Podcasts about Egyptian Army

Beginning of Freedom Lesson Text: Exodus 14:21-30 God is the same when He delivers Israel from the Egyptian army. Thought to Remember: God is willing to use Moses like individuals even today. Lessons learned: The deliverance of Israel from the Egyptian Army demonstrates the act of saving. Even though this deliverance represented a physical liberation, it was a foreshadowing of the ultimate salvation provided by Jesus. I realize that God still desires to bring glory to Himself with the miracle of salvation by using believers just like Moses. My Prayer: Dear Heavenly Father, we thank You that we do not have to lose hope. We thank You that we can come before Your throne and You can empower us to change our community. We ask that You would fill us with your Holy Ghost and make us YOUR willing vessels to deliver those in our communities who are in bondage to Satan. In Jesus' name, we pray, Amen.

Exodus 14: studying in details Israel's deliverance from the Egyptian Army. (The parting of the Red Sea). --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bespirituallyminded/message

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“Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego replied to King Nebuchadnezzar, ‘If we are thrown into the blazing furnace, the God we serve is able to deliver us from it, and he will deliver us from Your Majesty's hand. But even if he does not, we want you to know, Your Majesty, that we will not serve your gods or worship the image of gold you have set up'” (Daniel 3:17-18). Nine-year-old Danny came bursting out of Sunday school like a wild stallion. His eyes were darting in every direction as he tried to locate either mom or dad. After a quick search, he grabbed his dad by the pant leg and yelled, "Man, that story of Moses and all those people crossing the Red Sea was great!" His father looked down, smiled, and asked his son to tell him about it. "Well, the Israelites got out of Egypt, but Pharaoh and his army chased after them. So, the Jews ran as fast as they could until they got to the Red Sea. The Egyptian Army was gettin' closer and closer. So, Moses got on his walkie-talkie and told the Israeli Air Force to bomb the Egyptians. While that was happening, the Israeli Navy built a pontoon bridge so the people could cross over. They made it! By now dad was shocked. "Is THAT the way they taught you the story?" "Well, no, not exactly," Danny admitted, "but if I told you the way they told it to us, you'd never believe it, Dad." The Bible is full of such stories: stories difficult to believe. There is the story of David facing down Goliath with a few stones (1 Samuel 17); of Daniel's three friends surviving a roaring furnace (Daniel 3); of Jonah living in a big fish for 3 days (Jonah 1); of the Israelites escaping from Egypt (Exodus 13-14); and various people getting raised from the dead. From a human perspective each is as impossible as the next. However, each story has a very non-human element in them. God is at work. When God is involved in the story things rarely turn out as expected. Romans 8 reminds us that when God is at work in the story, things turn out for good (Romans 8:28). That is, for those who love God! The good that God brings about might not be what we want. In the story of Daniel's three friends, they tell the king of Babylon that even if God doesn't rescue them, they will not worship any other god. Their love for God was so deep that He was worth worshipping even if He let them die in the fire. How do we develop a love like that? Let me suggest two things to get started with. First, worship. Not just the public worship of a local congregation. For Christians, worship is always more than that. Worship is putting God first in our lives. This is why communal worship with others who desire to put God first has such value for us. Often, as we live our lives putting God first, we discover that he is worthy of our adoration. As we worship, we learn of God's character: his holiness and his love; his grandeur and his kindness. He does bring good for those who love Him. Second, we need to pray for it. Jesus says that God gives his Spirit to those who ask (Luke 11:13). I suspect that many of us give up too easily. Jesus insists that we pray with urgency while Paul insists that we pray continually. Our culture knows little of this perseverance. Many Christians have discovered that while we wait for an answer our longing for the kingdom increases. As we pray, our eyes move away from the concerns of this world; we begin to look up, to see God on his throne and Christ right beside him. The world will be alright because God is on the throne. As you fix your eyes on him, go with the blessing of God: May the peace of the Lord Christ go with you, wherever he may send you. May he guide you through the wilderness, protect you through the storm. May your day end with rejoicing at the wonders he has shown you. May you rest in his provision as he brings night, and then new dawn.

Israel's history is overflowing with the accounts of the marvelous works of God (Psalm 78:12-16). He used Moses to lead over a million Israelites out of bondage and servitude in Egypt, the world power of that day. He divided the Red Sea so that they could cross on dry ground and closed the waters over the formidable Egyptian Army destroying it in mere moments. He led them through the wilderness with a pillar of fire by night and a cloud by day. He fed them with manna and did not allow their clothes or shoes to wear out. He gave them water out of rocks. After forty years of wandering, He used Joshua to lead a new generation into the land of Canaan and gave them great victory against incredible odds. He satisfied them with land, houses and vineyards. The goodness of God was beyond imagination. Yet, after Joshua and his contemporary elders died, a generation grew up that was unaware of the marvelous work of God. Judges 2:7 And the people served the Lord all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that outlived Joshua, who had seen all the great works of the Lord, that he did for Israel. Download Notes Thanks for joining us for this episode and please take a moment to subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts. If you enjoy this content, please don't hesitate to leave us a 5-star review and share this podcast with your friends.  We'd like to extend an invitation to you and your family to join us for worship this week at Grace Baptist Church. We'd also love to connect with you online at https://gracekettering.org. Thanks again for checking out this episode, and we look forward to having you join us again right here on the Grace Baptist Church Podcast!

Wednesday Bible Lesson: Exodus 14:10-12 Israel's Fear of Egyptian Army. Taught by Dr. Chinyere Onwubiko at Berean Bible Church, Bay Springs, MS.

Wednesday Bible Lesson: Exodus 14:10-12 Israel's Fear of Egyptian Army. Taught by Dr. Chinyere Onwubiko at Berean Bible Church, Bay Springs, MS.

Our journey from Pesach to Shavous is about to begin. We will be leaving Egypt this Friday night. A week later we will be standing at the Sea of Reeds with the Egyptian Army quickly approaching. We will be forced once again to make the choice of allowing our Pharaoh to bring us back to […]

