Depending upon where you are some people at night time some people's evening some people it's morning time But we're at Bible study time. So let's go ahead and jump into it Remember guys and it's it's necessary to kind of cover this again as we move forward as we keep going To remember what we started off saying in the very beginning Let me go over a couple things that we said in the very beginning remember we start off by talking about Well, you know what? Let me just go through the slides real quickly This study is a combination of hermeneutics Bible survey as well as Systematic theology What are those? What are those things mean? What we talk about hermeneutics? We talk about having a normal hermeneutics versus an allegorize or spiritualized hermeneutics The normal is a consistent literal or in our case a grammatical historical reading as well Contrasted with a allegorize or a spiritualized meaning. It's a literal interpretation is secondary to the deeper or hidden meaning what we're going to see is Matter of fact you if you notice we have tried to be as consistent in our reading as Possible taking it as literally as possible until there comes a point in time where you cannot take it literally And there are always those times where people will have a look for a deeper or spiritual meaning The problem is if that's your preferred way of doing within any time that you decide to look for a deeper meaning The problem comes in that your understanding is going to differ than someone else because now you're looking at it through the lens of your understanding versus the Literal way and the literal is always going to be preferred We're gonna look at the the literal grammatical historical historical portion of it is going to come into play a lot today So that's very important. Let's keep going back to what we were talking about Also, we're gonna look at our rules for reading one disregard any previous opinions or preconceived notions Don't make the scriptures say what it doesn't say and use that very same scripture as Well as the surrounding scriptures to interpret the scripture Only when the current scripture doesn't make sense is when you want to use other scriptures Meaning this if we read a passage and the passage makes perfectly good sense And we understand the context do we have to go and look at other passages? Not necessarily remember as we're reading this and it kind of flies in the face of some some logic but Sometimes when we say interpret scripture in light of other scripture Depending upon who's saying it. They're saying it to make you point to the scriptures They believe proves their doctrine. I believe this and matter of fact, I know this to be the case If we're looking at let's say Genesis or in the case today exodus The people that are hearing the message of God They don't have the benefit of having Matthew Mark Luke and John They don't have the benefit of having other things but still what they were told by Moses in Genesis or an exodus It's still the truth now. Is there more truth that can be added? Sure, but if what they understand what they've been told is a truth and it's gonna always be the truth It's it's not as though that Exodus is the truth But then it's no longer true when we get to other passages are with me now Maybe there will be added inside or what we would call more revelation or progressive revelation We're gonna see that but the truth is the truth whether it's in Genesis exos Leviticus numbers or Matthew Mark Luke and John so keep that in mind also What we know Mark what you know There are some things that are very important some things that we've already discovered some things that we've learned about About God some things we've learned about his personality the way that he does things Remember those things those things don't change God is a guy who does not change and so we've seen how he treats those that he regard as righteous He does not he does not punish the righteous with the unrighteous. We've seen him show up We've seen we've seen God literally take on Form and come down and interact with man We've seen God's promises what he aims to do and so let's keep those things in mind as we continue Also remember the five W's the who the what the when the where and the why who is the writer Who is the audience? What is the subject in circumstances? When is this taking place? Where is this taking place, which is also important And then why is the overall? Writing being done. What's up? What's the goal? What's the point of hearing what we're being told sometimes? It's not always clear determine what is what the why is? But sometimes it is matter of fact oftentimes they'll tell us in the initial portion of it or with me in the initial portion of The writing always as we're going through this. There are primary applications and secondary application Because we're reading a lot about what's happened historically with Israel and the foundation of what we are living out in our faith a Lot of what was being stated There is no primary application There's a secondary application meaning that we can glean something from it But didn't necessarily mean that there's something for us for example a famous pastor So I've covered before I'll always use this as an example And that is second Chronicles where it says if my people who are called by my name to humble my humble them They're humble themselves and seek my face. Well, we use that a lot But that pastor has nothing to do with us not talking about us And so could we give a primary application to our lives? No because it's not it's not for us Because he goes on to say that if you don't then I will take you out of that land or out of your land Well, what land well, he's clearly not speaking about us So we want to be careful about how we apply the scriptures and remember this though above all else God is sovereign So we do not want to look at things through the lens of our eyes But through the lens of God what God is trying to accomplish His will his purpose not ours not for our comfort not for our enjoyment But for his and with me now as we're going we want to make sure that we have earned everything that we've said Nothing that we've gone on nothing that we will see later on So we're not going to look at the gospels. We're not going to look at lamentations We're not going to look at Jeremiah. We're only looking at the passages that we have covered thus far So have we been told that yet? So we bring up a statement a question a comment It needs to be something that we've covered thus far. We've covered genesis We've covered joe and now we're going to have exodus Now we're not going to go too far into excess. We'll get up until the law is about to be given and then the law Given now we've got a whole new ball game. And so we talk about have we earned that yet? That's important only We're only going to take what we have Studied thus far Did you earn that statement? Can you prove what you're saying or what you believe from the text? There's going to be a rush to bring in Jesus we haven't heard about Jesus. They're going to be there's going to be a rush to bring in Other things teachings that we know are true, but we haven't gotten there yet The reason why is because I want to make sure that we all have the same foundation. In other words, we look at what's happening now See how it is and being built on top of that and I can promise you this If we take the right hermeneutic And looking at things with the right foundation For the most part, we'll all be in the same place We don't we won't tend to see things differently And it's going to cause us to think about some things. Wait a second Why do I think that this means that when the scriptures didn't say that? Why why well, I'll tell you why because I'm I've been listening to this person and that person and that person that person all this information and trying to decipher the stuff and so Maybe if I just look at the scriptures because the bible is for me to understand And I don't need someone else to tell me what it says And so the point is look at the scriptures see what it says and go with that Instead of letting someone else tell you what it says are you with me also in that How much of this we've covered Oh You'll see this again these the this timeline is going to show up as a matter of fact We're going to cover this timeline again just just a little bit today But we'll talk about the timeline. We have the old testament timeline now We have the new testament timeline, which we will not use any time soon in this study, but We will start to see how we can utilize this timeline Even even a little bit of it today. So that being stated guys. Let's go ahead and jump into it Let's go to Exodus one We already know what's happened thus far in Exodus one now. These are the names by the way I don't know if I mentioned this to you But when you when you read the old testament the old testament books in hebrew aren't called the same as they are in english For example, this the old testament name for this book is, uh, wale shemote That's the name of this book Wale shemu Have you ever have you ever heard that name before? How many of you have heard the name wale shemu? Very few of you right the reason why you haven't heard of that is because They'll take the first word or the first two words And that will be the name of the book And so why what does we put it back on the screen and hear the words why? L. A shemu What does that mean? And these why is the and l. A is these and shemu the names these names these are names So no shemu not shemu shemu shemu That's how that's how you would see the the beginnings of the hebrew books That's what you see the names of it. It's just simply saying the first word or the first few words are you with me? So but for us Where we get the names from would be The greek understanding or an english rendering latin rendering and so forth so but it's fine It doesn't matter what you call the book now. This is all part of what we call the Torah or or moses first five books So this is the second Exodus so what's happening here? Well, let's go ahead and read now These are the names of the sons of israel who came to Egypt with jakel They came each one with his household rubin simian levi and judo Those four go together. It's a car zeblum and benjamin Dan nathalie gad and asher all the pertinence count one two three four five six seven eight nine 10 11 Somebody's missing. Well, who's missing? That'd be joseph All the persons who came from the loins of jakel were look at the number He says all of those who came from the loins of jakel were 70 in number, but joseph was already in Egypt.  