A Faithful Journey to Christ

A Faithful Journey to Christ Letโ€™s take this journey of faith together! ๐Ÿ™โœจ

๐ŸŒฟโœจ Happy First Sabbath of November! โœจ๐ŸŒฟ No matter the challenges or fears we face, we can trust that the Lord is on our s...
31/10/2025

๐ŸŒฟโœจ Happy First Sabbath of November! โœจ๐ŸŒฟ
No matter the challenges or fears we face, we can trust that the Lord is on our side, guiding and protecting us.

โ€œAnd Joshua captured all these kings and their land at one time, because the LORD God of Israel fought for Israel.โ€ Joshua 10:42

Let us rest in His promises and courageously face each day, knowing that our God fights for us!

24/10/2025

Let your life reflect the faith you have in God. Fear nothing and pray about everything. Be strong, trust God's word, and trust the process.

24/10/2025

"Keeping the Sabbath day holy is much more than just physical rest. It involves spiritual renewal and worship"

๐‹๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐Ÿ’: ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐ญ ๐๐ž๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐€๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐ญ๐ฌ๐Œ๐ž๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐“๐ž๐ฑ๐ญ: โ€œ๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘  ๐‘๐‘’๐‘’๐‘› ๐‘›๐‘œ ๐‘‘๐‘Ž๐‘ฆ ๐‘™๐‘–๐‘˜๐‘’ ๐‘–๐‘ก ๐‘๐‘’๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘๐‘’, ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘› ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐ฟ๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘‘ โ„Ž๐‘’...
24/10/2025

๐‹๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐Ÿ’: ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐ญ ๐๐ž๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐€๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐ญ๐ฌ

๐Œ๐ž๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐“๐ž๐ฑ๐ญ: โ€œ๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘  ๐‘๐‘’๐‘’๐‘› ๐‘›๐‘œ ๐‘‘๐‘Ž๐‘ฆ ๐‘™๐‘–๐‘˜๐‘’ ๐‘–๐‘ก ๐‘๐‘’๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘๐‘’, ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘› ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐ฟ๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘‘ โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘’๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ฃ๐‘œ๐‘–๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘Ž ๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘›, ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐ฟ๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘‘ ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘”โ„Ž๐‘ก ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐ผ๐‘ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘’๐‘™โ€ (๐—๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ต๐˜‚๐—ฎ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ:๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฐ, ๐—˜๐—ฆ๐—ฉ).

๐ˆ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง: The book of Joshua is filled with many wars. God commanded His people to fight these wars. God helped His people to win. We see this idea all through the book of Joshua (Joshua 10:11).
* ๐บ๐‘œ๐‘‘ ๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘˜๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘ก ๐‘“๐‘–๐‘”โ„Ž๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐ผ๐‘ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘’๐‘™ (๐ฝ๐‘œ๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘ข๐‘Ž 6:2; ๐ฝ๐‘œ๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘ข๐‘Ž 8:1).
* ๐ฝ๐‘œ๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘ข๐‘Ž ๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘ ๐‘œ ๐‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘ฆ๐‘  ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐บ๐‘œ๐‘‘ ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘™๐‘™ โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘™๐‘ ๐ผ๐‘ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘’๐‘™ ๐‘“๐‘–๐‘”โ„Ž๐‘ก ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘› (๐ฝ๐‘œ๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘ข๐‘Ž 4:23, 24; ๐ฝ๐‘œ๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘ข๐‘Ž 8:7).
* ๐‘…๐‘Žโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ ๐‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘ฆ๐‘  ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘š๐‘’ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” (๐ฝ๐‘œ๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘ข๐‘Ž 2:10).
* ๐‘†๐‘œ ๐‘‘๐‘œ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ ๐‘๐‘–๐‘’๐‘  (๐ฝ๐‘œ๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘ข๐‘Ž 2:24) ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐บ๐‘œ๐‘‘โ€™๐‘  ๐‘๐‘’๐‘œ๐‘๐‘™๐‘’ (๐ฝ๐‘œ๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘ข๐‘Ž 24:18). ๐บ๐‘œ๐‘‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘ ๐‘œ ๐‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘ฆ๐‘  ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐ป๐‘’ ๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘ก๐‘  ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘’ ๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘ .
For sure, Godโ€™s announcement may fill us with surprise. If God is love, why does He fight? Why did His people fight so many wars during Old Testament times? (Read Exodus 34:6; Psalm 86:15; Psalm 103:8; Psalm 108:4.)
This week and next, we will answer the difficult question about the wars that God commanded Israel to fight. ๐‘Šโ„Ž๐‘ฆ ๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘‘ ๐บ๐‘œ๐‘‘ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘  ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘œ๐‘˜ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐ฝ๐‘œ๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘ข๐‘Ž ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘’๐‘™๐‘ ๐‘’- ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’?