The Christian Way of Living Part 4. CWLiving.org Cliff Spier [^] Lombardi believed that if you want to win at anything in life, you had to perfect and master the basics. What does God want from us? What's God's will? [^] 1 Tim 2:4 who [JC] desires [wills] [1] all men to be saved [unbeliever] and [2] to come to the [epignosis] knowledge [through metabolized BD] of the truth [believer]. Recall Gods Love wants to bless you, encourage you, and prosper you. That is His love's motivation. And when His Righteousness is satisfied, His Justice executes what His Love wants to do for you – aka blessing When you Rebound when necessary, learn and use many of God's promises, diligently using the F/R Drill Then God's +R accepts this and His Justice blesses you. [^] Rebound when necessary Diligently using (mastering) the F/R Drill Understanding God's Essence JR SOOO LIVE esp His Love -> +R – Justice Then using your volition to execute what God says – CMDs, Promises, Instructions When you don't or are apathetic or disobedient – then the +R of God rejects your behaviour and condemns you – disciplines you (including reaping what you sow). xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx The Red Sea Incident (cont) God promised Israel a land of their own 650 yrs before [Genesis 12:1-3]. God raised up Moses to be a leader to take the Jews out of Egypt and into the land that He promised. Moses did what God told him to do. He went to Pharaoh to tell him that God said to let His people go. And to prove the power of God, God showed Pharaoh by the first plague His power, and when Pharaoh refused, he gave him 9 other times (total 10 plagues) to cause him to change his mind. Pharaoh did not until his son and all the first born people & cattle in Egypt died because they did not follow God's instruction to paint lamb's blood on their door posts. After Pharaoh relented and let the Jews go initially, then Moses led them out of Egypt to the edge of the Red Sea. The Jews packed up all their belongings and gathered their families and started to march in the direction that Moses, and the Cloud by Day and the Pillar of Fire by night lead them. Visual confirmation of God fulfilling His promises. Pharaoh changed his mind and sent his entire army after the Jews and when the Egyptians chased the Jews and pinned them against the Red Sea, Moses, before God said anything to him, stood up and told the whining Jews to ‘Stand still (shut up and calm down) and watch the deliverance of the Lord'. Moses Trusted God to make good on His promise to leading the Jews out of Egypt and to His promised land, even though Moses had no idea how God would do it. He just believed (Trusted) God would solve the problem. Then God told Moses what to do – stretch out your staff.... God used nature to part the waters, and used His Omnipotence to make sure the land (sea bed) was dry so they could easily walk on it. After God removed the pillar of fire blocking the Egyptians from pursuing the Jews, they started to pursue the Jews. They were gaining on the Jews, so God made it difficult (Omnipotence) for the Egyptians to pursue the Jews (He caused their chariot wheels to swerve). And when 3 million Jews completed the crossing, then God told Moses to “Stretch out your hand over the sea” and Moses did and the water came down on the Egyptians and killed al who pursued them. What are we to learn about this as far as our Christian Way of Living (CWLiving) is concerned? ● We see that Moses listened – listened to God [aka Learn]. ● Moses followed God's instructions [aka Think – Motive – Act]. ● God provided a solution - parted the Red Sea, - made the sea bed ground dry, - stopped the Egyptians from following via the Cloud of Fire, - The Jews moved quickly across the sea [speed was essential]. God killed Pharaoh's army completely [so for all of human history God would be known – evangelism and a warning: don't mess with God and don't mess with Israel] And by contrast, we have the Jewish people that Moses was leading. They followed Moses mainly because it was freedom, some followed Moses because they believed in God and recalled His promise to them. Yet when the there was a little adversity, the Jews as a group failed. Do you just come to bible class … walk out .. back to the cosmic system thinking (no armor) So when God tests you - you fail? How many F/R promises, versus, do you know? How many do you use? When they started to see the Egyptians coming, they panicked. They complained to Moses, “Why did you lead us out of Egypt to kill us?” And many complained to God. So you see this is the real problem. And unfortunately, throughout the bible and in all of human history: many people know of God, they were acquainted with God, in this case the Jews saw His power (10 plagues, Cloud by Day and Pillar of Fire by night, and the killing of the entire Egyptian Army) … yet did not trust God. They knew Him believed in a god but did not trust Him in what He said via Moses taught and what they experienced. They refused to Learn and Think about God and what He told them. They also were not Motivated to believe and Trust God and Act according to what He told them. BUT … you can not make their mistake… Rebound when necessary Learn the promises of God Diligently use the F/R Drill Learn and Think about God's Divine Essence in your life. Appreciate and love God. Trust in the Lord … Lean not … In all your ways …and He will make your paths straight By using God's promises then God's Righteousness and Justice are satisfied and God is able to work out circumstances in your favor – /= Door 1 that is HIS plan for you and your life. And the bonus: when you Trust God then you have a Relaxed Mental Attitude (RMA) and you have contentment in life. Positively - when you do things God's way, Rebound when necessary and diligently use the F/R procedure then God answers your prayers and works circumstances for your benefit – a blessing. It also works in the negative way. When we do not use Rebound when necessary, when we don't use the F/R procedure, when we go your own way and use our own human strength instead of using God's solutions (Rebound, F/R procedure) then God's +R rejects that and God's Justice either allows you to experience the consequence of your own solutions (called Reaping what you Sow) and/or gives you Divine Discipline. BUT, that Divine Discipline is not to ‘hurt' you per se, it is a ‘sting' to remind you that God's way is the only way and for you to return to Rebounding when necessary and diligently using the F/R procedure and to Trust and depend upon Him. Some people do, most do not. Most Christians have no idea of the things This church teaches. So there is a big difference between believing there is a God vs Trusting God. We Learn and understand what God says, what His promises are and we claim those promises then God comes through for us. Moses trusted God, the Jewish people did not. Many of the Jews were believers, who were going to go to heaven. But they chose not to believe (Learn and Trust) what Moses taught them and what God said even though they were eyewitnesses to all that happened in Egypt. Eyewitnesses! Xxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxx God gives us a choice and He gives us all the information we need to make that choice. We can choose for or against God. Some people do, most do not. Some Christians do, most Christians do not. You can do what the Jews in this narrative… panic when things get out of control around you, personally or nationally. Or, we can Trust God, His promises and what He says. So this is a example of Trust and patience. Trust in someone greater than ourselves, relax that God will take care of the situation and patently wait on God's solution. [^ - Blank slide ] So what are we to learn from this? Trust God in what He says (In my three lessons so far it is Rebound when necessary. Learn His promises and diligently use the F/R Procedure, think about God in terms of His Divine Essence and how it functions). Wait on God's timing, Now most if not all of your problems, concerns, cares, are not that urgent. Right? Even so, you can do what Moses did. Make a plea (Moses made an urgent plea to God – used the Faith Rest procedure, gave the problem over to God and then did what God commanded him to do.) When God delivers you and you look back on it, you will be amazed. Most of your requests to God are not like parting the Red Sea, but you will see how things worked out, many times not in any way you thought, but you will see the results of God at work in your life. Perfect God gives perfect Loving results (you would expect nothing less as a Father). So isn't it better for you if God picks the solution to your request rather than you deciding what to do and doing something on your strength and timing? Don't act from an emotional aspect. Go to God in prayer and use the Faith Rest procedure then “Stand still and watch the deliverance of the Lord”. God is perfect, He has perfect timing and knows all the facts and has all the power to do what He wants done. Using the F/R procedure is doing things the right way, because of that then God's +R (Righteousness) is satisfied and His Justice executes what His Love wants to do for you in your situation. This is how you are to think. It is simple to understanding what God wants, and it is hard to implement because we are impatient, immature and arrogant in our thinking as it relates to God. Not to mention we want it done our way (mostly). Oh by the way, God uses this ‘waiting on His timing' to teach us patience. (I just thought I'd mention what is experientially obvious.) It is just part of God's humor. It may not be ‘funny' but it is humorous. Think of being a parent and ‘knowing' what a child will do even though you told him not to do something. When you know he will do it anyway. So you wait until he does it then you take some action. Same with God. Are you going to be patient and Trust (there is that word again) and wait or do it your way? As Rick Hughes says – are you going to go down the My Way Highway? But if you Think, repeat Think and use the what I have taught you (Learn) you can come to the conclusion that God's way is the perfect way. Use His Faith Rest procedure, Trust and have Patience. It is always for us: “Stop (calm down), Stand Still (use His procedures and our knowledge of God) and Watch the Deliverance of the Lord” Now I want to point out a few things. Most of the children of Israel were immature believers and some were unbelievers (being a Jew does not make you a believer, it is always Faith Alone in Christ Alone). God gave them an opportunity to grow up spiritually (learn to trust God) during the 10 plagues in Egypt that forced Pharaoh to let the Jews leave Egypt. But sadly (as we find out later) most never grew up spiritually, never trusted God and died before God allowed them to enter the Promised Land. But note, God gave them time to grow up and Trust Him and do what He says (they were witnesses to the plagues on Egypt) but they failed to do so. So the lesson is don't you be a failure. Also with respect to timing of God, this was an immediate issue (chariots bearing down on the people of Israel), so God acted immediately. That is not always the timing, it depends upon the situation. With imminent death the case is clear. Our problems and issues usually are not imminent death. Also notice God promised Israel or the Jews a land, a promised land, but He gave it to them 650 years after the promise to Abraham. That is another example of God's timing. Something always to remember, when you claim a promise or call upon the Lord to deliver on a promise God will fulfill His promise in His own timing. That can be immediate in the case of imminent danger, it could be minutes, hours, days, weeks, years and sometimes well after your death. It depends upon what you asked and the promise you claimed and the Divine timing of God. But patience and waiting upon the timing of God and Trusting Him is part of the process. In my experience, God has multiple objectives in determining when He will answer your prayer and fulfill a promise. And, it is always to your benefit. Recall Matthew 7:11, [^] Matthew 7:11 [Promise] If you then [the context is talking about parents], being evil [compared to the character & integrity of God], know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more shall your Father who is in heaven give what is good to those who ask Him! “How much more” ... this is a powerful statement. How much more does God know what is best for you, how much more can God provide for you? God is a Loving God and wants the very best for you. A perfect God will act at a perfect time for you. Moses trusted God, now this did not just happen. It was a process for Moses as well. The story of Moses is interesting but this is a lesson for another time. But Moses went through a process to trust God (he was not born that way). And Moses did learn to trust God and that is why God used Moses. [^] And that leads me to my last three points. 1 - The Process of Trusting God First, God used Moses because Moses trusted God and God knew in eternity past how Moses would grow up and all the leadership skills He would develop (in fact God set him on his path). Just like God knows you. You nor I are Moses. But you are you. And God put you in this time and place, He knew what you would go through and when you would respond to Him. He has a marvelous life waiting for you. [^] You need to Learn what I have told you so far, Think about it, be Motivated to do what I am telling you and what God says then Act. Which for you is 1) using Rebound when necessary; 2) diligently use the Faith Rest procedure (including memorizing a few promises); 3) Learning about God and His character (JR SOOO LIVE) and last but not least; 4) How God uses His character in our lives and in the world around us (e.g. How his +R and Justice work). That way you can handle problems and to learn to Trust God – it is a process; it takes time and effort. Learn, Think, Motive, Act. So just like Moses, you learn about God and His plan (use Rebound and Faith Rest and also learn about God's character and nature and how He uses it). Then you can decide to follow His plan, you are Motivated to do what God says and you Act (with courage God provides via the Faith Rest procedure), then wait and watch what God does for you. [^] 2 - The Red Sea Incident is not just a Story Second, this is not some story nor something God did once in the past and has no relevance to you, today, personally. It does. While I would agree I have not seen something like the Red Sea parting or every first-born child of every family in a nation die, there are recent examples that you can point to. I do this to make this real, these are not just some stories. They happened and it is our responsibility to understand them and apply them to our lives today. A recent example: In WWII, 1945, during my mothers and father's lifetime. Germany murdered 6 million Jews in concentration camps. It was horrible. I do not know how much you really know about the horror and gore of that time. I recently visited a very small exhibit on Children of the Holocaust. I got half way into it and started to cry. I stopped and prayed to God. I was visibly and emotionally impacted by what I saw and read. (Man's inhumanity to man, it happened before and it will happen again. The result of no God in their lives and nation.) And I was not even around when this happened. What happened was truly horrible and in a certain way unbelievable. But it did happen. Yet God did stop it and God made the German people pay a terrible price for this atrocity. Not like parting the Red Sea, but the US Army defeated Germany. We take this for granted but it was not inevitable that the US Army would win and in the Christmas of 1944 we almost lost. And if you look at pictures of German cities just after the war, they were leveled. No building stood; they were all rubble. Germany had to be rebuilt from scratch. It destroyed people's lives and they almost all starved to death – no way to plant crops (no tractors or fuel), no way to get them to market, millions of Germans almost died of starvation. Germany paid a terrible price for the Nazi party and their part in it. Only God and His power could make Germany fall and then pay a horrible price for years and years for what they had done. Remember here in this story, the entire Egyptian army, all of them, drowned in the Red Sea. Egypt could not defend itself at that point. Many more men were killed than just the first born now. A horrible price to pay for not obeying God. He said “Let My people go”. They refused. God gave them 10 warnings (plagues) and when Egypt reneged on letting the Jews go, He drown the army in the Red Sea. All of them. Don't just let this be a story. It has to have impact on you and your thinking. How? This is the power (Omnipotence) and the