Exodus 14-15, Matthew 17
I am a history teacher, period. I make no claim to any scholarship other than that. And, though I did take a class in the 70's on the Bible as Literature, I only got a C... and that was mostly because I was a counter to the "Born Agains" who dominated the class.
In Exodus we read of the flight from Egypt and how God works through not only Moses (and who can hear that name without thinking of Charlton Heston and the 10 Commandments) but also through the people of Egypt, the Pharaoh in particular. God delcares to Moses that thus and so will be, and that He will ensure it happens... for He Is God.
The people of Israel are anxious about the whole desert thing, but as God promises, so he provides.
It would be nice to say " and they lived happily ever after..." but that is not the case...
Matthew speaks of Jesus' final days... how prophecy begins to come together and the end is in sight, at least in Jesus' sight...
Our God is not for the Faint of Heart... ever notice that? He expects that we will follow his lead, but doesn't make it easy... How much courage do we display in our daily lives?
Tough question... but then that is what History Teachers do, ask tough questions...
Trouble is... there isn't a teacher's edition handy with all the answers.
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