๐’๐ฎ๐ง๐๐š๐ฒ: ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐€๐ซ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‹๐จ๐ซ๐
โž  Israel had crossed the Jordan. The land of Canaan was before them. Jericho's gates were locked. The city looked impossible to conquer. Israel had no plan, no powerful weapons - only faith in God.

โž  Then Joshua saw a Man with a sword standing nearby. "๐ด๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘Œ๐‘œ๐‘ข ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘ข๐‘  ๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ ๐‘’๐‘›๐‘’๐‘š๐‘–๐‘’๐‘ ?" Joshua asked. The Man replied, "๐๐ž๐ข๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ." God was not taking sides โ€” He was calling Joshua to join His side.

โž  This was no ordinary warrior. He was the Commander of the Lord's army โ€” the pre-incarnate Christ. Joshua bowed in worship. The Commander accepted it, proving He was divine.

โž  This meeting showed that the battle for Jericho was part of a greater war - the conflict between good and evil.

๐‹๐ข๐Ÿ๐ž ๐€๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง:
1. ๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘ ๐‘ข๐‘๐‘๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘  ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘“๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘š ๐‘œ๐‘๐‘’๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘’๐‘›๐‘๐‘’, ๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘ก ๐‘“๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘š ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ ๐‘œ๐‘ค๐‘› ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ค๐‘’๐‘Ÿ.
2. ๐ฟ๐‘’๐‘ก ๐ถโ„Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐‘™๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘‘ ๐‘’๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘ก๐‘™๐‘’ ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ ๐‘™๐‘–๐‘“๐‘’.
3. ๐‘‡๐‘Ÿ๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐ป๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘’๐‘› ๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘š๐‘–๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘“๐‘–๐‘”โ„Ž๐‘ก ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘ข.
4. ๐‘‰๐‘–๐‘๐‘ก๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ ๐‘๐‘’๐‘”๐‘–๐‘›๐‘  ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘กโ„Ž ๐‘ ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘›๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ, ๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘ก ๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘›๐‘”๐‘กโ„Ž.
5. ๐‘Šโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘› ๐บ๐‘œ๐‘‘ ๐‘”๐‘œ๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘๐‘’๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘ข, ๐‘›๐‘œ ๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘™ ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘› ๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘.
6. ๐ธ๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ ๐‘ฃ๐‘–๐‘๐‘ก๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ ๐‘๐‘’๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘”๐‘  ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐บ๐‘œ๐‘‘. ๐‘†๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘œ๐‘› ๐ป๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘‘๐‘’, ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘ข ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘™๐‘™ ๐‘›๐‘’๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘’.

๐Œ๐จ๐ง๐๐š๐ฒ: ๐–๐š๐ซ ๐ข๐ง ๐‡๐ž๐š๐ฏ๐ž๐ง
โž  The battle Joshua faced on earth pointed to a greater war in heaven. Long before Canaan, a conflict began in God's presence.

โž  God created angels with freedom - the power to choose love or rebellion. One perfect angel, Lucifer, became proud and rebelled against God. He desired God's throne and led many angels into rebellion.

โž  Isaiah and Ezekiel describe this fall using the kings of Babylon and Tyre as symbols. These earthly kings show what pride and self-exaltation look like - the same spirit that began in heaven.

โž  Daniel reveals that these fallen beings still try to block God's plans on earth. Every earthly conflict between good and evil is part of this larger cosmic battle.

โž  The wars in Joshua's time were not just about land โ€” they were signs of God restoring His justice and truth in a broken world.

๐‹๐ข๐Ÿ๐ž ๐€๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง:
1. ๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘ก๐‘™๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘’๐‘ก๐‘ค๐‘’๐‘’๐‘› ๐‘”๐‘œ๐‘œ๐‘‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘’๐‘ฃ๐‘–๐‘™ ๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘™ - ๐‘๐‘ข๐‘ก ๐ถโ„Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘‘๐‘ฆ ๐‘ค๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ฃ๐‘–๐‘๐‘ก๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ.
2. ๐ต๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘’: ๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘‘๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘™๐‘“-๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘™๐‘–๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘œ๐‘ก๐‘  ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘๐‘’๐‘™๐‘™๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘›.
3. ๐‘†๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘ฆ โ„Ž๐‘ข๐‘š๐‘๐‘™๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘ฆ๐‘Ž๐‘™ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐บ๐‘œ๐‘‘'๐‘  ๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘‘๐‘’.
4. ๐‘…๐‘’๐‘š๐‘’๐‘š๐‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ, ๐‘’๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ ๐‘โ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘–๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘ข ๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘˜๐‘’ ๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘ค๐‘  ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘โ„Ž ๐‘˜๐‘–๐‘›๐‘”๐‘‘๐‘œ๐‘š ๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘ข ๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘กโ„Ž.
5. ๐ต๐‘’โ„Ž๐‘–๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘’๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘™๐‘ฆ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘“๐‘™๐‘–๐‘๐‘ก ๐‘™๐‘–๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘Ž ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ ๐‘š๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘’ โ€” ๐‘๐‘ข๐‘ก ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘กโ„Ž ๐ฝ๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ข๐‘ , ๐‘ค๐‘’ ๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘›๐‘›๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘‘๐‘’.