Righteousness and Justice of God in action. Against the Egyptians for reneging on what they said. For Germany for socialism and murder. This is the same God that you believe in and who Loves you and protects you. So obedience to God is not a small thing. God's Righteousness and Justice are real and have impact. They are in operation 24 hrs a day. His +R and Justice can bless you when you follow His procedures. His +R and Justice can bring discipline and heartache your way for disobedience. AND His discipline is not to hurt you per se, but to bring a ‘sting' to you so that you recognize that you are not following God's procedures and to encourage you back. God is not mean. He loves you like a parent loves a child and disciplines that child in Love. You and I are no different in Gods eyes. 3 - The Big Deal – Trust God Third, and this is a big deal. Recall [^] Exodus 14:10 ¶ And as Pharaoh drew near, the sons of Israel kept staring [they looked at the enemy [eyes on people and circumstances] and not the Lord], and behold, the Egyptians were marching after them, and they became very frightened; This is the pivotal point in the story. Trust. Notice Israel keep staring [they looked at the enemy]. Fear. This is the biggest problem we all have as believers in Jesus Christ. We look at our problems in life, and many times we instantly believe they are insurmountable (fear). We should ‘glance' at our problems and immediately Think and recall what we know about God and know God has a solution just waiting to use IF we use the Faith Rest procedure. The analogy here is that we stare at our problems and the problems get bigger and bigger and we try and figure out a solution and we get upset, mad, angry. We lose our RMA that God has provided for us based upon our diligent use of the Faith Rest procedure and we are relying upon ourselves for a solution. The moment we feel agitated or getting angry or disappointed, or any other adverb, we need to STOP. “Stop (calm down), Stand Still” - Think about the Faith Rest procedure and use a promise that we have memorized. Then regain our RMA and “Watch the Deliverance of the Lord”. See these Jews as I have said were immature. They just panicked. We know the story. We can see that. They did not know the future, yet they chose, in their past, not to grow up spiritually, i.e. CWLiving, and choose to be infants and unable to handle adversity or what looked like adversity. We are the same way. We can just let this be a story or we can see it for what God intended it to be for the last 3500 years. A lesson for us to grow up, using His solutions and retaining a RMA in adversity and have a wonderful, meaningful life. The choice is ours to make. Everything I have discussed in these last 3 lessons is so that you can learn about this God and understand what He wants of you, so you can follow what He says – adopt His thinking – in order to have a life worth living, versus just doing things our own way. [^] God's way Or the My Way Highway [^] The next scripture I want to cover with you is the passage on the Prodigal Son. I want to go through it with you so you know more about God and how and what He thinks. You should always keep in mind, No Matter What God Loves you. He is not an angry or mean or vengeful god just waiting to punish you. His ‘heart' for you is one of restoration to fellowship with Him. Never, never punishment. That is not our God. I do not know if you know this or not; The bible has only one and only one interpretation But many applications. God is not a God of confusion. There is confusion if God means more than one interpretation. This is not like English literature, where the teacher asks you ‘what do you think it means'? God is clear, precise and not confusing and his word, the bible is the same. The bible may have metaphors and illustrative language but there is one and only one interpretation but many applications. (Near, far, Jews / Church dispensations, future prophecy future dispensations) The way I approach biblical narratives (I dislike the word stories) Is to understand completely the narrative, esp the isagogics, the history context, also understanding the correct exegesis (translation) removing all obscure and archaic language. You do not speak to your children, nephews, nieces and grandchildren with thee's and thou's. Why read and study with them. They only distract from your understanding. (my opinion) Then after completely understanding the story then to go back through it and understand the spiritual meaning God intends for us to have. So tonight I will cover the historical context and any exegesis we might need, then next class (Wed) I will cover the spiritual meaning that God intends for us to have. The Prodigal Son This parable Jesus taught is about a young man who thought he had grown up and wanted to strike out on His own. He worked for his father's business, like his older brother. But like many 2nd generation sons and daughters, they do not appreciate what their parents did, the sacrifices they made, they were around mainly to enjoy the fruit of their parents' business. Spiritual, we have to be careful – this same lack of humility, respect and maturity –can be found in our relationship to God. Recall its God's Plan, His hard work to provide salvation and deliverance in time... We have to learn His plan (be the beneficiaries of His plan, and be humble in our appreciation and Love for God and what he has done). As the story begins the young man now wants to take his share of his inheritance and go have some fun. Like most of Jesus' parables this story is an allegory. It's taught as a life lesson. In the parable, the father is God the Father, the younger son represents a believer in Jesus Christ, the older son represents another believer in Jesus Christ. So at the end there are three stories to tell, how God the Father thinks and acts, and the behavior of the two sons. Webster's dictionary defines prodigal as: 1) one who spends or gives lavishly and foolishly; 2) one who has returned after an absence. Both definitions fit this parable. The parable is a found in Luke chapter 15. First you need to understand some historical details. In ancient times, everything revolved around the family. Families lived together. When a son was old enough to get married, many fathers built the son a house on the family property or bought land nearby and built a house. In this case the Father must have owned some land and had a business. The Father and the two sons lived and worked in the family business. This was common. Also common that the Father (well before his death) would divide up the inheritance and split it – in this case a three way split. One part for the Father so he could continue with the business and make a living and one third each two the two sons. Notice both sons got their inheritance at the same time, because one son asked for it. Getting the inheritance at the same time is not unusual, because the father decided when to divide up the estate and give it to the son(s), but in this case the younger son was antsy to get his portion, and we must assume he sold it and took the money on his journey. [^] Luke 15:11 ¶ And He [Jesus] said, "A certain man had two sons; Luke 15:12 and the younger of them said to his father,' Father, [CMD] give me the share of the estate that falls to me.' And he divided his wealth between them. So right away we can deduce something about the younger brother. He wanted to get out of the house, away from his father and the family business. He wanted to ‘buck' the custom at the time to work in the family business (nothing wrong with that per se). But demanding his inheritance shows that he was arrogant and not very mature. Waiting until the father decided when to give the inheritance shows respect and honor. It must be understood that inheritance was a usual custom and not a ‘right'. So today it would be like going to your parents and demanding your inheritance before they died. Very disrespectful and insolent. Notice also that the Father did what the son asked of him. He didn't object, he most likely disagreed but did not object. He was a gracious father and looked past the disrespect and immature behavior. He also divided the estate and gave a portion to the older brother so they both got the same thing. The older brother could not complain that this was not an unfair transaction. [^] Luke 15:13 "And not many days later, the younger son gathered everything together and went on a journey into a distant county, and there he squandered his estate with loose living. First, we can deduce that the son was planning on something for a very long time, he got his inheritance and took off. So we can assume that his family knew about his ambitions and probably talked about it. You can assume there might be some hard feelings. Why? The younger son was breaking with tradition, I am sure the older brother did not take to it too kindly, he was still working for his father, etc. So there is probably some family dynamics going on also. The son must have sold his part of the inheritance. I assume he sold land, equipment used on the land, maybe a house and if the land had any animals, which it most likely did, they were sold. Also if the land was not sold back to the father or his brother, then a stranger owned the parcel of land his father gave him. Now, what was family property is now owned by a stranger. That is not necessarily wrong, but people get attached to ‘family' property, so there may have been hard feeling about this transaction – the bible is silent on that but it is safe to assume it could be true. We also have to assume that the inheritance made the son very wealthy. Why? If you receive a little money then you would want to invest it, maybe buy some land and start your own business or do some remodeling. If you were independently wealthy, then you might think that your money will last forever and not really think about spending a chunk of it. It's sorta like lotto winners who get 10's or 100's of millions of dollars. They spend it and go broke. A very common story. We notice that the younger son just decided to spend his inheritance. The bible says two things: ‘squandered his estate' and ‘loose living'. So squandered is the lotto example above. He had so much money that he thought it would last forever and just spent it. Now ‘loose living' is interesting. It will come up later in the story. But notice it does not say what kind of loose living. It just characterized it as ‘loose living' nothing more. What does that conjure up in your mind? Nothing good I assume. And that is what it is meant to do without naming exactly what it means. Again that will have a spiritual lesson later. [^] Luke 15:14 "Now when he had spent everything, a severe famine occurred in that country, and he began to be in need. Now we know that squandered means that he spent everything he had but the clothes on his back. Also a severe famine, not just a famine, occurred where he was living. That indicates that food and the raw materials to make food with were scarce which also means it cost allot more money to buy it. Another side effect is that you are not likely to go to parties where there is free food and drinks because there is no free food and drinks in a severe famine. Everyone falls on hard times when a severe famine occurs. Also, normal places that might give you table scraps (food bank) had nothing to spare. So very hard economic times since ancient cultures were agricultural economies. So at verse 14 this young man was without money (which also means his ‘friends' were not around anymore) and food was hard to come by. It leaves you with the impression that he was a street person of today. [^] Luke 15:15 "And he went and attached himself to one of the citizens of that country, and he sent him into his fields to feed swine. At this point he found someone who would give him the most menial of jobs, feeding pigs. That has a double meaning in a Jewish society. Jews were forbidden to eat pork (the religious Jews perverted this into not touching of have anything to do with pigs – another example of not listening carefully to what god says, just like the Woman in the garden – don't eat the fruit, not I cant touch it. [Not eating port has a practical meaning, for in the ancient world they did not have a mechanism to determine when pork was cooked properly, temperature wise, and a fatal disease could be contracted from eating improperly cooked meat, so God told the Jews not to eat pork – it was a practical matter of health and hygiene]. So doing anything with pigs was a terrifying thought. Therefore this young man had to be in truly dire straits to take this job. [^] Luke 15:16 "And he was longing to fill his stomach with the pods [food suitable for pigs] that the swine were eating, and no one was giving anything [food suitable for humans] to him. Something else to understand is that unless you were a day laborer, workers were not paid as they are today – weekly, bi-monthly, monthly. They were paid after, in this case, the pigs were sold. You worked for weeks or months before getting paid. Think of it like being a carpenter building a house. You would not get paid until after the builder got paid when the house was sold. So he took this job but still had no food. It says “he was longing to fill his stomach”. The bible does not say that he ate the pigs food but it does give you the impression he did that. Disgusting to you and me and even more for a Jew. [^] Luke 15:17 But when he came to his senses, ... I have found in my bible studies that there are many important small words to look for that are keys to about to tell you something important. ‘But' is one of those words (another is ‘For'). “But” is a transitional particle and means there is a change from what was preceding it. In my bible I usually underline ‘but' so I do not just read right over the top of it. It is a way that should get your attention to what you are about to read. It says ‘when he came to his senses'. This is a very important and sometimes overlooked statement. First to notice is that thinking is the predecessor to evaluating your circumstances. I also want to introduce something here. There is a big difference between thinking (rationally) and emoting. You can't think when you are emotional. You react when you are emotional. Therefore a principle found throughout the bible is do not make decisions when you are emotional. You need rational thought in order to evaluate your circumstances. [And God gives us a mechanism / procedure – you know what it is - it is the Faith Rest Procedure, claim an appropriate promise, let God handle it and relax] For maturing believers it si called reverse concentration – instead of concentrating on the problem, you reverse your thinking and focus to concentrating on God – His word (The word of God is alive and powerful, recall For the word of God is… The For lead us to the F/R Drill, remember my first lesson?) So reverse concentration. You look at God, and in this case His F/R Drill, you recall a pertenant promise, not just a generic promise, and you clam that promise to God and then you relax because you know God's character and nature, His Diine Essence – JR SOOO LIVE – esp His Love and +R and Justice will take care of the situation, actually you will take care of the situation using Gods power and go forward in your life making the best decisions you can and relying on God to take up the slack. You reversed your concentration. I would not teach the to new believers, only maturing believers. For newer believers just stick to claiming a promise and relaxing. Keep it simple until you have enough confidence in God that you exercise the F/R Drill almost effortlessly all the time. You are a well taught and mature congregation – so learning and using reverse concentration is what maturing believers should be doing. [^] Luke 15:17 But when he came to his senses, ... So it appears from the text that this young man had thought long and hard, probably with wild emotional swings, before he got to a place where ‘his emotions ran out' and he could think rationally. This is very hard to do when you are wed or emotionally invested in a situation. Think about it. This young man had thought about this “journey into a distant county” for a long time. He had everything worked out in his mind of just what he would do and how it would go. But now it had gone terribly wrong and he was destitute, starving, having to feed disgusting pigs to survive. So everything that had happened to him finally brought him around to think about his situation and what his options were. Don't underestimate how long he was struggling. He was, as they say, ‘invested' in his “journey into a distant county” and for him to realize what an abject failure he was and the bad decisions he made and how he most likely also alienated his family is allot to come to terms with.

