Sabbath School - Meat In Due Season Advanced Commentary - SS25-Q3-L3

Sabbath School - Meat In Due Season Advanced Commentary

SS25-Q3-L3-Rough Start

July 12-18, 2025

Sabbath Afternoon–July 12, 2025

Scripture Reading for the Week:

Exod. 5:1-23; Rev. 11:8; Exod. 6:1-13; Ps. 73:23-26; 2 Cor. 6:16; Exod. 6:28-7:7

Thought for Meditation

At midnight "there was a great cry in Egypt: for there was not a house where there was not one dead." All the first-born in the land, "from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sat on his throne unto the firstborn of the captive that was in the dungeon; and all the firstborn of cattle" had been smitten by the destroyer. Throughout the vast realm of Egypt the pride of every household had been laid low. The shrieks and wails of the mourners filled the air. King and courtiers, with blanched faces and trembling limbs, stood aghast at the overmastering horror. Pharaoh remembered how he had once exclaimed, "Who is Jehovah, that I should obey His voice to let Israel go? I know not Jehovah, neither will I let Israel go." Now, his heaven-daring pride humbled in the dust, he "called for Moses and Aaron by night, and said, Rise up, and get you forth from among my people, both ye and the children of Israel; and go, serve the Lord, as ye have said. Also take your flocks and your herds, as ye have said. . . . And be gone; and bless me also." The royal counselors also and the people entreated the Israelites to depart "out of the land in haste; for they said, We be all dead men." {PP 279.4} Patriarchs and Prophets (1890)

Memory Verse

"Afterward Moses and Aaron went in and told Pharaoh, ‘Thus says the LORD God of Israel: "Let My people go, that they may hold a feast to Me in the wilderness." ’ And Pharaoh said, ‘Who is the LORD, that I should obey His voice to let Israel go? I do not know the LORD, nor will I let Israel go’" (Exodus 5:1-2)

📖 WEEKLY THEME: Rough Start – God’s Providence Through Delay, Opposition, and Preparation

The account of Moses and Aaron's demand before Pharaoh is not just history—it is prophecy in type. Egypt symbolizes the world under Satan's dominion. Pharaoh represents the resisting power of spiritual Babylon. The cry, “Let My people go,” reverberates through time to our day, when God calls for the deliverance of His remnant from spiritual bondage.

“Who is the LORD, that I should obey His voice?” (Ex. 5:2) — This question forms the spiritual crisis of every age. The last conflict will again be about recognizing God’s authority and obeying His voice (Rev. 14:7–9).

🌿 Spirit of Prophecy Insight:

“The Hebrews had expected to obtain their liberty without any special trial of their faith or any suffering. But they were not yet prepared for deliverance. They had little faith in God...” – Patriarchs and Prophets, p. 260

🔥 Shepherd’s Rod Insight:

“The deliverance of ancient Israel from Egypt is a type of the deliverance of spiritual Israel from the modern confusion (Babylon).” – 1SR 64-65

📝 Purpose of the Study

To help us understand that although the deliverance of God’s people may not begin smoothly, and may appear as failure or delay at first, the Lord uses opposition, resistance, and human weakness to reveal His power, refine His leaders, and prepare His people for a greater deliverance. The experience of Moses in Egypt is a prophetic type of the end-time deliverance of spiritual Israel.

Outline of the Study

The Request: "Let my People Go"
Sunday-July 13, 2025

Who is the Lord

Exod. 3:10; Exod. 5:1-2; John 17:3; Isa. 30:1-3; Rev. 11:8.

Monday-July 14, 2025

A Rough Start

Exodus 5:3-23; Exod. 4:29-31.

Tuesday-July 15, 2025

The Divine "I"

Exod. 5:22-23; Exodus 5:22-6:8.

Wednesday-July 16, 2025

Uncircumcised Lips

Exodus 6:9-13; Ps. 73:23-26; Isa. 41:13, Matt. 28:20; John 14:27; John 16:33; Phil. 4:6-7; 2 Cor. 6:16.

The Role of Moses and Aaron
Thursday-July 17, 2025

Like God to Pharaoh

Exodus 6:28-7:7; Exodus 4:10: Exod. 4:21, Exod. 7:3.

Friday-July 18, 2025

Prophetic Insights and Further Study

The Request: "Let my People Go"
Sunday-July 13, 2025

Pharaoh's Response (Exo. 5:1-2) Who is the Lord

Exod. 3:10; Exod. 5:1-2; John 17:3; Isa. 30:1-3; Rev. 11:8.