She says Above all you must understand that no prophecy of scripture came about by prophet's own interpretation Hey, man, of course you went ahead and then you put up second peter 120. Who is peter? I'm kidding. I'm kidding. I'm just messing with you So now we've made a diverse eight. What has happened. Let's just do a recap Joseph is in Egypt. Why because his brother sold him in slavery Why does brother sell in slavery because they were jealous of him? But there's this famine in the land and so joseph through interpretation of pharaoh's dreams Is now elevated to number two status and so while this famine is there Joseph's family comes and now they're there and they have a little plot of land But it's only for the time being or it's supposed to only be for the time being So let's continue Now a new king arose over egypt who did not know joseph.  You all know the story So now they have been put into servitude. Well, why well, that's where this comes in Remember we're looking at this timeline before exas is genesis What was spoken of about them initially and this is where the historical Portion of the literal grammatical historical harmony that comes into play. So let's go to genesis Chapter not 15. Let's go to chapter 12 And recall this and there's a passage that we Glanced over in genesis that we did not give a lot of attention to We're going to need to so let's go ahead and jump into this genesis 12 1 notice this passage Now the lord said to abram go forth from your country and from your relatives and from your father's house to a land Which i will show you And i will make you a great nation i will bless you and make your name great And so you shall be a blessing and i will bless those who bless you and i will curse those who curse you And in you all the families of the earth will be blessed now that being stated We got to see how that's going to fit into where moses not moses where these uh These jews are in egypt. How does this fit in there? Well, it does as a matter of fact before we go back to genesis Let's go back to exodus So they have got these task maps of them. They are in servitude. Well, why are they in servitude? Well The reason the reason why they're in servitude happens to do with something that abraham also asked Which is how will i know That i will have this that you have given me Well, let's go back to it. Let's go back to genesis 15. I think it's is it what? 12 i don't want to read all of this. So let's go back to genesis 12 I mean 15 verse Verse 12 let's start verse 12 Now when the sun was going down a deep sleep fell upon abram and behold terra and great darkness fell upon him God said to abram know for certain that your and here it is your descendants Will be strangers in a land that is not theirs. That's obviously egypt. We know that He didn't tell him at the time, but we see now so uh Where there will be enslaved and oppressed? 400 years now that 40 years hadn't taken place, but it's going to But i will also judge the nation whom they will serve and afterwards they will come out with many possessions Now i don't want to finish reading that i want to go to exodus because there's a point there's another portion of that that we need to cover And you know what? No, you know what? I'll go back to it. I'll go back to it because there is something that you might want to You may have had questions about he says, but I will also judge the nation whom they will serve and afterwards They will come out with many with many possessions Look what he says as for you you shall go to your father's in peace speaking of abram Uh, you will be buried at a good old age. Excuse me then Verse 16 is kind of odd Verse 16 just kind of sitting there we glanced over it the first time We'll sort of glance over it again today And we'll cover it again On probably next week maybe the week after But it says then in the fourth generation they will return here For the iniquity of the amorite is not yet complete What in the world is the iniquity of the amorites and what do you mean? It's not yet complete Well, let me just cover this Now and we'll see it a little bit later In the land that god has given them They're not the only ones that that's there So when god is going to bring them out remember he tells abram that i'm going to take you to a land that that is not Your father's land to a country that i'm going to show you Well, there are people there though god, so how are you going to give me this place and my descendants this place? There are folks that live there lord So what's up? What are you going to get rid of them? No, you are And the reason why you're going to get rid of them is because these people are wicked They're going to get an opportunity to get right How much of an opportunity will the amorites and others that are there particularly the amorites? How much time will they have to get right? I'm going to give them 400 years I'm going to give them 400 years to get right and they won't and then they will They will be dealt with Okay So let's go back to exodus and then We'll come back with these amorites later on as a matter of fact We'll pick them up again as the law is given and then also When we deal with uh them the amorites in leviticus. It's really where you're going to see them even more so Do I uh You mean as far as them being in in in servitude and so forth No, I don't make that kind of connection uh with with with blacks in america as far as what happened with them because Here's why Sometimes and this is meant to think this is a good question Sometimes We have a tendency to want to see again everything through our lens We see things the way We see it What's the right way to look at let me give you an example. Let me just use a football example Some of you guys are cowboys fans. I'm gonna use this example. This is one example. I can think of off top of my head Cowboys fans and a few years ago The cowboys were playing the green bay packers and there was a pass that was thrown to a guy named des brian Who kind of the ball moved a little bit cowboys fans felt like it was a it was a catch Green bay packers fans and folks who were against the cowboys felt like it was not a catch We saw the exact same thing Depending on who you were rooting for or your interest you saw it as either a catch or not a catch We do that all the time. You might watch a game a basketball game. Hey, that was a foul. No, it was not a foul It depends on your perspective, but the truth is the truth irrespective of your perspective So we'll look at What's happened with egypt and the jews there and try to Draw comparisons to us here in america Particularly if you are black Are there any sort of connections any sort of comparisons? Well, they were slaves But we weren't we weren't slaves in america for 400 years We'll just do the math In order for us to have been slaves in america for 400 years. We would still be slaves now Are you with me? And so we weren't slaves in america for 400 years remember slavery ended in in the 1860s so Now where there's some other folks will wait a second gem crow and so forth that was slavery. No, it's not that's not slavery matter of fact, every slave would take gem crow over slavery but More to the point there are other places. There are other people who have also been enslaved You can't find a nationality or a group of national a large nationality on the planet that hadn't been enslaved europeans have been enslaved Asians have been enslaved you pick a place in asia that hadn't been enslaved africans have been enslaved and matter of fact Uh, if you find if you want to find out where their slavery today You go to africa and you see that there are africans that are enslaving other people and so This is a this isn't a black american issue But but the point is though we want to Look at things from our own viewpoint Are you with me? And we can't especially when it comes to the bible. There are some similarities But this is specifically only for Those jews. They're they're going for a particular reason They weren't the first people by the way on the planet They weren't the first people on the planet to be enslaved in the bible. There are other slaves before So but specifically them they're going to be enslaved for a specific reason And god is going to make them come out with with great wealth. Well, guess what that clearly in us, huh? We blacks who by the way aren't from a a singular tribe Did not come out with great wealth from the oppressors. So that can't be us which Hebrews likes ought to at least see that point as well. But anyway, let's go go back to it So they appointed task master over them to afflict them with hard labor and they built for ferro stored cities Pitham and ramsees But more But the more they afflicted them the more they multiplied and the more they spread out Why is that happening? Why is It happening that the more they afflict them that the more they are Growing the more they are multiplying Well, that goes back to what god stated with abraham I want you to see something about god. Let's go back to genesis. Let's go back to genesis 12 And let's see what god said. He says Go forth from your country and from your relatives from your father's house to a land which I will show you Well, Egypt is not that land Canaan is that land They leave that land to go to Egypt and they're stuck there They're going back to Egypt. I mean back to their land in just a little bit. But Notice what god says about abraham Or abraham.  The word great is good though, which is can be great It can be large can be magnificent. So how's that going to be? Well, we see how this is going to be because if we go back over to exodus What's happening? They are multiplying They are multiplying even in spite of this. He god is doing what he says is going to do He's making them into a great nation even in the midst of there being oppressed And then notice what he says also he says Um, and I will bless those who bless you.  