David Mapugilo
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JOSEPH
MODULE 5: SESSION 19: From Canaan to Goshen
Yaaqov assigns Yehudah with the role of instructing the family, charting his character transformation into a humble leader. Yehudah is the fourth son, continuing a pattern of three-plus-one surprise bonuses in Genesis. The wilderness is outside the land of promise, but it is also the place where…
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JOSEPH
MODULE 5: Joseph Rescues Egypt and His Family
SESSION 18: Jacob’s Journey to Egypt
Averting crisis with the family moving to Egypt, the final third of the Yoseph story highlights the tension of temporary safety outside the land of promise. Upon hearing the news that Yoseph is alive, Yaaqov metaphorically dies, coming back to life when…
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JOSEPH
MODULE 4: SESSION 17: Reconciliation of the Brothers
Returning to the flood melody, Yoseph’s offer of refuge in Egypt echoes the safety of the ark during the de-creation of the cosmos. The name Goshen is a wordplay on the Hebrew word for “garden” (gan), representing an abundance of God’s provision in the midst of famine. God rescuing…
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JOSEPH
MODULE 4: SESSION 16: Judah’s Offering
The Hebrew words for “divination” and “snake,” nakhash, are spelled with the same letters. Yoseph’s cup of divination identifies him as the disguised tester, but instead of a trap, his test provides an opportunity for his brothers to do the right thing. Throughout Genesis, when the son is lost through…
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JOSEPH
MODULE 4: SESSION 15: The Brothers Return to Egypt
The phrase “see my face” (Genesis 43:3, 5) links Yoseph and his brothers to the reconciliation of Yaaqov and Esau, which points to the larger reality of reconciliation with God. Yehudah offers his own life as a substitute for the beloved son. This is what rescues the family from death and…
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JOSEPH
MODULE 4: SESSION 14: Jacob’s Lost Sons
Reuven laments that their brother’s blood is required of them, activating a pattern of innocent blood crying out to God for justice that stretches all the way back to Cain and Abel in Genesis 4. Yoseph’s translator is called a “mediator,” the same word used to describe the prophets who stand in the…
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God will always raise other men to stand the gap for their fellow men but Christ is now our ultimate mediator!!
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JOSEPH
MODULE 4: Joseph Tests His Brothers
SESSION 13: The Brothers God Down to Egypt
Binyamin has replaced Yoseph in his father’s heart as the beloved son. When Yoseph meets his brothers again, he turns their betrayal back on them, deceiving them and throwing them into prison. But ultimately, his aim is to test them. Yoseph accuses his brothers of…
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When you have been beaten once, twice shine!! It’s important to test your past knowledge before giving chance to the new picture.
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EXODUS OVERVIEW
MODULE 2: SESSION 9: Hard Heart
Pharaoh’s heart is described in two ways: heavy, implying that he was guilty of injustice, and hard, meaning “resolute.” God knew Pharaoh would resist, but he gave him many chances. Pharaoh’s evil reaches a point of no return, so God bends Pharaoh’s evil to his purposes and lures him into his own destruction.
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Many are the devices of men but at the end of the day, only the counsel of God shall prevail. God had a will, and Pharaoh also had a will opposite to that of God but the agenda of God overcame that of man.
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EXODUS OVERVIEW
MODULE 2: SESSION 9: Hard Heart
Pharaoh’s heart is described in two ways: heavy, implying that he was guilty of injustice, and hard, meaning “resolute.” God knew Pharaoh would resist, but he gave him many chances. Pharaoh’s evil reaches a point of no return, so God bends Pharaoh’s evil to his purposes and lures him into his own destruction.
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EXODUS OVERVIEW
MODULE 2: SESSION 8: Signs and Wonders
The plagues function symbolically as de-creation. The plagues point beyond themselves to later events in Exodus. The plagues serve as a warning and reminder of the disastrous non-life state outside the people’s covenant relationship with Yahweh.
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The first decreation happened in Genesis 7, and here God promised never to do it.
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