So among one of many round trips up and down the mountain to receive instructions from the Lord, one day on the way back down, Moses returned to find that the impatient Israelites had built themselves a Golden Calf to worship. A couple of points about this incident. First, we have to understand that the […]

12 weeks after their departure from Egypt, the Israelites finally arrive at the famous Mount Sinai (the real Mount Sinai located on the Arabian Peninsula, not the fake one on the Sinai Peninsula promoted by the Christians). Recall Mountain Sinai also went by the name Mount Horeb and is the same place where Moses had his […]

So following the 10 plagues, the Israelites have made a triumphant exit from Egypt. However, this was no time to kick back and rest. As far as Pharaoh was concerned, these Israelites were nothing less than escaped fugitives at large whose powerful God had murdered his first born son. The day the Israelites left Egypt, […]

During our Bible studies, we’ve been so focused on studying the history of Israel I think we sometimes overlook what was happening in other parts of the world. For example, during the time of the Exodus, the Assyrians in the north were becoming a new and menacing power with imperial ambitions. In the west, the […]

Let’s talk about the Red Sea crossing. First off, there’s no way I’m going to try and explain the splitting of the Red Sea via offering up some kind of natural or scientific explanation. This was an incredible miracle of God that minus the Lord’s hand would simply have been impossible. Sometimes I think it’s […]