of Jacob's deceit in obtaining Esau's blessing and how God's will is completed despite the manipulations of men. (Genesis 27:1-46)





Jacob's Family

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God says, beloved, trust Me to do in you what you could never do for yourself. I am indeed with you—⁠watching over you wherever you are, wherever you go.

Genesis 28:15 I am with you and will watch over you wherever you go, and I will bring you back to this land. I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you. 

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In this section of Genesis we learn how Jacob came to have two wives who would, in addition to their female slaves, bear the 12 sons of Jacob.