Exodus 1:1 – 6:1

Isaiah 27:6 – 28:13; 29:22-23

Matthew 2:1-12

▪ Shemot means “Names” coming from the first phrase in chapter # 1- …now these are the names (shemot) of the sons of Israel who came to Egypt with Jacob” (Ex 1:1)

▪ Septuagint titled this book “Exodus” –signifying the “departure” as in departure from Egypt

▪ So what do the “names” tell us?

▪ Re’uven – “see/saw” I have seen the affliction of My people who are in Egypt. (Ex 3:7)

▪ Shim’on – “heard” So G-d heard their groaning. (Ex 2:24)

▪ Levi – “joined”alluding to the L-rd joining Himself to Israel’s suffering. Then I will take you for My people, and I will be your God; and you shall know that I am the LORD your God, who brought you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians. (Ex 6:7)

▪ Y’hudah – “praise” corresponding to Israel praising G-d for the deliverance from Egypt And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances. And Miriam answered them, 'Sing ye to the Lord, for He hath triumphed gloriously; the horse and his rider hath He thrown into the sea.“ (Ex 15: 20, 21)

▪ Yissakhar – “reward” alludes to the spoil they took from the Egyptians and the LORD had given the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians, so that they let them have their request. Thus they plundered the Egyptians. (Ex 12;36)

▪ Z’vulun – “dwelling place/living together” alludes to the Shechinah in their midst. Let them construct a sanctuary for Me, that I may dwell among them. (Ex 25:8)

▪ Binyamin – “son of my right hand” alludes to the deliverance at the Red Sea. Your right hand, O L-rd, is majestic in power, Your right hand, O L-rd, shatters the enemy” (Ex 15:6)

▪ Dan – “judgement” alludes to G-d’s judgement on Egypt I will also judge the nation whom they will serve. (Gen 15:14)

▪ Naftali – “wrestling” …alludes to the desert wanderings

▪ Gad – “good fortune has come” …G-d always kept them, protected them, to lead them to a promise He had for them.

▪ Asher – “happy/blessed” All the nations will call you blessed

▪ Joseph – “he will add” alludes to the final redemption. Joseph’s merit saved all his brothers in Egypt. Like Joseph, Messiah son of Joseph will gather all the tribes again in the great ingathering from the nations.

(Context of some of this slide taken from Shadows of the Messiah – pg 309)

Genesis 29-30 for the

original name meanings.

▪ pg xv Bradford

▪ Most everything in Christianity is based on the premise that there was an original set of rules and laws handed down to mankind by G-d, which was eventually replaced by a new and better set called the New Testament.

▪ Bradford makes strong statements about NOT continuing to perpetuate the tradition of using the language “Old” Testament and “New” Testament but rather treat the Word of G-d as one unified Word of G-d.

▪ Just as G-d is “One/Echad” so are our Holy Scriptures. When we take away either half, it’s not that we lose half the understanding; its that most, if not all, of what we think we know is actually quite incomplete and skewed.

Establishment of a Nation

Rescue

Redeem

Teach

Nurture

Discipline

Deliverance Narrative

Wilderness Experience

Covenant and Law

Blueprints for the Tabernacle and its Service

Infidelity and Reconciliation

Building the Tabernacle

G-d chooses to interact with man…a chosen people and

make them a nation. What can we learn from them?

This book of Torah is laid out in sections (per Everett

Fox’s six divisions. pg xix)

▪ From the last chapter of Genesis to the first chapter of Exodus, 350 years had passed.

▪ Did G-d forget about poor Israel, languishing away in the heat and forced labor that had become their day-to-day?▪ What did G-d tell Jacob in …Genesis 46:3 3"I am God, the

God of your father," he said. "Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for I will make you into a great nation there.

▪ First 1-2 centuries in Egypt were prosperous. All indications that they lived comfortably and peacefully. Thanks to Joseph, they had been allotted by Pharaoh what was intended to be a permanent territory perfectly suitable to their shepherd lifestyle in the land of Goshen.

▪ Accordingly to Bradford, Bible texts and scores and scores of Egyptian monuments give indication that the Hebrews were not restricted to the land of Goshen so some were probably assimilated into Egyptian culture to varying degrees.

▪ Just a few decades before Joseph’s arrival as a slave in Egypt the so-called Hyksos rulers had established their dominance over most of Egypt; primary Lower Egypt. The Hyksos were from an unknown place in the Middle East and were Semites, cousins of Israel.

▪ Eventually, an Egyptian general in Thebes gathered an army of Egyptian nationals and defeated the hated Hyksos rulers once and for all. The Israelites became the focal point of nearly two centuries of bitterness built up by the Egyptian people that undoubtedly began with the Hebrew Joseph accepting their servitude in exchange for food during the famous seven-year period of extreme famine.

▪ The first job of the new king of Egypt was to dismantle any foreign influence that could threaten Egypt. That meant gaining control over the Israelites, whose numbers had grown into menacing proportions. For all practical purposes, there was nearly an overnight reversal of fortunes. The Israelites, who had become wealthy, numerous, and politically powerful in Egypt, were dispossessed and became the lower class.

Bradford

pg xxi

Watch clip: 25:00 – 32:00

2 Dating Systems:

1. Regnal Dating System

2. New Chronology – David

Rohl, an agnostic Oxford

academic

▪ Words that are seen throughout Exodus: See, Glory, Serve Know

▪ Looking specially at the word SERVE▪ Servitude from

Pharaoh to service to G-d

▪ Warned about serving other gods when given the Torah

▪ Torah speaks of how to treat servants

▪ Torah speaks of how to conduct service in the tabernacle and how G-d is to be served

Importance to the Jews Importance to the Gentiles/Nations

A fundamental story of Jewish IDENTITY, not just

as a matter of history but as a matter or paradigm

for national expectation. (Passover is a BIG DEAL!)

We have a share in this story because we can be

spiritually adopted into the people of G-d so it is

part of our IDENTITY.

The prophets of Israel frequently invoke the

imagery of the exodus from Egypt to speak about

the future and their past and present redemption

from BONDAGE and oppression and exile.

It is important to anyone who has ever struggled

with BONDAGE, slavery, or subjugation. Today as

sinners caught in self-destructive habits from

which we cannot escape, the exodus story offers

hope that the G-d who rescued Israel from Egypt

can also rescue him

It also speaks to the covenant love and PROMISES

of G-d. A promise made to Abraham that results in

a nation enslaved and oppressed but “rescued and

redeemed”.

This story is important for all believers in Yeshua

because he came like a second Moses, a redeemer

sent by G-d to liberate His people from bondage

just as it was PROMISED…Jew and Gentile both.

REVIEW GENESIS 15:13-14

▪ Genesis 15:13-14 13Then the LORD said to him, "Know for certain that for four hundred years your descendants will be strangers in a country not their own and that they will be enslaved and mistreated there. 14But I will punish the nation they serve as slaves, and afterward they will come out with great possessions.

WHICH PATRIARCH HEARD OR SAID

THESE THINGS?

Also…”Do not be afraid to go down to

Egypt, for I will make you a great nation

there. I will go down with you to Egypt, and

I will also surely bring you up again.” Gen

46:3-4

“I am about to die, but G-d will surely take

care of you and bring you up from this land

to the land which He promised on oath to

Abraha, to Isaac and to Jacob” Gen 50:24

Sh’mot“Names”

Torah: Exodus 1:1 – 6:1

Haftorah: Isaiah 27:6-28:13, 29:22-23

Gospel: Matthew 2:1-12

1 Now these are the Shemot Bnei Yisroel, which came into Mitzrayim; every ish and his bais came with Ya'akov:

2 Reuven, Simeon, Levi, and Yehudah,

3 Yissakhar, Zevulun, and Binyamin,

4 Dan, and Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.

5 And all the nefesh that came out of the loins of Ya'akov were seventy nefesh; for Yosef was in Mitzrayim already.

6 And Yosef died, and all his achim, and all that generation.

7 And the Bnei Yisroel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and became exceeding strong; and the land was filled with them.

Nation of Israel

TRIBE - Prince

CLAN/FAMILY – Chief

HOUSEHOLDS HOUSEHOLDS

CLAN/FAMILY – Chief

HOUSEHOLDS HOUSEHOLDS

CLAN/FAMILY – Chief

HOUSEHOLDS HOUSEHOLDS

There would be 12 of these structures. Part of

the “birthright” process…unchangeable and

permanent.

