Tanakh (Old Testament) Reading
Exodus 1 – 3
Exodus 4 – 6
Exodus 7 – 9; Psalm 105
Exodus 10 – 12
Exodus 13 – 15; Psalm 114
(Note: the “Following Jesus” guide incorrectly had Exodus 13 though 25 instead of 13 through 15. We hope you didn’t panic. Or give up reading in frustration!)
B’rit Hadashah (New Covenant, or New Testament) Reading
Galatians 5
Galatians 6
Ephesians 1
Ephesians 2
Ephesians 3
Thoughts about Exodus 1 through 15
Exodus! We get to meet baby Moshe (Moses) in chapter 1. By chapter 15, he’s the leader of a nation of newly-liberated slaves who are singing in victory!
1) Then Moshe and the people of Isra’el sang this song to Adonai:
“I will sing to Adonai, for he is highly exalted:
the horse and its rider he threw in the sea.
2) Yah is my strength and my song,
and he has become my salvation.
This is my God: I will glorify him;
my father’s God: I will exalt him.
3) Adonai is a warrior;
Adonai is his name.
What did you think about that history?
Thoughts about Psalms 105 and 114
I love how both Psalm 105 and Psalm 114 are summaries of what we have been reading in Exodus!
What did you think about these psalms?
Thoughts about Galatians 5 and 6, and Ephesians 1 through 3
Galatians 5:1) What the Messiah has freed us for is freedom! Therefore, stand firm, and don’t let yourselves be tied up again to a yoke of slavery.
I love that concept of Christian freedom. I also love and appreciate Galatians 6, which emphasizes the need to restore a brother or sister in the Lord who has sinned. We are definitely not supposed to “shoot the wounded.” I’m always grateful when I don’t get expelled from the Family of God when I sin. What do you think about the book of Galatians?
Ephesians! More delicious, very-densely-packed theology from Paul. Salvation by grace, through faith! What do you see in these three chapters?
