Exodus 3:1-6
THE BURNING BUSH... [ Continue Reading ]
THE BURNING BUSH... [ Continue Reading ]
Now Moses kept, was pasturing, THE FLOCK OF JETHRO, HIS FATHER-IN-LAW, THE PRIEST OF MIDIAN, whose given name was Reuel, Exodus 2:18; AND HE LED THE FLOCK TO THE BACKSIDE OF THE DESERT, beyond the wilderness which separated the country of the Midianites from the Sinaitic mountain range, AND CAME TO... [ Continue Reading ]
And the Angel of the Lord, the Son of God Himself, appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush, the fire being a symbol of the purifying affliction and of the chastening justice of God. AND HE LOOKED, AND, BEHOLD, THE BUSH BURNED WITH FIRE, AND THE BUSH WAS NOT CONSUMED. The obvi... [ Continue Reading ]
And Moses said, I will now turn aside, and see this great sight, why the bush is not burned. It was an appearance or vision decidedly worth investigating.... [ Continue Reading ]
And when the Lord saw that he turned aside to see, God called unto him out of the midst of the bush and said, Moses, Moses. And he said, Here am I. So the Angel of the Lord of is here identified with Jehovah, with God Himself, who addresses Moses with words of solemn warning.... [ Continue Reading ]
And He said, Draw not nigh hither; put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground. The places where the Lord deigns to appear to sinful men are ever afterward set apart in their eyes and may not be desecrated by irreverent behavior, for man owes to God the hi... [ Continue Reading ]
Moreover, He said, I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. This was the formal declaration of majesty and power. Where deliverance, salvation, is required, there the Angel of the Lord, Jehovah, the mighty God Himself, must come to the rescue of weak an... [ Continue Reading ]
And the Lord said, I have surely seen, "seeing I have seen," a very emphatic expression, the affliction of My people which are in Egypt, the burdens which they were forced to bear, AND HAVE HEARD THEIR CRY BY REASON OF THEIR TASKMASTERS, in the presence of the cruel drivers; FOR I KNOW THEIR SORROWS... [ Continue Reading ]
THE COMMAND TO GO TO EGYPT... [ Continue Reading ]
and I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey; unto the place of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusit... [ Continue Reading ]
Now, therefore, behold, the cry of the children of Israel is come unto Me; and I have also seen the oppression wherewith the Egyptians oppress them.... [ Continue Reading ]
Come now, therefore, and I will send thee unto Pharaoh, that thou mayest bring forth My people, the children of Israel, out of Egypt. This was the object of the Lord's explanation, to make Moses the leader of the people in effecting their deliverance from the bondage of Egypt. With. out the command... [ Continue Reading ]
THE EMPHATIC COMMISSION... [ Continue Reading ]
And Moses said unto God, Who am I that I should go unto Pharaoh, and that I should bring forth the children of Israel out of Egypt? Moses certainly had learned humility in. the school of Midian, not unmixed with dejection; all his youthful rashness was forgotten. "He who once would, when as yet he o... [ Continue Reading ]
And He said, Certainly I will be with thee, the presence, the power, and the wisdom of God was to accompany Moses; AND THIS SHALL BE A TOKEN UNTO THEE THAT I HAVE SENT THEE: WHEN THOU HALT BROUGHT FORTH THE PEOPLE OUT OF EGYPT, YE SHALL SERVE GOD UPON THIS MOUNTAIN. This was literally fulfilled, for... [ Continue Reading ]
And Moses said unto God, Behold, when I come unto the children of Israel and shall say unto them, The God of your fathers hath sent me unto you, and they shall say unto me, What is His name? what shall I say unto them? The name God Almighty was too general to distinguish the true God from the idols... [ Continue Reading ]
And God said unto Moses, I am that I am; and He said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you. It is a majestic declaration in which God reveals His essence to Moses as the unchangeable, eternally faithful covenant God. From past to future, from everlasting to eve... [ Continue Reading ]
And God said, moreover, unto Moses, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, The Lord God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you; this is My name forever and ever, and this is My memorial unto all generations. Forward into the endle... [ Continue Reading ]
Go, and gather the elders of Israel together, and say unto them, The Lord God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, appeared unto me, saying, I have surely visited you, visiting I have visited you, AND SEEN THAT WHICH IS DONE TO YOU IN EGYPT;... [ Continue Reading ]
and I have said, I will bring you up out of the affliction, the burden, OF EGYPT UNTO THE LAND OF THE CANAANITES, AND THE HITTITES, AND THE AMORITES, AND THE PERIZZITES, AND THE HIVITES, AND THE JEBUSITES, UNTO A LAND FLOWING WITH MILK AND HONEY. The apparently cumbersome repetition of the name of G... [ Continue Reading ]
And they shall hearken to thy voice; and thou shalt come, thou and the elders of Israel, unto the king of Egypt, and ye shall say unto him, The Lord God of the Hebrews hath met with us, for the present revelation of God to Moses concerned, and had significance for, all the people; AND NOW LET US GO,... [ Continue Reading ]
And I am sure that the king of Egypt will not let you go, no, not by a mighty hand. The omniscient God knew that Pharaoh would not permanently submit to Him, not even after the ten plagues, but would deliberately harden himself against his better knowledge and thus invite destruction upon himself.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE PROMISE OF DELIVERANCE... [ Continue Reading ]
And I will stretch out My hand and smite Egypt with all My wonders which I will do in the midst thereof. The Lord announces that He will glorify Himself by means of great miracles which He would perform in the midst of Egypt, thus letting all men know that He was supreme. AND AFTER THAT HE WILL LET... [ Continue Reading ]
And I will give this people favor in the sight of the Egyptians; and it shall come to pass that, when ye go, ye shall not go empty;... [ Continue Reading ]
but every woman shall borrow, that is, ask, request, OF HER NEIGHBOR, AND OF HER THAT SOJOURNETH IN HER HOUSE, JEWELS OF SILVER, AND JEWELS OF GOLD, AND RAIMENT; AND YE SHALL PUT THEM UPON YOUR SONS AND UPON YOUR DAUGHTERS; AND YE SHALL SPOIL THE EGYPTIANS. By God's dispensation, the Egyptian women... [ Continue Reading ]