Elders Scribes These would be elected or appointed and

could change.

BACKWARD IN TIME:

▪ The midrash in the Passover Haggadah makes a correlation between Jacob’s sojourn in Aram and the Egyptian exile, comparing Laban to Pharaoh. The growth of the nation in Egypt corresponds to the birth of Jacob’ s family in Aram. Jacob went down into Aram alone. He sojourned there and served Laban with hard labor. His family grew numerous. Laban and his sons began to resent and misuse Jacob and his family. Jacob left Aram with a large family and many possessions that had once belong to Laban.

FORWARD IN TIME:

▪ The death of Joseph corresponds to the death of Yeshua who was crucified one generation between the Romans destroyed the Temple, reduced Jerusalem to rubble, and took the Jewish people into this current exile. However, the picture we have in this book is REDEMPTION. (Shadows of Messiah pg 312)

Beautiful land and grazing

Prosperous conditions

▪ Wealth and success became the “golden handcuffs”. While in the service of materialism, spiritual health inevitably suffers.▪ Yeshua warned us, saying, “No one can serve two masters;

for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve G-d and wealth.” (Matthew 6:24

▪ Assimilation into the larger culture poses a greater danger to the people of G-d than persecution. (Unrolling the Scroll pg 215)

▪ Instead of settling down and trying to fit into Egyptian culture, the children of Israel ought to have been looking toward the return to Canaan.

1. Affliction with hard

labor

2. Instructions to

midwives to kill

newborn males

3. Instructions to ALL

of Egypt to drown

newborn males

8 Now there arose a melech chadash (new king) over Mitzrayim, which had no da'as of Yosef.

9 And he said unto his people, Hinei, the Am Bnei Yisroel are more and stronger than we.

10 Come, let us outsmart them; lest they multiply, and it come to pass, that, when there falleth out any milchamah (war), they join also unto our enemies, and fight against us, and so get them up out of the land.

11 Therefore they did set over them sarei missim (taskmasters) to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh supply cities, Pitom and Raamses.

12 But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and spread out. And they were in dread because of the Bnei Yisroel.

13 And the Egyptians made the Bnei Yisroel to serve with rigor;

14 And they made their lives bitter with avodah kashah (hard bondage), in mortar, and in brick, and in all manner of avodah in the sadeh; all their service, wherein they made them serve, was with rigor.

▪ It was thought that he was “Egyptian” not Hyksos.

▪ He both feared and hated the Hebrews at the same time. Why? Despite the fear, he needed them as a workforce. They (the Hebrews) became the primary construction laborers in Egypt.

▪ He did not “know” Joseph or “remember” what Joseph had done.▪ Remembering could be a topic of Exodus…

▪ G-d hears the groaning of Israel and ‘remembers’ His covenant. (Exodus 2:24)

▪ The Israelites are ordered to ‘remember’ the Sabbath day. (Exodus 20:8)

▪ The Israelites are told to observe Passover as a day of “remembrance”. (Exodus 12:14)

▪ Remembering is important to people on an individual level but also nations. A nation that does not remember their past, is doomed to repeat it or it ceases to be the nation it was. Think about the ignorance of young Americans and then ponder on the survival of the Jew as they have “remembered” and have survived even as a remnant.

Yul Brynner as Pharaoh

Speaking of word studies in

Exodus…here is another one

that we talked about.

Service to the right person

and goals is a privilege and

not bondage. Paul and the

apostles frequently identified

themselves as servants/slaves

of the most High G-d and it

was an honor.

Egyptians “made/forced”

Hebrews to serve and it was

bondage vs. man was

“made/designed” to serve

G-d. Ponder!

15 And Melech Mitzrayim spoke to the meyalledot HaIvriyyot (Hebrew midwives), of which the shem of the one was Shiphrah, and of the other Puah;

16 And he said, When ye do the office of a midwife to HaIvriyyot (the Hebrew women) and see them upon the delivery stool; if it be a ben, then ye shall kill him; but if it be a bat, then she shall live.

17 But the meyalledot feared HaElohim, and did not as Melech Mitzrayim commanded them, but saved the yeladim alive.

18 So Melech Mitzrayim called for the meyalledot, and said unto them, Why have ye done this thing, and have saved the yeladim alive?

19 And the meyalledot said unto Pharaoh, Because HaIvriyyot are not as the Egyptian women; for they are vigorous, and are delivered before the meyalledot come in unto them.

20 Therefore Elohim dealt well with the meyalledot; and the people multiplied, and grew very strong.

21 And it came to pass, because the meyalledot feared HaElohim, that He established them batim (founders of families).

22 And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every ben that is born ye shall cast into the Nile, and every bat ye shall save alive.

▪ Every child born into the world is an aggravation and a menace to him. They represent the image of G-d, an immortal soul, and the potential to reign over the earth with G-d.

▪ Strategies to eliminate children:

▪ Materialism and success – people choose these things over children

▪ Disease, famine, pestilence

▪ Abortion

▪ Child trafficking

▪ If he can’t physically eliminate them….he goes for their minds.

I’m thinking Pharaoh knew more than what the Scriptures indicate; if it was

about slowing down the Hebrew population, he would have destroyed boys

and girls…but he went after the boys? Whey do you think this was?

▪ Shifrah and Pu’ah

▪ Were they Egyptian or Hebrew? (see Bradford pg 7)

▪ What does it mean that they were G-d fearing?

▪ On what grounds is civil disobediencerewarded? How were they rewarded?

THE UNTOLD STORY OF THE HEBREW MIDWIVES AND THE EXODUS…

▪ New American Standard Bible Proverbs 9:10 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.

▪ Chochmah/Wisdom – Initial flash of insight when an idea first reaches the mind – the conception or impregnation

▪ Binah/Understanding – When one begins to synthesize an and understand this flash of inspiration – likened to the pregnancy

▪ Da’at/Knowledge – What happens when one has synthesized and internalized the information – the birth process

▪ This was temporarily lost while in Egypt. The Torah if not internalized “will not produce in a soul true fear and love, but only vain fancies.” Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi

▪ Our thoughts, our knowledge, our ideas, can only take us so far in our devotion. We must “bring it down” from the highest heavens, allow the knowledge of G-d to penetrate through our minds, and then finally permeate our bodies and be reflected in our deeds.

▪ The redemption of the Jewish nation from the bondage of Egypt, and indeed the bondage of exile throughout time, is a direct result of he actions of the Jewish women of their time…these women who “FEARED G-D”. According to the Talmud, it was in reward for the righteous women of that generation that Israel was redeemed from Egypt along with Yocheved (Moses’ mother) and Miriam (Moses’ sister).

▪ These midwives…birthed babies but they also birthed a nation from Egypt.

Proverbs 1:7 7The fear of the LORD

is the beginning of knowledge, but

fools despise wisdom and

instruction.

Proverbs 2:1-5 1My son, if you

accept my words and store up my

commands within you, 2turning your

ear to wisdom and applying your

heart to understanding- 3indeed, if

you call out for insight and cry aloud

for understanding, 4and if you look

for it as for silver and search for it as

for hidden treasure, 5then you will

understand the fear of the LORD and

find the knowledge of God.

Isaiah 11:2 2The Spirit of the LORD

will rest on him- the Spirit of wisdom

and of understanding, the Spirit of

counsel and of might, the Spirit of

the knowledge and fear of the

LORD-

FEARING G-D

Fear of G-d is a liberating emotion, freeing one from a disabling fear of evil, powerful people. Don’t

think that fearing G-d is onerous…it is liberating. - Dennis Prager

▪ When the midwives feared the L-rd, they were rewarded…

▪ Do not fear those who kill the body but are unable to kill the soul; but rather fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell in Gehenna (Matthew 10:28)

▪ The midwives acted in faith, placing their fear in the unseen G-d, in full possession of “the assurance of things hope for, the conviction of things not seen” (Hebrews 11:1)

▪ When this was not working…he ordered ALL Egyptians to drown baby boys!

▪ Ephesians 2:10

▪ “For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.”

▪ WORK PROJECTS:

1. One of our Torah club members has organized a work day, tomorrow beginning at 9:00 to chop wood for his aging parents.

