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Psalm 102 is a prayer of lament in which the psalmist expresses their feelings of distress and sorrow. The psalmist longs for God's comfort and mercy in the midst of their affliction. Despite their pain, the psalmist holds on to their faith in God's unfailing love and sovereignty over all things.

Psalm 103 is a hymn of praise and thanksgiving to God for his abundant mercy, compassion, and forgiveness. The psalmist reflects on God's goodness and faithfulness throughout history and encourages others to bless and praise the Lord. The psalmist emphasizes God's compassion and forgiveness, proclaiming that he does not treat us as our sins deserve.

Psalm 104 is a hymn that celebrates God's creative power and majesty. The psalmist marvels at God's ability to create and sustain the world and all its creatures. The psalmist portrays God as the one who provides for all living things, from the birds in the air to the creatures in the sea. Additionally, Psalm 104 contains themes related to the creation account in Genesis. For example, the psalmist writes about how God set the earth on its foundations, covered it with the waters, and then separated the waters to create the sky. The psalmist also describes how God made the sun and moon to mark the seasons, and how he made the creatures of the sea and the birds of the air. The psalmist praises God for his wisdom and sovereignty over all creation, and encourages all creation to join in giving glory to God.

Overall, these psalms express a deep trust in God's goodness and power, even in times of sorrow and affliction. They encourage us to praise and worship God for who he is and what he has done, including his role as the creator and sustainer of all things.

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Psalm 73 is a reflection on the problem of the prosperity of the wicked and the suffering of the righteous. The psalmist begins by expressing his envy of the wicked, who seem to have everything they want. However, as he enters into the sanctuary of God, he gains a new perspective on the situation. He realizes that the prosperity of the wicked is only temporary and that they will ultimately face judgment. The psalmist finds comfort in the fact that God is his strength and his portion forever.

Psalm 77 is a prayer of distress and lamentation. The psalmist is in great distress and is crying out to God for help. He is questioning whether God has forgotten him and whether God’s promises are still true. The psalmist is struggling to make sense of his situation and is finding it difficult to pray. However, as he reflects on the history of God’s faithfulness to his people, he gains confidence that God will not abandon him. The psalm ends with the psalmist reaffirming his trust in God.

Psalm 78 is a historical psalm that recounts the story of God’s faithfulness to his people throughout history. The psalmist begins by calling on the people to listen to his teaching and to pay attention to the lessons of the past. He recounts the story of God’s deliverance of the Israelites from Egypt and their subsequent rebellion in the wilderness. Despite their disobedience, God continued to show them grace and mercy, providing for their needs and leading them to the promised land. The psalmist concludes by urging the people to learn from the mistakes of their ancestors and to put their trust in God.

When God blesses us, it can be tempting to become complacent and forgetful of the source of our blessings. We may even start to take credit for our successes and forget that everything we have comes from God. In these moments, it is crucial to remember the dangers of pride and to stay vigilant in our faith. It is essential to remain humble and grateful, recognizing that our blessings are not a result of our own merits, but rather a gift from God. Moreover, we should be mindful of the responsibility that comes with blessings, such as the responsibility to use them to serve others and honor God. Ultimately, being cautious when God blesses us helps us stay grounded in our faith, remember our dependence on God, and use our blessings for His glory.

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Deuteronomy 31-34 concludes the book of Deuteronomy, which contains the last words of Moses to the Israelites before his death. In chapter 31, Moses announces to the people that he will not be leading them into the Promised Land, and that Joshua will be his successor. He also commands the Levites to read the law before the people every seven years, and to keep it as a witness against them.

In chapter 32, Moses sings a song to the people, reminding them of God's faithfulness and warning them of the consequences of disobedience. Chapter 33 contains Moses' blessings upon each of the twelve tribes of Israel, and chapter 34 describes Moses' death and burial.

Suzerain-vassal treaties were common in the ancient Near East, and they provide a useful framework for understanding the relationship between God and his people in the Old Testament. In these treaties, a suzerain (a powerful ruler) would enter into a covenant with a vassal (a lesser ruler), offering protection and benefits in exchange for loyalty and obedience. The suzerain would often require the vassal to swear an oath of loyalty, and would impose blessings for obedience and curses for disobedience.

