The plagues, marking out the land and the people of Egypt for curse rather than blessing is a fulfilment of Genesis 12:1-3. God had promised that those who blessed Abraham and his offspring would be blessed and so it had been the case when Joseph came down to Egypt. He had also warned that those… Continue reading Where are God’s people?
Tag: Biblical Studies
De-creation and the Egyptian plagues
In Genesis 6-9, we see that God’s judgement on a sinful and wicked world is also an act of de-creation. Where the creation of Genesis 1-2 had seen forming and structure so that light was divided from darkness and sea from land and sky, we see a descent into chaos as the form and structure… Continue reading De-creation and the Egyptian plagues
Romans 2:6-11
If God is a righteous judge and not biased, then your ethnic identity, Jew or Greek counts for nothing. God judges according to how we live, what we do, our works (v6). If you patiently do what is right or “do well”, in other words are faithful and seek for what is good, described in… Continue reading Romans 2:6-11
The firstborn
God announces to Moses that there is just one more plague to come and then Pharoah will let the people go (Exodus 11:1). Before he announces the plague, Moses instructs the Isralites to go and request silver and gold from the Egyptians. YHWH ensures that the people find favour with the Egyptians and additionally, Moses… Continue reading The firstborn
Romans 2:1-5 (notes)
At the start of chapter 2, Paul is addressing any man/person rather than specifically the recipients of his letter. The point is made to those who seek to judge others, they are “without excuse”. This is the conclusion to the preceding argument that God’s righteousness and wrath our revealed clearly but humans choose to suppress… Continue reading Romans 2:1-5 (notes)
Jerusalem (YouTube)
Here’s the next part of the Faithroots YouTube series on Jesus and the Gospels. A look at Luke 19:28ff
Let my people go
Moses and Aaron now go to address Pharoah, as instructed, they tell him that YHWH-God commands him to let the Israelites go a three-day journey into the wilderness to celebrate a feast. The king’s response is that he has not heard of this YHWH and he has no intention of letting his slaves off their… Continue reading Let my people go
Romans 1:17-23 (notes)
The Gospel has power to save because it reveals righteousness. This righteousness is “from faith to faith” or we might say “is all about faith”. In other words, you can’t add anything such as works to faith in order to gain righteousness. Paul quotes Habakkuk 2:4 to back this up, “The righteous will live by… Continue reading Romans 1:17-23 (notes)
Application from the burning bush
There are lots of nuggets along the way in these two chapters. Particularly, I’m struck by the following. First of all, there is the example of Moses. It isn’t a good example here. He responds to God’s command and even to God’s promises with doubt and resistance. There is a particular warning for leaders in… Continue reading Application from the burning bush
Romans 1:16 (notes)
There now follows a lengthy sentence, supporting the statement here in verse 16. The organising theme of this section is that Paul is “not ashamed of the Gospel.” Three reasons are then given as to why, all connected by the word γὰρ or “for”. Paul is not ashamed of the Gospel. Why? Because it is,… Continue reading Romans 1:16 (notes)
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