2. November 25th, Monday – Keith and I are helping a needy family with ties to our church move some belongs from storage to their residence. (Evening, we are providing a Uhaul box truck for this…we just need arms.)

3. Our facility up on Miller Rd which will be a “permanent home” for our many of our Torah clubs is getting an upgrade. We have a ¾ height wall to disassemble, finish painting and odds and ends, Friday, Nov 29th…during the day.

▪ WISH LISTS:

▪ New tables and chairs

▪ Dedicated projector that is ceiling hung

▪ Set aside some savings for snow plowings

▪ Furniture for Children’s area

▪ GIFTEDNESS IN ROOM DESIGN/LAYOUT

▪ Why do people hate the Jews? Where does anti-Semitism come from?

▪ During the nightmare of World War II, the Nazis forced the Jewish population of Europe into concentrated ghettos. From the ghettos they moved them to labor camps. The labor camps became death camps as the Nazis converted them into genocide factories.

▪ The satanic spirit of hatred that herded the Jews into the labor camps is the same spirit of hatred that forced the Israelites into slave labor in the days of Moses.

▪ The Jewish people represent G-d. They are the people of G-d. It never ends because it is a spiritual force.

(Unrolling the Scroll – pg 218)

Sh’mot“Names”

Torah: Exodus 1:1 – 6:1

Haftorah: Isaiah 27:6-28:13, 29:22-23

Gospel: Matthew 2:1-12

Sh’mot“Names”

Torah: Exodus 1:1 – 6:1

Haftorah: Isaiah 27:6-28:13, 29:22-23

Gospel: Matthew 2:1-12

1 And there went an ish of the Bais Levi, and took to wife a bat Levi.

2 And the isha conceived, and bore a ben; and when she saw him that he was tov, she hid him three months.

3 And when she could no longer hide him, she took for him a tevah (ark) of papyrus, and daubed it with tar and with pitch, and put the yeled therein; and she set it in the reeds by the bank of the Nile.

4 And his achot stood afar off, to see what would be done to him.

5 And the Bat Pharaoh came down to bathe herself at the Nile; and her na'arot (maidens) walked along by the Nile's bank; and when she saw the tevah (ark) among the reeds, she sent her amah (maid servant) to fetch it.

6 And when she had opened it, she saw the yeled; and, hinei, the na'ar was crying. And she had compassion on him, and said, This one is of the yaldei HaIvrim (Hebrew children).

7 Then said his achot to Bat Pharaoh, Shall I go and call to thee a nurse of HaIvriyyot, that she may nurse the yeled for thee?

8 And Bat Pharaoh said to her, go. and haalmah (young girl) went and called the em hayeled (mother of the young child).

9 And Bat Pharaoh said unto her, Take this yeled away, and nurse it for me, and I will give thee thy wages. And the isha took the yeled, and nursed it.

10 And the yeled grew, and she brought him unto Bat Pharaoh, and he became her ben. And she called shmoMoshe: and she said, Because meshitihu (I drew him) out of the mayim.

Read pg 11-

Bradford

▪ As of this moment, the Bible had not yet indicated that Levi was going to be divided and set apart for G-d as a tribe of priests. At this moment, the Israelites would have viewed themselves as 13 tribes of Israel (Joseph receiving the double portion).

▪ Genealogy Gen 46:11; Numbers 26:59▪ Numbers 26:58-59 58These also were Levite

clans: the Libnite clan, the Hebronite clan, the Mahlite clan, the Mushite clan, the Korahiteclan. (Kohath was the forefather of Amram; 59the name of Amram's wife was Jochebed, a descendant of Levi, who was born to the Levites in Egypt. To Amram she bore Aaron, Moses and their sister Miriam.

▪ We just went thru the family tree…but let’s ponder this video from Aleph Beta on who Moses was.

▪ If you think about it, Yocheved devised a way to keep the Pharaoh’s edict without killing the baby. She PUT HIM in the river.

▪ Moses’ early life follows a pattern of revelation, concealment, revelation and concealment.▪ Born, concealed in a basket

▪ Revealed himself when he killed the Egyptian –under threat of persecution hid in Midian

▪ Revealed when he saved his people

▪ Yeshua’s life has some similarities▪ A wicked king threatened His life, his parents hid

Him in Egypt

▪ He disappeared and reappeared in 30 years, was persecuted, died and resurrected to disappear again

▪ Will reappear to save to his people

▪ Both were redeemers

▪ Both interceded as priests

▪ Both sit as judges over the nation

▪ I find it a bit fascinating (being a women myself) that the story of the birth and infancy of Moses depicts many defiant women disobeying Pharoah.

▪ The women of the generation who defied the brutal labor and attempts to oppress and wear out the Hebrew men from multiplying via marital relationships…and loved their men even more resulting in more multiplication.

▪ The midwives who disobeyed the decree against killing the sons of the Hebrew women

▪ Defiant Yocheved who disobeyed the decree about drowning newborn boys

▪ Pharaoh’s own daughter who defied her father and actually placed that baby with the boy’s own mother.

Depth of the Torah – pg 468

▪ Moses received his name after his return to the princess, and that name was not at first a Hebrew name, but Egyptian.

▪ In Hebrew it means - to “draw out”

▪ In Egyptian it mean – “son”

▪ (IE….Rameses (Ra-mose) son of the god Ra, King Tut (Thot-mose) son of the god Thot, and Ptahmose, son of the god Ptah)

Bradford – pg 13

• Story of Sargon of Akkad who ruled Babylonia

around 2300 BCE according to a cuneiform tablet

excavated from the ruins of a royal palace at

Nineveh

• Sargon was born to a priestess who, due to the

constraints of her office, was not supposed to be

having children.

• In an attempt to conceal the matter, she hid him in

a basket coated with pitch and placed the basket

in the Euphrates River

• The basket floated downstream until it was

discovered by a gardener who opened it, found

the baby and adopted him as his own.

• The boy grew up to become history’s first

recorded emperor.

11 And it came to pass in those days, when Moshe was grown, that he went out unto his achim, and looked on their sevalot (hard labor) : and he spied an Egyptian striking an ishIvri, one of his achim.

12 And he looked this way and that way, and when he saw that there was no ish, he killed the Egyptian, and hid him in the chol (sand).

13 And when he went out the second day, hinei, two anashim Ivrim were fighting; he said to him in the wrong, Why strike thou thy re’a (fellow)?

14 And he said, Who made thee a sar and a shofet over us? Intendest thou to kill me, as thou killedst the Egyptian? And Moshe feared, and thought, Surely this thing is known.

15 Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to slay Moshe. But Moshe fled from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelt in Eretz Midyan; and he sat down by a well.

▪ Acts 7

▪ Hebrews 11

▪ Who is Stephen talking about here? ▪ Moses or Yeshua

▪ Stephen taught that Messiah came in the pattern established by Moses fulfilling the prophecy that G-d will raise up a prophet like Moses.

Exodus 2:1-14 Acts 7:20-38 Hebrews 11:23-29

Now a man from the house of Levi went and took as his wife a

Levite woman. 2 The woman conceived and bore a son, and

when she saw that he was a fine child, she hid him three

months. 3 When she could hide him no longer, she took for

him a basket made of bulrushes[a] and daubed it with bitumen

and pitch. She put the child in it and placed it among the

reeds by the river bank. 4 And his sister stood at a distance to

know what would be done to him. 5 Now the daughter of

Pharaoh came down to bathe at the river, while her young

women walked beside the river. She saw the basket among

the reeds and sent her servant woman, and she took it. 6 When

she opened it, she saw the child, and behold, the baby was

crying. She took pity on him and said, “This is one of the

Hebrews' children.” 7 Then his sister said to Pharaoh's

daughter, “Shall I go and call you a nurse from the Hebrew

women to nurse the child for you?” 8 And Pharaoh's daughter

said to her, “Go.” So the girl went and called the child's

mother. 9 And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, “Take this child

away and nurse him for me, and I will give you your wages.”

