Exodus 7 is exciting stuff. There is a side note in the text about Moses’s age that reminded me to talk about the timeline of his life. Then Moses and Aaron appear before Pharaoh and thrown down. Aaron literally “throws down” his staff and it becomes a serpent. The magicians of Egypt can do the same thing but it’s not as cool as what Aaron’s staff does.
Exodus 7
The Lord said to Moses “See, I have made you like God to Pharaoh, and your brother Aaron will be your prophet.
Continue readingMoses and Aaron appear before Pharaoh and ask him to let them go into the wilderness and sacrifice to the LORD God. Pharaoh does not let them go but rather increases their work load. The Hebrews are mad at Moses, the Egyptians are mad at Moses, he cries out to God that they are worse off than before; and he has no idea, God is just getting warmed up.
Exodus 5
Afterward Moses and Aaron went in and told Pharaoh “This is what the LORD God of Israel says: ‘Let my people go, that they may hold a feast to me in the wilderness.’”
Continue readingWe know that Joseph can interpret dreams. The chief butler knows that Joseph can interpret dreams, he just forgot about helping him out after being restored to his position in Pharaoh’s house. Then after Pharaoh has troubling dreams, that his wise men and magicians are no help with, the chief Butler is like “Oh yeah, now I remember…”
Genesis 41
At the end of two full years, Pharaoh had a dream: and, behold, he stood by the river.
Continue readingThe events of Joseph’s life have brought him to a prison in Egypt for a reason. It may not seem like it, but this is the right time and right place for him to do God’s will. This seems like a good time to talk about theater as a metaphor for life.
Genesis 40 After these things, the butler of the king of Egypt and his baker had offended their lord the king of Egypt.
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If you follow The Master’s Table but have never heard of Bible Survey, that’s because it’s been a while. Specifically it’s been over a year. There was a time I considered bailing out on that project and deleting the URL. I once tried to give away but there were no takers. Every now then it bugs me, so…
Joseph: Dreams Do Come True is the Bible Survey post based on Genesis chapters 37 – 41. The first several chapters of Genesis deal with a lot and cover several hundred years of human history. As we near the end of Genesis and begin Exodus the story should speed up.
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