They wanted to be just like God and walk in his shoe, but he can’t be evil or feel. That day they doom the whole world and know we can never be close to God like they once were. In the book of Exodus God said that if we would even look at him we would be no more. (Sharpe, 2014, pp.3). Suffering and evil is so apart of us and we still don’t see it and can’t realize how it is in us.
Throughout life, a person might have many thoughts and one thought that we could all potentially share is, what happens when we die? Very recently my eight year old niece has been thinking of death and has asked me that very question, in which I had no answer to. I noticed that every religion had different answers to that question and that I only knew that every religion has different traditions and rituals for burial, but not what happens once one is dead and buried. I was raised as a Jew and growing up Jewish, one would hear many stories about the religion. I find it very funny that most rabbis had many variations of stories and the only time I received the same story was if the rabbis were in the same family.
God selected Moses to be their guide out of Egypt, however the Israelites can only be saved if they listen to Moses and if the Pharaoh heeds God’s orders that Moses communicates. Pharaoh refuses to believe Moses. Moses was already doubtful of himself, however God provides a warning of what he will follow
The elders of Gilead went to find Jephthah and make him their captain to defend them against the Ammonites (v. 5-6). He reminded them that they had previously sent him away, and now they want him to deliver them (v. 7). The elders urged him to come with them, but he required that they make him their ruler in return (v. 8-9). The elders agreed to his terms, and he went with them (v. 10-11). Once he arrived in Gilead, Jephthah sent messengers to find out why the Ammonites were fighting them (v. 12).
Moses is considered one of the greatest prophets of Israelites and Judaism. Moses led Hebrews out of Egypt to the Promised Land although he never reached Canaan. Meanwhile, during the exodus of Hebrews Moses acted as both a leader and a law-giver. Moses enacted some miracles on behalf of the Lord to flee Israelites from the Egyptian bondage. Thus, he provided the people with leadership in the quest for their freedom from Egyptians.
Firstly, the Hebrews are quick to turn away from the promise of God and the leadership of Moses when difficulties come. This is a pattern which is continued throughout the Israelites’ time in the wilderness, where time and time again, the people complain to Moses when things get tough and repeatedly disobey God’s commands to them. The ancient Israelites knew God as the powerful creator and therefore they should have humbled themselves before God and cried out all the more for deliverance. However, instead, they turned against Moses and Aaron – the instruments of their
In Isaiah and Jeremiah, much of the writing is prophesies about the destruction that is coming for the people as punishment for their sins against God. Although God did pour out his wrath upon them in punishment, insight is shown into what the covenant relationship with God was intended to look like. It is shown how God is truly faithful to his covenant people, even when His people are not faithful to Him. God would continue to be faithful in the futures of Israel and Jeremiah. God had to bring punishment upon Israel and Judah before he could get to the good plans that were in his future for Israel.
Exodus is the continuation of the what last happened in Genesis and serve as the background information as to why the Israelites are in Egypt. The main issue is that as generations pass and the Israelites are still blessed to multiply, the new Pharaoh has no idea who Joseph is and what he had done to help the past Pharaoh and Egypt. With this in mind, God then has Moses and his brother Aaron grant the Hebrew people the liberty the Pharaoh refuses to give them. This is where I pulled the interesting points that stood out to me and had me questioning the ‘goodness’ of God.
People doubted Moses but every time they did God provided for them. Moses went to the top of the mountain and received the ten commandments from the way people should that all believe in the God. Moses told the children of Israel that God must kill him and Joseph will lead the people the rest of the way to the promise land. At the promise land there will be food, homes and your land will grow and you will lack
Jeremiah’s message was not all negative, as mentioned,
Deuteronomy is a book of clarification for the Israelites. Ever since the Exodus, the Israelites had repeatedly been disobedient to God. They constantly sought to do their own thing instead of obeying the Creator. Moses was well aware of their nature. In his final address to a fresh generation of Israelites, he wishes for them to avoid making the mistakes their fathers did.
Admittedly, from the verses 8 through verse 21 of Ezekiel, every stipulation was carried out on the mathematical dimensions, width, length, and cubits. It portrayed God as the inventor of the cubic centimeters, square roots and all the millimeters and it plays a vital role in dealing with town planning. Clearly then, humankind has learn to follow this direction from God. For example, when mankinds are buying their home, first and foremost, they want to know the square meter, the length and breadth of the house as a result of what they learned from the Bible.
Introduction God intended kingship in Israel to be different from the surrounding kingdoms. He ordained the kingship to be a theocracy, and the king would maintain justice both domestically and abroad. Therefore, God anointed King Saul and later King David, and both men sinned against God often. However, God looked with favor upon David and regretted having made Saul king (1 Sam. 15:11 NIV).
He knew that it would not be easy for Adam and Eve to live in the world where Satan reigns, assuming that they have not just become vulnerable to evil but their minds and hearts have likewise been infiltrated with evil that it can powerfully manipulate them to sin against God; however, they must give their best efforts to resist and overcome the enticing work of the evil in their lives by resolutely deciding to walk in the righteous precepts and statutes of God in order that they may keep their intimacy with Him.(Hebrew 12:4) Therefore, God, filled with love and compassion never forsook nor despised His people believing that they need Him more than ever to help and empower them in their weaknesses to war against Satan, to stop him from possessing them through his quaint deceit that appeals most to the desires of the flesh, to enable them to live a life that is pleasing and acceptable to Him. Significantly, God purposely instituted the practice of praise and worship to gather His people into His presence and to keep them for Himself. He likewise established the execution of blood sacrifices to cleanse them of their sins to render Satan powerless over their lives through forgiveness of sins. Therefore, Satan may deceive humans to sin against God countless times; however, for as long as God’s people comes to present Him some burned offerings, He will always honor them and unconditional forgive them of their sins and restore them to His family and
The book of 1-2 Kings was written to record a history but, if we study it carefully, this history was presented to teach the reader a lesson. Looking at the message and themes that being developed in this book, we can be sure that there is one important thing that the writer wants his reader to understand: learn from Israel’s mistakes. The king’s failures to lead the people of Israel and Judah caused by their disobedience and unfaithfulness to God and His covenant. All this failures can be identified because there were so much things going on that caused Israel and Judah failed to be faithful in obeying the covenant responsibilities. Idolatry and the lack of priorities can be said as the top two reasons on why these kings and nations failed.