๐“๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ๐๐š๐ฒ: ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐‹๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ˆ๐ฌ ๐š ๐–๐š๐ซ๐ซ๐ข๐จ๐ซ
โž  In Egypt, God's people forgot who He truly was and mixed His worship with pagan practices. Oppressed and broken, they cried out โ€” and God heard them. But their deliverance was more than a human struggle between Moses and Pharaoh.

โž  It was a spiritual war โ€” God versus the false gods and evil powers behind Egypt's cruelty. The plagues were not random punishments; they revealed God's power over every idol. God fought not just for Israel, but for truth, justice, and His holy name.

โž  All earthly battles in Scripture point to one greater war - between good and evil. This conflict reached its peak at the cross, where Christ conquered sin forever.

โž  Yet the war will end completely at the final judgment when evil is destroyed. In this great controversy, no one stands neutral โ€” we are either with God or against Him

๐‹๐ข๐Ÿ๐ž ๐€๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง:
1. ๐บ๐‘œ๐‘‘ ๐‘“๐‘–๐‘”โ„Ž๐‘ก๐‘  ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘ก๐‘™๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘› ๐‘ค๐‘’ ๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐ป๐‘–๐‘š ๐‘“๐‘ข๐‘™๐‘™๐‘ฆ.
2. ๐‘…๐‘’๐‘š๐‘’๐‘š๐‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ, ๐‘ ๐‘๐‘–๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘ข๐‘Ž๐‘™ ๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ ๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘™ โ€” ๐‘โ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘œ๐‘ ๐‘’ ๐บ๐‘œ๐‘‘'๐‘  ๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘‘๐‘’ ๐‘’๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ ๐‘‘๐‘Ž๐‘ฆ.
3. ๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘š๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ค๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘“๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐ผ๐‘ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘’๐‘™ ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘› ๐‘“๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘’ ๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘ข ๐‘“๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘š ๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘›'๐‘  ๐‘”๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘.
4. ๐‘†๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘“๐‘–๐‘Ÿ๐‘š - ๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ ๐‘Š๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ - ๐พ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘  ๐‘›๐‘’๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐‘Ž ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘ก๐‘™๐‘’.
5. ๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘’ ๐ฟ๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘‘ ๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘Ž ๐‘š๐‘–๐‘”โ„Ž๐‘ก๐‘ฆ ๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘œ ๐‘“๐‘–๐‘”โ„Ž๐‘ก๐‘  ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘ข๐‘กโ„Ž, ๐‘—๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘๐‘’, ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐ป๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘๐‘’๐‘œ๐‘๐‘™๐‘’. ๐ผ๐‘› ๐‘’๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ ๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘ข๐‘”๐‘”๐‘™๐‘’, ๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘œ๐‘› ๐ป๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘‘๐‘’ ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘ฃ๐‘–๐‘๐‘ก๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ ๐‘๐‘’๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘”๐‘  ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐ป๐‘–๐‘š.

๐–๐ž๐๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐๐š๐ฒ: ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐‹๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐–๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐…๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ
โž  At the Red Sea, Israel was trapped โ€” mountains on one side, Pharaoh's army on the other. In fear, they cried out, but Moses told them, "๐’๐ญ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ซ๐ฆ. ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐‹๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ."

โž  Israel didn't need weapons - only faith. God Himself fought their battle and parted the sea. This moment became the model for how God saves His people: not by human strength, but by divine power.

โž  God's plan was never for Israel to win by fighting, but by trusting and obeying completely. Whenever they believed, God gave them victory without battle. Whenever they doubted, war followed.

โž  The Lord's victories showed that salvation comes from faith, not force. Murmuring and unbelief always made life harder - opening the door to conflict and loss.

โž  God's ideal plan is for His people to trust Him fully - not to fight, but to stand still and see His salvation.

