Tag: egypt
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A look back at a Treasurer of Egypt – צָֽפְנַת פַּעְנֵחַ
Zaphnath-paaneah This Egyptian ruler was not unlike a later Candace of Ethiopia encountered by the evangelist Philip. You know this treasurer of Egypt as Joseph At first glance of Acts of the Apostles we hardly notice so many parallels in encounters between important men of the past. Men like Philip (who is not even an…
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The Curse of Disease and Death – 3
Moses & Joseph, Two Paths to the Palace Joseph suffered prior to his blessing more like Job than Moses. He had no choice in his suffering, except his choice of response. Isn’t that how our suffering most impacts others, by our godly response? Blessed be the Lord! In part two of this series about our…
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The Curse of Disease and Death – 2
Moses, Privilege of the Wilderness In part one of this series about our attitude toward disease and death we briefly examined a story from the oldest book of the Bible, Job. Job was well-to-do, he had then lost nearly everything including his health, yet he blessed the Lord. Today we examine part of a too-familiar story…
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