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Exodus 3:1-10
Excerpted from: The Angel of GodVerse 2 here positively identifies the burning bush to be an appearance of the Angel of the Lord. The Angel of the Lord was in the bush, and verses 4 through 6 positively identify the Personality in the bush as God. Later in verse 14 the Angel of the Lord Himself names Himself as the "I Am." So we have Yahweh there.
Again, I do not have time to go through all the things that are happening in this passage, but quickly, the Angel of the Lord formally calls Moses here to serve Him. It is His formal giving of a commission. And in doing so, He emphasizes His own holiness and identifies Himself as God. He is giving him His credentials and giving him a taste of what He is like. He makes sure He identifies Himself as the God of the patriarchs, the fathers of Israel. He is Israel's personal God, in other words. And He commissions Moses as His instrument to lead Israel out of its bondage to the Egyptians.
Now, the first thing He does with the burning bush sighting is impress upon Moses that He, the Angel of the Lord, is extremely powerful and can do the impossible. I mean, that is what he says. "Look, this bush is burning and it's not being consumed. That's impossible. I've got to look more closely at this." So his mind is immediately steered to believing the impossible. That this God who is now appearing to him can do great and wonderful things.
God also immediately and pointedly draws Moses' attention to His holiness, that He is other, He is special, He is sacred. And by doing so, He kind of lets Moses know that his task, Moses' task, is also a holy task. This is something that the God of his fathers wanted him to do, to set the nation of Israel apart. God also tells him here that He had come down to deliver Israel. That is, He will not be steering things from way up in heaven. He is going to come down and personally supervise and intervene and be personally involved in the whole process of leading Israel out of Egypt and to the Promised Land. He is telling him, "I am going to be here. I will be with you." It is a momentous announcement delivered by God Himself as He moves events along in His plan.
Exodus 3:7-8
Excerpted from: Grace, Unleavened Bread, and the Holy SpiritThat is the way the Israelites were in Egypt. They had not forgotten things completely, but they were losing them. And so they were hopelessly drifting along in their slavery - even at times crying out to God, in circumstances beyond their control. They were groaning under the burdens of every day life, without knowing (at the time that they were groaning) that God was already beginning to take the steps necessary for their salvation.
It is interesting that there are four verbs in these verses that are linked. And if we were going to be translating them literally, it would say this: God heard. God remembered. God looked, meaning, He considered, was thinking about it. And God knew, meaning, He was intimately concerned.
Notice in these verses, like in verse 7: "I have surely seen the affliction of My people." That is interesting. He is already calling them "MY people." He did not call them "MY people" because they loved Him, but because He loved them and was already taking an active part in their lives. So right here at the very beginning, if we are going to apply this to our own calling, we have to acknowledge who is taking the initiative, who is doing the leading, who is providing what is necessary, who is in charge, who has the answer to all the questions.
Exodus 3:7
Excerpted from: Unleavened Bread and PentecostDid you notice something there? God is already calling them, "My people." What had they done? Had they pledged themselves to God? Had they repented? They had not done a thing yet, and God is already calling them "Mine."
Does He have a feeling of possessiveness toward those that He is going to deal with in terms of salvation? Oh you better believe it! "They are Mine!" What is He going to do for "Mine?" Who is going to hold back the hand of God? Nobody is, and that is the story. Israel got out because God set His mind to do it and He said, "I have chosen them and they are Mine" and they have not done a thing yet. In fact, it was going to be weeks before they even knew that Moses existed anymore than just what their friends had told them about what occurred 40 years before.
Exodus 3:7
Excerpted from: The Laborers: Matthew 20:1-16Did God know they were hungry? Did He know they were in chains? And oppressed? Did God know everything about their lives, what they needed? Yes, He did.
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