Journey Through The Bible Series: Exodus 14-The Lord Destroys Pharaoh And The Egyptian Army At The Red Sea-Lesson # 15

Amy shares some of her highlights and heartaches while living in the beautiful United Arab Emirates.  She married a Captain in the Egyptian Army, who risked everything to be with her.  Their life was full of adventure and joy, but also the painful loss of twins (one in utero and one born premature), a miscarriage, and ultimately a divorce.  Sadly, Amy also lost her father, her mother and her sister.  All of this while experiencing progressive loss of her vision as she was diagnosed with Retinitis Pigmentosa at age 28, a hereditary vision condition that results in blindness.      In her book Seeking Solace:  Finding Joy After Loss she shares how God healed her heart many times, often in supernatural ways.  She found, especially in the case of her babies, that God did give her so many miracles to glorify him in her healing.  He also faithfully brought people into her life that could love her and encourage her in difficult times.   Today Amy is an author, blogger, speaker, and she continues to educate others through her books and talks in spite of her vision and hearing loss.  She's a Low Vision Motivator with High Expectations.  While she features other cultures in her writing, she focuses on how God has taken her life on adventures of faith through losses right at home.  She loves to speak about a bright future no matter how dark it physically becomes.   Amy’s memoirs include: Mobility Matters: Stepping Out in Faith, Cane Confessions: The Lighter Side to Mobility and a memoir / devotional, Seeking Solace: Finding Joy After Loss.   In 2015, Amy joined a group of blind professionals who volunteer their time to help others cope with blindness at VisionAware.org, an outreach website now under the auspices of the American Printing House. In 2016, Ohio Valley University, Amy’s undergraduate institution, awarded her the Distinguished Medal of Literature for Mobility Matters. Amy is an active member of several community groups, which include Pennwriters, West PA Authors, Toastmasters, the West County Lions Club, and the National Federation of the Blind.   Jeremiah 31:13 NIV "Then young women will dance and be glad, young men and old as well. I will turn their mourning into gladness; I will give them comfort and joy instead of sorrow."   Isaiah 42:16 NIV "I will lead the blind by ways they have not known,     along unfamiliar paths I will guide them; I will turn the darkness into light before them     and make the rough places smooth. These are the things I will do;     I will not forsake them."

