Grandma Moses

In the ancient near east, in the time of the Judah and Jerusalem when the Israelites had gone farther from God by each generation and believed that they lived in God’s blessed cities. God provided messengers of His will for the Israelites. Giving them understanding of what will happen and why God was going to allow the destruction of their lives and their communities. These messengers were hand pick by God and were blessed by the word of the Lord coming to dwell within side of them. These…

Throughout the book of Judges, the Israelites went through many hard times. They created this cycle that they could not get rid of. The Israelites had many “judges” to help them get onto the right track with God but it never really worked out. After each “judge” would die then they would just go back into the sin they had started. I believe the Hebrews were very disappointed reading the book of Judges seeing how their ancestors acted instead of putting their trust in God. The book of Judges…

Exodus 4:18-26 is a passage that deals with a transitional point for Moses and his family as they return to Egypt, after God tells Moses it is safe to return. Before giving in depth explanation of this passage let’s focus in on the importance of circumcision in relation to God and Israel and this passage as Moses transition point into a spiritual maturity by defining both focal points. Circumcision is the covenant to Abraham and his descendants; a promise of numerous and eminent descendants. A…

about her power, jealous of other possessions, conspiracy against Zipporah all these qualities make Miriam unsuccessful as a leader. For instance, Zora Neale Hurston describes Miriam character in her childhood when she was unable to look after Baby Moses who was inside the basket and instead of watching the basket she fell asleep. In addition, Miriam forgot to search for the basket as she was fascinated to watch the princess and spoke to herself, “Royalty is a wonderful thing. It sure is a fine…

of Numbers was known to be written by Moses around the time of 1450-1410 B.C. During this time some of the key personalities were known as Moses, Aaron, Joshua, Miriam, Elazar, Korah, Caleb, and Balaam. Also, in this book, we are going to see how Israel traveled on their journey to enter the promise land. In this book also shows us how Israel prepared the entry of the promise land. It wasn’t long and they had sinned and were punished for their sin. Moses was going to do what it takes to…

Greater Prophets: Have you ever been threatened to be thrown into a fire because of your faith? Or thrown in a lions den? There was a prophet named Daniel who went through both of these things and more. During Daniel’s time, the Jews were under Babylon whose leader was King Nebuchadnezzar. It also takes place when Babylon was seiged by Persia. Daniel was given the task of relaying the Lord’s messages to the people and trusted the Lord in spite of the danger of his own life. This…

teachings of the leaders of their faith, and found it at variance with their limited understanding, they arose to perpetrate such unseemly acts.... Consider Moses! Armed with the rod of celestial dominion, adorned with the white hand of Divine knowledge, and proceeding from the Paran of the love of God, and wielding the serpent of power and everlasting majesty, He shone forth from the Sinai of light upon the world. He summoned all the peoples and kindreds of the earth to the kingdom of eternity,…

In this Rebellion story the political and power support was definitely behind the rebels. However, they failed to be successful because Moses had what they lacked- the spiritual connection to the God of Israel. With all the earthly credentials, the most important was missing. The story asks us to do two main things: (i) trust in our leaders and (ii) be humble as he that exalts himself shall be humbled and he that humble himself shall be exalted. The Israelite rebels in their thirst for power…

What is Hanukkah? Eight day celebration which celebrates the events during the second century B.C. of the Second Temple in Jerusalem According to one of Judaism’s central texts, called the Talmud, Judah Maccabee and the others who were involved in the rededication of the Second Temple thought they saw a miracle. There was only supposed to be enough oil to keep the menorah’s candles burning for one day, but, the flames stayed lit for eight nights, giving them enough time more oil.…

chooses Adam, Noah, Abraham, Moses, and David (p 49-56). She uses these five main characters because each one plays a key role in the redemption story. Adam is important because everything started with him. Without him, nothing would be. Noah is important because God used him to begin again. He destroyed all the evil and wickedness and started again with Noah. Abraham is important because God made a covenant with him to give the land of Canaan back to the Israelites. Moses led God’s people away…