Free Lessons, Old Testament, Study of Exodus
So now Moses is 80 years old, and the eager, self-assured deliverer is now an humble shepherd. It is at this time God appears to him in a burning bush and calls him to be the instrument of the deliverance of the sons of Israel. Moses, who at one time was so ready to deliver the Israelites, offers objection after objection as to why God should not use him. God assures Moses that He indeed has chosen him and will use him to bring the Israelites out of the slavery of Egypt.
Free Lessons, Old Testament, Study of Exodus
After many years of oppression, God brings forth a baby boy by the name of Moses, who He will use to deliver Israel from Egyptian slavery. However, even though Moses will be aware of his uniqueness, it will not be because of his believing in his own qualifications and abilities that God will deliver the descendants of Jacob. He will attempt to deliver the Jews, but will fail magnificently. It is then that God will prepare him for the second phase of his life that he will learn to SHEPHERD the flock of God.
Free Lessons, Old Testament, Study of Exodus
Many years have passed since Jacob and his people went down into Egypt under the gentle care of Joseph. Both Jacob and Joseph are dead and a new dynasty of kings have risen over Egypt. And this family of kings have no appreciation or remembrance of how Joseph saved Egypt from starvation. So, the new kings of Egypt began to employ measures to suppress and oppress the Hebrew people, enslaving them and making their lives bitter with harsh treatment in an atmosphere of death.
Free Lessons, Old Testament, Study of Exodus
Introduction to the Book of Exodus
Free Lessons, Old Testament, Study of Genesis
After Jacob tells his twelve sons what will become of their tribal families, he closes his eyes in death. Joseph has his body embalmed and asks the pharaoh for permission to bury his father in the Land of Canaan. He is accompanied by a great entourage from Egypt and they mourn many days the death of Jacob. In time, Joseph dies and makes his brothers to promise to take his remains to the Land of Canaan, when the Lord brings the tribal family of Israel back to the Land of Promise.