In Deuteronomy, God is portrayed as the suzerain, and the Israelites are his vassals. The covenant that God establishes with Israel includes both blessings for obedience (such as prosperity and security) and curses for disobedience (such as famine and defeat). The Israelites are called to obey God's laws and to remain faithful to him, just as a vassal would be required to remain loyal to his suzerain.

The importance of finishing well is a theme that runs throughout Deuteronomy. Moses himself serves as an example of this, as he is not permitted to enter the Promised Land because of his disobedience earlier in his life. He is, however, able to finish well by faithfully delivering God's message to the Israelites and preparing them for their entry into the land. The Israelites are likewise called to remain faithful to God throughout their journey, even when faced with challenges and obstacles. The message of Deuteronomy is clear: those who remain faithful to God to the end will be blessed, while those who turn away from him will face the consequences of their disobedience.

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Moses gives the least motivating pep talk ever in the third movement of Deuteronomy. He outlines God’s covenant and the various blessings and curses associated with it, and then he tells Israel, “You’re going to fail.” Talk about demoralizing! In this episode, join Tim and Jon as they explore the paradox of righteousness accomplished by divine sovereignty and human freedom through the lens of Deuteronomy and the New Testament writers.

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Timestamps 

• Part one (00:00-11:45)
• Part two (11:45-35:15)
• Part three (35:15-47:30)
• Part four (47:30-58:00)
• Part five (58:00-1:18:50)
• Part six (01:18:50-1:25:58)

Referenced Resources

• Interested in more? Check out Tim’s library here.
• You can experience the literary themes and movements we’re tracing on the podcast in the BibleProject app, available for Android and iOS.

Show Music 

• “Defender (Instrumental)” by TENTS
• “Bird in Hand” by Beautiful Eulogy
• “Toonorth” Ambedo

Show produced by Cooper Peltz with Associate Producer Lindsey Ponder. Edited by Dan Gummel, Tyler Bailey, and Frank Garza. Podcast annotations for the BibleProject app by Hannah Woo.

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Sermon 25 in Series

Exodus 12:1-13

[1] The LORD said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, [2] “This month shall be for you the beginning of months. It shall be the first month of the year for you. [3] Tell all the congregation of Israel that on the tenth day of this month every man shall take a lamb according to their fathers’ houses, a lamb for a household. [4] And if the household is too small for a lamb, then he and his nearest neighbor shall take according to the number of persons; according to what each can eat you shall make your count for the lamb. [5] Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male a year old. You may take it from the sheep or from the goats, [6] and you shall keep it until the fourteenth day of this month, when the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill their lambs at twilight.

[7] “Then they shall take some of the blood and put it on the two doorposts and the lintel of the houses in which they eat it. [8] They shall eat the flesh that night, roasted on the fire; with unleavened bread and bitter herbs they shall eat it. [9] Do not eat any of it raw or boiled in water, but roasted, its head with its legs and its inner parts. [10] And you shall let none of it remain until the morning; anything that remains until the morning you shall burn. [11] In this manner you shall eat it: with your belt fastened, your sandals on your feet, and your staff in your hand. And you shall eat it in haste. It is the LORD’s Passover. [12] For I will pass through the land of Egypt that night, and I will strike all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and on all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgments: I am the LORD. [13] The blood shall be a sign for you, on the houses where you are. And when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and no plague will befall you to destroy you, when I strike the land of Egypt.

DEEP SHEET: Sermon Study Questions
1.   How does the story of Exodus highlight God’s faithfulness? How does it bring us back to Genesis?
2.   What criteria does God give for selecting Passover lambs? How do New Testament authors describe Jesus as the Lamb?
3.   How much thought have you given to the sinlessness of Christ? How does meditating on this truth raise our affections for him?
4.   Why was such care to be taken in preparing the Passover meal? Why were the Israelites to eat it fully dressed with staff in hand?
5.   How does God execute judgment on the gods of Egypt through the tenth plague? Why is it a climactic blow?
6.   How does the Passover event with the blood on the doorposts and lintel portray the heart of the gospel? How does it motivate worship and faith?

References: Genesis 12:2; John 1:29; Revelation 5:12; 1 Corinthians 5:7; 1 Peter 1:18-19; Hebrews 9:14; 1 Peter 3:18; Hebrews 11:1; John 6:35; Ephesians 1:7; Isaiah 53:6-7.

