Naw you not ALL lemmings jumping off the Cliff! Many will be following the Covenant of Issac and eternal Covenant of Moses Because we are In Revelation 13 now!11 Moses, Prepared to Lead Come now therefore, and I will send thee unto Pharaoh, that thou mayest bring forth my people the children of Israel out of Egypt. Exodus 3:10.For His chosen people in the slavery of Egypt, God planned ahead. In His foreknowledge, His plans for them were perfect. In the eternity before the creation, He made a perfect plan of salvation that human beings might be saved should they sin. Yet plans are dependent upon human response, while the purpose of God is sure and will always be fulfilled. God chose Abraham and, through a series of events, led him into an understanding of God’s covenant.When Israel was in Egypt, enslaved and oppressed, God chose and trained Moses to lead them out of Egypt to the Promised Land. Moses’ life was dramatic from the time of his birth. Egyptian law required that all male infants be cast into the Nile and drowned. Meeting the letter of the law, Jochebed, Moses’ mother, made a basket of reeds, waterproofed it with pitch, and put baby Moses into it, and set the basket afloat on the river Nile. Pharaoh’s daughter, coming to bathe, found the baby and arranged to adopt him, offering his natural mother pay to nurse and care for him.hen Moses was twelve years old, Pharaoh’s daughter took him to the palace and gave him an education appropriate for his class. Egyptian officials expected that Moses, a potential Pharaoh, would join the priestly caste. This he did not do. Rather, he chose to support the cause of the enslaved and oppressed Hebrews. One day, in mistaken pursuit of this cause, he killed an Egyptian taskmaster who was beating a Hebrew slave. When word of Moses’ act became known, he fled for his life to the land of Midian (Exod. 2:15).There, Moses met a family of girls herding sheep. When Midianite boys drove the girls away from the watering trough, Moses single-handedly sent the boys running in all directions, and the girls got home early that day and told their father what had happened. Now, any father with seven daughters is always on the lookout for a good husband. So, Jethro sent the girls back to invite their Egyptian defender home for supper.Four-Hundred-Thirty-Year Sojourn God had told Abram in a vision that his descendants would live in a foreign land for 400 years from the time of the vision. They would be afflicted and enslaved, but, “in the fourth generation,” they would be delivered and return to Canaan, laden with gifts from the people of that foreign nation (Gen. 15:13-16).Egypt controlled and administered Canaan during this time and considered Canaan a part of its territory. Throughout Abraham and Isaac’s and most of Jacob’s lifetime, Abraham and his descendants lived in Canaan. Jacob and his family went to live in Egypt proper about 1660 BC. Their sojourn of four hundred and thirty years began when Terah, Abraham’s father, left Ur for Haran (Gal. 3:17; Gen. 11:31).Now the sojourning of the children of Israel, who dwelt in Egypt, was four hundred and thirty years. And it came to pass at the end of the four hundred and thirty years, even the selfsame day it came to pass, that all the hosts of the Lord went out from the land of Egypt. (Exod. 12:40-41).Afflicted in Egypt Jacob and his household moved to Egypt about 1660 BC (Gen. 37-50), marking the beginning of the second half of the prophesied 430 years (Exod. 12:40, 41). At the time, the Hyksos kings ruled Egypt (1730-1580 BC) and were friendly to the Hebrews. The Hebrews prospered in the land until the Hyksos were driven out in 1525 BC. Thutmose I was the first of a dynasty of Pharaohs who “knew not Joseph” (Exod. 1:8). The Egyptians enslaved Israel for eighty years until the “fourth generation” (Gen. 15:16), which ended with the exodus in 1445 BC.1 The following table shows the chronology of the exodus. Dates are all in years BC (“Before Christ”) and are approximate. Each king is counted as reigning from his accession year to the accession year of the next king. 1445Moses returns to Egypt The crown prince disappears The Exodus began Thutmose IV, a younger son reigns 1425 Amenhotep III 1412 Israel occupies Canaan 1405 Israel occupies Canaan Amenhotep IV 1387 - 1366 Years of Preparation Moses was born in about 1525 BC. His own mother cared for him the first twelve years of his life. His adoptive mother, the princess, took him into the royal palace about 1513 BC (Exod. 2:1-10). He never forgot his early training or the faith instilled in him by his faithful mother. By faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter; choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season. (Heb. 