๐‹๐ข๐Ÿ๐ž ๐€๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง:
1. ๐ฟ๐‘’๐‘ก ๐บ๐‘œ๐‘‘ ๐‘“๐‘–๐‘”โ„Ž๐‘ก ๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘ก๐‘™๐‘’๐‘  - ๐ป๐‘’ ๐‘˜๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘ค๐‘  ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘ฆ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘›.
2. ๐‘Šโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘› ๐‘“๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘ , ๐‘โ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘œ๐‘ ๐‘’ ๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘™๐‘™๐‘›๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘‘ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘–๐‘.
3. ๐‘€๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘š๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘ค๐‘  ๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘ก; ๐‘“๐‘Ž๐‘–๐‘กโ„Ž ๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘”๐‘  ๐‘๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘™๐‘–๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘๐‘’.
4. ๐‘…๐‘’๐‘š๐‘’๐‘š๐‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ: ๐‘œ๐‘๐‘’๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘’๐‘›๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘ž๐‘ข๐‘–๐‘’๐‘ก ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘“๐‘–๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘›๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘ฃ๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘’ ๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘ฃ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘’ ๐‘ฃ๐‘–๐‘๐‘ก๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ.
5. ๐‘‰๐‘–๐‘๐‘ก๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ ๐‘๐‘’๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘”๐‘  ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘ ๐‘’ ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘œ ๐‘๐‘’๐‘™๐‘–๐‘’๐‘ฃ๐‘’, ๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘ก ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘ ๐‘’ ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘œ ๐‘š๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘š๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ.

๐“๐ก๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐๐š๐ฒ: ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐’๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ง๐-๐๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐Ž๐ฉ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง
โž  God's original plan was that His people would win through faith, not fighting. But after the Exodus, when Israel murmured and doubted, God allowed enemies like Amalek to attack.

โž  This test helped them see their need to depend on God again. Later, during the conquest of Canaan, God still led them โ€” but now they had to join in the battles.

โž  The fall of Jericho showed that victory still came from God's power, not human strength. When Israel trusted, they won; when they doubted, they failed.

โž  God met His people where they were - teaching them step by step to trust Him fully again. War was never the best plan, only the second-best option because of unbelief.

๐‹๐ข๐Ÿ๐ž ๐€๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง:
1. ๐ธ๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘› ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘› ๐‘ค๐‘’ ๐‘“๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘™ ๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘ก, ๐บ๐‘œ๐‘‘ ๐‘‘๐‘œ๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘›'๐‘ก ๐‘”๐‘–๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘ข๐‘  โ€” ๐ป๐‘’ ๐‘š๐‘’๐‘’๐‘ก๐‘  ๐‘ข๐‘  ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘ค๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘’.
2. ๐‘Šโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘› ๐‘“๐‘Ž๐‘–๐‘กโ„Ž ๐‘ค๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘˜๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ , ๐‘โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘™๐‘’๐‘›๐‘”๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘› ๐‘๐‘’๐‘๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘’ ๐‘™๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ ๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘  ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘๐‘ข๐‘–๐‘™๐‘‘ ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ ๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘ก.
3. ๐ธ๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ "๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘ก๐‘™๐‘’" ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘™๐‘–๐‘“๐‘’ ๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘Ž ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘™ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘๐‘’๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘œ๐‘› ๐บ๐‘œ๐‘‘, ๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘ก ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘™๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘ .
4. ๐‘‚๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ ๐‘ฃ๐‘–๐‘๐‘ก๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ ๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘ฆ๐‘  ๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘๐‘’๐‘›๐‘‘๐‘  ๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘“๐‘Ž๐‘–๐‘กโ„Ž, ๐‘›๐‘’๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘œ๐‘› โ„Ž๐‘ข๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘› ๐‘’๐‘“๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘ก ๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘’.
5. ๐บ๐‘œ๐‘‘'๐‘  ๐‘๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐‘๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘› ๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘ฆ๐‘  ๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘ก ๐‘“๐‘–๐‘”โ„Ž๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘›๐‘”. ๐ต๐‘ข๐‘ก ๐‘’๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘› ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘› ๐‘ค๐‘’ ๐‘“๐‘Ž๐‘–๐‘™, ๐ป๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘”๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘ก๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘›๐‘  ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ ๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘‘- ๐‘๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐‘š๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘  ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘™๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ ๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘  ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘“๐‘Ž๐‘–๐‘กโ„Ž ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘๐‘’๐‘›๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘›๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘œ๐‘› ๐ป๐‘–๐‘š.

๐‚๐จ๐ง๐œ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง:
โ€œGod chose the time when His people should enter into the Promised Land. But the people didnโ€™t trust in the Lord. So, God removed His offer to His people to let them enter at that time. . . . God didnโ€™t want His people to fight to win the land. He wanted them to obey His commands. When they were obedient, He would reward their obedience. Then He would give them the Promised Land as a gift.โ€
โ€” ๐„๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ง ๐†. ๐–๐ก๐ข๐ญ๐ž, ๐‘ƒ๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘โ„Ž๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘ƒ๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘ก๐‘ , p. 392.

๐“๐ก๐š๐ง๐ค ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ง๐ž๐ฑ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ž๐ž๐ค!!