We hadn't gotten to that point yet But let's go back to exodus And it's but the more they afflicted them the more they multiplied and the more they spread out So that they were in the dread of the sons of israel's like man, we can't the more we try the more they just grow The egyptians compelled the sons of israel to labor rigorously And they made their lives bitter with the labor with hard labor and mortar and bricks and all kinds of labor in the field All the labor their laborers which they rigorously impose on them. Now here we go Then the nuke then the king of egypt spoke to the hebra midwives One of whom was named syphira and the other was named pua Some of these names aren't you just glad ladies that some of you don't have these older names Carol would you would you mind someone change? How would you like carol for your name? No, I'm gonna be carol, but to be pua And he could could you imagine hey, uh Someone's introducing you to your future husband Listen, I want you to meet this young lady. Her name is pua and he'll say no, thank you. No, thank you But wait a minute. She's a great lady. No, no, thank you pua. Sorry. Sorry Anyway And he said when you are helping the hebra women to give birth and see them upon the birth stool If it is a son Then you shall put him to death But if it's a daughter then she shall live but the midwives feared god and did not do as the king of egypt had said no Had commanded But let the boys live so the king of egypt called the midwives and said to them Why have you done this this thing?  They're just popping them out Man listen, these kids are coming out so fast by the time we get there. They're already born So sorry and we can do Verse 20 so god was good to the midwives and the people multiplied and became very might as they continue So every plan they come up with they continue to grow Verse 21 because the midwives feared god. He established households for them. Amen Then pharaoh commanded all his people saying every son who was born You are to cast into the now and every daughter you are to keep alive Now here we go The birth of moses first separate two verse one now A man from the house of levi went and married a daughter of levi. Okay The woman conceived and bore a son And when she saw that he was beautiful She hid him for three months. So Two things we can we can glean from this two things and two very important things first thing Saw that the son was beautiful That makes sense. So we have an idea of what he looked like In other words, he had no hair. That's number one. But more importantly, did you notice I'm kidding. Did you notice? What household he was born from Did you notice where he was born out of this is important? It's an important issue to understand He was born out of It's back on the screen of Levi Was born from Levi Why is that important? Well one There's this priesthood that's going to come out of leave of the Levi's. We haven't gotten there yet But one thing that we can Understand because we've earned it is a statement that's made in genesis I'm gonna tell you why in just a second that we're bringing. I didn't earn that See that he that he was bald Well, okay, you're right. I didn't earn that. That's me. That's me imposing myself in the text That's me looking at things through the lens of corey's eyes. I just figured a beautiful baby must be bald That's just what I figured but I could be wrong But go to genesis genesis 49 this is when remember when Jacob is talking to his boys He's getting ready to die Notice what he says in verse is a 10 or 11. I think it's 10. Yeah As he's blessing them. He says the scepter shall not depart from Judah So Important is Judah Not Levi He skips over Levi by the way Why are you bringing this up? I'm bald is eating the text. Amen. I'm bald is eating the text The reason why this is important And I and I want to get you out of thinking about this because I don't because when we get to this particular text I might I might forget about it because I have in the past And so I want to alert you before we get there time out The rule is I have to earn it before I speak about it But I need to violate this rule just because I want you all to see it when it happens God is going to also test Moses We're gonna see that as we're going We're always in some sort of a test Later on God is going to be upset. We won't see it this week. We're going to see it next week But there's going to be so much stuff to cover next week that I just might forget about it. Michael LeMay. Thank you for the super chat I just might forget about it. So I want to alert you right now Hopefully I'll remember but I but I might not When they up when they mess up and upset God God is God's make God throw something out Maybe I'll just destroy them all and start over with you He's going to make this statement. We can't go into it just yet. We might then maybe you guys will remind me But he says maybe I'll just Destroy them all and start over with you Can God destroy all the Jews and just start over with moses Is that possible? Well, no, it's not possible And God doesn't even mean for it to be possible because remember God is the one that says That gives the Jacob that the scepter should not depart Judah Moses is not of Judah Oh, by the way, he's going to remember his promises with Abraham Isaac and Jacob That's now i'm bringing this up is because God is not going to forget his words God knows what he's saying But he wants to see some things out of you and me and in this case in moses are with me So I felt it necessary to bring this up because we're going to see a lot of this stuff happening Where God is going to stick to his word He's going to also going to want to see if they're going to want to stick to God's word What their heart is God has all all of these people through that Throughout history that we keep seeing God tries all of them Not testing them attempting but whatever but but they all go through something to see And we'll see their character also come out. So I wanted to make this a point We'll probably see it again if I remember now i'm probably gonna remember now after all after doing all this stuff or whatever But Were any salvific promises yet? There's some specific promises the main the He asked a question guys, you all tell me he says were any promises salvific? Yes We've covered one in Genesis 3 15 We don't see the fullness of this promise where he speaks about the seat of this woman He's going to bruise the head of this of the seat of the serpent We don't understand it, but that's salvific Up with the in Genesis 12 13 I mean 12 2 and 3 That in you all the nations of the world should be blessed. Do the jews understand this? No No, they don't Does abram understand this no he doesn't because he hadn't given him enough to understand it And someone's going to want to say Well, what about Even though we haven't earned it yet somebody said what about Jesus? Well, abram didn't know about Jesus Abraham doesn't know anything about Jesus what salvific meaning anything pertaining to salvation Abraham didn't know anything about him Moses didn't They don't but the bible Jesus says that Abraham rejoices to see my day. Well, he's met Jesus Abraham has met him But didn't meet him as Jesus Matter of fact as a matter of fact, we're going to see something that he's going to say about them How they know and recognize God in a little bit as well The reason why we know that also that they don't that they don't know anything about Jesus yet because To know who he is and never mentioned anything about him That'd be a glaring omission now. We we know who he is He's identified himself to us. So anyway, but let's go ahead and jump back into it Um What do we believe all fat? Okay I think we left off verse First verse three, but when she could not hide him any longer that is moses parents Um, she got him in a wicker basket and covered it over with tar and pitch Then she put the child into it and set it among the reeds by the bank of the Nile You know the old story says that she put him in and just told him down No, she just set him on the bank of the Nile. She didn't she didn't she knew the baby couldn't swim So she puts him in the in the basket on the side Uh, it's then verse four His sister stood at the distance to find out what would happen In other words, somebody's gonna come by and see this so she's over in the distance just looking Moses has a good big sister The daughter of ferro came down not ferro or ferro's wife, but his daughter Came down to bathe at the Nile With her maidens walking alongside the Nile and she saw the basket among the reeds and sent her maid And she brought it to her when she opened it and saw the bald child because we know he's bald The child and opened the boy was crying and she had pity on him. This is one of the Hebrew children How did she know how does she know it's one of the Hebrew children? Is there any way that they could have known or surmised that this was one of the Hebrew children? Hmm, let's think what would identify this boy as being Hebrew Anybody?  I imagine there were some bald some bald egyptian babies too But then what happens? You grow out of your innocence And then you start growing hair So it's what happened to Moses too, by the way. It's what happened to Moses. I I imagined I imagined Anyway, then his sister said Good big sister and smart big sister. She said Pharaoh to Pharaoh's daughter. Shall I go and call a nurse For you from the Hebrew women that she may nurse a child pharaoh's daughter said good idea. That's a good idea Go ahead. So the girl went and called the child's mother. So Moses his sister big sister says, let me go get my mama Moses mama To nurse her own son And get paid man. Listen, you talk about a government welfare system right there That's a good government welfare system right there to pay you To nurse and take care and bring up your own baby Isn't that wonderful then pharaoh's daughter said to her take this child away and nurse him for me And I will give you your wages Getting paid to take care. Wow Is it maybe maybe that's where the government got it from, huh? So the one so the woman took the child and nursed him the child grew and she brought him to pharaoh's daughter And he became her son and she named him Moses and said because I drew him out of the water. Hey, man Now came about in those days when Moses grown up. So now Moses we go from being a boy to now being grown Um, but he went out to his brother and looked on their hard laborers and he saw an Egyptian beating the Hebrew Well, how does he know that his brothers? Well, I'm pretty sure that he's been told that by the way Moses knows he's circumcised. He's because they get circumcised on what day the eighth day He was three months. Oh when he was put in so he's already circumcised. He knows he's circumcised and so He knows he's actually a Hebrew But don't tell anybody Moses Now we don't know by the way, we don't know if it's a secret We don't know if it's a secret at all. We have no idea if no one else knew Okay, it'd be kind of hard to keep that as a secret though Verse 12 So he looked this way and that and when he saw that there was no one around he struck down the egyptian and hit him in the sand Killed the man and buried him He went out the next day and behold two Hebrews were fighting with each other And he said to the offender. Why are you striking your companion? But he said who made you a prince Over i mean prince or a judge over us.  