So the woman took the child and nursed him. 10 When the

child grew older, she brought him to Pharaoh's daughter, and

he became her son. She named him Moses, “Because,” she

said, “I drew him out of the water.”[b]

Moses Flees to Midian11 One day, when Moses had grown up, he went out to his

people and looked on their burdens, and he saw an Egyptian

beating a Hebrew, one of his people.[c] 12 He looked this way

and that, and seeing no one, he struck down the Egyptian and

hid him in the sand. 13 When he went out the next day, behold,

two Hebrews were struggling together. And he said to the

man in the wrong, “Why do you strike your companion?” 14 He

answered, “Who made you a prince and a judge over us? Do

you mean to kill me as you killed the Egyptian?” Then Moses

was afraid, and thought, “Surely the thing is known.”

20 At this time Moses was born; and he was beautiful in God's sight. And he was

brought up for three months in his father's house, 21 and when he was exposed,

Pharaoh's daughter adopted him and brought him up as her own son. 22 And

Moses was instructed in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and he was mighty in his

words and deeds.

23 “When he was forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brothers, the

children of Israel. 24 And seeing one of them being wronged, he defended the

oppressed man and avenged him by striking down the Egyptian. 25 He supposed

that his brothers would understand that God was giving them salvation by his

hand, but they did not understand. 26 And on the following day he appeared to

them as they were quarreling and tried to reconcile them, saying, ‘Men, you are

brothers. Why do you wrong each other?’ 27 But the man who was wronging his

neighbor thrust him aside, saying, ‘Who made you a ruler and a judge over us?

28 Do you want to kill me as you killed the Egyptian yesterday?’ 29 At this retort

Moses fled and became an exile in the land of Midian, where he became the father

of two sons.

30 “Now when forty years had passed, an angel appeared to him in the wilderness

of Mount Sinai, in a flame of fire in a bush. 31 When Moses saw it, he was amazed

at the sight, and as he drew near to look, there came the voice of the Lord: 32 ‘I am

the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham and of Isaac and of Jacob.’ And

Moses trembled and did not dare to look. 33 Then the Lord said to him, ‘Take off

the sandals from your feet, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.

34 I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt, and have heard

their groaning, and I have come down to deliver them. And now come, I will send

you to Egypt.’

35 “This Moses, whom they rejected, saying, ‘Who made you a ruler and a

judge?’—this man God sent as both ruler and redeemer by the hand of the angel

who appeared to him in the bush. 36 This man led them out, performing wonders

and signs in Egypt and at the Red Sea and in the wilderness for forty years. 37 This

is the Moses who said to the Israelites, ‘God will raise up for you a prophet like me

from your brothers.’ 38 This is the one who was in the congregation in the

wilderness with the angel who spoke to him at Mount Sinai, and with our fathers.

He received living oracles to give to us.

23 By faith Moses' parents hid

him for three months after he

was born, because they saw he

was no ordinary child, and they

were not afraid of the king's

edict. 24 By faith Moses, when

he had grown up, refused to

be known as the son of

Pharaoh's daughter. 25 He

chose to be mistreated along

with the people of God rather

than to enjoy the fleeting

pleasures of sin. 26 He

regarded disgrace for the sake

of Christ as of greater value than

the treasures of Egypt, because

he was looking ahead to his

reward. 27 By faith he left

Egypt, not fearing the king's

anger; he persevered because

he saw him who is invisible.

28 By faith he kept the Passover

and the application of blood, so

that the destroyer of the

firstborn would not touch the

firstborn of Israel. 29 By faith

the people passed through the

Red Sea as on dry land; but

when the Egyptians tried to do

so, they were drowned.

▪ Mentioned 146 times in Scripture, the number 40 generally symbolizes a period of testing, trial or probation.

▪ From Aish.com

▪ The number 40 has great significance throughout the Torah and the Talmud. The number 40 represents transition or change; the concept of renewal; a new beginning. The number 40 has the power to lift a spiritual state.

▪ The Midianites were the descendants of Abraham’s concubine Keturah. Moses and the Midianites were actually relatives. The Midianites were not actually a nation of people but a confederation of five tribes.

▪ Reu’el (Jethro) was a “ high priest” of Midian

16 Now the kohen of Midyan had sheva banot; and they came and drew mayim, and filled the troughs to water the tzon of their av.

17 And the ro'im (shepherds) came and drove them away; but Moshe stood up and rescued them, and watered their tzon.

18 And when they came to Reuel their av, he said, How is it that ye are come so soon today?

19 And they said, An Egyptian delivered us out of the yad of the ro'im (shepherds), and also drew enough for us, and watered the tzon.

20 And he said unto his banot, And where is he? Why is it that ye have left the ish? Call him, that he may eat lechem.

21 And Moshe was content to dwell with the ish; and he gave Moshe Tzipporah his bat.

22 And she bore him a ben, and he called shmo Gershom; for he said, I have been a ger in a foreign land.

23 And it came to pass in process of time, that Melech Mitzrayim died; and the Bnei Yisroel groaned by reason of haAvodah (the Bondage), and they cried out, and their cry came up unto HaElohim by reason of haAvodah.

24 And Elohim heard their groaning, and Elohim remembered His brit (covenant) with Avraham, with Yitzchak, and with Ya'akov.

25 And Elohim looked upon the Bnei Yisroel, and Elohim had da'as of them.

If there was a theme of this chapter…I think it would be “seeing”. We have seen (play on

words) the Hebrew word used over and over. It ends with G-d seeing. It is not so difficult to

believe in G-d. But it is sometimes difficult to believe in a G-d who cares about us. Consider

the children of Israel living in Egypt. Of course they knew the stories about the G-d of

Abrahm, Isaac, and Jacob. But the bitter reality of their daily lives made it difficult to believe

in a G-d who really cared about them. The Torah tells us that G-d did care. He heard their

sighs. He heard their cries for help. He heard their groaning. Their weeping rose up before

Him. G-d had not forgotten Israel. Neither has he forgotten you. Unrolling the Scroll – pg

221

Sh’mot“Names”

Torah: Exodus 1:1 – 6:1

Haftorah: Isaiah 27:6-28:13, 29:22-23

Gospel: Matthew 2:1-12

Sh’mot“Names”

Torah: Exodus 1:1 – 6:1

Haftorah: Isaiah 27:6-28:13, 29:22-23

Gospel: Matthew 2:1-12

▪ Bob Cornuke

▪ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdJtgpke_7w

1 Now Moshe was ro'eh (shepherding) the tzon of Yitro his khoten (father-in-law), the kohen Midyan; and he led the tzon to the backside of the midbar, and came to the Har HaElohim, even to Chorev.

2 And the Malach Hashem appeared unto him in a flame of eish out of the midst of a bush; and he looked, and, hinei, the bush burned with eish, and the bush was not consumed.

3 And Moshe thought, I will now turn aside, and see this mareh hagadol (great sight), why the bush is not burned up.

4 And when Hashem saw that he turned aside to see, Elohim called out unto him out of the midst of the bush, and said, Moshe, Moshe. And he said, Hineni.

5 And He said, Draw not nearer here; put off thy na'alayim (sandals) from off thy raglayim, for hamakomwhereon thou standest is admat kodesh.

6 Moreover He said, I am Elohei Avicha, Elohei Avraham, Elohei Yitzchak, and Elohei Ya'akov. And Moshe hid his face; for he was afraid to look upon HaElohim.

7 And Hashem said, I have surely seen the oni ami (affliction of My people) which are in Mitzrayim, and have heard their cry by reason of their nogesim (taskmasters); for I know their makhovim (sufferings);

8 And I am come down to deliver them out of the yad Mitzrayim, and to bring them up out of that land unto an eretz tovah, a spacious eretz zavat cholov udevash; unto the place of the Kena'ani, and the Chitti, and the Emori, and the Perizzi, and the Chivi, and the Yevusi.

9 Now therefore, hinei, the cry of the Bnei Yisroel is come unto Me; and I have also seen the oppression wherewith the Egyptians oppress them.

Do you ever wonder if Moses needed to be humbled and learn the

“art of shepherding” (40 years) because he was going to “shepherd

millions of people” one day (for 40 years)?

G-d REMEMBERS – Tzakar!

▪ 69 Times the Word “WEST” is used in the Scriptures, 68 or them derive from the Hebrew word “YAM”▪ YAM is the traditional Hebrew word to

indicate the direction of west.

