Week 6

Please click on week 6 above to get to the study guide. Hopefully this will take you to the pdf file...then you can save a copy for yourself for the entire year of readings. (Use the save option on the open file..2nd icon on the left that looks like an old floppy disk.) If the link does not take you there, post under comments and will try again! Happy Reading to all :-)

Puzzling

Sometimes what I read in the Bible just puzzles me!  Like my post about Lot's daughters, I wonder WHY is that an important thing for me to know?  

In the section we are reading now, Exodus 4:24-26 has me stymied.  Why would God, who has just called Moses to action, want to kill him???  How did his wife know it was related to circumcision?  Why would it be ok for her to solve the problem, not Moses himself?

Anyone have thoughts/insights?

Sermons too!

So as we start this next section of reading, going into Exodus, I discovered another tool in my Bible software.  A link to access sermons on the topics that relate to what we are reading.  For instance, this link takes you to a sermon about the beginning of the story ... click here.  But you can search for any topic by going directly to SermonCentral.com. and using the search bar you will find there!

Loving Joseph!

Joseph, the kind of man you'd love to see your daughter marry. Handsome, honest, sensitive, smart! No doubt that if he lived today he would be on the cover of People and/or Time. I've really enjoyed reading about him over the last week. How about you?

I have a Bible on my computer; well, actually software that includes the Bible and all kinds of references from maps to study guides and devotionals. In digging more deeply at this point in our reading I found the following exercise that seemed like a cool thing to share. Maybe if you have time, we can made a chart together by answering how we would fill in the blanks. Just write your answers in the comment section below this post, then I'll take the information, put it all together and post it for all!
Here are the instructions from the The Teacher's Commentary
"Many Bible students have seen in Joseph’s life and mission many parallels to Christ. Rejected by his brothers, sold for silver, suffering in a foreign land for the good of those who betrayed him, Joseph does bear a striking resemblance to the Saviour. And Joseph’s forgiving spirit also foreshadows the attitude of Jesus, who one day would cry from a cross, “Father, forgive them; for they do not know what they are doing” (Luke 23:34).

Use a chart to record similarities between the two. Several similarities have been noted. Begin with these, and then add others as you discover them in Genesis 37–50."

Study Schedule Week 5

Day 1 
Genesis 47:27;
Exodus 1:1-14;
Numbers 26:59;
Exodus 6:20; 1:15-22;
Hebrews 11:23-26;
Acts 7:17-29
As the family of Jacob settles in Egypt, we are in the 1600's BC. At the
opening of Exodus, the family is growing into a nation, slavery begins, and
Moses is born (in about 1571 BC).
Exodus 2:1-10; 6:23;
Numbers 26:60;
Exodus 2:11-25; 6:25
These passages show how the families of Aaron and Moses grew while they
were separated for 40 years.

Day 2
Exodus 3:1-4:31;
Acts 7:30-36
Here we have the call of Moses and his excuses—all of which were answered
by God. So, Moses met Aaron and they went to do the will of the Lord.
Exodus 5:1-7:13 This section tells of the final events before the ten plagues

Day 3
Exodus 7:14-9:35 Now the series of ten plagues begins. The date is about 1491 BC.

Day 4
Exodus 10:1-12:36 The ten plagues end with the death of the firstborn and the beginning of the
yearly Passover for the Israelites
Day 5
Exodus 12:40-42;
Numbers 33:1-4;
Exodus 12:37;
Numbers 33:5;
Exodus 12:38,39,43-
51;
13:1-20;
Numbers 33:6;
Exodus 13:21,22;
14:1,2;
Numbers 33:7
These scriptures tell us of the departure from Egypt and their early travel.
Exodus 14:3-31;
Hebrews 11:27-29
This chapter is the record of the defeat of the Egyptian army in the Red Sea,
also referred to as the “baptism” of the Israelites by Paul in I Corinthians 10.
Exodus 15:1-22;
Numbers 33:8;
Exodus 15:23-27;
Numbers 33:9
Here is the song of victory and more early travels of the new nation.

Day 6
Numbers 33:10,11;
Exodus 16:1-36
Now we “get” to read about the early murmurings of Israel and God's
gracious responses.
Exodus 17:1;
Numbers 33:12-14;
Exodus 17:2-16;
18:1-27
They continue to travel and murmur. Moses' father-in-law provides some
valuable advice that would definitely make things better for everybody.
Day 7 
Exodus 19:1,2;
Numbers 33:15;
Exodus 19:3-25;
20:1-26

Moses now meets Jehovah in order to receive His commandments. Notice in
Exodus 20:8-11 that the scriptures say God created “all” in six days—days
that were just like the Sabbath they were to observe (which was a 24-hour
day). This “all” includes the heaven and earth (Genesis 1:1).