Sermon 24 in Series

Exodus 11:1-10

[1] The LORD said to Moses, “Yet one plague more I will bring upon Pharaoh and upon Egypt. Afterward he will let you go from here. When he lets you go, he will drive you away completely. [2] Speak now in the hearing of the people, that they ask, every man of his neighbor and every woman of her neighbor, for silver and gold jewelry.” [3] And the LORD gave the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians. Moreover, the man Moses was very great in the land of Egypt, in the sight of Pharaoh’s servants and in the sight of the people.

[4] So Moses said, “Thus says the LORD: ‘About midnight I will go out in the midst of Egypt, [5] and every firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sits on his throne, even to the firstborn of the slave girl who is behind the handmill, and all the firstborn of the cattle. [6] There shall be a great cry throughout all the land of Egypt, such as there has never been, nor ever will be again. [7] But not a dog shall growl against any of the people of Israel, either man or beast, that you may know that the LORD makes a distinction between Egypt and Israel.’ [8] And all these your servants shall come down to me and bow down to me, saying, ‘Get out, you and all the people who follow you.’ And after that I will go out.” And he went out from Pharaoh in hot anger. [9] Then the LORD said to Moses, “Pharaoh will not listen to you, that my wonders may be multiplied in the land of Egypt.”

[10] Moses and Aaron did all these wonders before Pharaoh, and the LORD hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he did not let the people of Israel go out of his land.

DEEP SHEET: Sermon Study Questions
1.   What have you learned about God from the Ten Plagues? What does it mean to see Bible reading as a time of showing and calling from God?
2.   When we view the purpose of our salvation as worship, how does it practically impact the way we live as Christians?
3.   Why is it an understatement to say that the Israelites were “released” from Egypt?
4.   How did the Egyptians view the Israelites? What does this say about God’s ability to work in the hearts of others for our good?
5.   Why does God strike the firstborn? How do previous passages in Exodus help us to make sense of this plague?
6.   What is the irony of Pharoah’s resistance? What does God reveal about himself in vv. 9-10?

References: Exodus 3:21-22; 1 Peter 5:5-6; Exodus 4:22-23; 3:7; 1:22; Job 1:21.

Sermon 22 in Series

Exodus 10:1-20

[1] Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go in to Pharaoh, for I have hardened his heart and the heart of his servants, that I may show these signs of mine among them, [2] and that you may tell in the hearing of your son and of your grandson how I have dealt harshly with the Egyptians and what signs I have done among them, that you may know that I am the LORD.”

[3] So Moses and Aaron went in to Pharaoh and said to him, “Thus says the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, ‘How long will you refuse to humble yourself before me? Let my people go, that they may serve me. [4] For if you refuse to let my people go, behold, tomorrow I will bring locusts into your country, [5] and they shall cover the face of the land, so that no one can see the land. And they shall eat what is left to you after the hail, and they shall eat every tree of yours that grows in the field, [6] and they shall fill your houses and the houses of all your servants and of all the Egyptians, as neither your fathers nor your grandfathers have seen, from the day they came on earth to this day.’” Then he turned and went out from Pharaoh.

[7] Then Pharaoh’s servants said to him, “How long shall this man be a snare to us? Let the men go, that they may serve the LORD their God. Do you not yet understand that Egypt is ruined?” [8] So Moses and Aaron were brought back to Pharaoh. And he said to them, “Go, serve the LORD your God. But which ones are to go?” [9] Moses said, “We will go with our young and our old. We will go with our sons and daughters and with our flocks and herds, for we must hold a feast to the LORD.” [10] But he said to them, “The LORD be with you, if ever I let you and your little ones go! Look, you have some evil purpose in mind. [11] No! Go, the men among you, and serve the LORD, for that is what you are asking.” And they were driven out from Pharaoh’s presence.

