The Old Testament readings this week in Exodus focus on the confrontation between the Lord and Pharaoh over the people of Israel, resulting in God's plagues of judgment upon Egypt and the Exodus of God's people from bondage. The New Testament readings begin a two-week sequence through the letter to the Hebrews.
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Lectionary Reading – Year A Week 11
This week begins a new set of Old Testament readings, turning to the book of Exodus. If Genesis is an extended prologue to the Great Deliverance of the Old Testament, then Exodus is the main event.
“Who is the LORD, that I Should Obey His Voice?” (Exodus 4:29-6:27)
In wrestling with God’s providence, one thing we particularly struggle with is God’s timing. We want God to change things NOW, and we do not understand why God seems to be so laggard, so willing to let evils persist or even intensify without addressing them. We need to remember that God is neither passive nor … Continue reading “Who is the LORD, that I Should Obey His Voice?” (Exodus 4:29-6:27)
God’s Call Upon Moses (Exodus chs. 3-4)
What would it be like to directly encounter God in person? This question bears much more reflection than we are typically inclined to give it. We live in a day and an age characterized by glibness and superficiality, and we are inclined to approach God with the same kind of casualness that we would approach … Continue reading God’s Call Upon Moses (Exodus chs. 3-4)
From a Son of God to a Shepherd in the Wilderness (Exodus 2)
In this chapter we have three vignettes of Moses’s life: how he was saved from the genocide being perpetrated against his people; his failed attempt at delivering his people, and his flight to Midian (today in northwestern Saudi Arabia). Interestingly, when Stephen the Deacon recounts Moses’s role in redemptive history in Acts 7:17-43, he spends … Continue reading From a Son of God to a Shepherd in the Wilderness (Exodus 2)
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