▪ The one time that the English word “West” is the chosen translation is right here in Exodus 3:1

▪ 74 Times the Word “ACHAR” is used in the Scriptures, 73 times it is translated as “BEHIND” or “At the Rear”▪ Only here in Exodus 3:1 have some

translators chosen to make achar become “west”. It is a gross mistranslation.

▪ We need to grasp that Mount Sinai’s location is a Christian tradition, not a Jewish one.

The very ordinary Mount Horeb was soon to become the very “extraordinary” Mt. Sinai and the now

very ordinary Moses was to be transformed to the “extraordinary” man of G-d and great prophet.

▪ Wow...do you see the connection between Moses turning aside and THEN G-d responding to him?

▪ In Unrolling the Scroll (pg 222 & 223) there was a very personal application of this and challenge that when we are willing to “turn aside from our plans” then He can call on us.

▪ Daily routines sometime

▪ Hypnotize us

▪ Anesthetize us

▪ So that the days pass by in seemingly endless succession of weeks, months, and years while we trudge along with good intentions. Do we miss G-d in this?

▪ There is a deep appreciation and respect I have for all of our Torah class participants that are taking the time to do this.

▪ What does “Hinneni” mean?

▪ Hint…it is the opposite of “wait a minute”….

▪ It implies a spirit of…I’m ready, ▪ ready to respond, ▪ ready to listen.

Abraham – Genesis 22:1

Jacob – Genesis 31:11

Moses – Exodus 3:4

Isaiah – Isaiah 6:8

▪ What does “Holy” mean? According to Tom Bradford, why does Moses remove his sandals? (pg 19) Tom Bradford talks about holiness being transferred….food for thought.

▪ G-d did not choose to reveal Himself to Moses at that location because it was already holy, rather the revelation of G-d at that location made it holy. Man cannot declare a place holy. It becomes holy because a “theophany” occurs there.

▪ Everyone entering the Temple precincts in Jerusalem entered barefoot. The priesthood ministered barefoot in the Tabernacle and temple.

▪ Exodus 19

▪ Exodus 19:12-13 12Put limits for the people around the mountain and tell them, 'Be careful that you do not approach the mountain or touch the foot of it. Whoever touches the mountain is to be put to death. 13They are to be stoned or shot with arrows; not a hand is to be laid on them. No person or animal shall be permitted to live.' Only when the ram's horn sounds a long blast may they approach the mountain."

▪ Everything in Scripture is important…why did G-d make it a point to declare who He was so emphatically to Moses?▪ I am the G-d of your Father

▪ I am the G-d of Abraham

▪ I am the G-d of Isaac

▪ I am the G-d of Jacob

▪ Later…I AM WHO/THAT I AM

▪ 40 years in Egypt

▪ 40 years in Midian

▪ Though he knew the stories of his people and had been nursed by his mother…this was a critical juncture of MEETING the G-d of His fathers.

▪ How did Moses respond?

10 Come now therefore, and I will send thee unto Pharaoh, that thou mayest bring forth My people the Bnei Yisroel out of Mitzrayim.

11 And Moshe said unto HaElohim, Who am I, that I should go unto Pharaoh, and that I should bring forth the Bnei Yisroel out of Mitzrayim?

12 And He said, Certainly Eh-heh-yeh (I will be) with thee; and this shall be haOt (the Sign) unto thee, that I have sent thee: when thou hast brought forth HaAm out of Mitzrayim, ye shall serve HaElohim upon thisHar.

13 And Moshe said unto HaElohim, Hinei, when I come unto the Bnei Yisroel, and shall say unto them, Elohei Avoteichem hath sent me unto you; and they shall say to me, What is Shmo? what shall I say unto them?

14 And Elohim said unto Moshe, Eh-heh-yeh ashair Eh-heh-yeh (I AM WHO I AM); and He said, Thus shalt thou say unto the Bnei Yisroel, EH-HEH-YEH (I AM) hath sent me unto you [T.N. see Yochanan 8:58].

15 And Elohim said moreover unto Moshe, Thus shalt thou say unto Bnei Yisroel: Hashem, EloheiAvoteichem, Elohei Avraham, Elohei Yitzchak, and Elohei Ya'akov, hath sent me unto you: this is Shemil'olam, and this is My remembrance unto all generations.

16 Go, and gather the Ziknei (elders/older ones) Yisroel together, and say unto them, Hashem EloheiAvoteichem, Elohei Avraham, Yitzchak, and Ya'akov, appeared unto me, saying, I have surely visited you, and seen that which is done to you in Mitzrayim;

17 And I have said, I will bring you up out of the Oni (misery of) Mitzrayim unto the eretz Kena'ani, and the Chitti, and the Emori, and the Perizzi, and the Chivi, and the Yevusi unto eretz zavat cholov udevash(flowing with milk and honey).

▪ I thought Tom Bradford had a most interesting section on pg22…on the calling to be a prophet.

1. This call is a pattern for the way G-d will call all of His prophets, not just in biblical times, but for all time.▪ Uses visions, dream, and direct confrontations

2. The one chosen is either reluctant or outright refuses. Who was known as the “Reluctant Prophet”?

3. The prophet returns to society with concern for the opposition he will receive, undeterred by the skepticism of the many who will scoff at him and ready to tell men of great power and authority things that will disturb them.

NO PERSONAL AMBITION CAN BE PRESENT;

RELUCTANCE WAS THE VERY THING

THAT QUALIFIED HIM FOR THE JOB

Hebrew Audio Bible – Exodus 3:14 (2:41)

In verse 15, G-d gave Moses His formal name

which we find out later is the first time G-d gave

out His personal name…YHVH

- Implies that G-d is the same yesterday, today, and

forever; He is a G-d of unchanging character

▪ Eheyeh Asher Eheyeh is more of a description than a name. The Almighty also gave Moses His personal name in v15.

▪ Long before the days of the Master, the Jewish people sanctified G-d’s name by removing it from common usage. They interpreted the command not to take the name of the of the L-RD in vain to mean that G-d’s name is so holy, set apart, and sacred that it should never be pronounced casually.

▪ Many readers of the English Bible are completely unaware that G-d’s personal name YHVH appears all through the Bible because our English translators have, for the most part, honored the Jewish convention of substituting a circumlocution for LORD or HASHEM.

▪ Judaism and Messianic Judaism still honor the tradition of sanctifying the name of G-d by leaving it unpronounced.

▪ Some sectarian, Hebrew roots movements teach that Yeshuaand His disciples rejected this tradition and pronounced the name of G-d. They argue that we should do so as well. FFOZ rejects that teaching emphatically. To say the name speaks to a general disdain for Jewish authority and it also contradicts the text of the Apostolic Scriptures that DO NOT indicate Yeshua or any of the apostles said the name, in fact, Yeshuataught his disciples to pray using a standard circumlocution and to hallow the name…

Our Father which art in heaven….

Hallowed be they name

1. HITTITES▪ Originated in Turkey, Syria, and Lebanon. According to Genesis 10, they

were the descendants of Heth, son of Canaan, who was the son of Ham, born of Noah (Genesis 10: 1-6)

2. AMORITES▪ Originated in Mesopotamian origin. The term Amorites is used in the Bible

to refer to certain highland mountaineers who inhabited the land of Canaan, described in Genesis 10:16 as descendants of Canaan, the son of Ham.

3. PERIZZITES▪ Hill Country of Canaan/Hill Dwellers

4. HIVITES▪ Occupied and ruled the ancient city of Shechem when Jacob lived there

5. JEBUSITES▪ Occupied and likely built the city that would eventually be called Jerusalem

▪ Tom Bradford pg 21 – Considered the people of Canaan

18 And they shall pay heed to thy voice; and thou shalt go, thou and the Ziknei Yisroel, unto Melech Mitzrayim, and ye shall say unto him, Hashem Elohei HaIvriyim hath met with us; and let us go, now, derech shloshet yamim (3 days journey) into the midbar, that we may sacrifice to Hashem Eloheinu.

19 And I have da'as that Melech Mitzrayim will not let you go, no, except by a yad chazakah (forcing his hand).

20 And I will stretch out My yad, and strike Mitzrayim with all My nifle’ot (wonders) which I will do in the midst thereof; and after that he will let you go.

21 And I will give this people chen in the sight of the Egyptians; and it shall come to pass, that, when ye go, ye shall not go empty-handed.