[12] Then the LORD said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand over the land of Egypt for the locusts, so that they may come upon the land of Egypt and eat every plant in the land, all that the hail has left.” [13] So Moses stretched out his staff over the land of Egypt, and the LORD brought an east wind upon the land all that day and all that night. When it was morning, the east wind had brought the locusts. [14] The locusts came up over all the land of Egypt and settled on the whole country of Egypt, such a dense swarm of locusts as had never been before, nor ever will be again. [15] They covered the face of the whole land, so that the land was darkened, and they ate all the plants in the land and all the fruit of the trees that the hail had left. Not a green thing remained, neither tree nor plant of the field, through all the land of Egypt. [16] Then Pharaoh hastily called Moses and Aaron and said, “I have sinned against the LORD your God, and against you. [17] Now therefore, forgive my sin, please, only this once, and plead with the LORD your God only to remove this death from me.” [18] So he went out from Pharaoh and pleaded with the LORD. [19] And the LORD turned the wind into a very strong west wind, which lifted the locusts and drove them into the Red Sea. Not a single locust was left in all the country of Egypt. [20] But the LORD hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he did not let the people of Israel go.

DEEP SHEET: Sermon Study Questions
1.   How has God been glorified in your heart as we’ve gone through the Ten Plagues?
2.   How do vv. 1-3 pull together divine sovereignty and human responsibility? How does this clarify and deepen your theology?
3.   What are God’s purposes for the plagues based on this passage? How does it encourage you to instruct your children in God’s Word?
4.   What is the eighth plague, and why do Pharaoh’s servants seem so alarmed? Why does Pharaoh describe it as “death”?
5.   How does Pharaoh serve as an illustration of the unbeliever? What does he show us about the outcome of human pride?
6.   How do vv. 16-20 caution us against superficial confessions and unkept promises?

References: Romans 9:1 – 10:4; Exodus 7:5; 6:7; Psalm 147:6; Exodus 6:1.  

Sermon 16 in Series

Exodus 7:14-25

[14] Then the LORD said to Moses, “Pharaoh’s heart is hardened; he refuses to let the people go. [15] Go to Pharaoh in the morning, as he is going out to the water. Stand on the bank of the Nile to meet him, and take in your hand the staff that turned into a serpent. [16] And you shall say to him, ‘The LORD, the God of the Hebrews, sent me to you, saying, “Let my people go, that they may serve me in the wilderness.” But so far, you have not obeyed. [17] Thus says the LORD, “By this you shall know that I am the LORD: behold, with the staff that is in my hand I will strike the water that is in the Nile, and it shall turn into blood. [18] The fish in the Nile shall die, and the Nile will stink, and the Egyptians will grow weary of drinking water from the Nile.”’” [19] And the LORD said to Moses, “Say to Aaron, ‘Take your staff and stretch out your hand over the waters of Egypt, over their rivers, their canals, and their ponds, and all their pools of water, so that they may become blood, and there shall be blood throughout all the land of Egypt, even in vessels of wood and in vessels of stone.’”

[20] Moses and Aaron did as the LORD commanded. In the sight of Pharaoh and in the sight of his servants he lifted up the staff and struck the water in the Nile, and all the water in the Nile turned into blood. [21] And the fish in the Nile died, and the Nile stank, so that the Egyptians could not drink water from the Nile. There was blood throughout all the land of Egypt. [22] But the magicians of Egypt did the same by their secret arts. So Pharaoh’s heart remained hardened, and he would not listen to them, as the LORD had said. [23] Pharaoh turned and went into his house, and he did not take even this to heart. [24] And all the Egyptians dug along the Nile for water to drink, for they could not drink the water of the Nile.  [25] Seven full days passed after the LORD had struck the Nile.
DEEP SHEET: Sermon Study Questions
1.   As we draw out implications from God’s interactions with Moses, what does it mean to say that we are a commissioned people?
2.   What pattern(s) can be detected in the plagues, and how should they be grouped? How does the first plague anticipate the tenth?
3.   What does this passage tell us about Pharaoh’s sin, and how does it illustrate human sinfulness in general? How should this inform our evangelism?
4.   How do the stories of Joseph’s brothers, Pharaoh and Moses, and the hardening of Israel help us hold together divine sovereignty and human responsibility?
5.   What is God declaring about himself through the first plague? What does it say about Pharaoh and the god of the Nile?
6.   What effect does the first plague have on Egypt? How do Pharaoh and his magicians respond?
References: Colossians 1:13-14; Exodus 4:21; 7:3-4; Romans 1:18-32; Joel 2:31.