Then Moses was afraid. Uh-oh my secrets out Surely the matter has become known when pharaoh heard of this matter. He tried to kill Moses, but Moses is cool. Moses slick. Moses snuck out the back door But Moses fled from the presence of pharaoh and settled in the land of midian And he sat down by a well Now the priest of midian had seven daughters and they came to draw water They got all the story where they come and draw water and the shepherds are there and moses kind of Shoes them away defense them and then they go back and they tell Uh, the father now here it is verse 18 when they came to ruel Their father. He said why have you come back so soon today? Well, who in the world is ruel? Well, that's another name for jethro Okay, and you'll see that you'll see people having different names. And so same person ruel or jethro Why have you come back verse 19? So they said an egyptian delivered us from the hand of the shepherd They're called his men egyptian. He's done an egyptian. I'm not an egyptian. I'm a hebrew They don't know Um skilling child 86. Thank you so much for the super chat an egyptian delivered us from the hand of the shepherd and Um, what is more he even drew water for us. He not only defended us. He also drew water for us. Wow Where is where is he there? Why is that you have left the man behind and invited him to have something to eat? Where's your manners girl?  I'm I'm kidding. I'm kidding. Here's a southern man shows up And y'all gonna treat him like this Anyway, moses was willing to dwell with the man and he gave his daughter support to moses Then she gave birth to a son and named him gersham For he said I have been a soljourner in a foreign land. Amen Now when it came about in the course of the many days That the king of egypt died and the sons of israel sighed because of the bondage So by the way, and I think I said sometime and I after apologize. I've made a mistake I messed up messed up when I was talking about ferro being hard and so forth and that this might have been the same It wasn't the same ferro. So different ferro Uh, apologize And the son of israel sighed because of the bondage and they cried out and their cry For help because of their bondage rolls up to god. Now listen to this part right here So god heard their groanings and god remembered his covenant with abraham Isaac and jacob god saw the sons of israel and took notice of them question I'm sorry. Joan. I'm sorry, joe. You I apologize Should I use should I said a girl from california, but then somebody from california said so I apologize. I apologize I should have said some some girl from portland, man What's the what's the likelihood now? I take that back. There probably is a strong likelihood that some ladies from portland, man is watching There's no word. There's nobody I can use as an example without getting myself in trouble. So I apologize to all you ladies anyway question Why does it say that god heard them and remembered his covenant? Why does why what that makes that makes no sense because you're god How is it how all liberals in portland? How is it? Uh, where's my plaque? Um You'll never see that plaque. You will you will never see that plaque Um, but this is an odd statement though.  No God did not forget How do we know because what did god say is going to do after 400 years? Then he's going to bring them out This is not that god is saying Don't go on. I forgot all about that And do I think that god ever says dog on it? I'm pretty sure he does I'm pretty sure he says dog on it or gosh dog it.  Remember he made the covenant with who abraham? He reiterates it because he keeps saying that he Whenever the jews get in trouble and you and by the way, remember this point right here He the jews are going to keep messing up They're going to keep messing up as a matter of fact when we go to Later books and they mess up He says i'm not doing this for you guys No, i'm not i'm not saying you you don't deserve it But because of the promise that i made with your fathers abraham isaac and jaco Are you with me so God saw the sons of israel and god took notice. It's time now. This is another way of saying guys. It's time now This is the good part right here Now moses was pastoring the flock of jethro his father-in-law or well The priest of median And he led the flock to the west side of the wilderness and came to orab the mountain of god Let's pay attention here guys We're going to use what we see We are going to use what we see here We're not going to read into it We're not going to Icigit We're going to take we're not going to take put into it. We're going to take out what the passage actually says No more no less And what it says what we're getting ready to read isn't a lot It is a lot That's nothing new Something new we've been in before so let's go there again. He says Verse two Then I'm sorry not then I shouldn't say then because it doesn't say then the angel of the lord And appeared to him the angel of the lord the angel of the lord appeared The angel of the lord appeared I'm trying to drill this in The angel of the lord appeared It's all we know The angel of the lord appeared now Have we seen the angel of the lord before sure we have We've seen the angel of the lord plenty of times Remember we saw the angel of the lord show up with This is why we have this this timeline guys Genesis now we're using we're being historical We have to remember what we've seen before so the first time that we see the angel of the lord is where Let's do this Let's type it here the angel of the lord the angel of the lord All right, the very first time we see the word the angel of the lord is genesis 16 7 the very first time it shows up Well, who's that with that is with our good friend Or abram's good friend Hey gar And who does she call the angel of the lord and who does moses verify and god didn't correct because guys Won't tell him she calls him god So the first time we see that it's in genesis 16 The angel of the lord also shows up. We see him speaking to abraham in genesis 22 And calls him god as well So the angel of the lord has been present in the bible Prior so we know who the angel of the lord is the angel of the lord as far as we are concerned as far as we know is God He said what is the what does this got to do with salvation? What is what is your theme or topic? This is just a bible study. So we're working our way through From genesis all the way through and we are doing just a plain reading Building a foundation Because everyone that comes to the bible not everyone but most that come to the bible have preconceived notions And they read into the bible what they think it says. Well, we don't have to read in what we think it says We can just take out of it what it actually says We don't have to make anything up. We don't have to come up with any new doctrines Now if what it says goes against our own doctrine, well, then what goes away your doctor Your doctor might not be 100 correct so Um, let's go back to it That's a good question. There are some that are joining that have not Been in been with us before this is the ninth session So I would always encourage anyone to go back and watch the previous eight section eight sessions So the angel the lord appeared now notice what it says Now you all tell me am I reading into the passage or taken out of the passage? The proper way is to take out of the passage The angel of the lord appeared to him in a blazing fire from the midst of the bush All right, so who do we see The angel the lord the angel the lord is in the midst of this burning bush And he looked that is moses and behold the bush was burning with fire yet the bush was not consumed So moses said I must turn aside now and see this marvelous sight why the bush is not burned up So here's a picture. Here's a bush moses can tell it's a bush and see that the bush is on fire And who's in the midst of the bush who's who's in the midst of the burning bush the bush is on fire The angel of the lord Be kind of hard to disagree with that part Cg asks a question the definite article on the angel of the lord, right? Let's go back and look good question and saw my My leg so this my would indicate that it is definite and then Of the lord. So yes Yes, it is definite Definitely now let's continue. So who's calling out of the midst? The angel of the lord verse four Hmm now we see something different the lord Saw That he turned aside to look Now we've already covered the lord and by the way the word for the lord that's used here is this word Yad hei wa hei, which is you might say ya we Won't deal with the names just now. We will in just a second But when the lord turned he saw Uh turn aside to look then who called god called to him from the midst of the bush and said Moses so Who calls to a to abram? Who calls to moses? from the midst of the bush god We also just saw the name lord But I thought it was the angel of the lord that was in the midst of the bush Yes, the angel of the lord and god He says uh, yaoi is the covenant name. We're gonna cover that in just a second We're gonna cover that this whole issue of yaoi in just a second and we're gonna see There might be some difficulty in understanding his name And then what is really meant by his name But this is important. No guys This is really important because he's gonna make a statement in just a little bit He's gonna make a statement that's like wow wow That's kind of confusing god Fixed that and he might not fix it for us in this step in this day lesson. So we we've got three Names or descriptions or whatever you want to call it that is there We've got first the angel of the lord who's in the midst of the bush. We've got the lord Um, which is the yaoi yaoi. Hey, why? Hey, and then we've got god So according according to the text The lord is in the midst of the bush god is in the midst of the bush The angel of the lord is in the midst of the bush now. Is this a big party?  