THE CALL OF MOSES (EXODUS 3:1 TO EXODUS 4:17). What has gone before was preparatory to what follows. It is now that the main story of the book begins, which will take us from God's call to Moses, to the establishment of the covenant at Sinai and the erecting of God's earthly Dwellingplace, over a p... [ Continue Reading ]
HE REVEALS HIMSELF AS YAHWEH, THE GOD OF THEIR FATHERS WITH THE PROMISE OF DELIVERANCE (EXODUS 3:6). a Yahweh declares that He is the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob (Exodus 3:6 a). b Moses hides his face because he is afraid to look on God (Exodus 3:6 b). c Yahweh declares that He has seen the... [ Continue Reading ]
MOSES IS THEREFORE TO GO TO THE ELDERS OF ISRAEL AND PROMISE A GLORIOUS DELIVERANCE (EXODUS 3:16). a Moses is to gather the elders and explain that Yahweh the God of their fathers has visited them and has seen what is done to them in Egypt (Exodus 3:16). b He will deliver them and bring them into... [ Continue Reading ]