by Shannon Popp | Oct 31, 2022 | NotABlog
Acts 7:11 “Now there came a famine throughout all Egypt and Canaan, and great affliction, and our fathers could find no food.” Stephen now identifies himself with them, by saying, “our fathers.” This showing our need for food, and the lack of control we really have...
by Shannon Popp | Oct 30, 2022 | NotABlog
Acts 7:10 “and rescued him out of all his afflictions and gave him favor and wisdom before Pharaoh, king of Egypt, who made him ruler over Egypt and over all his household.” (Him) above is Joseph. He suffered a lot of affliction. This language is talking about...
by Shannon Popp | Oct 29, 2022 | NotABlog
Acts 7:9 ““And the patriarchs, jealous of Joseph, sold him into Egypt; but God was with him” Here comes the inditement from Stephen towards these leaders who have put him on trial. This is a graphic illustration of how the leaders in Israel continue to reject God and...
by Shannon Popp | Oct 28, 2022 | NotABlog
Acts 7:8 “And he gave him the covenant of circumcision. And so Abraham became the father of Isaac, and circumcised him on the eighth day, and Isaac became the father of Jacob, and Jacob of the twelve patriarchs.” Circumcision was scene by the Jewish people as an...
by Shannon Popp | Oct 27, 2022 | NotABlog
Acts 7:7 “‘But I will judge the nation that they serve,’ said God, ‘and after that they shall come out and worship me in this place.’” God is the deliverer. He has been, is and always will be. It was for told by God many years before their bondage, that they would be...