As had been agreed between the Israeli, British and French Government, the Israeli Army invades the Sinai, dropping para-troops near to the Suez Canal.  The Israeli Army defeats the Egyptian Army and captures the Sinai and Gaza.  This invasion allows the British and French Government to invade the Suez Canal.

This chapter begins Jeremiah's description of the final days of the Kingdom of Judah. The siege of Jerusalem is at its' height, and the King and the people have rejected Jeremiah's admonitions. The Egyptian Army marches north to help relieve Jerusalem, but they are quickly repulsed by the Chaldeans. Jeremiah is accused of being a traitor, and is placed in in a horrific jail cell. The King intervenes on his behalf and though he remains in custody, he is given rations and better living conditions.

The Israeli Army wins control of the Western Negev.  The Israeli Army then invades the Sinai, the British Government threatens war if the Israelis did not withdrew from the Sinai, so David Ben Gurion agrees to do so..  In January 1949 the Israeli Army cuts off the Egyptian Army in Gaza.  The Egyptian Government is forced to begin peace talks.

The third ad final phase of the war begins in October 1948, with the Israeli Army concentrating its forces in the south against the Egyptian Army.  The Israeli Army encircle the Egyptian Fourth Brigade.  The Israeli Army relives Jewish settlements and conquers the Negev.  A biography of General Allon who led the Israeli Army in this offensive.  

The first UN backed cease fire breaks down and it takes ten days to arrange a second cease fire.  In the ten days of fighting the Israeli Army captures Nazareth, Ramla and Southern Judea but attempts to take Latrun and the Old City Jewish quarter in Jerusalem are repulsed by the Arab Legion.  A biography of Egyptian Army commander in Palestine Major General Al - Mwawi.  

The Syrian Army invades North Eastern Israel but they are firmly repulsed.  The commander of the Israeli forces is Mosha Daylan a biography of him.  The Egyptian Army advances along the coast towards Tel Avia but they are halted.  The reason for the Soviet support for the creation of the state of Israel.  The importance of the Communist arms sales to Israel.

Rev. Ben Hadley-Goggin visits the story of the Exodus, one of the most important and amazing miracle stories in the Old Testament. Against all hopes and defying all logic as the Egyptian Army is bearing down on the Israelites God makes a way for the Israelites where there seemed to be no way.

The Lion's Gate: On the Front Lines of the Six Day War by Steven PressfieldHugh Hewitt talks to the author. From the bestselling author of Gates of Fire and Killing Rommel, the thrilling true story of one of the most unlikely and astonishing military victories in history. June 5, 1967. Israel is surrounded by enemies who want nothing less than her utter extinction. The Soviet-equipped Egyptian Army has massed a thousand tanks on the nation’s southern border. Syrian heavy guns are shelling her from the north. To the east, Jordan and Iraq are moving mechanized brigades and fighter squadrons into position to attack.June 10, 1967. The Arab armies have been routed, their air forces totally destroyed. Israel’s citizen-soldiers have seized the Gaza Strip and the Sinai Peninsula from Egypt, the Golan Heights from Syria, East Jerusalem and the West Bank from Jordan. Moshe Dayan has entered the Lion’s Gate of the Old City of Jerusalem to stand with the paratroopers who have liberated Judaism’s holiest site—the Western Wall.Drawing on hundreds of hours of interviews with veterans of the war—fighter and helicopter pilots, tank commanders and Recon soldiers, paratroopers, as well as women soldiers, wives, and others—bestselling author Steven Pressfield tells the story of the Six Day War as you’ve never experienced it before.--------------------------------------------------------------------  HELP ACU SPREAD THE WORD! Ways to subscribe to the American Conservative University PodcastClick here to subscribe via iTunesClick here to subscribe via RSSYou can also subscribe via StitcherIf you like this episode head on over to iTunes and kindly leave us a rating, a review and subscribe! People find us through our good reviews. FEEDBACK + PROMOTIONYou can ask your questions, make comments, submit ideas for shows and lots more. Let your voice be heard.Email us at americanconservativeuniversity@americanconservativeuniversity.comNote- ACU Students and Alumni are asked to commit to donating Platelets and Plasma.  Make an Appointment Today! Call Your local Hospital or The Red Cross at 1-800-733-2767

