Posts by Josh Moody
Exodus 13-15: Crossing the Red Sea
Exodus 13-15; Psalm 28; Matthew 12:22-37; Acts 17:16-34 Exodus 13-15: This section picks up after more instructions about the Passover (Ex. 12:40-51), and continues with instruction on consecrating the firstborn (13:1-2), the Feast of Unleavened Bread (13:3-10), and the law of the firstborn (13:11-16). It rapidly moves to one of the more dramatic moments in…
Read MoreExodus 10-12: Passover!
Exodus 10-12; Psalm 27; Matthew 12:1-21; Acts 17:1-15 Exodus 10-12: The Passover in Exodus 12 is the greatest story in the entire Bible, except one which is the fulfillment of this story! So Pharaoh once again is up to his old tricks: first yes (10:8, 24), then no (10:10, 28). His heart is hardened (10:1,…
Read MoreExodus 7-9: Yes, Yes and No, No
Exodus 7-9; Psalm 26; Matthew 11:20-30; Acts 16:16-40 Exodus 7-9: It is mysterious to human eyes why some believe and some do not, yet in the ultimacy of God’s purpose all is clear: Pharaoh made a conscious choice to refuse to “let God’s people go,” and he did so according to the will of God.…
Read MoreExodus 4-6: Bricks Without Straw
Exodus 4-6; Psalm 25; Matthew 11:1-19; Acts 16:1-15 Exodus 4-6: Moses is not so sure this is a task that he is up to (4:1), and who could blame him? Going to the regional superpower, the leader of Egypt, and commanding said all-powerful leader to do exactly what you said. This was not a job…
Read MoreExodus 1-3: Let My People Go!
Exodus 1-3; Psalm 24; Matthew 10:21-42; Acts 15:22-41 Exodus 1-3: The plot thickens. According to God’s promise to Abram (Genesis 15:13), God’s people would go as strangers to a strange land, be servants/slaves there, and be called out to serve God afterwards in their own land. So also are we today serving God in a strange…
Read MoreGenesis 50: Promises Kept!
Genesis 50, Psalm 23, Matthew 10:1-20, Acts 15:1-21 Genesis 50: Genesis closes with death (50:1-3), a land that is still a land of promise (50:24), forgiveness (50:15-21), and a confidence in God’s sovereignty over all human affairs (50:20). Joseph fulfills the promise that his father had made him agree to before he died (Gen. 47:29-31; 49:29-32)—to bury him…
Read MoreGenesis 49: True Blessing
Genesis 49, Psalm 22:12-31, Matthew 9:27-38, Acts 14 Genesis 49: Jacob’s final blessing on his children is a little mixed! If you were asked to “give a blessing” at a meal or to do the benediction as the last part of a worship service, you would be unlikely to use many of the words or ideas found here!…
Read MoreGenesis 48: Blessing
Genesis 48, Psalm 22:1-11, Matthew 9:14-26, Acts 13:26-52 Psalm 22:1-11: It is the end of Jacob’s life, and so Joseph goes with his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim, to pay his last respects to his father (48:1-2). The whole scene mirrors the similar but different scenario with Jacob’s own father, Isaac, in Genesis 27. Jacob now is also…
Read MoreGenesis 46-47: Home
Genesis 46-47, Psalm 21, Matthew 9:1-13, Acts 13:1-25 Genesis 46-47: The name “Israel,” the name of promise, is now used more prominently for Jacob, as Jacob comes nearer to the fulfillment of what it is that God had long promised him. Indeed, once again God appears to him and promises to him that in Egypt his people will…
Read MoreGenesis 44-45: Do Not Quarrel on the Way
Genesis 44-45, Psalm 20, Matthew 8:23-34, Acts 12 Genesis 44-45: “Do not quarrel on the way” (45:24)! How well Joseph knew his brothers by now! Was this last little statement near the end of these famous and beautiful chapters a final jest between them—remember don’t get into a fight, guys! Or was it a fraternal warning from one…
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