Playlist: Rameses (topic)
Head 'Em Up and Move 'Em Out!
Sermonette byThe city of Rameses, located at the upper edge of Goshen, was a significant site for the Israelites, being one of Egypt's treasure cities built by their labor. The exodus of approximately 2.5 million people began at Rameses, from where they marched towards Succoth, a location 32 miles to the southeast. Assembling in Rameses for …
Passover (Part Five)
Sermon by John W. RitenbaughThe Israelites gathered in Rameses but maintained homes in Goshen. They killed the lambs at their houses rather than at tents in Rameses. They did not assemble in Rameses for the Passover. The message from Pharaoh reached Moses in Goshen rather than at Rameses. The children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth. They …
The First Day of Unleavened Bread (Part One)
Sermon by John W. RitenbaughPassover takes place at twilight as the 14th of Abib begins. Unleavened Bread begins 24 hours later on the 15th of Abib. The Passover is a preparation day.
Passover (Part Four)
Sermon by John W. RitenbaughRameses figures in the discussion solely as the location to which advocates of a fifteenth Passover must relocate the Israelites in order to compress every event of the Passover and the Exodus into a single calendar day. These writers imply that the people were gathered into the city beforehand, kept the Passover together there …
Does Doctrine Really Matter? (Part Six)
Sermon by John W. RitenbaughConfusion over time of Passover, the wavesheaf offering, and Pentecost results from making assumptions unwarranted by clear scriptural evidence.
Passover (Part Eight)
Sermon by John W. RitenbaughThe temple Passover commanded by Hezekiah was a very unusual circumstance in which the king centralized worship to keep Baalism from defiling the Passover.
Tabernacles and Unleavened Bread (2019)
Sermonette by David C. GrabbeBoth Tabernacles and Unleavened Bread keep us off balance so that we remain humble, seek stability, and trust in God's providence for our ultimate destiny.
Escape From Box Canyon
Sermon by Richard T. RitenbaughGod forced Israel either to trust Him completely for deliverance or to return to their slavery. One of the greatest miracles in history has a lesson for us.
The Glory of God (Part 1): The Shekinah
Sermon by Richard T. RitenbaughThe Shekinah, the pillar of cloud and fire, depicts God's visible presence and protection. Yet His glory is manifested in many other ways as well.