Exodus 12:1-13

Preparations for major holy days require much thought. This is why the church calendar includes such seasons as Advent, Lent and Pentecost. We spend four weeks considering the incarnation of the Son of God. We spend forty days contemplating the death of Christ on our behalf. We spend fifty days embracing the truth of the resurrection, and looking forward to the coming of the Holy Spirit.  

Exodus 12:29-13:16

Every family has a firstborn.  In recent years, the prospect of the baby’s coming has been celebrated in advance with a “reveal party.”  A shower may also be given in advance to help the family clothe their newborn. Upon the birth, the baby is named, welcomed, baptized and cared for. 

Exodus 13:17-14:15

Perhaps you have heard of the idiom “Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea.” That was the situation the Hebrews found themselves in shortly after they left Egypt. 

Exodus 14:15-31

As a growing child, I was told an important interpretive key to the Bible’s two testaments. “The new is in the old concealed; the old is in the new revealed.” In other words, there are treasures hidden in the Old Testament that are only revealed in their full meaning by accepting the words of the New Testament.

Exodus 15:1-21

In his book, Reflections on the Psalms, C. S. Lewis shares his thoughts about why we delight to praise what we enjoy. “…the praise not merely expresses but completes the enjoyment. It is its appointed consummation…the delight is incomplete till it is expressed.” (Reflections, Lewis: 90-98)