Known as the 'Napoleon of Egypt', Tuthmosis III set his eyes upon the Levant and expanded Egyptian territory into Syria, all the way to the Euphrates River. We focus on the Egyptian Army and the Battle of Megiddo, the world's first recorded battle in reliable detail. We also discuss the Karnak Temple expansions and Tomb KV34. This Podcast series is also available on iTunes, Spotify, Google Podcast, Stitcher, iHeart Radio, and TuneIn.See more resources, maps, and information at:https://www.dwworldhistory.comCheckout the video version at:https://www.youtube.com/DWWorldHistoryOutlines for this episode are available at:https://www.patreon.com/DWWorldHistoryYou may wish to review these outlines before and after listening to these lectures. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/DWWorldHistory)

The Lion's Gate: On the Front Lines of the Six Day War by Steven Pressfield   From the bestselling author of Gates of Fire and Killing Rommel, the thrilling true story of one of the most unlikely and astonishing military victories in history. June 5, 1967. Israel is surrounded by enemies who want nothing less than her utter extinction. The Soviet-equipped Egyptian Army has massed a thousand tanks on the nation's southern border. Syrian heavy guns are shelling her from the north. To the east, Jordan and Iraq are moving mechanized brigades and fighter squadrons into position to attack. June 10, 1967. The Arab armies have been routed, their air forces totally destroyed. Israel's citizen-soldiers have seized the Gaza Strip and the Sinai Peninsula from Egypt, the Golan Heights from Syria, East Jerusalem and the West Bank from Jordan. Moshe Dayan has entered the Lion's Gate of the Old City of Jerusalem to stand with the paratroopers who have liberated Judaism's holiest site—the Western Wall. Drawing on hundreds of hours of interviews with veterans of the war—fighter and helicopter pilots, tank commanders and Recon soldiers, paratroopers, as well as women soldiers, wives, and others—bestselling author Steven Pressfield tells the story of the Six Day War as you've never experienced it before.

The Lion's Gate: On the Front Lines of the Six Day War by Steven Pressfield   From the bestselling author of Gates of Fire and Killing Rommel, the thrilling true story of one of the most unlikely and astonishing military victories in history. June 5, 1967. Israel is surrounded by enemies who want nothing less than her utter extinction. The Soviet-equipped Egyptian Army has massed a thousand tanks on the nation's southern border. Syrian heavy guns are shelling her from the north. To the east, Jordan and Iraq are moving mechanized brigades and fighter squadrons into position to attack. June 10, 1967. The Arab armies have been routed, their air forces totally destroyed. Israel's citizen-soldiers have seized the Gaza Strip and the Sinai Peninsula from Egypt, the Golan Heights from Syria, East Jerusalem and the West Bank from Jordan. Moshe Dayan has entered the Lion's Gate of the Old City of Jerusalem to stand with the paratroopers who have liberated Judaism's holiest site—the Western Wall. Drawing on hundreds of hours of interviews with veterans of the war—fighter and helicopter pilots, tank commanders and Recon soldiers, paratroopers, as well as women soldiers, wives, and others—bestselling author Steven Pressfield tells the story of the Six Day War as you've never experienced it before.

Today's podcast comes from the "Ad Halom" Israel Independence War Monument Park in Ashdod. "Ad Halom" in Hebrew means, "until here", to commemorate the most northern point in Israel that the Egyptian Army reached in 1948. Had, they captured Ashdod, there would have been nothing to stop the Egyptians from capturing the entire south of Israel as far as Tel Aviv - Jaffa in the north. But even in Ashdod there was nothing to stop the entire Egyptian Army except for a single-engine Piper piloted by a South African Jew named Eddie Cohen, of sacred and martyred memory, who was dropping Molotov cocktails from the cockpit on the heads of the Egyptians. Any objective observer knows that Hashem was controlling events, not the fledgling army. It's still the same, so there's no sense in trying to be a control freak...

The people of Israel crossed the Red Sea on dry ground and watched as God sent the waters to destroy the Egyptian Army. In Chapter 15 a song interrupts the story. God leads the people on a process through the song of soliciting emotions and giving new meaning to the events they have walked through.

