Acts 12:25-13:12 Dear RTB’ers, Today we return to Acts. Thus far in Acts the focus has mostly been on the church in Jerusalem and the apostles’ ministry in neighboring cities. Now the focus becomes the church at Antioch, some 300 miles north of Jerusalem, about twice as far from Jerusalem as Damascus. There are two …
Category Archives: RTB 2024 – Search the Scriptures, Part 1
May 27 / Exodus 19-20
Exodus 19-20 Dear RTB’ers, Let’s continue to pray for Mary G. as she recuperates from knee replacement surgery. Today, the Ten Commandments. It’s our last day in Exodus for a while; we’ll finish this book after spending more time in Acts. Put yourself into today’s reading…!! The POWER that God brings, …thunders and lightnings and …
May 26 / Exodus 18
Exodus 18 Dear RTB’ers, Let’s continue to pray for Mary G. as she recuperates from knee replacement surgery. It’s easy to forget that Moses was a family man, with a wife and two sons. We first met Zipporah when Moses had exiled himself to Midian after killing an Egyptian. There he married Zipporah. However, after …
May 25 / Exodus 17
Exodus 17 Dear RTB’ers, Let’s continue to pray for Mary G. as she recuperates from knee replacement surgery. More grumbling (Ex. 17:2-3), this time for lack of water and them “dying of thirst”. Previous grumblings have been fear of death from Pharaoh’s army (Ex. 14:10-11), bitter water (Ex. 15:24), and hunger (Ex. 16:3). Do we …
May 24 / Exodus 15:22-16:36
Exodus 15:22-16:36 Dear RTB’ers, Let’s continue to pray for Mary G. as she recuperates from knee replacement surgery – for her, for Len, for her medical team, and for her recovery. Today, wilderness wanderings, grumbling, quail, and manna. Yesterday we saw the first incident of the people grumbling against Moses (Ex. 14:10-11). Today we see …
May 23 / Exodus 14:1-15:21
Exodus 14:1-15:21 Dear RTB’ers, Let’s be in prayer today for Mary G. as she undergoes knee replacement surgery – for her, for Len, for her medical team, and for her recovery. Today, they’re gone! The Israelites from Pharaoh’s grasp and the Egyptians to the bottom of the Sea! The Lord delivers His people, but not …
May 22 / Exodus 12:37-13:22
Exodus 12:37-13:22 Dear RTB’ers, Today, Israel’s departure from Egypt and instructions for celebrating the Passover and for setting aside the firstborn. As far as I know, our reading yesterday and today are the only Biblical instructions for how the Israelites were to celebrate the Passover. By contrast, the setting aside of the firstborn males is …
May 21 / Exodus 12:1-36
Exodus 12:1-36 Dear RTB’ers, The Passover. Today we get 28 verses of instruction and preparation, then eight verses of action. And the instruction is given with detail: the tenth day, the fourteenth day, the twenty-first day; year-old male lamb, unblemished, roasted; unleavened bread, bitter herbs; belt, sandals, staff; blood, hyssop, lintel, doorposts. And the people …
May 20 / Exodus 10-11
Exodus 10-11 Dear RTB’ers, Exodus 10-11, two plagues today – the eighth and ninth, locusts and darkness – and the promise of another, the final plague, the death of the Egyptian firstborn. Two days ago I spoke of Pharaoh wanting to compromise with Moses: So Pharaoh said, “I will let you go to sacrifice to …
May 19 / Exodus 9
Exodus 9 Dear RTB’ers, Exodus 9, three plagues today – livestock deaths, boils and hail. Again the Lord distinguishes between the Egyptians and the Hebrews, in both the fifth and seventh plagues. The fifth plague, …behold, the hand of the LORD will come with a very severe plague on your livestock which are in the …