Author Archives: Jefferson Vann
changing for the sake of the mission
Exodus 4:18-31 18 Moses went back to Jethro his father-in-law and asked him, “Please let me go back to my brothers in Egypt to see whether they are still alive.” And Jethro told Moses, “Go in peace.” 19 And the … Continue reading
what I cannot do
Exodus 4:1-17 1 Then Moses answered, “But see, they will not believe me or listen to my voice, because they will say, ‘The LORD did not appear to you.’” 2 The LORD said to him, “What is this in your … Continue reading
Yahveh
Exodus 3:13-22 13 Then Moses said to God, “If I come to the people of Israel and say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ and they ask me, ‘What is his name?’ what should … Continue reading
God’s mountain
Exodus 2:23-3:12 23 And after many days the king of Egypt died, and the people of Israel groaned because of their slavery and cried out for help. Their cry for rescue came up to God. 24 And God heard their … Continue reading
the Gershom years
Exodus 2:11-22. 11 Then after Moses had grown up, he went out to his brothers and saw their oppression, and he saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew, one of his brothers. 12 He looked this way and that, and seeing … Continue reading
as luck would have it
Exodus 2:1-10 1 Then a man from the house of Levi went and took as his wife a daughter of Levi. 2 The woman conceived and bore a son, and seeing that he was special, she hid him three months. … Continue reading
a bad turn within God’s will
Exodus 1:8-22 8 Then a new king — who did not remember Joseph — began reigning over Egypt,. 9 And he said to his people, “See, the people of the sons of Israel are too many and too strong for … Continue reading
no vacancy
Exodus 1:1-7 1 These are the names of the sons of Israel who came to Egypt with Jacob, each man with his family: 2 Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, 3 Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin, 4 Dan and Naphtali, Gad and … Continue reading
full circle
Matthew 28:16-20 16 Then the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain to which Jesus had directed them. 17 And after seeing him they worshiped him, but some doubted. 18 And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority … Continue reading
two other commissions
Matthew 28:1-15 1 Now after the Sabbath, when the first day of the week was dawning, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to see the tomb. 2 And see, there was a great earthquake, because an angel of the … Continue reading