22 But every isha shall borrow of her neighbor, and of her that sojourneth in her bais, jewels of kesef, and jewels of zahav, and clothing; and ye shall put them upon your banim, and upon your banot; so ye shall plunder the Egyptians.

The act of “borrowing” these items of

value from the Egyptians raises many

questions. First… the word “borrow” is

puzzling. The Hebrew word for borrow is

sha’al. It can also mean “ask for” or

“demand.” Either way…the Israelites

taking these valuables is viewed as

“recompense” for all their years of

service to Egypt.

It was thought that 3 days would put

them on the edge of the land of

Canaan….Pharaoh knew they were

asking to leave..not just retreat.

Pg 25 –

▪ G-d told Moses to go to a specific group of authority figures in Israel to inform them about what was going to happen. Elders were the people’s representatives, an elected or appointed class of leadership. G-d sent Moses not to the rulers of Israel but to the common people’s representatives.▪ Although in the end Moses would have to convince:

▪ Pharaoh

▪ Elders

▪ And the Israelite slaves

▪ Yeshua would do exactly the same thing; He went to the people, not the institutional religious authorities.

▪ RADICAL THOUGHT: Pastors, teachers, and other church leaders are simply organizational managers, people G-d uses to carry out necessary tasks and functions. They are not mediators. There is no one between the Father and you except Jesus.

D ISCUSS

Bradford pg 25

▪ REDEMPTION▪ Pharaoh didn’t just want the Israelites’ minds; he wanted their bodies and spirits. Pharaoh

wanted what Satan wants. Pharaoh’s refusal to allow them to separate, even for just (72) hours to worship G-d, showed the elders that their only option was to permanently separate from Egypt. This was going to be a difficult and arduous path for the people and their leaders, so they had to buy into it wholeheartedly.

▪ SANCTIFICATION▪ G-d is going to use whatever means necessary to divide and separate you from the things of

the world, things that are not good for you. But it is not our human instinct to follow G-d and leave behind everything that is not of G-d. Rather, we try to keep one foot in the world and the other in G-d’s kingdom. That won’t work. (This later leads to the giving of the law.)

▪ GLORIFICATION▪ (HSM) I think the end result of glorification is represented when G-d later says to these

people…I will be your G-d and you will be my people.

Sh’mot“Names”

Torah: Exodus 1:1 – 6:1

Haftorah: Isaiah 27:6-28:13, 29:22-23

Gospel: Matthew 2:1-12

Sh’mot“Names”

Torah: Exodus 1:1 – 6:1

Haftorah: Isaiah 27:6-28:13, 29:22-23

Gospel: Matthew 2:1-12

1 And Moshe answered and said, But, what if they will not believe me, nor pay heed unto my voice but will say, Hashem hath not appeared unto thee.

2 And Hashem said unto him, What is that in thine yad? And he said, A matteh (a rod, staff).

3 And He said, Cast it on the ground. And he cast it on the ground, and it became a nachash; and Moshe fled from before it.

4 And Hashem said unto Moshe, Put forth thine yad, and take it by the tail. And he put forth his yad, and caught it, and it became a matteh in his yad;

5 That they may believe that Hashem Elohei Avotam, Elohei Avraham, Elohei Yitzchak, and Elohei Ya'akov, hath appeared unto thee.

6 And Hashem said furthermore unto him, Put now thine yad into thy kheyk. And he put his yad into his kheyk; and when he took it out, hinei, his yad was leprous as snow.

7 And He said, Put thine yad into thy kheyk again. And he put his yad into his kheyk again; and plucked it out of his kheyk, and, hinei, it was turned again as his other basar.

8 And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe thee, neither pay heed to the voice of haOt Harishon (the first sign), that they will believe the voice of haOt haAcharon (the second sign).

9 And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe also these two otot, neither pay heed unto thy voice, that thou shalt take of the mayim of the Nile, and pour it upon the yabashah (dry land); and the mayim which thou takest out of the Nile shall become dahm upon the yabashah.

SIGN FOR THE EGYPTIANS:

Snake – The official Egyptian symbol for

royal power and authority, both religious

and civil. Pharaoh’s usually wore the

symbol of a golden serpent on their heads.

Signifies…A simple shepherd was going to

grab the serpent, Egypt, by its tail and

shake it.

SIGN DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE

HEBREWS:

Tzara’at/Leprosy – Hebrews considered

this a contagious and shameful, and

outward sign of the infected person’s

inward spiritual condition. In other words it

was seen as a discipline or curse.

Signifies: Anyone defiled with tzara’at was

removed from the presence of the other

people. G-d was able to purify Israel from

their defilement by removing the disease.

Bradford pg 30

▪ G-d would show His power over the worthless Egyptian gods; His complete mastery over the mystery religion system of Egypt.

▪ The Nile was life to Egypt and in itself a god in the Egyptian pantheon.

▪ It is no coincidence that one of the first commands that G-d gives His people in the 10 commandments that “you shall have no other gods before Me”. They had lived in this culture for hundreds of years and grew up thinking that there were multiple gods.

▪ We don’t clean up immediately upon our Redemption…sometimes it takes awhile to mentally, physically, emotionally, and spiritually heal and gain a proper understanding.

10 And Moshe said unto Hashem, O Adonoi, I am not an ish devarim, neither heretofore, nor since Thou hast spoken unto Thy eved; but I am slow of speech, and of a slow lashon. (See Hebrew text)

11 And Hashem said unto him, Who hath made man's peh (mouth)? Or who maketh dumb, or deaf, or seeing, or blind? Is it not I, Hashem?

12 Now therefore go, and Eh-heh-yeh (I will be) with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt say.

13 And he said, O Adonoi, send, now, by the yad of him whom Thou wilt send.

14 And the Af Hashem was kindled against Moshe, and He said, Is there not Aharon thy ach the Levi? I know that he can speak well. And also, hinei, he cometh forth to meet thee; and when he seeth thee, he will be glad in his lev.

15 And thou shalt speak unto him, and put words in his mouth; and Eh-heh-yeh (I will be) with thy mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach you what ye shall do.

16 And he shall be thy spokesman unto the people; and he shall be, even he shall be to thee instead of a mouth, and thou shalt be to him instead of Elohim.

17 And thou shalt take this matteh in thine yad, wherewith thou shalt do haOtot.

18 And Moshe went and returned to Yitro his khoten (father-in-law), and said unto him, Let me go, now, and return unto my achim which are in Mitzrayim, and see whether they be yet alive. And Yitro said to Moshe, Lech l'shalom(go in peace).

19 And Hashem said unto Moshe in Midyan, Go, shuv (return) into Mitzrayim; for all the anashim are dead which sought thy life.

20 And Moshe took his isha and his banim, and set them upon a donkey, and he returned to Eretz Mitzrayim; and matteh HaElohim in his yad.

This is the

very

definition

of a

“prophet”

The word “slow” is actually also a word used

to mean “heavy”. Moses was heavy of

speech and heavy of tongue.

Moses’ Objection G-d’s Capitulation

Who am I, that I should go to Pharaoh, and that

I should bring the sons of Israel out of Egypt?

(3:11)

G-d assures Moses that He himself will

accompany him

They may say to me, “What is His name?”

What shall I say to them? (3:13)

G-d reveals His Name to Moses

What if they will not believe me or listen to

what I say? For they may say, “The L-rd has

not appeared to you.” (4:1)

G-d gives Moses three miraculous signs.

Please, L-rd, I have never been eloquent,

neither recently nor in time past, nor since

You have spoken to Your servant; for I am slow

of speech and slow of tongue. (4:10)

G-d promises to give Moses the spirit of

prophecy

Please, L-rd, now send whomever You will.

(4:!3)

G-d grants Aaron’s assistance.

Keep in mind that about right now…G-d is responding with anger toward Moses!

▪ Bradford pg 31

▪ Ehyeh – I am/I will be; is used repeatedly in this passage when G-d is telling Moses that He will be there with him in some situation or another.

▪ The Spirit of G-d is mentioned many times in the OT as being “upon” man, not “within” man. Upon denotes an external condition; within denotes an internal condition.

• The Spirit of the Lord came UPON him and he judged Israel

(Judges 3:10).

• Even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it

neither sees Him nor knows Him; but you know Him, for He dwells

with you and will be IN YOU (John 14:17).

