Israelites

of the Messiah During forty years of wandering in the desert, God gave the Israelites manna as a daily food in order to feed them and sustain them during those years. Manna was the bread from heaven that God has given the Israelites to help them on the journey from Egypt to Canaan. In the book of Exodus, the Israelites received the manna every morning during their time in the wilderness (Ex 16: 13-14). When the Israelites saw it they asked, “What is it?” (Ex 16:15a RSVCE) In Hebrew, manna…

I am not sure if I agree completely with what they had to say about the beatitudes. They say that Jesus understands that the Israelites are long awaiting and hoping for a new kingdom of their own. He examines that they people are reading the beatitudes with the wrong understanding. It says that they are only looking at the positives and not considering the negatives, such as, the…

Discuss the major hindrances in the lives of Moses and Joshua and compare them to your own life and experiences. Moses and Joshua had major hindrances when God called on them to led the Israelites to the Promise land and compare the two prophets to my very own life experiences. Studying Moses and Joshua led God’s people to the promise Land had major difficulties. First, Moses began his life as an adopted son to the Egyptian court. But when she hid him no longer, she got him a wicker basket and…

בשלח (Beshalach), the Israelites were wandering through the desert after escaping the Egyptians at the Red Sea. After three days of traveling, the Israelites were unable to find a source of water. They finally came across the waters of the land of מרה (Marah). Despite this discovery, the תורה (Torah) teaches us that the people were unable to drink the water because it was too bitter. “יָּבֹאוּ מָרָתָה וְלֹא יָכְלוּ לִשְׁתֹּת מַיִם מִמָּרָה כִּי מָרִים הֵם—[The Israelites] arrived at מרה (Marah)…

didn’t forget his people, hearing their cries for help to set them free from bondage. God could have easily ignored their groaning, but remember his promise with those before the Israelites he took notice of them. This passage implies that God was for the poor because it was the start of his plans to bring the Israelites out of poverty in a period of prosperity. God people are of low income statuary he is the Father of the Poor, God embrace and identifies with those of economically oppression in…

Patriarchal societies in ancient Greece and the biblical world were very predominant. Men played prominent roles in the public sphere by having primary powers politically, socially, and economically through their role in leadership, moral authority, control of property, the privilege to vote, and attendance of public events. Women on the other hand, were encouraged to stay at home and have a private role in society. They did not have any of the rights that men had, such as inheriting from their…

God will always remain faithful to his covenant with his people. In the book of Judges, God shows his faithfulness by selecting corrupt leaders, called judges, to deliver the people of Israel from their enemies. Sometime after the death of Joshua, the people of Israel started to assimilate with their neighboring pagan tribes, The Canaanites instead of driving them out of the Promise Land as The Lord had commanded . In Judges 2:1-23, the story of Israel’s disobedience and faithfulness is exposed…

Hosea, son of Beeri, was a prophet who was the first minor prophet presented in the bible.(Collegeville 36) Being named Hosea, which means "salvation", he lived during the final days of the Northern Kingdom in the middle of the eighth century, BCE, at a time of much turmoil and political uprising.(Collegeville 36) For example, there were six kings who reigned for 25 years.(bible) For 38 years, Hosea was an active prophet, from the year 750 BCE to 722 BCE, the end of the Northern Kingdom.(bible)…

Introduction Do you remember what happened when you accomplished all your homework and showed them proudly to your parents? How many of us keep in our memory the happy faces of our loved ones? Conversely, do any of us remember not doing school homework before going to play or watch TV and one of our loved ones caught us in the middle of such disobedience? Do we remember what happened next? Do we remember the face our parent showed to us? Because we failed following rules or morals that our…

Having their homes destroyed, belongings seized, they were taken into captivity repeatedly by a multitude of nations, only to be mistreated and enslaved. Not to mention, their beloved temple was decimated repeatedly. Adding to their woe’s, the Israelites lived under the law and the after- effects of living under strict regulation in order to survive and maintain purity as a chosen nation. Oppression also came at the hands of self-righteous leaders whom changed the…