78 - Les Feldick Bible Study Lesson 2 - Part 2 - Book 7 - Population Explosion

https://lesfeldickbiblestudy.com LESSON 2 * PART 2 * BOOK 7 POPULATION EXPLOSION: BIRTH AND REJECTION OF MOSES Genesis 46 - Exodus 4 Let's begin this program in Exodus Chapter 2. God is now ready to step into the picture to deliver His Covenant People. Exodus 2:1-5 "And there went a man of the house of Levi, and took to wife a daughter of Levi." Now, verse 3: "And when she could no longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes (remember that an ark is an ark and I taught you way back in Genesis that the Hebrew word "ark" is also translated in the last verse of Genesis as a coffin. Just like Noah's instruction with the ark at flood time, God gives the same instruction here.), and daubed it with slime and with pitch (Now, remember back in Genesis 6 when the ark was made? Remember what the Hebrew word for pitch was? Atonement. Do you think it was just an accident that Pharaoh's daughter came along at this time? Here again is the work of a Sovereign God, using even a pagan young woman to carry out His work. The baby cries. Now, verse 5: Exodus 2:6,7 That little weeping child, at the exact right moment, tugged at the heart strings.). "Then said his sister to Pharaoh's daughter, Shall I go and call to thee a nurse of the Hebrew women, that she may nurse the child for thee? Exodus 2:8,9 "And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, 'Go.' And the maid went and called the child's mother." "And Pharaoh's daughter said unto her (Moses mother) 'Take this child away, and nurse it for me, and I will give thee thy wages.' And the woman took the child, and nursed it." Exodus 2:10 "And the child grew, and she brought him unto Pharaoh's daughter, and he became her son. To prove my point, let's go back to Hebrews again. We'll be using this great faith chapter of Hebrew 11 quite a bit in the next few lessons. Hebrews 11:23,24 "By faith Moses, when he was born, was hid three months of his parents, because they saw he was a proper child; and they were not afraid of the king's commandment." "By faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter; " So remember everything must be substantiated from Scripture. Moses, when he was come to years..." well, how old was he? When Moses received his education in Egypt he received it from the idolaters; mythological priests. How old was he? Remember mothers did not wean their children from the breast until they were five or six years old. So Moses has that locked in by the time he is five, and he never forgot. So now back to Exodus, Moses now becomes the greatest man in Egypt; Moses had it all. Exodus 2:11-13 "And it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown, that he went out unto his brethren, and looked on their burdens: and he spied an Egyptian smiting an Hebrew, one of his brethren." Evidently Moses wasn't a puny little individual. Now verse 13: In the New Testament, when Jesus had presented himself as Israel's King, what did Israel say the morning of his trial? A man full of the Holy Spirit. God had raised Him from the dead and He could still be their King. So, here Stephen begins this appeal to the nation of Israel. Now let's pick up with verse 9, and the account of Joseph. Let's look at verse 9: Let's go on to verses 11-13: Do you remember the account? How the brethren came down from Canaan the first time with the little donkeys and carts, to get grain to take back to Canaan. Joseph! When Moses, in his place of power and prestige (and no doubt, wealth), approached these Jews out there in the sand, what did Moses really think that they would do? Now, of course, Moses was a little ahead of God's time-table, but he thought that surely he could deliver his people out of Egypt. Now verses 26-29: "'Wilt thou kill me, as thou diddest the Egyptian yesterday?'" Moses left the country. Israel should have known. Now, as time went by, Jesus presented Himself and they rejected Him. God said, 'come and sit at my father's right hand until I make your enemies your footstool.' Israel always has to have a first time, it seems. Zechariah 12:10: Zechariah 12:10 As we read this verse, keep reminding yourself of how they treated Joseph the second time. How did they treat Moses the second time. Now, let's quickly look at Chapter 13, verse 6. Zechariah 13:6 Joseph appeared the first time and they didn't know who he was. Moses goes out the first time and they didn't know who he was. #LesFeldick #BibleStudy #Bible