READ: Matthew 27:45-46  “At noon, darkness fell across the whole land until three o’clock. At about three o’clock, Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?” which means, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”  What comes to mind when you think of the word “substitute?” Maybe you think of…

READ: John 19: 25-29  “Near the cross of Jesus stood his mother, his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. When Jesus saw his mother there, and the disciple whom he loved standing nearby, he said to her, “Woman, here is your son,” and to the disciple, “Here is your mother.” From…

READ: Luke 23:39-43   “One of the criminals who hung there hurled insults at him: “Aren’t you the Messiah? Save yourself and us!” But the other criminal rebuked him. “Don’t you fear God,” he said, “since you are under the same sentence? We are punished justly, for we are getting what our deeds deserve. But this…

READ: Luke 23/34   “Then said Jesus, “Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do.”   It’s one of the great plagues of human existence that people will inevitably hurt you. They will lie to you. They will shout cutting words. They will leave your life without any explanation. Unfortunately, most of us have been…

Pharaoh regrets his decision to free the Israelites from slavery in Egypt, so he sends his army to capture them and bring them back. The Egyptians were able to trap the Israelites at the Red Sea, giving them no where to run to escape. The Israelites get scared and yell at Moses for taking them…

Finally, Moses led the Israelite people out of slavery in Egypt! After many years and miraculous signs, they were free just as the Lord had promised!  Exodus 13:21-22 “And the Lord went before them by day in a pillar of cloud to lead them along the way, and by night in a pillar of fire to give them…

The tenth and final plague to fall upon Egypt is the death of the first-born. Moses instructs the Israelites to sacrifice a lamb to God and rub the blood on their doorposts. When every home in Egypt is invaded to kill all of the first-borns, the houses with blood symbolizing the faithful Israelites will be passed…

God instructs Moses to bring a tenth and final plague against Egypt to finally convince Pharaoh and all of the Egyptians of God’s miraculous power. Moses has already threatened Pharaoh with nine signs from God, but Pharaoh remained rebellious against God.   Exodus 11:1 “The Lord said to Moses, “Yet one plague more I will bring upon Pharaoh and…

By now you can guess what happens next in Egypt when Pharaoh continues to disobey God and oppress his chosen people, the Israelites. God sends an eighth plague to Egypt by empowering Moses to cause a wind that blows a severe, nightmare-worthy infestation of locusts all over the land. Then, the ninth plague is brought…

As Pharaoh continues to disobey God, God empowers Moses to inflict more and more plagues on the Egyptian people. The fifth plague is a disease that kills all the livestock in Egypt except for the animals that belonged to Israelites. When that didn’t prove to Pharaoh that the Israelites were truly God’s people and that…