11:24, 25)In the palace, he received the best of the world’s education and became mighty in word and deed. He would have been twenty-one years old when his foster mother became queen of Egypt. While he did remember what his mother taught him, his later education also influenced his thinking. It was natural for Moses to think of using force to solve problems, though it was not God’s way.Moses also had a tendency to take into his own hands the work that God had promised to do. He showed his impulsive nature when he killed the Egyptian. This was about 1485 BC, when he was forty years old (Exod. 2:11-15). God did not intend to deliver His people by warfare but through the manifestation of His own mighty power that His people might look to Him alone. Moses fled into the desert to spend forty long years herding sheep. He learned to be humble, and he unlearned much of what he had learned in the schools of Egypt. During this time, he lived with Jethro, a descendant of Abraham through Keturah (Gen. 25:2). Quite likely Jethro knew the stories and legends of the creation and the flood. How fascinating it would be to hear the long conversations around the campfire between Moses and Jethro! Moses, trained in the highest science of his day, listened humbly as Jethro described God’s interactions with the human family. Hesitant to Lead After forty years (about 1445 BC), God came to Moses in a burning bush that did not burn up (Exod. 3:2). God called Moses to return to Egypt to deliver His people-a difficult task. He was to go into the presence of Pharaoh, the most powerful king on earth and ask-no, demand-that Israel be allowed to leave. Moses hesitated. God made extravagant promises of what He would do through Moses. Still Moses all but refused to go. Finally, “the anger of the Lord was kindled against Moses,” and God promised to send Aaron to go with him (Exod. 4:14). During his forty years herding sheep, Moses had learned humility, but he also became weak in faith.When God calls someone to service, He gives the person the needed abilities to succeed (Exod. 3:10; 4:1-5). It was the Lord God who would give Moses and Aaron the words to say (Exod. 4:10-12). It was the Lord God who also brought the plagues on Egypt so that Pharaoh would let the people go. The Covenant in Egypt Speaking from the burning bush, God identified Himself to Moses in relation to the covenant given to Abraham and repeated to Isaac and Jacob (Exod. 3:6, 8). He staked His character (“name”) and reputation (“memorial”) on fulfilling this covenant with Israel. “The Lord God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you: this is my name for ever, and this is my memorial unto all generations” (Exod. 3:15).4. While it is true that Moses made a choice, it was only by the grace of God that he could hold onto that choice and live for God. “By faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter; choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season; esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt: for he had respect unto the recompense of the reward” (Heb. 11:24-26). -| without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him” (Heb. 11:6). God’s people depend on the new covenant, the covenant by which God 66 More Than a Promise puts enmity against evil in the hearts of the woman and her seed (Gen. 3:15). From these texts, we see that Moses had a faith relationship with God. His God-fearing mother taught him from early childhood to depend on God. Moses made mistakes, but he never lost his faith.5. Jude 9 says that Michael contended for Moses’ body; Matthew 17:3 and Luke 9:30 say that Moses was alive, talking with Jesus.Ya think you all are gonna leave me alone in Revelation 12 , No your not 3:15 and I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed: he shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel. Geneis 3:15 is the SAME AS REVELATION 12!The Final Judgment Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.John 17:3 And this is eternal life, that they know you the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent.Matthew 25:46 And these will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”John 6:50-71 This is the bread that comes down from heaven, so that one may eat of it and not die. I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. And the bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh.” The Jews then disputed among themselves, saying, “How can this man give us his flesh to eat?” So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you. Whoever feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day.
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