• When they came to there to the hill, there was a group of prophets

to meet him; then the Spirit of God came UPON HIM, and he

prophesied among them (1 Samuel 10:10).

But the Spirit of the Lord departed from Saul, a distressing Spirit

from the Lord troubled him (1 Samuel 16:14).

• Unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the

kingdom of God (John 3:5)

• Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: "See, I have called by name

Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah. And I

have filled him with the Spirit of God, in wisdom, in understanding,

in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship" (Exodus 31:1-3).

▪ Work of the Holy Spirit: To manifest the active presence of G_d in the world…▪ In the OT we see many “theophanies” (a visible manifestation to humankind of God)

▪ Angel of the L-rd

▪ Burning Bush

▪ Shekinah

▪ There is a promise in Isaiah 44:3▪ For I will pour water on the thirsty land, and streams on the dry ground; I will pour my

Spirit upon your offspring, and my blessing on your descendants.

▪ Jesus also said in John 14:17 & words of John in John 7:39▪ even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him

nor knows him. You know him, for he dwells with you and will be in you.

▪ Now this he said about the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were to receive, for as yet the Spirit had not been given, because Jesus was not yet glorified.

▪ I don’t however think we can make an ABSOLUTE statement on the within/without difference between the old and new covenant.

▪ I wonder if the issue isn’t about “upon/on” vs “in” as much as it is about recognizing the work of the Holy Spirit upon individuals and then later poured out in great abundance and fullness to many more

▪Empowers▪ Brings Life – We first see the Spirit hovering over the face of the waters.

He was involved at Creation

▪ Psalm 104:30 - PhysicalWhen you send forth your Spirit, they are created, and you renew the face of the ground.

▪ John 3:6-7 - Spiritual

That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. 7“Do not be amazed that I said to you, ‘You must be born again.’ 8“The wind blows where it wishes and you hear the sound of it, but do not know where it comes from and where it is going; so is everyone who is born of the Spirit.

▪ Gives Power for Service

▪ Empowered Joshua with leadership skills and wisdom (Deut 34:9)

▪ Empowered judges to deliver Israel from their oppressors (Jud 3:10, 6:34, 11:29, 13:25)

▪ Empowered kings (aroused Saul to battle against the enemies of Israel I Sam 11:6)

▪ Empowered Craftsman of the Templ

▪ Exodus 31:2“See, I have called by name Bezalel son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah. 3And I have filled him with the Spirit of God, with wisdom, understanding, and ability in all kindsof craftsmanship, 4to design artistic works in gold, silver, and bronze,…

▪Purifies▪ Since the Holy Spirit is called “HOLY”…it should come as no surprise to find that one of his primary activities is to cleanse us

from sin and to “sanctify us” or make us more holy in actual conduct of life.

▪ Convicts us of sin – John 16 8“And He, when He comes, will convict the world concerning sin and righteousness and judgment; 9concerning sin, because they do not believe in Me; 10and concerning righteousness, because I go to the Father and you no longer see Me; 11and concerning judgment, because the ruler of this world has been judged. 12“I have many more things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now. 13“But when He, the Spirit of truth, comes, He will guide you into all the truth; for He will not speak on His own initiative, butwhatever He hears, He will speak; and He will disclose to you what is to come.

▪ Sanctifies us – I Corinthians 6 11And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified, in the nameof the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.

▪ Produce fruit in keeping with this sanctification – Fruit of the Spirit

▪Reveals▪ Revelation to Prophets and Apostles

▪ 2 Peter 1:20 - 21 - …20Above all, you must understand that no prophecy of Scripture comes from one’s own interpretation. 21For no prophecywas ever brought about through human initiative, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.

▪ Guides and directs G-d’s People

▪ Ezekiel 11:1 The Spirit lifted me up and brought me to the east gate of the house of the LORD, which faces east. And behold, at the entrance of the gateway there were twenty-five men. And I saw among them Jaazaniah the son of Azzur, and Pelatiah the son of Benaiah, princes of the people.

▪ He gives assurance

▪ Romans 8:16 The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God,

▪ He teaches and illumines

▪ I Corinthians 2:!2 Now we have received not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might understand the things freely given us by God.

▪Unifies▪ Philippians 2:1-2 1Therefore if there is any

encouragement in Christ, if there is any consolation of love, if there is any fellowship of the Spirit, if any affection and compassion, 2make my joy complete by being of the same mind, maintaining the same love, united in spirit, intent on one purpose.

▪ Acts 2:44-47 44And all those who had believed were together and had all things in common; 45and they beganselling their property and possessions and were sharing them with all, as anyone might have need. 46Day by day continuing with one mind in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, they were taking their meals together with gladness and sincerity of heart, 47praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord was adding to their number day by day those who were being saved.

▪ I Cor 12:13 For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—Jews or Greeks, slaves or free—and all were made to drink of one Spirit.

▪ G-d , for His own divine purposes, decided that whatever Moses spoke should carry the same authority as if G-d Himself spoke it.

▪ G-d saw Moses as special; he was given the power to work miracles

▪ The donkey…Abraham saddled for the binding of Isaac, Moses setting his family on the donkey,

▪ Zechariah 9:9 The Coming of Zion’s King9 Rejoice greatly, Daughter Zion!

Shout, Daughter Jerusalem!See, your king comes to you,

righteous and victorious,lowly and riding on a donkey,

on a colt, the foal of a donkey.

▪ “Who me L-rd?” Have you ever asked that question? Let’s talk about “Resistance”.

▪ How do you demonstrate resistance to G-d?

▪ How important is it to you to have all the answers?

▪ How do you handle feelings raised by the fear of not having the respect of others?

▪ What qualifies a person to be effectively used of G-d?

▪ What are some ways to be certain you are hearing G-d’s voice?

▪ How do you appropriate G-d’s power in your life

▪ Why should we be comfortable with G-d’s plan?

21 And Hashem said unto Moshe, When thou goest to return into Mitzrayim, see that thou do all those mofetim(wonders) before Pharaoh, which I have put in thine yad: but I will harden (chazak) his lev, that he shall not let HaAm go.

22 And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith Hashem, Yisroel is beni (My son), even My bechor (first-born):

23 And I say unto thee, Let beni (My son) go, that he may serve Me: and if thou refuse to let him go, hinei, I will slay thy ben, even thy bechor.

24 And it came to pass on the derech at the malon (lodge), that Hashem met him, and sought to kill him.

25 Then Tzipporah took a sharp stone, and cut off the orlat ben (foreskin of son) of her, and cast it at his feet, and said, Surely a choson damim (a bridegroom of blood) art thou to me.

26 So He let him go; then she said, A choson damim thou art, because of the circumcision (T.N. i.e., [bris] milah).

27 And Hashem said to Aharon, Go into the midbar to meet Moshe. And he went, and met him in the Har HaElohim, and kissed him.

28 And Moshe told Aharon kol divrei Hashem who had sent him, and all haOtot He had commanded him.

29 And Moshe and Aharon went and assembled together kol Ziknei Bnei Yisroel;

30 And Aharon spoke all hadevarim which Hashem had spoken unto Moshe; and he did haOtot before the eyes of HaAm.

31 And HaAm believed; and when they heard that Hashem had visited the Bnei Yisroel, and that He had looked upon their oni, then they bowed their heads and worshiped.

▪ Tom Bradford pg 33

▪ In the Deliverance Narrative, the use of the word “harden” appears twenty (20) times.

▪ Ten times (10) it refers to G-d’s being the author of the hardening, and the other ten as Pharaoh himself hardening his own heart.

▪ The reason I (HSM) take another diversion here is this word is always difficult to wrestle with and we see it used also with the Jewish people in Romans. Within the last week, I was reading an article on “Free Will, G-d’s Providence and the Evil Inclination” by Scott Seegers and thought that “hardening” is a worthy discussion as we chew on difficult concepts in Scripture.

ROMANS 9:17 -18

For the Scripture says to Pharaoh, “For this very purpose I have raised you up, that I might show my power in you, and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth.” So then

he has mercy on whomever he wills, and he hardens whomever he wills.

What usually bothers us about this?

Is it a loss of “free will”? Let’s explore part of this article.