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๐‹๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐Ÿ“: ๐๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ

๐Œ๐ž๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐“๐ž๐ฑ๐ญ: โ€œ๐ด๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘–๐‘ก ๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘™ ๐‘๐‘’, ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘› ๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ ๐‘โ„Ž๐‘–๐‘™๐‘‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘› ๐‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘ฆ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘ข, โ€œ๐‘Šโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘‘๐‘œ ๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘ข ๐‘š๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘› ๐‘๐‘ฆ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฃ๐‘–๐‘๐‘’?โ€ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘ข ๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘™ ๐‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘ฆ, โ€œ๐ผ๐‘ก ๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ƒ๐‘Ž๐‘ ๐‘ ๐‘œ๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘“๐‘–๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐ฟ๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘‘, ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘œ ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘ ๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘œ๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ โ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘โ„Ž๐‘–๐‘™๐‘‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘› ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐ผ๐‘ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘’๐‘™ ๐‘–๐‘› ๐ธ๐‘”๐‘ฆ๐‘๐‘ก ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘› ๐ป๐‘’ ๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘ข๐‘๐‘˜ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐ธ๐‘”๐‘ฆ๐‘๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘™๐‘–๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ โ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘’โ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘‘๐‘ โ€ (๐—˜๐˜…๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฎ:๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ, ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿณ, ๐—ก๐—ž๐—๐—ฉ).

๐ˆ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง: The 10th punishment is about to fall on Egypt. Moses gives Pharaoh, king of Egypt, his last warning. The king must make his final decision. Pharaoh and his leaders will soon make a decision that will cause the life or death of many people. Pharaoh's decision will change the lives of everyone Egypt forever. Pharaoh's thoughts and feelings about the living God of Israel will decide his future and that of every Egyptian.
๐ป๐‘œ๐‘ค ๐‘‘๐‘œ ๐‘ค๐‘’ ๐‘“๐‘’๐‘’๐‘™, ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘‘๐‘œ ๐‘ค๐‘’ ๐‘‘๐‘œ, ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘› ๐‘ค๐‘’ ๐‘š๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘˜๐‘’ ๐‘Ž ๐‘โ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘–๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘™๐‘™ ๐‘โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘”๐‘’ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘™๐‘–๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘ ๐‘œ ๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘ฆ ๐‘๐‘’๐‘œ๐‘๐‘™๐‘’? God is more than willing to give us wisdom, understanding, and power to make the right decision (1 Corinthians 1:30; Philippians 2:13).
Sad to say, we don't always want to do what is right. We know what is right, but we refuse to do it. In the story about how God helped Israel escape from Egypt, one king refused to obey God. The king's decision hurt many people and destroyed his country.

๐’๐”๐๐ƒ๐€๐˜: ๐Ž๐ง๐ž ๐Œ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐๐ฅ๐š๐ ๐ฎ๐ž
โž  ๐†๐Ž๐ƒ ๐“๐„๐‹๐‹๐’ ๐‡๐ˆ๐’ ๐๐„๐Ž๐๐‹๐„ ๐“๐Ž ๐๐„ ๐…๐€๐ˆ๐‘ (๐„๐ฑ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ:๐Ÿ-๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ). Amos was a prophet or special messenger from God. Amos said, "๐‘Šโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘› ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐ฟ๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘‘ ๐บ๐‘‚๐ท ๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘๐‘–๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘‘๐‘œ ๐‘ ๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘’๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘›๐‘”, โ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘™๐‘™ ๐‘“๐‘–๐‘Ÿ๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘™๐‘™ โ„Ž๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฃ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘ , ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘ก๐‘ " (Amos 3:7, ERV).

โž  God told His prophet Moses what will happen next for Pharaoh, the king of Egypt. Moses gave Pharaoh a strong warning. God was going to punish Pharaoh's pride and other sins. These sins included Pharaoh's worship of false gods. Pharaoh also hurt God's people and made them his slaves. All of the king's sins caused God to punish Egypt.

โž  ๐‘Šโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘›๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘‘ ๐บ๐‘œ๐‘‘ ๐‘”๐‘–๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘ƒโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘œโ„Ž ๐‘๐‘’๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐ป๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘–๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐ธ๐‘”๐‘ฆ๐‘๐‘ก? ๐‘…๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘‘ ๐ธ๐‘ฅ๐‘œ๐‘‘๐‘ข๐‘  11:1-10 ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘ ๐‘ค๐‘’๐‘Ÿ.

โž  God gave Egypt time: ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐ž๐ž ๐๐š๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐๐š๐ซ๐ค๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ (Exodus 10:22, 23). During this time, God wanted the Egyptians to think about things that happened and what they meant. God gave the Egyptians a final warning. The warning was clear. God gave the Egyptians a final chance to do the right thing.

โž  But Exodus 11:8 says that "Moses was very angry when he left Pharaoh". ๐‘พ๐’‰๐’š ๐’˜๐’‚๐’” ๐‘ด๐’๐’”๐’†๐’” ๐’”๐’ ๐’‚๐’๐’ˆ๐’“๐’š? Maybe because he knew that the 10th punishment would cause a terrible disaster in the lives of many innocent people. All of these things happened because Pharaoh was so stubborn.

