David Journal

Category: Scripture Notes

  • Moses’ background

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    I wonder why Moses did not circumcise his son. What was his experience related to circumcision? Raised in the court of Pharaoh he may not have been taught about it but he was circumcised almost certainly circumcised before he was put in his basket on the river. Had he been instructed to circumcise his son…

  • The scriptural account

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    These chapters are more interesting after having just watched The Ten Commandments. That depicts Moses acting alone while the Israelites watched him but this says that he took the elders of Israel with him when he petitioned Pharaoh.

  • Wherefore murmur ye?

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    The Lord asks why the people murmur when they learn of more words from Him. That should bea joyous thing to His people. He’s surely not surprised however because He understands the human tendency to favor the status quo over change. It’s like our kids complaining when we try to change gears it when we…

  • Eat, Drink, and be Merry

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    What is the sender of “eat, drink, and be merry” if not “live in the moment and don’t worry about pursuing anything greater than the wishes if the moment”? That is precisely the kind of thinking that dulls the senses and puts of the influence of the Spirit which points to the eternal.

  • Details of prophecy

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    All the nations of the earth, gentiles as well as Jews shall be drunken with iniquity and in the last days the poor and humble shall increase. Those both feel true.

  • Defining priestcraft

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    I had always read the definition of priestcraft as setting oneself up for a light tu the world to get gain and praise of the world and while that is true it is not complete. The definition also stipulates that they do not seek the welfare of Zion. In other words, it is possible to…

  • Never destroyed save it were foretold

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    Nativii days that the Jews understood the procedure among their people and that they were never destroyed save it were foretold. I would clarify that not only was it foretold but before it was certain they were warned in every case that they were ripening for destruction. I wonder if we, in this promised land,…

  • Old grievances

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    The brothers of Joseph feared that he would hold a grudge after Israel died even though it had been not than a decade since he had settled them in the best land of Egypt and ensure that they had food. This sounds like Jacob fearing that Esau would still be mad after twenty years of…

  • Overcoming fear

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    Jacob was obviously afraid of losing Benjamin. i have the feeling that he prayed for guidance when his other sons presented the conundrum of trying to acquire more food. Perhaps the Lord was testing Jacob but inspired him to risk losing Benjamin for the sake of the family.

  • Modern parallels

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    I see so many modern things in these words: The people of Israel shall rule over those who were their oppressors? They rule over the Palestinians now and there may yet come a time when they stand in power over Iran/Iraq. He who smote the nations will be brought to ruin? That may be what…