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”. This section of exodus focuses on Moses, an Israelite who was raised as an Egyptian, who has fled from Egypt after the Pharaoh tried to kill him for killing an Egyptian man. By Exodus 3:1 Moses is married to Zipporah daughter of Jethro who gives him a job working as a shepherd. While tending to his animals Moses arrives at Horeb also known as Mount Sinai or the Mountain of God. Here Moses has his first theophany with God in the form of a burning bush. During this passage God talks to Moses telling him what he needs to do: go to Egypt and convince the Pharaoh to let the Egyptians go by performing a series of miracles. What god is asking Moses to do is intimidating. At this time the Pharaoh was the ruler of Egypt who had a powerful army and the Israelite’s weren’t going to be easy to convince that God sent him. Despite the “signs” Moses is reluctant to take the role beca... ... middle of paper ... ...hat God was trying to disclose with Moses. God wanted Moses to know Him and who He was through His name. He is not an unloving god who watches over his children and does nothing when they suffer. He is not a god that ignores old promises. He is an omnipresent God that helps his children and doesn’t break a covenant. God allows himself to be known by his people because he is a devoted god. He is, has been, and always will be our god. Works Cited Xisto, Daniel. "How to Write an Exegesis Paper." Thesis. N.d. How to Write an Exegesis Paper: AN EXEGETICAL ANALYSIS OF GOD’S “I AM” STATEMENT IN EXODUS 3. Print.17 Nov. 2010. Web. 15 Nov. 2013. Douglas Stuart, Exodus, NAC, vol. 2 (Nashville, TN: Broadman & Holman Publishers, (2006), 20. Web. 15 Nov. 2013. Martens, E. A. God's Design: A Focus on Old Testament Theology. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Book House, 1981. Print.
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The bible was a time period in which people didn’t even truly understand equality. They would treat people awfully just because of their race, religion, and gender. For example, women were not allowed have their own jobs or own property without a man. These people in this time needed someone or something to come save them, and this was Moses. The slaves in
Rogerson, J. W., and Judith M. (ed) Lieu. The Oxford Handbook of Biblical Studies. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2006.
The Hebrew people cried out to God in the midst of their slavery to Pharaoh and He heard their cry. God spoke to Moses to be their deliverer while he was in the desert, through a burning bush. He instructed him to lead the people out of Egypt to Mt. Sinai where they were to worship Him. "Israel was about to be redeemed, rescued, and reconstituted as a covenant nation, and Yahweh meant all of this" (Merrill, 1991, p. 111). A name they recognized but did not know it's full power would be revealed to them.
In the Book of Exodus the relationship between god and man was similar to relation between a master and servant or in other words a king and a subject respectively. God says “you shall speak all that I command you”(Exodus,7:2), it is very clear through this vision that Moses had that God wanted to have dominion and control over peo...
The Book of Exodus begins hundreds of years later once Joseph and his brothers have all died. This leaves a void in leadership over Israel and is eventually subdued to Moses. He is a Hebrew boy who starts off as a slave, and eventually encounters God through the burning bush where he is convinced to assume his role as leader of the Israelites. With the help of his brother Aaron, they face controversy with the Pharaoh of Egypt trying to rid their people and lead them to a land full of prosperity, which God has promised. It is through Moses leadership that they find freedom and religious conformity as a community. Although Moses is initially timid, he consequently develops the willpower of a traditional hero through attaining a personal relationship with God and his people through the breaking of the clay tablets along with using the power God has given him through his staff to intimidate the Pharaoh and shows his urgency and pride as leader of a great nation.
God picks Moses to help free the Israelites from the pharaoh. He gives Moses powers and a plan to carry out to free them. God ratifies the covenant with Moses, giving him the Ten Commandments and by telling him to build the Ark of the Covenant. God also renews the covenant with Moses by getting new tablets to replace the ones that Moses broke. God tries to lead Moses and the Israelites to the Promise Land, as He promised in the covenant. However Moses, himself, never makes it. God constantly shows Himself as a God of love and rescue to the people of the covenant as it is passed down from Abraham to Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, and
Moses learned well at the burning bush that the LORD is the God of all the earth. Moses saw the God turn his staff into a snake, and then turned back into his staff again. Moses also saw his hand become white with leprosy, and then God made his hand normal again. The Bible calls Moses "the humblest man on the face of the earth" and he was no doubt quite an individual. Moses did not feel adequate to do the task of demanding that Pharaoh let God's people go because he was not a good speaker. God told Moses "your brother Aaron shall speak for you now go" and Moses did as the Lord commanded. It is hard to imagine but Moses came and stood before Pharaoh, the most powerful man in all the
Carson, D, & Moo, D. (2005) An introduction to the New Testament. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan.
Once God freed the Israelites, they disobey him and created a false god called the "golden calf". In Exodus 32-33, explains how God was angry with the people for worshipping other gods and upset with Aaron for creating the golden calf. The Lord provided Moses with the Ten Commandments, which the covenant with Moses and the Israel was made.
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As an infant Moses was tossed into the river with no chance to live. During this time taskmasters ordered patrons to kill their baby if they had a boy and keep it if it were a girl. I find this interesting regarding the ancient Chinese; they believe in a similar method, but vice-versa. They believed if you had a boy you kept it and if you had a girl you killed it. It’s interesting seeing the same similarities within ancient Chinese and the time of Moses. But Moses already had God on his side. The daughter of the Pharaoh luckily picked him up, where she took pity on Moses. After, the daughter of the Pharaoh handed Moses off to a woman who nursed him, and Moses grew into a man. After working with sheep he had an encounter with God, and God told him to go to the land of the Egypt. God wanted to redeem Moses for the hurt the Egyptians brought
Carson, D.A., and Douglas J. Moo. An Introduction to the New Testament. 2nd Edition. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Zondervan, 2005.