Moses assures them that God would deliver them. He told them that the Lord shall fight for you. Moses was confident and encouraged them also to be that way. This is a lesson we all need to learn as prophets during the storm of life.
Prophets the lesson we can learn from the Exodus account can be powerful and life-changing. When a prophet will trust God to fight their battles, it enables us to circumvent what often accompanies conflict, panic, fear, and hopelessness Exodus 14:11–12. This is what Moses faced and the children of Israel also. Have you ever been there when you can see absolutely no way around a problem, just like the children of Israel had to deal with?
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God will test us and look at this, the Egyptians pursued them, all Pharaoh’s horses and chariots and his horsemen and his army, and overtook them encamped at the sea.
The army of Pharaoh is near, the people of Israel lifted their eyes, and behold, the Egyptians were marching after them, and they feared greatly. And the people of Israel cried and say Moses, “Is it because there are no graves in Egypt that you have taken us away to die in the wilderness? And Moses said to the people, “Fear not, stand firm, remember his is still in the position of peace here. The salvation of the LORD, is always available for us if we will believe.
Have you ever feared rejection? Scared of something that made you feel worthless? Fear the most self-centered of all emotions. Fear generated by a perceived high degree of threat to what we believe is our well-being, and they felt fear big time! Prophet deal with fear as you believe what we have been instructed in, accepted, and practiced and that’s God word and his will. This will eliminate what we perceive to be threatening us. Fear, no doubt is a powerful producer of conduct, for good or bad, depending upon who or what is feared and the direction of our
The Assyrians were known to have a powerful, ruthless army. The army was the largest Middle East or Mediterranean fighting force that had ever been seen. It is believed that God himself promised the Israelites that if they disobeyed Him he would allow them to be taken up and carried away to foreign lands. His promise is explained in Isaiah 5:26-29. It reads, “He will whistle to them from the end of the earth; Surely they shall come with speed, swiftly. No one weary or stumble among them No one will slumber or sleep Nor will the belt on their loins be loosed, Nor the strap of their sandals be broken; Whose arrows are sharp, And all their bows bent; Their horses’ hooves will seem like flint, And their wheels like whirlwind. Their roaring will be like a lion, They will roar like young lions; Yes, they will roar And lay hold of the prey; They will carry it away safely, And no one will deliver.” Israel’s rebellion angered God and it led to war with the invincible Assyrians. The Northern Kingdom of Israel was wiped out.
“Fear becomes easier to master when the patient’s mind is diverted from the thing feared to the fear itself, considered as a present and undesirable state of his own mind; and when he regards the fear as his appointed cross he will inevitably think of it as a state of mind.” (9) Once the patient has figured out the states of fear, then they can conquer it. They immediately transfer paths so they do not get pulled into the dark forces. 1 John4:18 says “There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love”
The Israelites were delivered from Egypt. He has hardened
When God first approaches Moses in the form of a burning bush, God says “I have witnessed the affliction of my people in Egypt and have heard their cry of complaint against their slave drivers, so I know well what they are suffering. Therefore I have come down to rescue them from the hands of the Egyptians and lead them out of that land into a good and spacious land,” (Exodus 3:7). Moses however, questioned God’s judgement, saying, “Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh and lead the Israelites out of Egypt?” (Exodus 3:11). Moses continues to question God throughout the rest of the chapter, but eventually begins his journey to rescue his
Exodus 21-24 was definitely quite an instructive piece of literature. It was almost raw in its nature as a text or “book” but more of reading an excerpt from a piece of non-fiction most similar to an instruction manual of some sort that you get when you buy a dissembled bike or desk. Something like being enrolled in a police academy there was definite sense of a master-slave relationship in the air. It is like something never before seen in the Torah, these chapters showed a whole new YHWH. The YHWH who is feared like the school principal in an elementary school, not even mom and dad has come on so strong as to the dos and donts of living life. It seems as if YHWH was pushed to such a point where YHWH has no choice but intervene into the lives of his children, and set the rules for the pl...
...nnel for the message to the Israelites. This serves God's ultimately purpose of setting his chosen people free. Although Moses does not seem like a worthy candidate for the task, God gives him the power to overcome his flaws. Moses was successful in communicating and obeying God's word throughout his journey, because he never sought to control or possess the land or the people, unlike Pharaoh. In the end, the journey of the spiritual hero can finish in either one of these two paths. It is up to the individual whether or not they will succumb to temptation and be led down into hell and remain there forever.