▪ Exodus 4: 22 And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith Hashem, Yisroel is beni (My son), even My bechor (first-born):

▪ Matthew 2:15 where he stayed until the death of Herod. And so was fulfilled what the Lord had said through the prophet: “Out of Egypt I called my son.

▪ Hosea 11:1 When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called my son.

In apostolic theology, the Messiah of Israel and the nation of Israel are interchangeable because the Messiah is the King of Israel. If Israel is G-d’s son, and Yeshua is G-d’s son, Yeshua must, in some sense be Israel.

Rabbi Mark Kinzer explains that Yeshua uniquely represents the nation of Israel and that He is the individual embodiment of the entire people of Israel.

HSM - As Gentiles, I think this implies that we are adopted or second son. Can we conclude that the title of “Firstborn is of special significance as

should not be attributed to the Gentiles or nations…yet we are still children.

What befalls Israel also befalls Messiah.

Israel sojourned in Egypt – Messiah sojourned in Egypt

G-d called Israel out of Egypt – He called Messiah out of Egypt

Israel suffers– Messiah suffers (merit, atonement)

Israel is a priesthood – Messiah is the great High Priest

Luke 16:31 – But he replied, if they won’t listen to Moshe and the Prophets, they won’t be convinced even if someone rises from the dead.

• Moses had not

circumcised his son.

• An angel grasped

Moses in such a way

as to make Zipporah

understand that the

danger had been

caused by Moses’

failure to circumcise.

• According to the

Chumash,

circumcision does

not incur the death

penalty, the most

righteous people,

such as Moses are

held to a higher

standard

• See the rest of the

story on pg 35 & 36

▪ Depths of the Torah pg 488

▪ Moses was supposed to be going before Pharaoh and saying, “Thus says the L-rd, ‘Israel is My son, My firstborn’, but Moses himself had excluded his firstborn son from Israel by failing to circumcise him. The L-rd was sending Moses to Israel to fulfill the Abrahamic covenant, but Moses himself had failed to pass the covenant to the next generation.

▪ Apparently his omission earned him the punishment of being “cut off from his people”, as the L-rd said to Abraham.

▪ The phrase “You are a Bridegroom of Blood” –could have been some type of covenantal language or declaration. The incident is difficult to interpret. On the surface, it appears that Moses had failed to bring his wife Zipporah and his son Gershom into the covenant. They had not “converted to Judaism” until on the way to Egypt.

Sh’mot“Names”

Torah: Exodus 1:1 – 6:1

Haftorah: Isaiah 27:6-28:13, 29:22-23

Gospel: Matthew 2:1-12

Sh’mot“Names”

Torah: Exodus 1:1 – 6:1

Haftorah: Isaiah 27:6-28:13, 29:22-23

Gospel: Matthew 2:1-12

1 And afterward Moshe and Aharon went in, and told Pharaoh, Thus saith Hashem EloheiYisroel, Let My people go, that they may hold a chag (feast) unto Me in the midbar.

2 And Pharaoh said, Who is Hashem, that I should obey His voice to let Yisroel go? I know not Hashem, neither will I let Yisroel go.

3 And they said, Elohei HaIvrim hath met with us; let us go, now, derech shloshet yamim into the midbar, and sacrifice unto Hashem Eloheinu; lest He fall upon us with dever (cattle disease), or with the cherev.

4 And Melech Mitzrayim said unto them, Why do ye, Moshe and Aharon, disturb the people from their works? Get you back unto your own sevalot (burdens).

5 And Pharaoh said, Hinei, the Am HaAretz now are many, and ye make them rest from their sevalot.

6 And Pharaoh commanded the same day the nogesim of the people, and their foremen, saying,

7 Ye shall no more give HaAm straw to make brick, as heretofore; let them go and gather straw for themselves.

Was this

threat of

plague

and

sword

what G-d

wanted

them to

say?

https://www.british-israel.us/284.html

Exodus 3:18 – Who were to

accompany Moshe and Aharon

to see the Pharaoh?

1. Do you think that this HaShem of yours is so mighty that I must obey him?

2. I never even heard of a G-d by the Name of HaShem

3. And even if I had heard of Him, I would not consent to send out an entire nation of slaves at His behest

Story in Midrash Rabbah (Exodus Rabbah 5:14)

Pharaoh said to Moses and Aaron, “Tarry awhile, while I search (for the name of the LORD ) in my record books.” So he went

into his palace chamber and studied every nation and its gods, reading about the gods of Moab, the gods of Ammon, and the

gods of Sidon. He said to them, “I have searched for His name in my library, but I have not found Him. “ Rabbi Levi gave a

parable: “To what can it be compared? It can be compared to a priest who had a foolish servant. The priest went out of the

province, and the servant went to look for his master in the cemetery. He cried out o the people who were standing there,

‘Have you see my master here?’ The people asked him, ‘Is not your master a priest?’ ‘Yes’, he said to them. They said ‘Fool!

Who has ever seen a priest in a cemetery?’ In the same way did Moses and Aaron say to Pharaoh, ‘Fool! Is it the way of the

dead to be sought among the living, or are the living among the dead?’ Our G-d is living, but those that you have mentioned

are dead. Yes, our G-d is a living G-d and enduring King.

In the same language, the angel at the empty tomb chided the women asking, “Why do you seek the living One among the

dead?” Luke 24:5

8 And the matkonet (quota) of the bricks, which they did make heretofore, ye shall lay upon them; ye shall not diminish ought thereof; for they are idle; therefore they cry out, saying, Let us go and sacrifice to Eloheinu.

9 Let there more avodah be laid upon the anashim, that they may labor therein; and let them not regard divrei sheker (false words).

10 And the nogesim (Egyptian taskmasters) of HaAm went out, and their foremen (Israelites); they spoke to HaAm, saying, Thus saith Pharaoh, I will not give you straw.

11 Go ye, get you straw where ye can find it; yet not ought of your avodah shall be diminished.

12 So HaAm were scattered abroad throughout kol Eretz Mitzrayim to gather stubble instead of straw.

13 And the nogesim pressed them, saying, Fulfil your ma'asim, your daily tasks, as when there was straw.

14 And the foremen of the Bnei Yisroel, which Pharaoh's nogesim had set over them, were beaten, and were asked, Why have ye not fulfilled your task in making brick both yesterday and today, as heretofore?

15 There is no straw given unto thy avadim, and they say to us, Make brick. And, hinei, thy avadimare beaten; but the fault is in thine own people.

▪ Thousands of years after this story, the Nazis adopted a similar governing structure in their concentration camps. They appointed kapos, prisoners who were themselves often Jews, over the Jewish prisoners, and appointed Nazi soldiers over the kapos.

▪ Back to the story of Moses, this beating the foreman, produced or incited hatred of Moses among the Hebrew foreman –and presumably among the slaves as well. The foremen are the ones who must now relay Pharaoh’s cruel and impossible orders to their fellow Hebrews.

16 Then the foremen of the Bnei Yisroel came and cried unto Pharaoh, saying, Why dealest thou thus with thy avadim?

17 But he said, Ye are idle, ye are idle: therefore ye say, Let us go and do sacrifice to Hashem.

18 Go therefore now, and work; for there shall no straw be given you, yet shall ye deliver the tokhen (full measure) of bricks.

19 And the foremen of the Bnei Yisroel did see that they were in rah (trouble), after it was said, Ye shall not reduce ought from your bricks of your daily task.

20 And they went to meet Moshe and Aharon, who stood waiting to meet them, as they came forth from Pharaoh:

21 And they said unto them, Hashem look upon you, and judge; because ye have made us stench to be abhorred in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of his avadim, to put a cherev in their yad to slay us.

22 And Moshe returned unto Hashem, and said, Adonoi, why hast Thou brought evil upon this people? why is it that Thou hast sent me?

23 For since I came to Pharaoh to speak in Thy Shem, he hath done evil to this people; neither hast Thou delivered Thy people at all.

CHAPTER # 6

1 Then Hashem said unto Moshe, Now shalt thou see what I will do to Pharaoh; for through a yad chazakahshall he let them go, and with a yad chazakah shall he drive them out of his land. [VAEIRA]

Sh’mot“Names”

Torah: Exodus 1:1 – 6:1

Haftorah: Isaiah 27:6-28:13, 29:22-23

Gospel: Matthew 2:1-12