Chapter eleven is a great chapter to move us from the three cycles and nine signs and wonders unto the great and final plague or as chapter eleven calls it the final blow. Before we get to understand what this final blow is we need to remember what has happened to this date. How did we get to this place. When looking at judgements we need to understand the severity of the crime. To hear a verdict that this person

As we have seen the story of the signs and wonders we have pointed out God’s power, protection, punishment and his purpose. We have seen that one of the aspects of God’s power being on display that Pharaoh would know who the Lord is but also other nations. God shows his power and might through these signs and wonders for a direct end, not only that His people would no longer be subject to Pharaoh, but that they would be

The seventh sign and wonder are the longest narrative section of the first nine signs and wonders. Although this sign and wonder sounds somewhat mild, hail can be devastating. It would have been a hard time to be an Egyptian insurance broker during this time, the claims about the decrease in property value because of the smell of rotting fish and decaying frogs. The infestation of flies and gnats were great for Egyptian pest control services. But then came death

We come now to the seventh sign and wonder. This is the longest section in the plague section of Exodus. In this particular sign and wonder we see to main things, along with the major themes of God’s power, preservation, punishment and purpose we see the answer to the question of why this continues to happen. God has shown his power over the last 6 signs and wonders, bringing death and destruction to the land of Egypt. However long this

The sound of a broken record is seen when the needle is unable to move unto the next section of the song. The record continues to turn but the needle is unmoved. Over time the repetition becomes background noise and once what was apparent or abrupt becomes distant or normalized. That is not what is happening in this section of Exodus. The nine great signs and wonders are not merely stuck on repeat but as they progress, they progressively get

The sound of a broken record is seen when the needle is unable to move unto the next section of the song. The record continues to turn but the needle is unmoved. Over time the repetition becomes background noise and once what was apparent or abrupt becomes distant or normalized. That is not what is happening in this section of Exodus. The nine great signs and wonders are not merely stuck on repeat but as they progress, they progressively get

What some people call childlike wonder, I often call the great questions I cannot answer. Children ask of the deep mysteries of life with each "Why?" This happens in our house quite frequently, The other night this childhood curiosity, or bedtime procrastination as it is also called. Nora was asking about the rotation of the earth upon its axis and its relation to the light that comes from the sun, or in simpler terms, why is it light in the

Family tree (Exodus 6:10-30) Paul writes to Timothy about these false teachers “devote themselves to myths and endless genealogies, which promote speculations rather than the stewardship from God that is by faith.” (1 Tim 1:4). We probably have taken this to heart more than we realize. Paul writes to Titus saying, “But avoid foolish controversies, genealogies, dissensions, and quarrels about the law, for they are unprofitable and worthless” (Tit 3:9). We read avoid endless genealogies and also foolish genealogies and then

One challenge of being a contractor is being able to have client’s picture what you are describing to them. You explain the great potential of the project. I was never much of a salesperson so never told them, picture yourself sitting at your new kitchen table. When we started the project called the ‘broken house,’ I told Sarah this is such a great house full of potential! I saw a house that would work great for our family, she saw