That's the question that we got we have to figure out But all we know is that we've got three names That are given or ascribed to a bit to be in the midst of the burning bush God called him verse four from the midst of the burning bush and said moses moses and he said here i am Then he said do not come near Here remove your sandals from your feet for the place on which you are standing is holy ground Now this this seems to be somebody um important This seems to be somebody important now. Wait a second. Wait a second. Wait a second. Wait a second. Wait a second and wait some more seconds 1689 says Three distinct persons You might be right You might be wrong Where did you get three distinct persons from mr? Where have you earned the right to say that they are three distinct persons? You haven't yet you now you might you might later on We just don't know that yet There's a reason why i'm going there because there's going to be somebody In the chat or watch just later who will say i don't see the way you see it They don't have to all they got to do is see what the text says Because if what we see in the text is the truth Then when we get some more information, that's the truth. It won't it won't take away from this truth. Will it? right The truth With added detail is still the truth The truth with less detail is still the truth Are you with me? And there's a reason why i'm saying because somebody's going to want to jump on you later and say that no No, no you trying to bring this trinity stuff in here We ain't got it. We don't we don't ever have to use a term trinity to get the truth So that that's the only reason why i'm messing with you, but but there's a reason why So he says do not come near wait a second do not come near you Sounds like he's more important than just a regular old angel, huh? And we know he's not because it's the angel of the lord And when it's used in this with the definite article like that then we know for a fact Who he is because every time in the past that the angel of the lord is using that regard He's been called god Now remember also someone's gonna say wait a second the angel of the lord. That's a that's just a message. That's an angel When we see the angel of the lord first, what do we see first? The term the angel of the lord or an angel which which term comes first in the bible Does anyone remember? Which do we see first the angel of the lord or an angel or the angel? Does anyone know? Because someone's gonna want to ascribe what the angel of the lord is based off of what they think an angel is Are you with me? But the fact of the matter is We never see that the word the angel of the lord precedes the word angel an angel the angel angels so We should not Describe the angel of the lord Based on our understanding of an angel because we see the word angel of the lord before we see angel Are you with me? So let's not let's not use the definition of an angel to describe the angel of the lord Oh, by the way Just fyi We never get a real good description of what an angel is anywhere throughout the bible We're still trying to figure out what do what our angel how do they operate? We still don't get that but So let's not give a definition of the angel of the lord based off of what we think an angel is Okay, so that being the case let's go back to it. He says do not come near. You're on holy ground.  Why does he keep saying because that's who he made these promises to? Then moses hid his face for he was afraid to look at god Huh Huh Then moses hid his face because he was afraid to look at god Who is moses looking at who is there? The angel of the lord the lord god who does moses verify it is god who's telling the story now now previously When we're reading genesis Who's telling the story? Well, moses is telling us the story Only because he wasn't there god tells moses and moses tells us But in this case is god telling moses the story. No moses is telling us the story because He's now telling it from a first person point of view. He's literally there And moses is saying that he hid his face. Why because he was afraid to look at god moses is telling us who this is Now god can tell no i'm not god God could tell him i'm not god. Don't no don't don't trip moses. I'm not god But he doesn't verse seven The lord said i have surely seen wait a minute the lord said word again the lord Has said i have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in egypt and have given he to their cry because of their task Masters for i'm aware of their suffering. So i have come down to deliver them from the power of the egyptians And to bring them up from the land to a good and spacious land to a land flowing with milk and honey This is cow milk not almond milk or soy milk But cow milk and honey to the place of the canaanites and the hittites Uh, oh and the amorites remember the until the until the What are the amorites until the iniquity of the amorites is complete amorites?  Who am I that I should go to pharaoh and that I should bring the sons of israel out of egypt?  You shall worship god at this mountain Very important what translation am I reading carol ass? I this is the nasb This is the nasb I I see the point that you're making we're gonna deal with his name in just a second I don't know if you're a man or a woman, but uh, my friend We're gonna deal with this in just a second is actually his name and what it means and even why um, you'll see the What appears over 6 000 times in the in the old testament is this um, why h w h We're gonna see what it means in just a second. So hold on hold on tight verse 13 Then moses said to god Behold i'm going to the sons of israel and I will say to them the god of your fathers has sent me to you Now they may say to me. What is his name? What shall I say to them god said and remember I I highlighted this before matter of fact Let me make this bigger so you all can see this there. Let me make it smaller. I'm trying to get the fit on this page Uh, there it is. Okay. Cool. There it is God said to moses. I am who I am. So when he says who who shall I say? What shall I say to them in terms of who sent me? God says to him. I am who I am Why doesn't moses say that? Why doesn't moses say I am who I am Now he kind of does But he has to change how it's said. Are you with me? Why because how god said it initially when when first asked what is your name? He gives this term ecce Ecce now you all have heard the term yaoi But that's not what he said first. He said ecce I am ecce. I share ecce What does that mean ecce? I share ecce that is I am who I am Why ecce am not yaoi What's the difference? Well depends on who's saying it See if I say it to you I would say I am To you if you said about me to someone else you would probably say he is Or he is I am are you with me? That's why we see the shift in the name ecce to yaoi It literally it means the same thing But it has to also deal with who's saying it and about who Are you with me? So ecce and yaoi are virtually the same. It means the same. I am who I am Let's go back to it. He says ecce share ecce So I am who I am and he said thus you shall say to the sons of isra. I am and now he shifts it ecce to yaoi So even right here. He says yaoi. I am and sent me to you God furthermore said to Moses Thus shall you shall say to the sons of israel the lord and here it is The god of your fathers the god of abraham isaac and jacob has sent me So you'll say to them the lord there's a word right here though. Yahweh Yahweh Now what you're doing though, my friend is you're giving interpretive And interpretive commentary He who causes to become that's not what that word means. He who causes to become now that it doesn't mean Now is it a truth? That's a truth. But that's not what that word means. It means I am So when you see the word Yahweh or when you see the word ecce it means I am I just can't say ecce sent me Because if I go to the jews or to pharaoh and say ecce sent me Then what then what would they say? Well, you sent yourself? No, not me not me. He will then say the proper way, which is Yahweh And and and what is pharaoh gonna say? No truth junkie find someone that understands Hebrew. That's not what that means It can be taken away, but that's an anyway. I won't I won't have that fight today I want to have that fight today. Yahweh means I am now Let me do something for you for you guys real quick instead of that, let me also bring in the Uh, let's bring in the lxx. Let's have two of you one two three four five You keep saying yes, it means that. I'll say that anyway um Your question is is hyah connected with Yahweh um That is the Hebrew word meaning to be It's it's obviously in a different way. It's spelled differently But uh That is that means um, I exist or it's part of it's it's it's it's in the family It's in the family kind of of the verb to be but you wouldn't say that like, um As a matter of fact, you'll even see that word use uh, synonymously synonymously with living Okay, like when we see Moses talk about the book of those who are alive Are with me so that being the case but notice what he says Why just keep changing on me don't go in this computer is the one in front of me Look here on I've got the the septuagint. What is the septuagint the septuagint is The Greek translation of the Hebrew text these Hebrew scholars these Hebrew scholars Now we've got to find how to say this in the lingua franca in their chapters in greek And so look what they say, um verse 14. Moses said I'm sorry go to verse 13 Um The sons of god, I mean i'm sorry god of your fathers has sent me