The recent events in Venezuela with riots in the street and the political opposition being jailed should worry any corporate security, business continuity, intelligence, or crisis management professional. Whether you're doing business in Venezuela or not, the developments over the past few weeks should cause companies to review their current approach to managing global risk, monitoring developments around the world, and their plans to respond to an international incident. In this episode of the Managing Uncertainty Podcast, Bryghtpath Principal & CEO Bryan Strawser and Senior Consultant Jennifer Otremba discuss their experiences during the 2011 - 2013 uprisings across North Africa & the Middle East - and several specific tactics that they used during the unrest in Egypt that impacted their then-employer. Topics discussed include the need for a command center or "radar screen" to monitor and rapidly respond to global developments, crisis planning, leading through international security incidents, and tactics that you can use to better prepare your organization for similar events. //static.leadpages.net/leadboxes/current/embed.js Episode Transcript Bryan Strawser:                   All over the news right now- Jen Otremba:                        Everywhere. Bryan Strawser:                   ... is the problem in Venezuela. Jen Otremba:                        It's a huge deal. Bryan Strawser:                   The problem in Venezuela, actually, has been going on for quite a while, but it hit a new point this week when ... What was it that happened? There was an election. Jen Otremba:                        Yup. Bryan Strawser:                   The opposition group that didn't win told their people to take it to the streets. Jen Otremba:                        They did. Yes. Bryan Strawser:                   When we talk about taking it to the streets here in the U.S., we're talking about #resist or whatever. Jen Otremba:                        Yes [crosstalk 00:00:51]. Bryan Strawser:                   We might be out blocking some traffic but we're not out there doing what's going on in Venezuela. It got violent in a hurry. Jen Otremba:                        Very quickly, yes. Bryan Strawser:                   What we saw from the US State Department, what? Three days ago, at the time that we're recording this. You might hear this a week after it. Three days ago the US State Department said we are evacuating all non-essential consulate personnel, all dependents of consulate personnel that are essential. Basically we're getting out, except for core personnel, and that their advice to US citizens was don't go. Jen Otremba:                        Right. You know it's a big deal for government employees, but we were thinking about it in terms of past experiences that we've had. Bryan Strawser:                   Because we're not ... Most US citizens and companies, because of Venezuela's political situation, have not really been ... Jen Otremba:                        Right, like what does, why does this matter to me that much, you know? Bryan Strawser:                   ... operating there, right? But we thought about this in the context of an experience that we had been through that taught us a lot, and that was the situation in Egypt back in 2011, 2012, 2013. Jen Otremba:                        Right. Bryan Strawser:                   The Arab Spring, the bigger Arab Spring uprising that occurred across multiple counties that impacted what we were working on in a number of locations. We're going to kind of put Venezuela in the context of Egypt a few years ago. Jen Otremba:                        Right. It's actually very similar to what was going on then, as far as getting people, having the need to get people out of the country. Bryan Strawser:                   Not only that, but having a need to understand what was going on somewhere that a lot of people didn't understand what was happening and why your business is impacted by this. What I recall from the situation in Egypt was that the company that we were working for at the time had a small office there of like 18 to 24 people and most of them were Egyptian citizens and we had a handful of ex-patriots, none of which were American, that were working there from elsewhere in our international operation. Egypt went from calm protesting to full on state on citizen violence in like 48 hours. Jen Otremba:                        Extremely dangerous. Bryan Strawser:                   We were monitoring and we were watching and we were like, this is pretty rough and people can't get to work and they're staying home to holy crap, we've got to get people out of there now. Jen Otremba:                        Right. To put it in a context, we operated in a lot of different countries where it wasn't necessarily safe like it is in the United States. Bryan Strawser:                   We had a large office in Pakistan. Jen Otremba:                        Absolutely. We've spent a lot of time monitoring these offices, so when it escalated, and it continued to escalate, there was at some point we had to make a decision. Bryan Strawser:                   First some perspective on how quickly this moved. The following year, after this happened, I was at a US State Department meeting where the diplomatic regional security officer for Egypt talked about this uprising. He lived off embassy property and had gone home for the day and spent the next 70-some days managing this crisis from his condo because he couldn't get back to the US embassy. It was not safe for him to travel despite all of the tools available to him as the head of diplomatic security in Egypt. Even the State Department was caught off guard by how quickly this moved. It was really that, that was that fast. Jen Otremba:                        Yeah. It's just almost like something you think you see in a movie that's not really real, you know? Bryan Strawser:                   To talk a little bit about first what we experienced and then what are the lessons and solutions you can draw from this, we had a couple immediate issues. One decision was just really easy and that was, look it's not safe for our folks to travel from their homes to where the office is, so the office is closed. That was an easy call. Jen Otremba:                        Yup. Bryan Strawser:                   The second one was, well the office is in actual physical danger and we have assets in that office that are worth defending, so we're going to, we're going to retain some security that can be trusted to protect the office to a point. So we did that. Those were pretty easy decisions. Then the complicated problems started, which is, as things escalated in Egypt, our employees became in physical danger, not just the ex-patriots who lived in some different areas, but also our Egyptian citizen employees. The place where they were living was not stable anymore. We had a spouse of an employee that was injured defending his home along with his neighbor. We came to the decision that the ex-pats should leave, and that's a whole complicated process of how do we get them out of there. Jen Otremba:                        Very much. Bryan Strawser:                   Then there's the issue of, okay what do we do with our citizen employees? Ultimately we relocated them to of all things, a Holiday Inn, but there was an Egyptian Army armored unit that was basing at this hotel, so we knew that it wasn't going to get attacked and it had a functioning ATM, which turned out to be important. Jen Otremba:                        And wifi. Bryan Strawser:                   And it had wifi, so we could keep in touch with the team, but that was easily supported internally and a move that we could make. It wasn't too difficult to pull off once the decision was made. Getting the ex-pats out was extremely difficult because unlike other situations, this had moved so quickly, most of our usual security providers didn't have assets in country that would be able to support us and we really had some trouble figuring out how to do that. We also had complications because we didn't know what visas the employees had to allow them to go to other countries. Jen Otremba:                        And which countries they could go to. Bryan Strawser:                   Where we could get them to. That wasn't something we were tracking with ex-pats. Jen Otremba:                        Right. That's a quick process. Bryan Strawser:                   Quick process, yeah, right. We had to get them on the phone and find out, and find out what was valid and what kind visa type. That was something that you want to track. If you have ex-patriots and you've got travelers, you need to know what's in that passport, so that if something happens, you can get them to the right place of safety. The big challenge in this case was we had some folks that required a visa to travel to the EU and didn't have an EU visa, and so we could only evacuate them to certain countries in the Middle East and only for air transit and that was the big problem. We ultimately figured that out, safely got them to the airport and got them into ... In the Egypt situation, once you got inside the airport, you were fine. It was just getting to the airport that was a big problem. Jen Otremba:                        Right. Bryan Strawser:                   They were able to eventually get there. Jen Otremba:                        Wouldn't it have been great if we had a plan ahead of time? Bryan Strawser:                   Yes. Jen Otremba:                        For something like that. Bryan Strawser:                   Yes, and we did later on. That's another thing. Where you see these things going south, you want to secure resources in advance. Jen Otremba:                        Right. Bryan Strawser:                   Hopefully your resources are local or have, they're going to be there. Our resources that we usually dealt with never did get in country until much later in the situation and then of course we didn't need them. Jen Otremba:                        Right. Bryan Strawser:                   We definitely needed them in this case. Jen Otremba:                        Yeah, so you got to have a plan, and then outside of the plan, it's how do we know when this is escalating. It's the monitoring that comes into play. Bryan Strawser:                   We've talked about the idea of a radar screen before, and this is applicable here. We needed a way to know what was going on, and we had that. We had a very good, the crystal ball just failed us on this happening and what that meant. Jen Otremba:                        Right. Bryan Strawser:                   But we knew, we had good situational awareness of what was happening. We had good on the ground intel sources. We were getting very good information out of the US State Department Overseas Security Advisory Council. Jen Otremba:                        Yup, we were able to give that information to our leadership. Bryan Strawser:                   Right. Jen Otremba:                        To help them to make decisions quickly. Bryan Strawser:                   We were coordinating with other Twin Cities companies that had a presence in Egypt and getting good information from them and vice versa, about what they were seeing. We certainly didn't have it as bad as some other Twin Cities companies did in this situation, that were in some really rough spots with this. Jen Otremba:                        Yeah, with more people. We didn't have as many people as they did either. Bryan Strawser:                   Right. It's very difficult when you have these situations where you're not as familiar, and we weren't ... Egypt had never really arisen as an issue for us previously. It is very difficult if you've never had to deal with this to understand just how quickly the pace of these situations evolves and how difficult finding the right answer is in terms of getting people out of the country and such. There are some places you can go. Most companies use firms like International SOS or their travel security subsidiary. Global Guardian is another company that competes in the same space. There's ... Jen Otremba:                        The State Department puts out ... Bryan Strawser:                   Control Risk Group, but there's free stuff. Jen Otremba:                        Yeah. Bryan Strawser:                   The US State Department's Overseas Security Advisory Council is a great source of detailed intelligence information, and when things happen, they make a point of communicating more tactical details about what's going on. Jen Otremba:                        That said, we kind of talked a little bit about how we hadn't had too much experience in that particular area, so it's understanding the global risk holistically, I think, is a big learning lesson for a lot of organizations in these situations. Understanding what could happen and why and what triggers would make that happen. For instance, a new president in a certain area of the world gets elected. Bryan Strawser:                   It was interesting in the Egypt case that things calmed down when the military overthrew the president. In most cases that's like a big trigger, like oh my God, things are going to get bad, but in this case, everybody packed up and went home and said, "Okay. We're done." Because ... Jen Otremba:                        We can't fight this. Bryan Strawser:                   Or it's that this is the institution that we trust, and we're going to let this play out, and we're going to stop protesting, we're going to stop the violence. We'll see what happens in terms of an election, or their other demands that go on. But we did, when you think about planning in the moment, it's good to start thinking about what are the things that could happen? What does that mean? What actions should we take in response to that? We knew that if the army overthrew the president, that this was a good thing and it would likely lead to calm and that we would probably de-escalate from where we were, depending upon what other external factors were happening. Jen Otremba:                        Right. Bryan Strawser:                   Whereas if the army didn't make that move and there was a crackdown on free speech, we knew that that was an escalation. Jen Otremba:                        Yup. Bryan Strawser:                   Those were the triggers that we were thinking about to lead to further action. Jen Otremba:                        Yeah, and just like every other situation, we assigned one person that was in charge of managing all this information and then we had others that were in charge of managing all of the other crises in the world. It wasn't just a siloed attention on that instant. Bryan Strawser:                   This is a good example of where having a robust crisis management framework, a decision-making process and a communication process is important because this is very unpredictable. We didn't think at the beginning of that year that we would be managing a, an office shut down and a revolution in Egypt and disruption in other countries, so we didn't have a plan for that. Having that framework where you can push out information and you can bring your group together to make decisions was important. Jen Otremba:                        Absolutely. Bryan Strawser:                   To wrap things up, when we have these large disruptions at country level like we're seeing in Venezuela, it's a great time to look at, do you have a plan, your crisis management framework, your process by which you make decisions. Do you have a radar screen? Do you have access to free or proprietary paid intel resources that can help you understand what is going on and what this means and where this might lead? Are you ready for this kind of situation? Are you prepared to make the kind of decisions like closing an office and evacuating your ex-patriots? Jen Otremba:                        Understanding what travelers may be in the area. Bryan Strawser:                   Exactly. Again, your most important goal as a business is to make sure that your team is safe and secure and taken care of. That's what folks should be thinking about when it comes to Venezuela.