โž  Ten is an important number in the Bible. Ten shows us something that is complete, full, or perfect. (๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘–๐‘›๐‘˜ ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘ก ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘‡๐‘’๐‘› ๐ถ๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘๐‘š๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘  ๐‘Ž ๐‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘“๐‘’๐‘๐‘ก ๐‘’๐‘ฅ๐‘Ž๐‘š๐‘๐‘™๐‘’ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐บ๐‘œ๐‘‘'๐‘  ๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘ค.) ๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘› ๐‘๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘–๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘š๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘  ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘“๐‘’๐‘™๐‘™ ๐‘œ๐‘› ๐ธ๐‘”๐‘ฆ๐‘๐‘ก ๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘ค ๐บ๐‘œ๐‘‘'๐‘  ๐‘“๐‘ข๐‘™๐‘™ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘”๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐ธ๐‘”๐‘ฆ๐‘๐‘ก'๐‘  ๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘›.

โž  God is the Judge. He hates pride. He also hates when people aren't fair. God hates when people are selfish, mean, or hurt other people. God feels love and pity on people who suffer. God will punish evil. God's work as Judge shows us His love.

โž  But "the Lord has told you what is good. He has told you what he wants from you: Do what is right to other people. Love being kind to others. And live humbly [with no pride in your heart], trusting your God" Micah 6:8.

๐Œ๐Ž๐๐ƒ๐€๐˜: ๐‡๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐จ๐๐ฒ
โž  ๐‘Šโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘‘๐‘œ๐‘’๐‘  ๐บ๐‘œ๐‘‘ ๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘ก ๐ผ๐‘ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘’๐‘™ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘‘๐‘œ ๐‘๐‘’๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘ฆ ๐‘™๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐ธ๐‘”๐‘ฆ๐‘๐‘ก? ๐‘…๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘‘ ๐ธ๐‘ฅ๐‘œ๐‘‘๐‘ข๐‘  12:1-20 ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘ ๐‘ค๐‘’๐‘Ÿ.

โž  God gives Moses and Aaron surprising orders. God tells them how to celebrate the Passover. The Passover was the time when God killed in one night the Egyptians' sons who were born first and saved His people from this punishment. So, God's orders are about worship.

โž  The word "๐ฉ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ" is a combination of two words: "๐ฉ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ" and "๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ," because the punishment "๐ฉ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ" the homes of the Israelites that were marked with the lamb's blood. The (๐ฅ๐š๐ฆ๐›'๐ฌ ๐›๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐) was the sign of (๐ฅ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐†๐จ๐'๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐š๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ๐œ๐ฒ). In the Hebrew language, the name of the Passover is "๐๐ž๐ฌ๐š๐œ๐ก," which comes from an action word that means "๐ญ๐จ ๐ฉ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ."

โž  ๐‘Šโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘  ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐ฟ๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘‘ ๐‘”๐‘œ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘‘๐‘œ ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐ป๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘๐‘’๐‘œ๐‘๐‘™๐‘’ ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘› ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘“๐‘–๐‘›๐‘Ž๐‘™ ๐‘๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘–๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘š๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก ๐‘“๐‘’๐‘™๐‘™ ๐‘œ๐‘› ๐ธ๐‘”๐‘ฆ๐‘๐‘ก? ๐‘…๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘‘ ๐ธ๐‘ฅ๐‘œ๐‘‘๐‘ข๐‘  12:13, 14 ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘ ๐‘ค๐‘’๐‘Ÿ. ๐‘Šโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘‘๐‘œ๐‘’๐‘  ๐บ๐‘œ๐‘‘'๐‘  ๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘ ๐‘ฆ๐‘š๐‘๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘–๐‘ง๐‘’?

