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A "Not Yet" is Not a "Won’t"
Exodus 3:9-10, ESV And now, behold, the cry of the people of Israel has come to me, and I have also seen the oppression with which the Egyptians oppress them. Come, I will send you to Pharaoh that you may bring my people, the children of Israel, out of Egypt.” Exodus 5:1-2, 6-9, ESV Afterward Moses and Aaron went and said to Pharaoh, “Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, ‘Let my people go, that they may hold a feast to me in the wilderness.’” But Pharaoh said, “Who is the
The Great Reversal
Esther 7:10a, NIV So they impaled Haman on the pole he had set up for Mordecai. Esther 8:11, NIV The king’s edict granted the Jews in every city the right to assemble and protect themselves; to destroy, kill and annihilate the armed men of any nationality or province who might attack them and their women and children, and to plunder the property of their enemies. Esther 9:1-2, NIV On the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month of Adar, the edict commanded by the king w
When the Dream is Harder than We Thought
Exodus 2:23b, NIV The Israelites groaned in their slavery and cried out, and their cry for help because of their slavery went up to God. Exodus 16:2-4a, NIV In the desert the whole community grumbled against Moses and Aaron. The Israelites said to them, “If only we had died by the Lord’s hand in Egypt! There we sat around pots of meat and ate all the food we wanted, but you have brought us out into this desert to starve this entire assembly to death.” Then the Lord said to Mo
Don't Go Down to Egypt
Isaiah 31:1, 3, 5b, NIV Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, who rely on horses, who trust in the multitude of their chariots and in the great strength of their horsemen, but do not look to the Holy One of Israel, or seek help from the Lord. … But the Egyptians are mere mortals and not God; their horses are flesh and not spirit. When the Lord stretches out his hand, those who help will stumble, those who are helped will fall; all will perish together. … the Lord Almigh
When the Former Thing No Longer Works
Genesis 31:4-13, ESV And Jacob saw that Laban did not regard him with favor as before. Then the Lord said to Jacob, “Return to the land of your fathers and to your kindred, and I will be with you.” 1 Kings 17:6-9a, NIV The ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning and bread and meat in the evening, and he drank from the brook. Some time later the brook dried up because there had been no rain in the land. Then the word of the Lord came to him: “Go at once… Luke 5:5a, 1
Beware, Lest We Forget
Deuteronomy 8:17-18, ESV Beware lest you say in your heart, ‘My power and the might of my hand have gotten me this wealth.’ You shall remember the Lord your God, for it is he who gives you power to get wealth, that he may confirm his covenant that he swore to your fathers, as it is this day.” 1 Corinthians 4:7b, ESV …What do you have that you did not receive? If then you received it, why do you boast as if you did not receive it? Ephesians 2:10, ESV For we are h


