Jesus Teaches On A Mountain
On a mountainside, Jesus taught a large crowd about the nature of God’s kingdom, beginning with the Beatitudes, which describe how God blesses the humble, the kind, and the peaceful. He provided a model for prayer, now known as the Lord’s Prayer, and gave difficult commands such as loving one’s enemies and doing good to […]
The Ten Commandments
As the Israelites journeyed toward the Promised Land, God called Moses to the top of Mount Sinai to receive laws that would set them apart as His special, chosen people. The people prepared themselves by purifying their bodies and clothes, then watched from the base of the smoke-covered mountain as God spoke with Moses. God […]
Food In The Wilderness
After leaving Egypt, the Israelites began to complain to Moses and Aaron about the lack of food in the desert, wishing they were back in Egypt where they had bread and meat. In response, God promised to rain down bread from the skies, providing a flakey substance called “manna” every morning and quail in the […]
The Great Deliverance – 2
God appeared to Moses in a burning bush and commanded him to tell Pharaoh to set the Israelites free. Despite ten warnings and disasters, the king only let the people go after the final plague, but quickly changed his mind and sent his army with chariots to recapture them. Trapped between the sea and the […]
The First Passover
God sent Moses and his brother Aaron to Pharaoh with a demand to let the Israelites go, but Pharaoh’s stubbornness led to a series of ten devastating plagues. These plagues demonstrated God’s superior power through events like water turning to blood, infestations of frogs and locusts, and total darkness. The final and worst plague was […]
The Great Deliverance – 1
Moses grew up as a prince in Egypt but remained aware of the suffering of his people, who were living as overworked slaves under a cruel king. One day, after witnessing a soldier mistreating a Hebrew slave, Moses intervened and accidentally killed the soldier, forcing him to flee into the desert to escape the king’s […]
Moses Is Born
Years after Joseph’s time, a new Pharaoh feared the growing number of Hebrews in Egypt and ordered all their baby boys to be killed. One mother hid her son for as long as possible before placing him in a basket on the river, where he was discovered by Pharaoh’s daughter. The princess chose to keep […]
The Great Catch
While teaching by a lake, Jesus used Simon Peter’s boat as a platform to speak to a large crowd and then instructed the tired fishermen to let down their nets in deep water. Despite having caught nothing all night, Simon obeyed, resulting in a catch so massive that it nearly sank two boats and required […]
Joseph’s Brothers In Egypt
During the famine, Jacob sent his sons to Egypt to buy food, where they unknowingly encountered their brother Joseph, who was now the governor. Joseph tested his brothers’ character by accusing them of being spies and later framing the youngest, Benjamin, for theft to see if the older brothers would protect him. When Judah offered […]
Joseph’s Life In Egypt, Part 2
Two years after the butler was released from prison, Pharaoh had two troubling dreams involving healthy and sickly cows and grain that no one could interpret. The butler finally remembered Joseph, who was brought before Pharaoh and explained that the dreams predicted seven years of abundance followed by seven years of severe famine. Joseph advised […]