to you now They may say to me what is his name and I will say to them god said to moses. I am who I am Look how he says it ego and may ha on That's how he says that Then he says also this word. I am down here thus used to say to the sons of israel uh Haya now this is going to be I am this is this is This is This is this is kind of what you were getting at at uh davante And so if you say I am sent me the Hebrew word is going to be a little bit different But I don't want to I don't want to camp there god furthermore said to moses Thus you used to say to the sons of israel the lord And this is the the greek word for um For uh the lord the greek word is going to be curious Uh the god of your father's the god of abraham the god of isaac and the god of jacob has sent me This is my name forever Now the word that he uses is for the greek Both of the same Which is ego and may For the Hebrew It's a slightly different language by the way it it switches to eche to yaoi Okay Okay, cool put that back the right way now What does that mean? I am who I am now some are going to give an interpretive challenge You're gonna find that there are people who who uh Later on in life joe was witnesses folks who want to deny that Time out for a second. Let's let's just deal with this right now Folks are going to want to deny that jesus is god Folks are going to want to deny that are going to want to say that this passage means that um It can be stretched to different meanings Question is when you ask the jews Who by the way, don't believe that jesus messiah What do they got? What do they how do they take it? I am They take it literally as that I am who I am Um, they don't take it as anything else All we know and this is why this is why you need a Uh truth junkie Says yashua said many times that the father yaoi is greater than himself. That's what I want you to do I want you to pay attention I want everyone who wants to either prove the trinity or disprove the trinity to pay attention We're not in the new testament yet. We're not into whoever you call yashua. We haven't earned that yet So that being the case, let's deal with this passage Okay, all we know is what it says. So Here's what the bible says so far Who's in the midst of the bush? the lord Who does the bible say in excess is also in the midst of the bush? Danger the lord Who else is also does also the bible says in the midst of the bush? God Are these three different people? Three peoples three persons Are we seeing one person here? We're seeing one person here. It's not like there's a there's a party in there. It's not a party in there There's one person now The people might be confused most is going to come back later and and fix this for them who might disagree and tell us that that You've heard the statement hero is with the lord our god is one. Well, this is the reason why he's bringing this up okay And so all we know is the angel the lord is god All we know is the lord is god all we know. Obviously god is god and what does he give us as his name? Eche or Yahweh? So we know who god is and he now gives us a name to call him by Now, why do we see that the jews or another translation may take the name Yahweh out? And put in the lord because they reference his name so much so that they said we won't even pronounce his name Okay Now how do we get the name out on i and then how do we get the word jehovah and so forth? That's a whole another story. We'll deal with that later But They reference the name so much so that they would not reference him as Yahweh or Eche Okay But all we know so far all we know so far is that Eche has appeared and he is called the angel the lord the lord and god And there is no distinction. So if I say Eche or Yahweh Or if I call him the angel the lord if I call him the lord or god I'm talking about one and the same Is that part clear Now just so everyone who disagrees with what the future implications are going to be For those of you who have a problem with Jesus being god Even though we hadn't gotten to Jesus yet Those of you who have a problem with this term that that's going to come up the trinity For those of you who have a problem with this try you in existence. That's fine. Here's the issue Here's the point And we're not going to go to any of the pastors. We're not going to go to any of the pastors truth junk You're not paying attention at all You're not paying attention at all. And so this is so I won't answer your question Right here. We have god In this bush Now I'll ask you guys a question. I want to see if you guys understand where I'm coming from if you all agree or disagree Right now we have why did my computer just log me out? That's weird We have god in the bush. So if I say god is in the midst of the bush, would anyone disagree? This is important. This is this is where class participation kicks in right now Is god in the midst of the bush? Say yes or no Do you all think that god is in the midst of the bush? Is god in the midst of the bush? I see some knows who I wouldn't think would say no Yes, god is in the midst of the bush is god. Let me ask again Is god in the midst of the bush? Yes, how do we know because he just said so it literally just I'm saying he almost verbatim god who calls to him out of the midst of the bush. You don't agree Let's go back to chapter three. Let's go to Verse three and four and I'm sorry two three and four Verse four god If you all with me god called to him from the midst of the bush. So Is god in the midst of the bush? Yes Pretty easy if you disagree with what I just said Kindly take your bible Put it under mattress Throw it away Give it to somebody else because you don't care to read and listen what it's saying Literally is saying god is in the midst of the bush Let's put that to the side. That's one truth two Is the angel of the lord in the midst of the bush? second question Is the angel of the lord in the midst of the bush? What's the answer to that question? Is the angel of the lord in the midst? Yes How do we know because the bible literally says the angel of the lord called to him Verse two the angel of the lord appeared to him in a blazing fire from the midst of the bush So we've got god is in the midst of the bush and the angel of the lord is in the midst of the bush Is the lord also in the bush? The answer is yes The lord saw him And where was he at in the middle of the bush in the midst of the bush? So who's in the guy and this isn't difficult This isn't difficult The bible says the angel of the lord is in the midst of the bush The lord is there and so is god How do you understand that right now? Don't worry about it And then when asked What is your name? The name eche and Yahweh is given Okay So if I say is eche in the middle of the bush the midst of the bush? Yes So is Yahweh in the midst of the bush? Yes now That being the case that part is understood Can I ask you all a question? Almost like who's on first Who's in heaven? Who is in heaven at this moment? Who is in heaven? Is god still in heaven? Is the fullness of god in heaven the answer to the question is yes Yes, god is in heaven Now have we totally earned that? Not yet not totally But yes we have actually because god is everywhere Where is the where's the lord's spirit? We know god is in heaven Because god also calls out of heaven We've earned that from other passages in Genesis Where is the spirit of god? Now we haven't been told about the holy spirit yet But we know eventually Betty He'll have the same title the same name the spirit of god and the holy spirit the same Where is the spirit of god? All over the world as Sheila said everywhere Now so far We've got the spirit of god which by the way that's not that's no new revelation that the spirit of god is everywhere The spirit of god is everywhere on the earth God and his fullness is in heaven We know god can come down while still be in heaven because we saw him do it with a tower of battle and so forth So now we've got god almighty in heaven We've got the spirit of god on earth And who do we have In the midst of the bush Yahweh, ecchia, angel the lord god the lord I mean whoever you whatever you want to scribe to him But here we see god do what? Wrap himself in fire When you get to the point to where you want to start saying that god can can be in heaven and all over the world And wrap himself in fire But he can't be in heaven and all over the world and wrap himself in flesh. You got a problem now. You're beholding to your doctor Now you're beholding to your doctor and said behold to the world Because what we just showed right here in Exodus 3 Is what we believe Right now that god appeared to man through his incarnation Not in fire But in flesh Not in fire But in flesh Are you with me? So let's continue. We got a whole lot more to cover. So let's go ahead and start covering it and here we've got a problem for our good friend moses Let's go back to let's start in verse Oh, i'm sorry. I'm sorry. Let's go to verse 15 Furthermore god furthermore said to moses. Thus you shall say to the son of the visor the lord the god of your father The god of abraham the god of isaac the god of jacob has sent me to you This is my name forever And this is my memorial name, huh? To all generations Wait a second. Wait a second. God, you're throwing. Wait. Wait a second. This is my name forever This is my name forever Hmm Do we know what that means this is my name forever And this word here, this is my my memorial name someone jumped ahead of me The body said name to be remembered because that's what the word means the secret word shakar. I mean is a car which means to remember um To all generations Put a pen in that I promise you we're going to be dealing with his name forever. I mean as we as we continue Because it might be a little bit difficult To figure out or to flesh out what he means by this by this is my name forever Just here But he's going to throw something else in here in just a little bit Go and gather The elders of israel together and say to them the lord The god of your fathers When he says the lord yaway Uh, the god of your father is the god of abraham the god of isaac the god of jacob has appeared to me Huh, he's appeared to me. Okay, cool Saying I am in need. I mean indeed concerned about you and what has been done to you So I said I will bring you