Jeremy R. Geerdes Posts

Moses is reintroduced as a humbled, obscure shepherd when God appears in the burning bush, revealing His holiness, awareness of suffering, and redemptive plan. Calling Moses despite his inadequacy, God promises His presence, reveals His name, and demonstrates that deliverance will come through divine power, not human strength, for His glory.

Tracing Levi’s lineage, the narrative highlights Moses’ origins, the meaning of “good” (ṭôḇ), and his family’s risky concealment of him. Set within ancient abandonment themes, Moses is providentially rescued by Pharaoh’s daughter, raised by his mother, later rejects injustice, flees to Midian, and awaits God’s faithful, though delayed, deliverance.

Exodus opens as a continuation of Genesis, tracing Jacob’s descendants in Egypt as they multiply under God’s blessing. Egypt’s power and a new king’s fear lead to oppression. Despite suffering, Israel grows. Faithful midwives defy Pharaoh, preserving life, while adversity strengthens identity and advances God’s purposes.

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Matthew, traditionally attributed to Matthew the tax collector, was written for Greek-speaking Jews to present Jesus as Messiah fulfilling Scripture. Blending biography and teaching, it emphasizes discipleship, fulfillment of prophecy, God’s concern for the marginalized, and Christ’s enduring authority and mission. Written likely mid-first century, it targets Hellenistic Jewish Christians.

Your article interprets Matthew 28 as a historically grounded, theologically charged account of Jesus’ resurrection. Angelic testimony, the empty tomb, and transformed witnesses affirm divine action. Women become first messengers, false rumors are countered, and the Great Commission establishes universal discipleship grounded in Christ’s authority and enduring presence.

Matthew 27 depicts hurried, unjust proceedings leading to Jesus’ crucifixion: Judas Iscariot’ regret without repentance, leaders’ hypocrisy, Pontius Pilate’s political compromise, and brutal Roman execution. Cosmic signs and the torn temple veil signify divine purpose, universal complicity, and access to God, while witnesses, women, and burial by Joseph of Arimathea affirm the event’s historicity.

Jesus foretells his imminent crucifixion before Passover, puzzling disciples who expected triumph. Historical context explains Caiaphas’ high priesthood alongside Annas’ influence. Religious leaders, threatened by Jesus’ authority, conspire to eliminate him but seek a discreet plan to avoid public unrest and Roman intervention. This tension shapes events leading to arrest.

Near the end of the first century, the last survivor of Jesus’ original disciples, St. John, had a series of visions while imprisoned on the island of Patmos. He sat down and recorded them in the book of Revelation. In the first of his visions, he recorded a series of letters from Jesus to seven […]