Section 10: Exodus 6:1 – 7:13 –
Israel’s Deliverance Assured
Theme or topic of
this section
Let Everyone Know That I Am the
Lord
God is Building a Relationship with
the People
Yinz Have to Know That I Am the
Lord
Just Wait and Watch
Some interesting
points
Pharaoh is a sore loser!
Aaron’s snake was hungry!
“uncircumcised lips” – a curious
expression.
Verse 6:7, first half
(“I will take you as my people, and I will be your God.”)
We see this as comforting because
we know how the story ends.
The Israelites might says, “Wait a minute – I want to read the fine
print.”
Did the Israelites even know what this meant? Did they remember the covenant?
Did the Israelites even know what this meant? Did they remember the covenant?
Right now, it’s no wonder the
Israelites don’t listen to Moses – in Chapter 5 things got worse.
It’s a transition, and transitions
are painful. In Egypt, things are certain for the Israelites, but Moses’
proposal is full of uncertainty.
Verse 6:7, second half (God is “the Lord your
God”)
Maybe by repetition it will begin to sink in.
Did the Israelites have a sense of their own oral history?
The genealogy is there to make the link from their oral
history to the events of Moses’ time.
OR the genealogy is there as a way
to get Reuben, Simeon, and Levi back into good graces (compare to Genesis
chapter 49).
Things our parents said to
threaten discipline:
Don’t make me come up there!
Do I have to stop the car?
You don’t want me to come back
there.
- the Book of Mothers
and Fathers
More about God hardening
Pharaoh’s heart
- What about the Egyptian people’s free will?! They
paid the price of Pharaoh’s hard heart!
God does the hardening in this
sense: God knows that by what He does
(the plagues), Pharaoh’s heart will be hardened.
Pharaoh was groomed to be the
ultimate power, and he just can’t imagine a god like God.
What we learned about
the nature of God from this passage
God uses sinners.
God knows more about me that I know about me.
God wins in the end.
He can take sinners and restore
them (Reuben, Simeon, Levi).
God is powerful.
God will meet us where we are.
