This week we explored the Passover story—the dramatic climax of God’s confrontation with Pharaoh that led to Israel’s freedom and established one of the most important celebrations in biblical history. Sunday – “Will There Be Another Chance? When Warnings Run Out” After nine increasing plagues, God announced His final judgment—death for all Egyptian firstborn. This […]
Exodus 12:29-30; Hebrews 11:28 “At midnight the LORD struck down all the firstborn in Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh, who sat on the throne, to the firstborn of the prisoner, who was in the dungeon, and the firstborn of all the livestock as well.” Midnight in ancient Egypt. The air is still. In palaces […]
Exodus 12:24-28; 13:14-16 “And it shall be, when your children say to you, ‘What do you mean by this service?’ that you shall say, ‘It is the Passover sacrifice of the LORD, who passed over the houses of the children of Israel in Egypt when He struck the Egyptians and delivered our households.’” Every year […]
Exodus 12:17-23; 1 Corinthians 5:7 “For indeed Christ, our Passover, was sacrificed for us.” Night falls over ancient Egypt. In one humble Hebrew home, a father carefully dips a bunch of hyssop branches into a small clay bowl. The bowl holds something precious—blood from a lamb the family had just sacrificed. With careful strokes, he […]
Exodus 12:1-20 “Now the blood shall be a sign for you on the houses where you are. And when I see the blood, I will pass over you; and the plague shall not be on you to destroy you when I strike the land of Egypt.” The night was different from all other nights. In […]
Exodus 11:1-10; Micah 6:8 “And Moses said, ‘Thus says the LORD: “About midnight I will go out into the midst of Egypt; and all the firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sits on his throne, even to the firstborn of the female servant who is behind the […]
This week we explored how God demonstrated His supreme power over false gods while showing both justice and mercy—and how human pride can blind us to obvious truths right in front of us. Sunday – “God vs. gods: When the Creator Confronts the Created” In Egypt’s grand temples, people worshipped over 1,500 different gods—statues of […]
Exodus 9:13-10:29; Proverbs 16:18 “But Pharaoh’s servants said to him, ‘How long shall this man be a snare to us? Let the men go, that they may serve the LORD their God. Do you not yet know that Egypt is destroyed?’” Even Pharaoh’s own advisors could see it. Egypt was falling apart. The economy was […]
Exodus 8:22-9:12; Psalm 91:7-10 “And in that day I will set apart the land of Goshen, in which My people dwell, that no swarms of flies shall be there, in order that you may know that I am the LORD in the midst of the land.” In the small village of Goshen, located in Egypt’s […]
Exodus 7:17-8:19; Psalm 104:27-28 “By this you shall know that I am the LORD. Behold, I will strike the waters which are in the river with the rod that is in my hand, and they shall be turned to blood.” Every morning at sunrise, thousands of people gather along the banks of the Nile River […]