“And Pharaoh said, Who is the Lord, that I should obey his voice and let Israel go? I do not know the Lord, neither will I let Israel go.” (Exodus 5:2)

Pharaoh’s denial of God’s identity ("Who is the LORD?") mirrors the spiritual ignorance and rebellion of end-time powers (Rev. 11:8). Egypt’s pride and refusal to submit to divine authority portray the final resistance against the Creator before the final plagues fall.

🌿 SOP Insight:

“God will reveal Himself as a God above all gods. Then shall men know that He is Jehovah...” – PK 376

🔥 SR Insight:

“When Pharaoh rejected the call to let Israel go, he was rejecting Christ, and so will modern Pharaohs reject the last message.” – 2SR 157

Consider the Following

❖ Pharaoh's response (Exodus 5:1-2)

— Thutmose III was a child when he was placed on the throne under the regency of Hatshepsut to prevent Moses from being proclaimed pharaoh. Moses fled Egypt when Thutmose was still a teenager.

— Forty years later, Moses found himself back in court. Had he come to claim his right to the throne? Not at all. The request was simple: “Let my people go” (Ex . 5:1).

— Thutmose's response is a challenge, not to Moses, but to God himself. In short, he was challenging God's very existence (Exod . 5:2).

— His attitude is used in Revelation as a symbol to represent the French nation during the 18th-century revolution (Rev. 11:8). Like Pharaoh, the French Republic declared religion abolished and declared itself an atheistic nation.

Monday-July 14, 2025

People's Response - A Rough Start

Exodus 5:3-23; Exod. 4:29-31.

“They said to them, ‘The Lord look upon you and judge, for you have made us abominable in the sight of Pharaoh and his servants, by putting a sword in their hand to kill us.’” (Exodus 5:21)

The first attempt to free Israel resulted in heavier bondage. God's work often appears to fail before it triumphs. Moses' discouragement is typical of every reform movement—early opposition, disappointment, and misunderstanding.

🌿 SOP Insight:

“Often the Christian life is beset by dangers... and unbelief whispers, ‘Let us return to Egypt.’ But God is leading His people.” – DA 382

🔥 SR Insight:

“Moses’ rough start was necessary to awaken both the Egyptians and the Israelites to the seriousness of God's demand. The shaking begins when the message is proclaimed.” – 1SR 122

Consider the Following
❖ The people's response (Exodus 5:3-21)

— When Moses performed the signs God had given him before the people, they believed and worshipped (Ex . 4:29-31). We can imagine how eagerly they waited for Pharaoh's response to their request.

— The response was truly unexpected. Pharaoh not only refused, but forced them to do the work without giving them the necessary materials, but demanding the same results (Ex . 5:6-8). What was the excuse for imposing such an irrational order?

— Moses and Aaron—according to Thutmose—made them “rest [ shabbat ] from their labors” (Ex. 5:5). If they had time to talk about religion and freedom, they would also have time to look for straw (Ex. 5:9, 17).

— When they were mistreated, the taskmasters complained to Pharaoh, but they were ignored. They then

turned against Moses and Aaron, accusing them of making their situation worse (Ex. 5:20-21).

Tuesday-July 15, 2025

God's Response -The Divine "I"

Exod. 5:22-23; Exodus 5:22-6:8.

“The Lord said to Moses, ‘Now you will see what I will do to Pharaoh; for with a mighty hand he will let them go, and with a mighty hand he will drive them out of his land.’” (Exodus 6:1)

In Moses' crisis, God reaffirms His covenant: “I am the LORD... I will deliver... I will redeem.” The repetition of the divine “I” emphasizes that deliverance is God’s work. The covenant promises are revived at the beginning of the final deliverance.

🌿 SOP Insight:

“God never leads His children otherwise than they would choose to be led, if they could see the end from the beginning.” – MH 479

🔥 SR Insight:

“God’s ‘I will’ in Exodus is the same ‘I will’ to modern Israel. He is to restore the kingdom, as He promised to ancient Israel.” – 1TG 8:24-25

Consider the Following

❖ God's response (Exodus 5:22-6:8)

— Pharaoh gets angry with Moses. The people get angry with Moses. Moses… isn’t angry, but he is dismayed, and he turns to God with his doubts: “Why are you afflicting this people? Why did you send me?” (Ex. 5:22).

— Let us examine God's response (Ex. 6:1-8):

(a) What I have done : I appeared to the prophets; I established my covenant with them; I promised to give them the land of Canaan; I have heard the groaning of the people; I have remembered my promise.

(b) What I will do : I will remove the oppression of the Egyptians from them; I will free them from slavery; I will display my power; I will make them my people; I will be their God; I will give them the land of Canaan.