โž  God commanded the Israelites to celebrate the Exodus each year. The Exodus was the time when God helped His people escape from Egypt. God wanted His people to remember how He saved them in the past. He also wanted His people to trust in Him to save them now and in the future.
โ€” ๐‘‚๐‘› ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ 10๐‘กโ„Ž ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘ฆ ๐‘ค๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘ก ๐‘Ž๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘‘๐‘’ ๐‘Ž ๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘š๐‘ ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘ก ๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘“๐‘’๐‘๐‘ก ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘โ„Ž ๐‘“๐‘Ž๐‘š๐‘–๐‘™๐‘ฆ, ๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘™ ๐‘“๐‘Ž๐‘š๐‘–๐‘™๐‘–๐‘’๐‘ . (๐ธ๐‘ฅ. 12:3-5).
โ€” ๐‘‚๐‘› ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ 14๐‘กโ„Ž, ๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘‘๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘˜, ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘ฆ ๐‘ค๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘“๐‘–๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘–๐‘ก (๐ธ๐‘ฅ. 12:6)
โ€” ๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘ฆ ๐‘ค๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘ก ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘‘๐‘œ๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘™๐‘–๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘™ ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘กโ„Ž ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘œ๐‘‘ (๐ธ๐‘ฅ. 12:7)
โ€” ๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘ฆ ๐‘ค๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘š๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘๐‘™๐‘’๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘™๐‘ฆ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘Ž๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘‘, ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘กโ„Ž ๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘™๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘›๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘Ÿ โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘๐‘  (๐ธ๐‘ฅ. 12:8-10)
โ€” ๐‘Šโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘™๐‘’ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘ฆ ๐‘ค๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘–๐‘ก โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘™๐‘ฆ, ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘ฆ ๐‘ค๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘‘๐‘ฆ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘”๐‘œ (๐ธ๐‘ฅ. 12:11)
โ€” ๐‘Šโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘› ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘ฆ ๐‘™๐‘’๐‘“๐‘ก ๐ธ๐‘”๐‘ฆ๐‘๐‘ก, ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘ฆ ๐‘ค๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘›๐‘ข๐‘’ ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘™๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘›๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘‘ ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘› ๐‘‘๐‘Ž๐‘ฆ๐‘  (๐ธ๐‘ฅ. 12:15)

โž  The celebration of the Passover helped the Israelites to remember the mighty and loving things that God did to save His people. This celebration helped the Israelites to become a people and gave them strong reasons for their faith in God.

๐“๐”๐„๐’๐ƒ๐€๐˜: ๐๐ž๐ฌ๐š๐œ๐ก
โž  On the 14th, two elements played a crucial role in the ceremony: ๐›๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฒ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ญ.

โž  They were to remove yeast from their homes and bake bread without it (unleavened bread). Since the departure was imminent, they would not have yeast during its initial stages (Ex. 12:17-20).

โž  This yeast is a symbol of sin, and unleavened bread symbolizes new life in Christ Jesus (1 Cor. 5:6-8; 2 Cor. 5:17).

โž  Blood was the salvific element. It represented Jesus' bloodโ€”which He shed on the crossโ€”so that, at the Judgment, God would "pass over" our condemnation (1 John 1:7; 2:1-2).

โž  The hyssop with which the blood was to be sprinkled (Ex. 12:22) is a symbol of the purification of sin (Ps. 51:7).

โž  The bread with no yeast is a word picture for the Savior who did not sin. Jesus gave up His life for us. The hyssop was a word picture for God's loving forgiveness that makes us clean from all sin Psalm 51:7. So, the Passover shows us the saving work of Jesus.

๐–๐„๐ƒ๐๐„๐’๐ƒ๐€๐˜: ๐๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐“๐จ๐ซ๐œ๐ก
โž  ๐“๐„๐€๐‚๐‡๐ˆ๐๐† ๐Ž๐”๐‘ ๐‚๐‡๐ˆ๐‹๐ƒ๐‘๐„๐ (๐„๐ฑ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ:๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’-๐Ÿ๐Ÿ–). The writer of the Psalms explains how our children can know about God and His loving care: "Parents will tell their children what you have done. They will retell [tell again] your mighty acts" (Psalm 145:4). One family should talk to another family about God, the wonderful things He did, and His teachings. In this way, parents will teach their
children about Bible truth.

โž  ๐‘…๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘‘ ๐ธ๐‘ฅ๐‘œ๐‘‘๐‘ข๐‘  12:24โ€“28. ๐‘Šโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘–๐‘š๐‘๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘ก ๐‘–๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘Ž ๐‘‘๐‘œ ๐‘ค๐‘’ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘ก ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘’ ๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘ ?

โž  Parents were the first teachers in Israel. God commanded the parents to tell the story of the Exodus to their children. The Exodus was the time when God led His people out of slavery in Egypt. God wanted the parents to talk about the Exodus as their own experience, and not just as something that happened in the past. When the parents celebrated the Exodus, they lived their history again.

โž  The story of liberation was to be explained in detail, and in the first person (Dt. 26:5-9).

โž  This contains a very special lesson for us. We must pass on our faith to our children. We must tell them about what God has done, not only in history, but also in our own lives. We must bow down before them and worship (Ex. 12:27).

๐“๐‡๐”๐‘๐’๐ƒ๐€๐˜: ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐ƒ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐‰๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ
โž  ๐‘…๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘‘ ๐ธ๐‘ฅ๐‘œ๐‘‘๐‘ข๐‘  12:29, 30, ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘โ„Ž ๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘™๐‘™๐‘  ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘ก โ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘ค ๐บ๐‘œ๐‘‘ ๐‘˜๐‘–๐‘™๐‘™๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐ธ๐‘”๐‘ฆ๐‘๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘ ' ๐‘ ๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘  ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘œ ๐‘ค๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘› ๐‘“๐‘–๐‘Ÿ๐‘ ๐‘ก. ๐‘Šโ„Ž๐‘ฆ ๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘‘ ๐บ๐‘œ๐‘‘ ๐‘˜๐‘–๐‘™๐‘™ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘’ ๐‘โ„Ž๐‘–๐‘™๐‘‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘›?

