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from within the bush, ‘Moses! Moses!’ And Moses said, ‘Here I am.’ ‘Do
not come any closer,’ God said. ‘Take off your sandals, for the place where
you are standing is holy ground.’ Then he said, ‘I am the God of your
father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’ At
this, Moses hid his face, because he was afraid to look at God.”
“The LORD said, ‘I have indeed seen the misery of my people in Egypt. I
have heard them crying out because of their slave drivers, and I am
concerned about their suffering. So I have come down to rescue them from
the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land into a good
and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey—the home of the
Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites.’”
(Exodus
3:1-8)
Do you think that Moses’ problems were similar to Noah and Abraham’s
problems? Did he hear God, and did his life change? It certainly did change,
and like the others, he had to be tried and tested. What appears difficult has
to be accomplished as a witness - a Divine solution. The courage of the
actions witnesses a faith of knowing for certain the cause and the mission.
Do you think Moses understood clearly the cause and the mission?
Moses delivered the Hebrews out of Egypt, but there was more to be
understood. In reality, the people thought only of themselves and what
Moses was going to do for them. They did not understand. Many others
before and after Moses were anointed by God, and were asked to do what
seemed impossible; they responded regardless of the misunderstanding of
others. Ironically, the task is difficult because the people for whom the
work is done are ungrateful. They always unknowingly allow evil to use
them in ways that challenge the ones chosen to deliver or save them. So,
Moses accepted the seemingly impossible task. Others responded because
Moses performed miracles that both the Hebrews and Egyptians knew only
God could have ordered.
As God instructed him, Moses pleaded with the pharaoh to obey God’s will
and allow the Hebrews to go. Evil would not relent as retribution planned
to destroy the innocent first-born a second time. The Egyptians brought
about their own demise as the seed or firstborn of Egypt was destroyed. It
was a prophetic event, and foretold what must happen to fulfill God’s Will.
Satan had authority to kill the firstborn the first time, but not the second
time as recorded in the Old Testament. Did it end there? Certainly not,
because biblical history continued.