up out of the affliction of egypt to the land of the canaanite Into the hittites of amorites and parasites and the advice and the debutsites to a land flowing with milk and honey They will pay he to what you say And you with the elders of israel will come to the king of egypt And you will say to him the lord the god of the hebrus has set has met with us So now please let us go a three days journey into the wilderness that we may sacrifice to the lord our god Wait a minute. Hold up. Wait. What? What hold on so moses is talking to the elders Let us go a three days journey and sacrifice to the lord That's not what we read in a few verses earlier Well, maybe we're getting extra, um That's funny. That's fun. Let me can I just pause it for a second And this I promise this will be the last time I I I deal with this person But it's a good lesson to learn. This is a very good lesson to learn This is a prideful lesson that this person's gonna have to learn says i'm too advanced in my biblical knowledge. I guess No, you're not No, you're not But you're too advanced in yourself And ladies and gentlemen, this is what I want you guys to understand That's the kind of attitude that will keep you from ever learning of god. Why? Because you can never be wrong You can never be wrong and because of that you can never get it right It's fine It's fine Because if you wait to see here's here's what I've been taught Look for the opportunities to be wrong Why that sounds weird, doesn't it look for the opportunities to be wrong? Because if you can figure out where if you find an opportunity where you're wrong That's not a bad thing. It's a good thing because if you find out where you're wrong You just learned something new. Hey, man Amen, and it and it you'll see I'll release something on next week But it eliminates the burden of it eliminates the burden of You having to be perfect You don't have to worry about being perfect. You don't have to worry about being perfect Which means it's okay to mess up. It's okay to get it wrong. Huh. I see that now Do you know how many things I had to come back and change me? You know what? I see this different But I understood I was wrong. I apologize. Matter of fact, even today it wasn't anything big, but I apologize guys I was wrong when in a previous video. I stated that pharaoh was this pharaoh and it was different pharaoh I Get it wrong all the time And so what we're doing is we look at the bible Taking our time What does it say? This tells me in this case Who was in the midst of the bush? I'll never forget. I had a conversation with a guy who was just vehement in a disagreement with with what I was saying I said, well, let's go to the passage That bible sitting over there with me I don't you can see it. Can you see it? Nope. You can't see it There it is. Now you can see it That old bible and we just went through it. I said now read the passage I saw I just said right down to the right. Who's in the midst of the bush? He wrote it down Who else he wrote it down who else?  I think you might be right and all we do is look at that passage And then we're going to read in who the lord is later on In the old testament in the new text, but that's fine. But the point is not this argument the point is You are hurting yourself if you think that everyone else is subject to you in your understanding You are far and weighted bands watching what you do start teaching Start teaching and let us let us let us see you teach Let us see you teach show us all all your Routes to getting where you get to Let us see your work. Let us see how you got to your conclusion Most folks a lot of folks like that person will read a book and take with that book or let's do a person That's what it says and and and so we'll start interpreting the bible based on another book that I read Muslims do that Seventh day of venice do that Take a book that they read somewhere else and interpret the bible in light of that So anyway, what did joe's witness say that? Us with the bible. We can't understand by ourselves.  Sorry guys but it needs to be said and Why do you take time and talk to folks like that because there are thousands of other folks that are like that And so that one that you also become like that so By the way, uh What's the guy's name truth junkie?  Let's go to verse 18 They will pay heed to what you say and you and you uh And you with the elders of israel will come to i'm sorry. We're in verse 19 But I know that the king of egypt will not permit you to go except under compulsion So I will stretch out my hand and strike egypt with all my miracles Which I shall do in the midst of it and after that he will not let you go. Wait a second Why hold on god? Why would not let us go?   Well, if I go the first time maybe maybe pharaoh and his people won't be so inclined to bless you But wait a minute why why would he need why we're gonna we're not gonna go empty-handed? Well, yeah, remember let's go back to genesis Because we're reading with a historical grammatic. I mean a historical As well And verse I think was 13 Was it 13? God said no for certain that your sins will be strange in the land That's verse 13 of chapter 15 But I will also judge the nation whom they will serve we're gonna see that in a little bit as for you Abraham you're gonna die I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I went I went There it is verse 14, but I will also judge the nation whom they will serve and afterwards They will come out with many possessions. So back to exes. This is what God is saying. They will not come out empty-handed.  Yep Moses is given power and this is where we're gonna come to it to an end We went a little bit slower than I intended to go. I meant to be um at exodus around When I tell you this I have to apologize But the intent was to be um around exodus 16 70 18 19 We'll get there next week. I apologize I apologize, but we got time Chapter four then moses said what if um Thank you for the super chat. I appreciate that What if they will not believe me or listen? to what I say Moses is so worried For they may say the lord has not appeared to you. I don't believe you I don't believe the lord appeared to you the lord said to him What is that in your hand and he said a stab that he said y'all know the throw it down Comes a snake pick it back up it becomes a Is this two-year plan? No, it's not this is not a two-year study I promise you I promise you Verse four, but the lord said to moses stretch at your hand and grasp grasp by the tail grasp with the snake by the tail So he stretched out his hand and caught it and it became a staff again That they may believe that the lord the god of their fathers the god of Abraham the god of Isaac the god of Jacob has appeared to you Keep on bring him Abraham Isaac and Jacob why because that's important flat bush 21st. Thank you so much for the chat as well Thank you Verse six going to an important point though. This is why I want to stay here This might be where we end that we're going to talk a little bit more in depth. I think I think The lord furthermore said to him now put your hand into your bosom So he put his hand into his bosom and we took it out his hand was lepers like snow Then he said put your hand into your bosom again So that his hand into his bosom again And we took it out of his bosom behold it was restored like the rest of his flesh If they will not believe you or heed the witness of the first sign They may believe the witness of the last sign But if they will not believe even these two signs or heed what you say Then you shall take some of the water of the now and put it on dry ground And the water which you take from the now will become blood on the dry ground Moses then said to the lord, please lord. I have never been eloquent either So it's like Moses is just being overcome with all this stuff He's like lord is too much for me and and and i'm not a good speaker I can't talk which by the way Moses saying he can't talk he's going to give his brother to talk for him But then notice who ends up doing a lot of talking later on Sometimes he's got to just fine fine fine take erin take erin and then Moses is up talking a lot more anyway We'll come to that point though.   Is it not I the lord Now then go and I even I will be with your mouth and teach you what you are to say But he said please lord now send the message by whomever you will Fine Moses then the anger of the lord burned against Moses and he said is there not your brother erin the Levite I know that he speaks fluently and moreover behold.    You can take my colts cup. You really can't take my colts cup You can take my prison coffee cup. No, not really you can have everything else You can have everything else just just go just go just go God has already stated that he's going to cause them to have favor in their site So he's going to harden their heart and he's going to change their heart Then we're going to find out later. He's going to turn around and harden pharaoh's heart again So god is the one that is going to do this to them. Why? Why is god doing all of this? Why is god doing all of this? Let me ask you guys this question And i'm what i'm going to do then i'm going to stop in a second take some of you guys's question But why is god doing all of this? Anyone know Why is god doing all of this with egypt?  