โž  The last punishment fell on the Egyptians' sons who were born first. This punishment showed God's anger against all the gods of Egypt and the families who worshiped these false gods. As we saw with the earlier punishments, these false gods couldn't save the Egyptians. The 10th punishment showed how useless the gods of the Egyptians really were. This final punishment brought the worst suffering on the Egyptians.

โž  "๐บ๐‘œ๐‘‘ ๐‘๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘–๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘‘๐‘’ ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘ก๐‘  ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐ธ๐‘”๐‘ฆ๐‘๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘  ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘’๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ โ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘’ ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘. ๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐ธ๐‘”๐‘ฆ๐‘๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘  ๐‘“๐‘–๐‘™๐‘™๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘–๐‘Ÿ. ๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘“๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘˜๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ โ„Ž๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘ค๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘  ๐‘ค๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘’ ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘กโ„Ž ๐‘“๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘–๐‘Ÿ ๐‘™๐‘’๐‘”๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘š๐‘  ๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘œ๐‘˜. ๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘กโ„Ž ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘–๐‘Ÿ ๐‘โ„Ž๐‘–๐‘™๐‘‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘› ๐‘“๐‘–๐‘™๐‘™๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘š ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘กโ„Ž ๐‘“๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ.
-๐„๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ง ๐†. ๐–๐ก๐ข๐ญ๐ž, ๐‘ƒ๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘โ„Ž๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘ƒ๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘ก๐‘ , ๐—ฝ. ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿด๐Ÿฌ.

โž  Pharaoh, king of Egypt, was the highest power in the land. The people believed that he was a god of Egypt. So, the people believed his oldest son was the son of a god.
โ€” ๐ผ๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘  ๐‘Ž ๐‘“๐‘’๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘’ ๐‘”๐‘œ๐‘‘ ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘œ ๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘โ„Ž๐‘–๐‘™๐‘‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘›.
โ€” ๐ป๐‘’๐‘ž๐‘’๐‘ก ๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘  ๐‘Ž ๐‘“๐‘’๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘’ ๐‘”๐‘œ๐‘‘ ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘œ โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘™๐‘๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘ค๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘’๐‘› ๐‘‘๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘โ„Ž๐‘–๐‘™๐‘‘๐‘๐‘–๐‘Ÿ๐‘กโ„Ž.
โ€” ๐‘€๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘  ๐‘Ž ๐‘”๐‘œ๐‘‘ ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘œ โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘™๐‘๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘๐‘’๐‘œ๐‘๐‘™๐‘’ ๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘˜๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘–๐‘’๐‘ .

โž  But all of these gods had no power. Only the living Lord had power.

โž  Exodus 1 tells us that the Egyptians killed the newborn sons of Israel on Pharaoh's command. Pharaoh ordered the babies to be killed to weaken the Israelites and to fill them with shame. Now God punishes all the Egyptians. He takes their first-born sons. God will allow us to suffer the same things we do to cause other people to suffer. Our decisions and behavior change other people's lives, for good or evil. The sad truth is that when we do wrong, we aren't the only ones who suffer. Sometimes many other people, including innocent people, will suffer, too. That is the sad truth about sin.

๐‹๐ข๐Ÿ๐ž ๐€๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง:
โ€œThey were required to separate themselves and their children from the Egyptians, and gather them into their own houses, for if any of the Israelites were found in the houses of the Egyptians, they would fall by the hand of the destroying angel. They were also directed to keep the feast of the passover for an ordinance, that when their children should inquire what such service meant, they should relate to them their wonderful preservation in Egypt. That when the destroying angel went forth in the night to slay the first-born of man, and the first-born of beast, he passed over their houses, and not one of the Hebrews was slain that had the token of blood upon their door-posts. [โ€ฆ] They [some Egyptians] entreated to be permitted to come to the houses of the Israelites with their families, upon that fearful night when the angel of God should slay the first-born of the Egyptians. They were convinced that their gods whom they had worshiped were without knowledge, and had no power to save or to destroy. The Israelites welcomed the believing Egyptians to their housesโ€
-๐„๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ง ๐†. ๐–๐ก๐ข๐ญ๐ž, ๐‘†๐‘๐‘–๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘ข๐‘Ž๐‘™ ๐บ๐‘–๐‘“๐‘ก๐‘ , vol. 3, p. 223.

๐“๐ก๐š๐ง๐ค ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ง๐ž๐ฑ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ž๐ž๐ค!

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