Listen to Nick read the Firestarter and Exodus 3:1-14.
It is about 1,450 B.C. God is going to deliver his people from slavery in Egypt. What God brings about becomes the symbol of all activity of God on behalf of human freedom.
It begins with Moses. He had placed himself in voluntary exile in Median, because of murder. Something makes him curious … a bush burning without being consumed. It is there that God reveals God’s name. Yahweh, the Covenantal name for God, is difficult to translate. It means, “I Am the One Who will Always Be with You.” God is the One present to you in all your circumstances to liberate you through the fire of the Holy Spirit. May this Firestarter be a match that the Lord uses to set the never-ending fire of God’s love in your heart. With the Lord present to you, no pain, hurt or abusive past need ever consume you.
This is the second of three parts of the Torah Portion Shemoth (Names),
the beginning of the Book of Exodus.
Conservative and Reform Jewish congregations read only this part this year,
as also in this Bible plan.
Here is the entire portion in all three parts.
Learn about Bible Breaths Learn More…
Example: I’m standing on holy ground 3:5
The Saturday passages follow the reading list that Jewish people use in their synagogue worship
throughout the world. They are taken from
“The Torah,” the first five books of the Bible from Genesis to Deuteronomy
that are read each year beginning with autumn.
For all the Firestarters I recommend the ebook. You will have the entire program of well over a thousand of these introductions with you on your phone or tablet. Check the menu options at the site for more information
The Bible Through the Seasons 