Exodus 5:22-23
God Promises Deliverance
22 Moses returned to the Lord and said, “Why, Lord, why have you brought trouble on this people? Is this why you sent me? 23 Ever since I went to Pharaoh to speak in your name, he has brought trouble on this people, and you have not rescued your people at all.”
Exodus 6:1-30
1 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Now you will see what I will do to Pharaoh: Because of my mighty hand he will let them go; because of my mighty hand he will drive them out of his country.”
2 God also said to Moses, “I am the Lord. 3 I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac and to Jacob as God Almighty, but by my name the Lord I did not make myself fully known to them. 4 I also established my covenant with them to give them the land of Canaan, where they resided as foreigners. 5 Moreover, I have heard the groaning of the Israelites, whom the Egyptians are enslaving, and I have remembered my covenant.
6 “Therefore, say to the Israelites: ‘I am the Lord, and I will bring you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians. I will free you from being slaves to them, and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with mighty acts of judgment.7 I will take you as my own people, and I will be your God. Then you will know that I am the Lord your God, who brought you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians. 8 And I will bring you to the land I swore with uplifted hand to give to Abraham, to Isaac and to Jacob. I will give it to you as a possession. I am the Lord.’”
9 Moses reported this to the Israelites, but they did not listen to him because of their discouragement and harsh labor.
10 Then the Lord said to Moses, 11 “Go, tell Pharaoh king of Egypt to let the Israelites go out of his country.”
12 But Moses said to the Lord, “If the Israelites will not listen to me, why would Pharaoh listen to me, since I speak with faltering lips?”
13 Now the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron about the Israelites and Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he commanded them to bring the Israelites out of Egypt.
14 These were the heads of their families:
The sons of Reuben the firstborn son of Israel were Hanok and Pallu, Hezron and Karmi. These were the clans of Reuben.
15 The sons of Simeon were Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jakin, Zohar and Shaul the son of a Canaanite woman. These were the clans of Simeon.
16 These were the names of the sons of Levi according to their records: Gershon, Kohath and Merari. Levi lived 137 years.
17 The sons of Gershon, by clans, were Libni and Shimei.
18 The sons of Kohath were Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel. Kohath lived 133 years.
19 The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi.
These were the clans of Levi according to their records.
20 Amram married his father’s sister Jochebed, who bore him Aaron and Moses. Amram lived 137 years.
21 The sons of Izhar were Korah, Nepheg and Zikri.
22 The sons of Uzziel were Mishael, Elzaphan and Sithri.
23 Aaron married Elisheba, daughter of Amminadab and sister of Nahshon,and she bore him Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.
24 The sons of Korah were Assir, Elkanah and Abiasaph. These were the Korahite clans.
25 Eleazar son of Aaron married one of the daughters of Putiel, and she bore him Phinehas.
These were the heads of the Levite families, clan by clan.
26 It was this Aaron and Moses to whom the Lord said, “Bring the Israelites out of Egypt by their divisions.” 27 They were the ones who spoke to Pharaoh king of Egypt about bringing the Israelites out of Egypt—this same Moses and Aaron.
28 Now when the Lord spoke to Moses in Egypt, 29 he said to him, “I am the Lord. Tell Pharaoh king of Egypt everything I tell you.”
30 But Moses said to the Lord, “Since I speak with faltering lips, why would Pharaoh listen to me?”
John 14:1-7
Jesus Comforts His Disciples
1 “Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God; believe also in me. 2 My Father’s house has many rooms; if that were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you? 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am. 4 You know the way to the place where I am going.”
5 Thomas said to him, “Lord, we don’t know where you are going, so how can we know the way?”
6 Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. 7 If you really know me, you will know my Father as well. From now on, you do know him and have seen him.”
Sometimes suffering and troubles and we have different life experiences that happen before things turn out the way they turn out...When you look back on your life as a teenager, did you think this is where you would be, and did you have the experiences you thought you might have in your life?...Life is a mystery...And for me life has gone by quickly, and this too is a mystery to me, as I look back on my life...
When God promises us something He always comes through...Moses was chosen by God...The Israeli people where chosen by God...So when Moses was told by the Egyptians that the Israeli people had to make bricks without straw and still had to keep making the same number of bricks, Moses ask God a question... “Why, LORD, why have You brought trouble on this people?...Is this why You sent me?...Ever since I went to Pharaoh to speak in Your name, he has brought trouble on this people, and you have not rescued your people at all.”...Then the Lord said to Moses, “Now you will see what I will do to Pharaoh: Because of My mighty hand he will let them go; because of My mighty hand he will drive them out of his country.”...God also said to Moses, “I AM the LORD...I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac and to Jacob as God Almighty, but by My name the LORD I did not make Myself fully known to them...I also established My covenant with them to give them the land of Canaan, where they resided as foreigners...Moreover, I have heard the groaning of the Israelites, whom the Egyptians are enslaving, and I have remembered my covenant...“Therefore, say to the Israelites: ‘I AM the Lord, and I will bring you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians...I will free you from being slaves to them, and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with mighty acts of judgment...I will take you as My own people, and I will be your God...Then you will know that I AM the Lord your God, who brought you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians...And I will bring you to the land I swore with uplifted hand to give to Abraham, to Isaac and to Jacob...I will give it to you as a possession. I AM the Lord.’”...Moses reported this to the Israelites, but they did not listen to him because of their discouragement and harsh labor...Then the Lord said to Moses, “Go, tell Pharaoh king of Egypt to let the Israelites go out of his country.”...But Moses said to the LORD, “If the Israelites will not listen to me, why would Pharaoh listen to me, since I speak with faltering lips?”...
Moses wanted God to do things in a hurry...He wanted God to rescue the Israeli people from Egypt and Pharaoh quickly, so then they could quickly move on to their new land, the Promised Land...
God remembered His covenant with Abraham and was ready to make that covenant good is His way...The covenant which was four hundred thirty years ago was now going to happen...God moves in mysterious ways and at Godspeed even in the times of the people directly involved in the Bible...God had promised a land to Abraham for His people...And now God will deliver on that promise...The Israeli people would soon be wandering the desert, but not quickly...The Israelis would wander for forty years before they would make it to the Promised Land...The time in the desert would be forty years and that length of time is too is a mystery as they wandered their way toward their new nation and home...
It might be ask why the people of God would have to wander in the wilderness and desert for forty years?...Moses had this type of question, in his day...Some say the disobedience of His people, and their disbelief in Him caused the timing of the forty years...The people grumbled and complained and wanted to hurry to their new home and new land...But that quickness and hurry did not happen...God made His people think about the wilderness and their Promised Land for many years...And we might ask today, "Does God make us wander in the wilderness (but in a different way) in our lives today?"...And that offers a second question...Do we have a new Promised Land?...I think some people would say we are still compelled to the wilderness, and we still grumble and complain and are stiff necked...There are times when we are disobedient and times we have doubts about God...But approximately fourteen hundred years later God would send a Special Man, a Son, who would promise His Disciples and those that believe in Him a new Promised Land...He promises each a room in His Father's house...This Man tells us He is the Only Way to God...No one comes to God except through Jesus...God is still this mystery as we wander through our lives, looking for Him and trying to reach our Promised Land...That place where Jesus ascended and went after His resurrection...The Promised Land of Heaven...