A Word for Today | Hebrews 11:29 Hebrews 11: 29 concludes the account of Moses and his faith by speaking of Israel’s departure from the land of Egypt: “By faith the people passed through the Red Sea as on dry land; but when the Egyptians tried to do so, they were drowned.” After the plague […]
Faith in the Passover Lamb
A Word for Today | Hebrews 11:28 Hebrews 11:27 tells us Moses trusting God so as to leave from Egypt when he was forty years old, spending the next forty years awaiting God’s call to return for Israel’s deliverance. Summoned to the Lord’s service at the burning bush (Ex. 3), Moses returned to the land […]
Faith Seeing the Invisible
A Word for Today | Hebrews 11:27 The writer of Hebrews presents Abraham and Moses as his chief Old Testament examples of faith, providing five instances from each of their lives. Hebrews 11:27 offers a third instance of Moses’ faith, which in my opinion involves Moses’ flight from Egypt forty years prior to the exodus, […]
Faith Choosing God
A Word for Today | Hebrews 11:23-26 Hebrews was written to a community of Jewish believers who faced persecution for their faith. The author therefore commends Moses for a choice that they should follow, since faith is known for its choices. First, however, he notes the choice made by Moses’ parents, who risked the wrath […]
Faith Trusting God’s Plan
A Word for Today | Hebrews 11:20-22 When God came to Abraham, He entered into covenant not only with this one man but also with all the generations that were to come after. Thus, when the record of Hebrews 11 moves past Abraham, we do not encounter just random individuals but a covenant people who […]
Faith Tested
A Word for Today | Hebrews 11:17-19 Genesis 22 reveals how God tested Abraham with the greatest trial imaginable: “God said, ‘Take your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I shall […]