Exodus 14 With the Red Sea in front, the Wilderness around them and the Egyptian Army baring down from behind, Israel cries out in fear–we would rather stay as slaves than die in Egypt. The fear mind can only see death. But God says, stand firm, be silent, I will fight for you. In Christ, […]

After being delivered from the Egyptian Army at the Red Sea, the Israelites find themselves in an uncomfortable spot. The lack of water and food moves them from excitement to complaint. Complaint always leads us away from gratitude. It is contagious, toxic, and a thief, robbing our lives of joy and perspective. No wonder the writers of the New Testament warn us so often about the danger of complaint!

After 400 years of slavery, the Israelites are finally leaving Egypt. They marched triumphantly out of town only to find themselves stuck between a rock and a hard place. As the Egyptian Army pursues the Israelites, they turn on Moses and question his leadership. But God had clearly placed them in this place, Hemmed in by mountains on either side and the sea in front of them. God put them in this spot to demonstrate His mighty power to save in response to a step of faith.

What is urban exploration? The tabloids would have you believe that it’s teenagers dangling from cranes on building sites, but the reality is very different. Over decades, a group of larger-than-life characters have carved out a lifestyle that you might consider a work of fiction. For now, this particular guest would like to remain anonymous. However, he has agreed to a full length feature interview that we’ll record and release when the time is right. In this introductory dispatch ‘Fish’, as we’ll call him, tells us about the time he climbed the Great Pyramid of Giza and escaped from the Egyptian Army on the back of a rented camel.

This week's Parsha is Beshalach. This month's Parsha Perspective is sponsored by anonymous, in honor of the Jewish people, and the land of Israel, may Hashem protect our soldiers, and may we only experience happiness, health, and prosperity. This month's Parsha Perspective is also sponsored by, Eliyahu Ohr Ben Chana in honor of Yud Shevat, the Rebbe and the work of Lubavitch worldwide, may Hashem give continued success to the all the Jewish people. Subscribe to our email list to get the new episode in your inbox every week. http://eepurl.com/dMSCLs Check out our facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/theparshaperspective In this week's Parsha, we read about the amazing miracle of God splitting the Sea of reeds, allowing the Jewish people to cross on trial end trial and while simultaneously drowning the Egyptian Army. During their journey in the desert to reach Mt. Sini, they were ambushed by the Amalekite people, after we defeated them in battle, God commands that we never forget this story, and to destroy the nation of Amalek. We learn why the punishment of Amalek was so severe, and the mindset needed to achieve your goals and dreams.

12-02-15 - What Happens to Israel Effects the Whole World -- it's true! The State of Israel was declared May 14, 1948 after the end of the civil war was raging for 6 months in Palestine after the vote by the United Nation to partition Palestine between Palestinian Jews and Arabs. Declaration of independence and international recognition: May 14 – The Israeli Declaration of Independence is made in Tel Aviv, a few hours before the British Mandate is due to expire. At midnight the British Mandate of Palestine is officially terminated and the State of Israel comes into being. May 15 – The United States grants de facto recognition to the State of Israel, eleven minutes after it comes into existence,[1] becoming the first country to recognize the Jewish state.[2] May 17 – The Soviet Union grants de jure recognition to the State of Israel, becoming the first country to do so.[3] May 17 – Chaim Weizmann becomes President (or Chairman) of the Provisional State Council and Israel's de facto Head of State. May 18 – Poland and Czechoslovakia grant recognition to the State of Israel.[4] May 19 – Guatemala and Uruguay grant recognition to the State of Israel.[4] May 24 – South Africa grants recognition to the State of Israel.[4] 1948 Arab–Israeli War: Main article: 1948 Arab–Israeli War May 15 – Four of the seven countries of the Arab League at that time, namely Egypt, Iraq, Jordan and Syria, backed by Arab volunteers invade[5] the territory of the former British Mandate of Palestine and clash with Jewish forces. The resulting 1948 Arab–Israeli War lasts for 13 months. May 14–18 – 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine: Operation Kilshon – Capture by Jewish forces of buildings abandoned by British troops to strengthen the Jewish military position in Jerusalem. May 18 - An Egyptian air raid on the Tel Aviv Central Bus Station kills 42 people and injures 100.[6] May 20 – The Syrian Army is blocked at kibbutz Degania Alef in the north, where local Jewish militia reinforced by elements of the Carmeli Brigade halted Syrian armored forces. May 20 – Operation Balak begins with the objective of transferring arms from Czechoslovakia to Israel. May 26 – The Provisional government of Israel decides on the establishment of the Israel Defense Forces (the IDF) and David Ben-Gurion signs the order for its establishment. May 29 – The Egyptian Army is blocked in the Ad Halom bridge. June 1 – The Irgun and the Provisional government of Israel sign an agreement for the dissolution of the Irgun and integratation of its fighters into the IDF. June 2 – The IDF's Operation Pleshet starts. June 7 – Kibbutz Nitzanim surrenders to the Egyptian Army in the Battle of Nitzanim. June 10 – The Syrian Army destroys the Jewish settlement Mishmar HaYarden in the Upper Galilee. June 11 – The Irgun's cargo ship Altalena which carries weapons, medical equipment and 930 Jewish immigrants, sets sail from France towards Israel. June 20 – Altalena reaches the coast of Israel. The Provisional government of Israel demands that all the weapons on board be handed over to it unconditionally, in accordance with the agreement regarding the integration of the Irgun into the IDF. The Irgun refuses to comply. June 22 – A violent confrontation between the IDF and members of the Irgun occurs over the Altalena and David Ben-Gurion eventually orders the IDF to shell the Altalena, and it burns off the shore of Tel Aviv. Sixteen Irgun fighters and three IDF soldiers die in the fighting. July 9 – The beginning of the IDF's Operation Dekel, which lasts until the July 18. July 10 – Operation Danny: IDF Soldiers capture the strategically important airport at Lydda. (Territory later annexed by Israel) September 17 – The Lehi assassinates the Swedish diplomat Folke Bernadotte, who was appointed by the UN to mediate between the Arab nations and Israel. September 22 - The Provisional State Council of Israel passes the Area of Jurisdiction and Powers Ordnance, 5708-1948, annexing all territory that Israel had captured since the war began, and declaring that from then on, any part of Palestine captured and secured by the IDF would automatically be annexed to Israel.[7] September 24–27 – 1948 Arab–Israeli War: Transport of Supermarine Spitfires acquired by Israel through Czechoslovakia. October 15 – The beginning of the IDF's Operation Yoav, aimed at conquering the whole Negev desert. October 21 – Battle of Beersheba: The IDF's Negev Brigade occupies Beersheba. October 29 – The beginning of the IDF's Operation Hiram, aimed at conquering the Upper Galilee. November 11 – Population Census is held in Israel, six months after its creation, to establish the population registry.[8] December 27 – The IDF starts Operation Horev, a wide scale attack against the Egyptian army in the Western Negev. beyondbostonprophecy.com beyondbostonradio@gmail.com #bbostonprophecy Host - Larry Barnett    

This is a story about a dead body. An Egyptian Army officer was found sitting in a chair in the office of the military base where he worked. The Egyptian Army says it was suicide, but the Christian community says they don't believe it. Listen and found out more.

As the Children of Israel crossed through the Red Sea they looked back to see the entire Egyptian Army dead on the shore. After over 420 years of bondage, what was going through their hearts and minds as they looked back and saw the miracle of God in their release from Egyptian slavery? Our Senior Pastor, Dr. Randy Cheek, share three things that was on their hearts following such a miracle. The Israelites were FREE...THANK GOD! Now what? They would need to live the lifestyle of these three things as shared by our pastor for the rest of their lives. You and I, as believers, must do the same as we face these turbulent days in our nation and in this world!