“And it happened after many days the king of Egypt died. And the sons of Israel sighed because of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up to God because of the bondage. And God heard their groaning, and God remembered His covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob. And God looked upon the sons of Israel, and God knew them.” Exodus 2:23-25
In one chapter we find a lot happening. Now picture yourself reading the Bible for the very first time. You know nothing about Moses. You have just finished Genesis, which leaves you happy because Israel and Joseph are mighty and everything worked out. You start the Book of Exodus and you see everything turns out wrong. Israel becomes slaves. Children are being slaughtered. Nothing is right. Then you come to chapter two and you here this strange story about this one boy being saved from death through a basket in the Nile. The story quickly progresses. All of a sudden, the boy is grown up. To find out more about Moses during this time read Acts 7:17-36. We are told that Moses grew up and learned all of the wisdom of the Egyptians. We learn he was mighty. This is how this man Moses spent the first forty years of his life. If you are reading this for the first time all you know is Israel still needs help, and nothing seems to be happening.
Once again, I want to point out the training time of Moses. He spent his first forty years as the prince of Egypt. We have no clue what happened to him in these forty years. It seems that all of a sudden, one day, he felt a certain conviction for his people. Therefore, he makes a big splash by murdering a man. All of a sudden, Moses fancies himself the friend of Israel. The next day he tries to get involved by helping them out. “For he supposed that his brethren would have understood that God would deliver them by his hand…” (Acts 7:25). Moses knew who he was. He thought he was ready to deliver those people. God knew he was not.
Finally, at the end of the chapter, we are left with a cliffhanger (That is if you are hearing this for the first time). Moses has run away to the desert thinking he has failed. He would be trained up another 40 years before he confronts the burning bush. Up until this point we are only left with this reassurance, “…and God remembered…” Maybe this is where you are in your life. Maybe you feel in between what God has promised you. Maybe the only thing you have to hold on to is the fact that God is remembering you. I guarantee he does. Dear friend, God is not slow in keeping His promises, as some understand slowness to be. Keep a watch out, don’t lose faith, He said He would come for you.
2 Peter 3:9
14 comments:
If anyone has ever seen the Ten Commandments (the older ones, w/Charlton Heston and Yule Brynner) than you know that the first tape, the first half,up until the intermission, is just the first two or three chapters. The second half is the rest of the story.
I LOVE THOSE MOVIES, The TEN COMMENDMENTS and BEN HUR, ARE SOME OF MY FAVORITES!!!
Why didn't Moses's mother tell Pharoah's daughter that the baby was her's? Isn't that lying?
I LOVE the new look!!! Tommy(I bet this is his week to write the DEVO's) has WAYYYYYYYYYYYYY to much time on his hands. I love the dots.
I love the new backgroud!!!
I like the "new look" better then the "old look" pocadots are pretty nifty!
I've seen all of the first half and half of the second, and you're right about the first tape only being the first couple chapters.
btw - I LOVE the new backround and stuff!
SOOO retro... I'm lovin' it
EVERYONE Needs to stop using my names!!!!!!!USE YOUR OWN
Tommy did it, Hector would have done ducks.
I like the old look more
I wanted ducks.
Is this like, going to change with every chapter? Might become pretty hard when you gys come to the minor prophets. Or Pauls letters.
Kyle, when has anyone used your names. I thought, that when this whole blog started, you said you didn't like code names.
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