God appears to Moses in a bush that is burning but not being destroyed. As Moses approaches this odd burning bush, God tells him to take off his sandals, for he is standing on holy ground. Then God tells Moses that he will lead his people out of slavery to Egypt. And Moses says… ...
1 After the death of the Lord's servant Moses, the Lord spoke to Moses' helper, Joshua son of Nun. 2 He said, “My servant Moses is dead. Get ready now, you and all the people of Israel, and cross the Jordan River into the land that I am giving them. 3 As I told Moses,...
The Prophet. This figure was referred to by Moses: "The LORD your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your own brothers. You must listen to him." (Deuteronomy 18:15)John was not Elijah himself, but prophecy given by his father Zechariah indicated that he did come ...
God’s Command to Joshua 1 After Moses, the servant of the ·Lord [or Yahweh; C “Lord” (capital letters) represents the divine name YHWH, usually pronounced “Yahweh”], died, the Lord spoke to Joshua son of Nun, Moses’ ·assistant [aide; servant]. 2 The Lord said, “My ser...
“Be strong (confident) and of good courage, for you shall cause this people to inherit the land which I swore to their fathers to give them. Only you be strong and very courageous, that you may do according to all the law which Moses My servant commanded you. Turn not from it to ...
“When I sent you forth without a money bag or a sack or sandals, were you in need of anything?” “No, nothing, ” they replied. He said to them, “But now one who has a money bag should take it, and likewise a sack . . . . ...
I. IN THE HEBREW DISPENSATION GOD SPAKE THROUGH PROPHETS; IN THE CHRISTIAN GOD HAS SPOKEN IN HIS SON. (Hebrews 1:1.) The great Transfiguration scene sets this forth in marvellous clearness. Moses and Elias vanish from sight, and the favoured three are left with Jesus only; in him believers...
a peace that comes from repentance and humbling ourselves before God. He came to rescue us from the slavery to sin as Moses came to rescue Israel from slavery in Egypt. Jesus made this deliverance possible through His mighty act of forgiveness on the cross. He died to take away our sin....
As for me, I baptize you with water for repentance, but He who is coming after me is mightier than I, and I am not fit to remove His sandals; He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire. His winnowing fork is in His hand, and He will thoroughly clear His threshing floor; ...
Having told the stories of Abraham, the opportunist economic migrant; Joseph, the victim of human trafficking; and Jacob, the environmental migrant, Stephen then turns to the most famous migrant of all the Old Testament, a criminal fleeing prosecution: Moses.[26] Stephen narrates how Moses was...