Good morning all. God is
good all the time, all the time God is good. TOO BLESSED TO BE
STRESSED! First order of prayer - so many disasters have happened in
the last 2 months please pray for all the victims. Houston, the East
Coast and Mexico are rebounding. Puerto Rico, Las Vegas, and others are
still reeling from the disaster and causualities. 50+ killed in Las
Vegas and 500 wounded. More gun laws won't change things, the devil and
his demons are scrambling to create as much choas and havic as they can
because the end is drawing near. Please pray.
Second, I am
doing a Bible study that I will share on the old Testament. It is
interesting to me and brings out some things I had not thought about
before.
This part is deliverance, the Israelites are
delivered from Egypt (Exodus 1:1-19:2) Israel went into Egypt as a
small family clan. Israel came out of Egypt as a great nation, all the
family of Joseph. Israel existed because of God and His blessing made
the people a numerous and mighty people. Exodus 1:7 uses 4 phrases to
describe God's blessing: "the Israelites were
fruitful and
multiplied greatly and became exceedingly
numerous, so that the
land was filled with them."
After a long period of time the people of Egypt became fearful of the
Hebrews. A new king recognized the dangers with a subject people living
in Egypt's most vulnerable area and decided to enslave and oppress the
people. Exodus 1:11; 16; & 22 tell how Pharaoh oppressed the
people of Israel. By afflicting them with heavy burdens; Hebrew boys
born were to be killed; cast all the boys in the river.
Then
Exodus 2 show how God works in history and through people to achieve
His purposes. We see here Moses' birth.
Facts:1) Moses' parents were of
the tribe of Levi. 2) Moses' mother hid him amond the reeds, where the
daughter of Pharaoh bathed; 3)Pharaohs daughter found Moses in the basket.
4) Moses' sister came and said she knew a Hebrew woman who could nurse
(Moses' mother); 5)Moses' mother nursed him at home, then later he went to
the palace.
Moses received the best of education; first with the Levites, then in the palace with Egyptian scholars.
Moses' mother conceived the plan of putting Moses
in the basket in the Nile, where the Pharaohs daughter bathed and had Moses' sister
near to offer a Hebrew woman to nurse. The ironic thing here is that
Pharaoh ordered the boy infants be cast into the river (Nile) and Moses'
was saved by the Nile river. God does have a sense of humor. The Nile
now was the place of deliverance for Moses and the children of God
(eventually).
Interestingly enough names are not mentioned
here as the emphasis here is on God and God's work. The names of Moses
parents however were mentioned in Chapter 6 - Amram and Jochebed - both
of the Levi tribe.
God worked and used humans to work to spare the life of Moses. Hope you enjoyed this part. Love you all.
In Christ's Love and Grace
Johnny
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