by Justin Marple | Apr 4, 2009 | Exodus Commentary, OT Torah Commentary, TEACHING
The plagues and the Exodus Event demonstrate the omnipotence of the true God over the people, livestock, and gods of Egypt. The LORD says, “For I will pass through the land of Egypt that night, and I will strike all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man...
by Justin Marple | Mar 28, 2009 | Exodus Commentary, OT Torah Commentary, TEACHING
What we want to do here is to begin to observe some of the patterns and to see how the plagues point us back to creation (and thus forward to the new creation), point us forward to the final plague and the Exodus event, and also thus point us forward to the work of...
by Justin Marple | Mar 14, 2009 | Exodus Commentary, OT Torah Commentary, TEACHING
The Hebrew people are the seed of the woman. Pharaoh is the seed of the serpent. This is fitting since you often see the Pharaohs depicted with a serpent’s headdress. The new Pharaoh did not have a good relationship with Joseph or his kinsmen (he did not...
by Justin Marple | Mar 2, 2009 | Exodus Commentary, OT Torah Commentary, TEACHING
Genesis began with a prologue and then consisted of ten books. The larger structure was one of prologue, narrative, poetry, epilogue. Exodus is not nearly as elaborate in structure. The organizational strategy is best understood thematically: salvation, law, and...
by Justin Marple | Feb 5, 2009 | Genesis Commentary, OT Torah Commentary, TEACHING
Genesis has much more to say about sex and marriage than the creation of woman out of man and the scene at Sodom. Sex and marriage is a theme that can be found throughout the book and the righteous make a lot of mistakes. The book teaches that sex and marriage are to...
by Justin Marple | Feb 3, 2009 | Genesis Commentary, OT Torah Commentary, TEACHING
The title: “These are the generations of Jacob” (Gen 37:2) meaning it will be about Jacob’s descendants who have come in the fullness (ten) of time because this is Book Ten. In the book, Jacob recedes more into the background so that his twelve sons...
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