And they had vast majorities of great horses and chariots of wars which were powerful in the sight of the Syrian, as their noises alone caused the Syrian armies to flee from Samaria before the people of God. Imagined how just the sound of chariots and horses of these two black Hamitic nations were able to delivered the children of Israel from the hands of their enemies. Because of how powerful the ancient Egyptians war horses and warriors were, the children of Israel often depended on them for help instead of God, and the Almighty rebuked them from trusting in the strength of Egypt and told them to put their trust in Him alone who is all powerful and the maker of all beings (Isaiah 30:2-3;
The “Moses Soliloquy” poem by Doug Tanoury is a dramatic retelling of Moses’ actions in the Exodus Story and Moses reflecting on the greatness of God. One reference to the Bible is lines 1-6 which references the burning bush passage in the Bible (Exodus 3:1-4). The poem continues its story by telling how the voice (God) speaking to Moses and the fear that Moses must have felt. Lines 12-23 also expand on how Moses stepped up to the gigantic responsibility given to him. In addition to these references, Tanoury also references the Pharaoh who has held the Israelites captive as slaves in the land of Egypt. Finally, The poem references (Lines 30-36) the workings of God in the journey to the Promised Land such as the providing of manna and water
Following the creation story of the book of Genesis is the book of Exodus. In Genesis, God promised Abraham a “great nation from which all nations of the earth will be blessed (Gen 12:1-3)” and in Exodus God completes this promise through the creation of the holy nation, Israel. Exodus tells the story of the God who rescued his people out of Egypt because of the promise he had made to Abraham. God calls to Moses to complete his promise. God’s call to Moses is not only important because he liberates the Israelites but also because God reveals His name(s) along with His true Nature. God calls upon Moses and tells him that He’s back to help the Israelites out of slavery in Egypt and that Moses is to lead them. God then gives him full instructions on what to tell the Pharaoh and, more importantly, the Israelites, who are promised, land “flowing with milk and honey”.
Of course, the most dominant example of fear was when Scrooge met The Ghost of Christmas Future, and saw his fate. Scrooge saw that people wouldn’t show up to his funeral, and saw that some thieves even stole from his room whilst his corpse was still resting in his bed. It made Scrooge want to become a better person, and have a better legacy when he died. In “Thank You M’am”, Roger was scared that Ms. Jones would report him to the police or kidnap him. When Ms. Jones shut the door on him, he was scared straight to knowing that stealing was wrong, and that the next time he steals somebody won’t be as generous as the lady. In my small group learning, Jesus was too scared about being faced with prejudice to help the lady with the valise and the kids. He hated that he was scared, so he decided to change himself to be helpful, even if he may be shunned by the way he looked. If somebody is about to lose their job, they change to focus more and learn how to do their job better. We all do have fear, but in some situations fear can be
In Exodus we see the covalent relationship between the God and Moses. God gives a duty for Moses to complete and Moses fulfills that promise. "The Egyptians became ruthless in imposing tasks on the Israelites"(Exo. 1: 13). There were many conflict between the Egyptians and Israelites. The King of Egypt declared to the Hebrew Midwives that if their child was a boy they shall be killed but if a girl they shall be alive. In the text we also see how the religious viewpoint between the Egyptians and Israelites varied. " The Israelites groaned under their slavery, and cried out."(Exo. 2:23). The Israelites were facing many hardships and needed to escape this sorrow and disaster. Moses was fortunate to live his life as a child. God heard the tears
Lizzie Hall HON 101 Fr. Orique Essay #2 Prompt 4 In the Old Testament, the Jewish people viewed Moses, Abraham, and David as Holy people who were close to God. All three of these individuals united the Hebrew people and had faith that God would bless his ‘favored people’ with a strong kingdom.
THE MESSAGE OF THE PROPHETS Brandon Damon CHST 111: SURVEY OF THE OLD TESTAMENT Dr. White November 08, 2016 The message of the Prophets is that God’s Word provides man with His immediate presence and the hope of a return to Him while man waits for the perfect arrival of the risen seed of Abraham, who is the Son of David, during the painful days of man’s exile. The Prophets is a just a continuing commentary of the Moses’ prediction back in the Torah. The Prophets and each book deal with the same dilemma and hope of the Torah. The dilemma was the heart of Israel (and all humanity) is so bound up in sin that it leaves Israel (and all humanity) in both a physical and spiritual exile from God.
He calls upon the people of Israel to reflect on the fate if Yahweh was not on their side. The focus is on particular events in which the Lord God faithfully and graciously preserved them from extinction. The initiation comes in the form of a statement that warrants them to narrate these phenomenal experiences. As they recall these past events, it, in turn, drives them to worship and dependent upon Yahweh who saved them who saved them in the past and will in future. Metaphorical statements used throughout the psalm describes how dangerous their situation was. The Psalmist starts by employing parallelism in verse 1 and
... people. It also shows the dependence of people on God. Moses was a man of courage who sought to see the face of the God. He received the laws of the lord and made sacrifices for them when they sinned. Moses acted as a mediator between Yahweh and his people (Woolfe).