Êxodo 6

Êxodo 6

Irving Jensen (Online) - Used by Permission View Chuck Swindoll's chart of Exodus, Summary Chart of The Book of Exodus DELIVERANCE FROM OPPRESSION PREPARATION FOR WORSHIP Redemption from Egypt Ex 1:1-18:27 Revelation from God Ex 19:1-40:38 Getting Israel Out of Egypt Getting Egypt Out of Israel! Narration Legislation Birth of Moses Ex 1-2 Call of Moses Ex 3-6 Conflict with Pharaoh Ex 7-10 Exodus from Egypt Ex 11-12 Red Sea Crossed Ex 13-15 Journey To Sinai Ex 16-18 Law Given Ex 19-24 Tent Plan Ex 25-31 Idol Worship Ex 32-34 Tent Built Ex 35-40 Subjection Redemption Instruction Suffering and Liberation of People of God Guidance of God Worship of God Moses and Burdens of Israel Pharaoh and Plagues Upon Egypt Red Sea Deliverance Wilderness Provision Sinai Instructions Bondage and Oppression Deliverance and Provision Law Pattern and Construction Israel in Egypt Ex 1:1-13:16 Israel to Sinai Ex 13:17-18:27 Israel at Sinai Ex 19:1-40:38 God's People Enduring Bondage God's Grace Revealed in Redemption God's Glory Manifested in Worship Egypt 430 Years (15% of Exodus) Wilderness 2 Months (30% of Exodus) Mt Sinai 10 Months (55% of Exodus) From Groaning To Glory! Jensen's Survey of the Old Testament - online Click for Excellent Map of Route of the Exodus Click another Exodus from Egypt Click for Events during the Sojourn at Kadesh-Barnea GENESIS EXODUS human effort and failure divine power and triumph word of promise work of fulfillment a people chosen a people called God’s electing mercy God’s electing manner revelation of nationality realization of nationality SUMMARY OF THE PENTATEUCH (from Believer's Study Bible) Exodus 6:1 Then the LORD said to Moses, "Now you shall see what I will do to Pharaoh; for under compulsion he will let them go, and under compulsion he will drive them out of his land." Now you shall see - Ex 14:13 Nu 23:23 De 32:39 2Ki 7:2,19 2Ch 20:17 Ps 12:5 for under compulsion - Ex 3:19,20 De 4:34 Ps 89:13 136:12 Isa 63:12 Eze 20:33,34 he will drive them out of his land - Ex 11:1 12:31,33,39 Then - expression of time - See then. Don't miss the context which is "hidden" by a chapter break! Remember that chapter breaks were not inspired. Moses has just accused God in Exodus 5:22-23+. Moses had asked God two "why" questions - why have You brought harm to this people? Why did You ever send me? (Ex 5:22+) Notice God never does directly answer Moses’ question. He never does tell him exactly why? Notice also Moses' last words "You have not delivered Your people at all." God in His great mercy does not respond negatively to Moses' accusation, but in great kindness addresses his concerns. He does not do like we humans so often do and go silent and pout! He speaks up to Moses in spite of Moses' last words to Him. And He does not just pat Moses on the back, but speaks some of the most beautiful, precious words in the entire book of Exodus, maybe even in the entire Bible! Our God is an awesome God! In short, God informs Moses this was all part of His sovereign plan. Bob Marcaurelle - God answered Moses' honest prayer. He did it by getting him to look away from Pharaoh, away from the Hebrews who didn't trust him, away from his problems—and look to HIM. Six times here, in righteousness, God says—I WILL! And four times He says—I AM. We are to look to and lean or who He is and what He can and will do. Rod Mattoon - Difficult circumstances destroy us or develop a dependence upon the Lord. A dependence upon the Lord develops patience. Patience develops wisdom in us. This is what the Lord will do in the life of Moses. He has hit rock bottom. He has returned to Egypt and has been rejected again by Pharaoh and his own people. This is exactly what he dreaded. He is at the end of his rope and totally dependent upon the Lord like never before. We will now see how the Lord gives him certainty in uncertain times. J Ligon Duncan - God continues this conversation with Moses. It has begun in verse 1, and he begins it with an important declaration, I am the Lord. This is the royal self designation. This is God’s identification of himself. I am the Lord. By the way, that is the same formula that Jesus uses multiple times in the Gospel of John. I am the good shepherd. I am the gate. I am the door. I am the way, the truth, and the life. I am the bread of heaven. I am the living water. God is announcing something to Moses about Himself. When God starts telling you who He is, listen carefully, something is up. And that is exactly what is happening here. God is telling Moses about Himself, because something very big is up. David Thompson - What Moses needed to understand and what we need to understand is that God always knows what He is doing and we can rest in that and trust in that.When our world is completely falling apart and we don’t know what is happening or why it is happening we need to understand two things: 1) We can and should cry out to God for help; 2) We can trust God always knows what He is doing. God simply says Moses you are about to see what I am going to do to Pharaoh and by My strong hand I am going to break this Pharaoh down and he will be glad to let the Hebrews go. Even though Moses as this point was very depressed and very low, he was about to participate in some of the most amazing things that God would ever do. (Exodus 5:1-6:1 Sermon) Here is one division of this section... The complaint of Moses (Ex 5:22–23), The promise of Yahweh (Ex 6:1–9), The instructions for Moses (Ex 6:10–13). J Ligon Duncan connects this passage with the end of Exodus 5 - It is interesting, by the way, that throughout the Old Testament, God often calls upon prophets to undergo the same pains which he has visiting on His people as He calls them into ministry to His people. So that they are not, as it were, dry land sailors, so that they themselves, have to be forced with the challenge to trust God when it is difficult to believe him, when it doesn’t look possible, to endure for him in the midst of difficulty. So here is our situation. The foreman and presumably the people themselves are now blaming Moses for their increased hardship, and they are rejecting his leadership. Moses has accused God of unfaithfulness and of doing evil to his own people. We don’t need to underestimate what Moses is said in the forms of questions to the Lord. They are very strong words, indeed. But the Lord has patiently reasserted his purposes and indeed he has claimed that Moses is not only going to allow Israel to leave Egypt, but that he is going to order Israel to leave Egypt by the compulsion of God’s mighty hand....First of all, God identifies Himself, in a unique way. He reaffirms His absolute covenant commitment to Israel. And He reemphasizes his compassion to his people. That is the first thing that He does. Secondly, God makes and amazing seven part promise. He gives it to Moses to deliver to the people. And thirdly, and interestingly, Moses faithfully delivers the message, but the people stunningly don’t listen. Man’s extremity is God’s opportunity. Matthew