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Dear
Friend,
If you do not already have a habit of gathering daily manna the first thing in the morning (we can look at the example given to us in Exodus 16 and find the pattern for make it a habit. Establish your life and your schedule to allow you the necessary time to do your daily collection first thing every morning to give you the strength to make it through the day. And remember that today’s manna will not be sufficient for tomorrow; tomorrow’s manna must be collected tomorrow morning. Friday, August 2, 2024
Today's Passage : Today's Passage :Stephen’s Speech to the Sanhedrin [2] Bible Verse:Acts 7:9-22 (ESV) "And the patriarchs, jealous of Joseph, sold him into Egypt; but God was with him and rescued him out of all his afflictions and gave him favor and wisdom before Pharaoh, king of Egypt, who made him ruler over Egypt and over all his household. Now there came a famine throughout all Egypt and Canaan, and great affliction, and our fathers could find no food. But when Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent out our fathers on their first visit. And on the second visit Joseph made himself known to his brothers, and Joseph’s family became known to Pharaoh. And Joseph sent and summoned Jacob his father and all his kindred, seventy-five persons in all. And Jacob went down into Egypt, and he died, he and our fathers, and they were carried back to Shechem and laid in the tomb that Abraham had bought for a sum of silver from the sons of Hamor in Shechem. Moses by Tissot Moses (by Tissot) But as the time of the promise drew near, which God had granted to Abraham, the people increased and multiplied in Egypt until there arose over Egypt another king who did not know Joseph. He dealt shrewdly with our race and forced our fathers to expose their infants, so that they would not be kept alive. At this time Moses was born; and he was beautiful in God’s sight. And he was brought up for three months in his father’s house, and when he was exposed, Pharaoh’s daughter adopted him and brought him up as her own son. And Moses was instructed in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and he was mighty in his words and deeds.” " Message:
Today’s Scripture is a continuation of Stephen’s defense before the Sanhedrin. We have had to break Stephen’s speech up, simply because it is so long. Today, Stephen recounts how the Hebrews came to live in Egypt and then became slaves of the Pharaoh.
Stephen not only recites a summary of early Hebrew history, but he also makes some sense of it that we might not get from reading the Pentateuch. We know that the very early Hebrew history was not written until long after it had happened, including the stories of the creation, Adam and Eve, Noah, etc. Until about 1900 B.C., the only writing known was Egyptian hieroglyphs. Phoenician writing—the first alphabet and thus the first modern writing—appeared in Canaan some time between 1900 B.C. and 1200 B.C., roughly consistent with the time of the Hebrew exodus from Egypt.
Stephen’s account of this period emphasizes Moses’ role as a scholar. He would have learned hieroglyphic writing if he “learned everything Egyptian wisdom had to offer.” Many scholars trace the origins of the Phoenician-Semitic to hieroglyphics. So it is entirely possible that Moses, coming into Canaan from Egypt, brought writing with him, enabling Hebrew scholars to write down the oral traditions that had been handed down for countless centuries, from Jewish parents and teachers to their children.
Just as a matter of interest, the Phoenician-Semitic alphabet was so similar to the modern English alphabet that you can (sort of) recognize a few of the letters. If you know any Greek letters, you will definitely recognize a couple.
Meditation : Prayer : Now may the God of peace, who through the blood of the eternal covenant brought back from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep, equip me with everything good for doing his will, and may he work in me what is pleasing to him, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory for ever and ever............Amen |
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