June 22, 2024
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Reading along with us in Exodus and Romans? Here’s today’s reading:
Exodus 6 (NIV)
1 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Now you will see what I will do to Pharaoh: Because of my mighty hand he will let them go; because of my mighty hand he will drive them out of his country.”
2 God also said to Moses, “I am the Lord. 3 I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac and to Jacob as God Almighty, but by my name the Lord I did not make myself fully known to them.……Continue Reading
Exodus 6
God promises deliverance…but notice, He doesn’t give a lot of details, other than saying that Pharaoh won’t just let Israel go…but he’ll actually DRIVE them OUT of Egypt. I can imagine after what Moses has just gone through after telling Pharoah to let Israel go the first time, he had some questions. He’ll get some answers in Chapter 7…
Exodus 6
Like you said Sean. God promises deliverance but no details. The Lord does remind Moses of the promises that He has made Israel to bring them out of Egypt into the promised land. And again Moses has another conversation with God that he can`t speak very well. Again God says that Aaron will be his mouth piece. How patient is God here with Moses. I guess it shows Moses lack of confidence and his lack of faith in God, He has been chosen by God and still doubts. How often are we like that in our own lives? We think things should go quicker; but God has His own time for things. His ways are not our ways. God bless.
“I Am the Lord”, God repeats several times to reassure Moses that He has got this! He made a promise to His people and He will keep that promise and they just need to keep their faith.
Moses raises his doubts again as things don’t seem to be going well but God will continue His work in Moses’s faith and trust as He continues His work in Pharoah’s heart through this time.
Exodus 6
Faithful God remembers his covenant , and reminds Moses who the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob is.
Exodus 6
How amazing that God declares to Moses that He has revealed Himself to Him in a more significant way than He did to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. He revealed Himself to them in power, but did not use the personal name He gave to Moses. What a good way to show Moses that He is doing something unique for Him, to Him and through Him. (And how much more special is the name Jesus! through Whom God has revealed Himself to us!). And this is like the 3rd time that God has laid out the plan so Moses knows what is going to happen. God does this so that Moses has something to fall back on when the plan doesn’t seem to be coming together in real time! But Moses succumbs to discouragement and insecurity rather that recognizing that God knows what He is doing by choosing Him. What a tremendously valuable lesson this is for us. For us to understand what God has laid out before us and what aspects of the plan are guaranteed for us (like “lo, I will be with you always”) and make sure that we do not shrink back from what God calls us to because we are afraid or discouraged. Those things will undoubtedly come when we look at ourselves rather than look at God. He is the empowerer, the guider, the consoler and so many other things. He can be trusted! And genealogies were very important to the Jews, so Moses’ and Aaron’s are laid out here.
Glad to read this. Exodus ch. 6. The Hebrews were discouraged. God and Moses had only brought them more misery. But God was still at work to complete his work. My close friend Mike was supposed to be moved from ICU unit yesterday. As he was getting slightly better. Yesterday morning we received a call. Mike has more blood clots. And they suspect now. Some sort of cancer. Thinking. Our prayers sustain from set backs in life. God is carrying out his plan for mike. Can’t get discouraged and continue to lift him in prayer
”I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, as God Almighty, but by My name Lord I was not known to them. I have also established My covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their pilgrimage, in which they were strangers. And I have also heard the groaning of the children of Israel whom the Egyptians keep in bondage, and I have remembered My covenant. Therefore say to the children of Israel: ‘I am the Lord; I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, I will rescue you from their bondage, and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with great judgments. I will take you as My people, and I will be your God. Then you shall know that I am the Lord your God who brings you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians.“
Exodus 6:3-7 NKJV
It’s interesting that they, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, saw God almighty, but they didn’t know Him by His name Lord. But Genesis says that Abram called in the name of the Lord. Did He have a different name?
”And he moved from there to the mountain east of Bethel, and he pitched his tent with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east; there he built an altar to the Lord and called on the name of the Lord.“
Genesis 12:8 NKJV
I can imagine that in Genesis, the reference is not to a personal name, but more calling on God in His being…as in trusting in Him. Where Moses has revealed to Him the personal name of God.
Exodus 6