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Exodus 3: Moses took Jethro's flock (his father-in-law,
but his name was Reuel in Exodus 2. Jethro must have been the father of
Reuel, who was the father of Moses' wife) far into the desert towards Horeb, the mountain of God. So the angel of God appeared to him as a
burning bush that did not consume the bush. God then called Moses and he
answered. God may gets our attention with something that appears like a
setback (fire, burning, consumption, appear to be falling or failing), but it is
just a mirage that is meant to strengthen us, not consume us. God told him he was on
Holy ground (Canaan), introduced himself as the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob
(the three full-blooded Arab fathers of the Jewish nation). God told Moses that
he was concerned about the cries of the his people (African Jews) in slavery in
African Egypt and that he has come down from Heaven to bring them to the
promised land - land of the Canaan. God asked Moses to return to Egypt to
tell Pharaoh that God had sent him to bring the Jews out of Egypt and worship
God on Mountain Horeb. Moses was scared to go because Egypt was the
superpower of the Mediterranean and the known world at the time. Moses was to
tell the Israelites that I AM (God's name to be remembered for all
generation) has watched over them and is now going to bring them out of Egypt
(the greatest nation on earth to show God's might to all of humanity of the
time. God was basically reintroducing himself to humanity after centuries
of silence). God made it clear to Moses that Pharaoh was going to be stubborn
and that would give God the opportunity to strike down the mighty Egyptians with
wonders until Pharaoh gives up. God's plan was also to plunder Egypt through
fear by allowing the Hebrews to demand and collect as much gold and silver as
they leave Egypt. Even God believes in reparation against slavery and
oppression, and the oppressed are supposed to demand FREE resources (reparation
- act of repentance) from their
oppressors.
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Exodus 4: Moses was still unsure if the Hebrews will listen to him and
may doubt if God told him anything. So God made him throw his shepherd
staff on the ground and it became a snake and also made him hold its tail to
turn the snake back into a staff. So God used magic, which was
knowledge and power of the time, to convince the uncivilized Hebrews, who were
mere slaves without a culture, into believing that a mighty God was with Moses.
God made Moses put his hand in and out of his clothes to give him leprous and to
heal it. God made it clear that the Hebrews will believe these two
miracles, but if not, he should take water from the Nile and pour it on
the ground to turn it into blood. Explained magic or miracle is
science, but knowledge and ability without adequate explanation is magic or a
miracle. Magic, miracle, or science is all knowledge and knowledge is
definitely power. God was preparing Moses as his military agent against
the world powers - Egypt ruled by the Pharaohs, who were even called and
worshipped as gods by other civilizations of the time. Moses
then told God that he was not a good speaker and God said that he was the God of
creation of all body parts and would teach him to speak. God then told
Moses he could take his brother Aaron as well who was already a Levite that was
coming to meet him in exile (this means that Moses had a relationship with
his Hebrew family while he was secretly being raise in Pharaoh's palace and
while he was in exile - How did he know Aaron was his brother and how did Aaron
know where to find him in Canaan? Is Aaron not supposed to be a
slave in Egypt with the rest of the Hebrews or were all priests (Levites
included) given special privileges in Egypt? Moses must have been the
hope for Hebrew freedom when he was in the palace and must have been heartbroken
when he left them). Moses returned to Egypt to face an adopted uncle or
cousin, who was now Pharaoh because God told him that the previous generation
was gone. Moses took his family and his staff, and God told him to perform all
miracles before Pharaoh, but God was going to intentionally harden Pharaoh's
heart so that God will humble Egypt before all of humanity. God almost killed
Moses, but the wife circumcised the son and touched Moses' feet, so God speared
him (Moses must have decided not to go, but the wife showed God that she was
prepared to encourage him even in carrying out the Jewish customs of
circumcision as a foreign woman). Aaron joins Moses as God instructed
him to, they went to meet the Hebrews in Egypt to show them the signs, and they
all believed and worshipped God.
Exodus 5:
Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and informed him that the God
of Israel wanted his people (Israelites) to go worship him in the desert or the
Israelites will be punished with
plagues, but Pharaoh refused because he was god of the civilized world. Pharaoh
increase the workload of the Hebrews to keep them busy and from listening to
Moses' lies about some God. The appointed leaders of the Hebrews by
Pharaoh went to Pharaoh to complain about the work load, but Pharaoh called them
lazy for trying to leave their work to go worship their God. So the
leaders blamed Moses and Aaron for their troubles. This saddened Moses, so
he asked God why he had brought trouble for the Israelites in God's name and had
not rescued them from Pharaoh.
Exodus 6:
God told Moses not to worry because he was going to remember his promise to
Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, which was the Israelites will inherit the land of
Canaan and that God was going to make Pharaoh let the Israelites go by God's
mighty hand. God wanted Moses to inform the Israelites that God was going
to bring them out of bondage from underneath the Egyptians with judgment. God
was going to be their God and the Israelites will be his people, as well as give
them the land he promised their fathers. God always fulfill his promise. |
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