Wednesday-July 16, 2025

Moses Response -Uncircumcised Lips

Exodus 6:9-13; Ps. 73:23-26; Isa. 41:13, Matt. 28:20; John 14:27; John 16:33; Phil. 4:6-7; 2 Cor. 6:16.

“And Moses said before the Lord, Behold, the children of Israel will not hearken unto me: how then shall Pharaoh hearken unto me, seeing I am slow of lips?” (Exodus 6:12)

Moses' sense of inadequacy ("uncircumcised lips") reveals God’s principle: strength is made perfect in weakness (2 Cor. 12:9). God's assurance of presence and peace echoes throughout Scripture, especially to end-time leaders.

🌿 SOP Insight:

“God can use the most feeble instruments, if they are humble and consecrated.” – COL 327

🔥 SR Insight:

“The leaders who are raised in the time of the Loud Cry may feel unworthy, but they are purified and chosen vessels to bear the final message.” – 2TG 24:20

Consider the Following

❖ Moses' response (Exodus 6:9-13)

— After God's encouraging words, Moses spoke to the people again, but they did not listen (Ex. 6:9). God then asked him to speak to Pharaoh again to ask for Israel's freedom (Ex. 6:10-11).

— Moses refused, and again brandished his excuses: If my people will not listen to me, how will Pharaoh hear me, when I speak so evilly as I do? (Ex. 6:12).

— Moses was down, depressed, and disappointed. But, like other great figures who felt the same way he did— such as Asaph and Job—he did not give in to despair. His trust in God was stronger than his current feelings.

— When we go through situations of discouragement, let us make the words of Asaph our own (Ps. 73:23-26)

The Role of Moses and Aaron
Thursday-July 17, 2025

Like God to Pharaoh

Exodus 6:28-7:7; Exodus 4:10: Exod. 4:21, Exod. 7:3.

“The Lord said to Moses, ‘See, I have made you God to Pharaoh, and Aaron your brother shall be your prophet.’” (Exodus 7:1)

Moses is made “as God” to Pharaoh (Ex. 7:1), showing how God's representatives are to carry divine authority. The hardening of Pharaoh’s heart reveals a spiritual law: light rejected results in darkness.

🌿 SOP Insight:

“Every rejection of truth hardens the heart, lessens the power to receive and understand.” – DA 322

🔥 SR Insight:

“The message bearer becomes God's mouthpiece. The rejection of the message is not a rejection of the man, but of God.” – 1SR 44

Consider the Following

The role of Moses and Aaron (Exodus 6:28-7:7)

❖ After the initial failures in Egypt, God had to remind Moses again of Aaron's role as his helper and spokesman (Ex. 7:1-2).

❖ On this occasion, he made a comparison with the role of prophets. They receive a message from God and transmit it to us. In this sense, Moses plays the role of God, and Aaron that of the prophet.

❖ As would later happen with many of the prophets, God warned that his message would not be heard, and that he

would have to act with great power (Ex. 7:3).

❖ Like later prophets, Moses was to speak to the people and Pharaoh, "whether they listen or turn away, for they are very rebellious" (Ezek. 2:7). This is also true of us, for we are the audible voice of God on this earth.

Friday-July 18, 2025

Prophetic Insights and Further Study

🔍 Final Reflections:

Egypt = world powers and false religion (Rev. 11:8)
Pharaoh = persecuting authority (Rev. 13:15–17)
Moses = type of Christ and antitypical Davidic leadership (Hosea 3:5)
Israel’s deliverance = type of end-time exodus of God’s people from spiritual Babylon

🌿 SOP Insight:

“The final deliverance of God’s people will be more glorious than the deliverance of the children of Israel from Egypt.” – 9T 97

🔥 SR Insight:

“God will again send a prophet to lead His people out of modern Egypt. The type must meet its antitype.” – 1SR 64

From the Pen of Inspiration

“The Hebrews had hoped to obtain their freedom without any special trial of their faith, without real hardship or suffering. But they were not yet ready for deliverance. They had little faith in God and were unwilling to patiently endure their afflictions until He saw fit to act on their behalf. Many were content to remain in servitude rather than face the difficulties that would attend a removal to a strange land; and the habits of some had become so like those of the Egyptians that they preferred to live in Egypt. Therefore, the Lord did not deliver them by the first manifestation of His power before Pharaoh. He orchestrated events so that the tyrannical spirit of the Egyptian king might be more fully developed and that He might reveal Himself to His people. When they saw His justice, His power, and His love, they would choose to leave Egypt and give themselves to His service.” EGW (Patriarchs and Prophets, p. 236)

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