by Justin Marple | Oct 12, 2014 | 2014 Sermons, Exodus, SERMONS
As we turn to Exodus 8:20-9:12 if you can imagine for a moment that you are one of the Hebrew people living through the plagues in Egypt. The Nile River has been turned to blood, the land of Egypt has been overrun by frogs that came up from the Nile and they all died...
by Justin Marple | Oct 6, 2014 | Esther Commentary, OT Writings Commentary, TEACHING, The Five Scrolls
Just to review where we are as we look at Esther 6-7 we will recall the Dillard-Longman outline of the book and also test the argument that Karen Jobes makes that the feasts follow a particular pattern in the book and what that means for interpreting Esther 6 and...
by Justin Marple | Oct 5, 2014 | 2014 Sermons, Exodus, SERMONS
Exodus 7:8-8:19 includes the sign of Aaron’s staff turning into a serpent before Pharaoh as well as the first three plagues — the Nile turning to blood, the land of Egypt overrun by frogs, and third by gnats. Each of the first three plagues were...
by Justin Marple | Oct 1, 2014 | Esther Commentary, OT Writings Commentary, TEACHING, The Five Scrolls
We will begin this post by looking at some of the literary devices most on display in Esther 2:19-5:14 and then explore the content of this section by going through each part in turn. In this regard I have found most helpful Karen Jobes commentary on the book in the...
by Justin Marple | Sep 28, 2014 | 2014 Sermons, Exodus, SERMONS
Exodus 5:22-7:7 begins with Moses exasperated: “Why did you ever send me?” So how did things get to this point? Moses and Aaron had challenged Pharaoh to let the people of Israel go, but instead Pharaoh made their work harder. Thus the Hebrew foremen...
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