Does anybody know? There we go scottie says to fulfill his promise. What promise cg says the promise to abram? Same thing as well Matter of fact, i think all three of these go together To show us his power Because if god says it this matter of fact Child thank you If god says it can't you bank on it? Yes And he's going to He is going to do just what he said this promise that he made to abram. I'm going to bless you Make you a great nation a great name Well, how so well first of all you got one son The net one son isaac is going to have a son um jaco Jacob's going to have a bunch of kids Now isaac you're going to have two sons, but really one And when they go to egypt how many show how many of jacob's descendants show up in israel? I mean in egypt guys may ask you a question How many of jacob's descendants? Show up in egypt I'll drink matter of fact you all can't see my my coach's logo when i drink it So i need you all to see it when i drink it because it's important Nope not 12 not 11. There we go inola 70 huh and you think that 70 Hmm 70 show up 70 If i keep 1689 here with me long enough he's going to actually end up becoming He's going to leave at 1689 baptist confession. He's going to leave it. I predict I predict sir Soon enough you're going to leak You're going to change your name from federalism times 1689 to Uh, literal grammatical hermeneutical hermeneutic literal grammatical historical hermeneutic. I predict it 70 70 I'm not going to make a big point out of 70 just yet I'm not going to make a point out of 70 just yet, but I will later on I will make a point out of 70 soon enough Because again, god doesn't just do stuff God doesn't just throw stuff out there You all some of you all think that god his numbers don't mean anything they mean something He said relax His numbers mean something His words mean something if god says 37 and a half well dawg on it I'm not saying he ever said 37 now. I'm just on the number out If he says 37 and a half then he means 37 and a half If god if god was going to give you some money he says i'm gonna give you $47 and 17 cent He's not going to give you $47 or $47 and 18 or whatever he says exactly what he says Why because he's god? He didn't have to be round about He can be specific and what he specifically says happens specifically comes to be There's a reason for the 70 There is a reason Haven't earned what the reason is going to be but I will I can promise you that so anyway He's got this promise With Abraham Only 70 show up in Egypt. That's not I don't care what you say. That's not a great nation and nobody is fearing 70 people Even if in that 70 people the god has done some things to you. I don't care.  I'll make your name great a couple of things one He's not a great nation yet and his name is not great And oh by the way, how are you going to bless the world through you? It's coming. Well, first of all Since by the way ever you want to ask how will I know here's how you know these slaves for 40 years come out And they'll come out with great possession. So now Now we've got some estimates a million a million and a half people coming out With great wealth with great wealth Who can do that? Bring you out what god can God can brings them out with great wealth and their name is going to be known not because of Their name but because who's with them? Hmm I wonder if that also happens to to kind of coincide with when god said this is my name forever I just I just wonder I just wonder I wonder if that coincides with that. Let me look at something real quick. I'm pull up something real quick real quick I'm looking up something for one quick second You know what I'll save it. I'll save it. I'll save it. I'll save it I was gonna pull up something. I'll save it I'll save it But I do believe that something that it also has to do with the name israel We'll come back to this name is real as well And his name being a great name and god's name and We'll get back to that a little later Because again god just didn't put stuff out there just cuz but again take what we know We don't fully know what it all means just yet But I think as we keep reading I think we will get there I think we'll get there in just a little bit So, uh, let's go back to exodus The first 21 he says that Um, but I will harden his heart so that he will not let the people go first 22 Then you will say to pharaoh thus the lord Uh, thus the lord Israel Is my first thus is the lord israel is my firstborn is my son my firstborn So I said to you let my son go Wait a second. Hold on Wait a second This is weird And I don't know if y'all caught this and I don't know if y'all caught this Thus says the lord israel is my son My firstborn. What do you mean my firstborn? What do you mean my firstborn god? What do you mean my firstborn? Hmm don't know I don't know But We're going to know Yes, spider monkey It's prophetic We just don't have a full understanding of What this prophecy entails, but it certainly is prophetic It's like the old the old show arsonial hall Things that make you say, hmm Yeah, interesting cg So, yeah There's something to it, but he says my firstborn So I said let my son go That he may serve me, but you have refused to let him go Behold, I will kill your son Your firstborn. Wait a minute. Wait a minute. God hold him. Wait a second. You come well. Hold wait a second You're doing too much god.  Now it came to pass verse 24 at the lodging place on the way that the lord met him and sought To put him to death. Who?   Wait a minute. Wait a hold up.  Can you?  Yeah Yeah, you're Jewish. You're Hebrew. What are you supposed to do because you're under this covenant What covenant is he under? What covenant does moses have to abide by? Anybody know anybody know Moses has to abide by a covenant that israel is under everyone should get this There it is There it is. Abraham the Abrahamic covenant You're under this covenant This covenant by the way guys is never nullified This covenant is never Thrown away with now. There's gonna be another covenant that we will have that But yeah, so you've got a there it is uh men more for this Johnny has to be circumcised. You didn't circumcise your child. And what's the sign? What is the sign of this covenant? Ladies thank god for support Then support took a flint and cut off her son's fore.   I got every and I've heard this before I see that every every covenant has an outward sign Does every covenant have an outward sign? Does every covenant have an outward sign? Verse 27 now the lord said to erin go meet moses in the wilderness So he went and met him at the mountain of god And kissed him moses told erin all the words of the lord with which he had sent him and all the signs They had commanded him to do then moses and erin went and assembled all the elders of the sons of israel So they can actually meet And erin spoke all the words which the lord has spoken to moses He then performed the signs in the side of the people so the people believed And when they heard the lord was concerned about the sons of israel And that he had seen their affliction and they bowed low and worship. So we'll leave right there They bowed low and worship Finally thank you That is gross and a little bit Finally Thank you lord you heard us Now they don't know how good it was how it used to be they've heard stories But these these these uh jews in in israel they have no idea what it used to be like they weren't around when when the when they first came into egypt and But now though they all they know is what the suppression is like and they're about to be Delivered they believe moses We're gonna find out that they're gonna they're gonna start grumbling in a second They're gonna start grumbling in a second. I don't know where you got that. Okay. I'm gonna leave that alone I'm gonna leave that alone so All right, take about five minutes if anyone has any questions pertaining to this this only If there are any questions pertaining to this Um, what's the name of the person that what's the name of the person that I banned can read the person's name Oh, there it is. Okay. I said at the end I'll unban the person So the person is unbanned I mean am I tying the book of hebrus with um exas and leviticus You mean right now no later. Yes When we cover matter of fact we're covering the book of hebrus on monday. So yes Did moses's wives? His wife's convert you mean to well She's following her husband and Apparently it's looking as though that maybe moses wasn't adhering to everything that he should have I don't know and the bible doesn't speak of moses before this Giving offerings and so forth Don't know now moses isn't a spring chicken anymore either So moses is is up there at age too. We're gonna find out a little later. Um, but I don't know if moses had actually fully kind of because again, he didn't he didn't even circumcise his own son You have a question about zippor. Go ahead dutch ask a question about zippor As long as it's an easy question Yes questions from genesis job and exas any of those questions any of those questions you could ask What do you ask rosin nation? What do you mean by nation? This is this is okay They are they were required to do physical circumcision in the old testament But are we require are we to circumcise our our spirit in today's society based on okay? Let me speak of let me just talk about our Um circumcision is required Our circumcision is required now one. We're not necessarily we're not required to circumcise boys today um Now most most boys are but is is is it a is it a requirement for gentiles to do so now? No There's a lot of health reasons why you probably should though, but but in terms of us being circumcised in the heart Our heart is required to be circumcised, but the deal is we don't do it We can't we can't do it God does that's one of the things that he's going to say that he's going to do We'll get to it when the people don't circumcise their heart They can circumcise their flesh, but now circumcise your heart. God tells them to he commands them to and they never do but then he says that he will so If that helps matter of fact Was the abrahamic covenant conditional? No No, it was unconditional There were no conditions prescribed upon abraham to do what he was uh supposed to do Some will say though that way to say didn't he have to leave his land in order for this Covenant But as we go back and read he was already leaving his land so um, okay So when merriam and erin was uh was cursing moses And they said he married a kush woman. Is that is a poorer since they technically called midnight's kush or is this That that's uh her Sometimes though and I can't I can't one amount of experiments, but two it'd be too long to discuss it but A lot of what we call like if we go and start calling let's say what ethiopia is or what have you The boundaries have changed Okay, there was a time that ethiopia was a lot bigger than what we call it today so I would I would alert you to a historian An anthropologist Who understands this better than I do? You had stated before that the word slavery is uh actually serving in hebrew harsh servitude What is god's purpose for it? What is well? It's not that god necessarily had a purpose For it, but he will use it And so uh now The term can be stretched a lot of different ways if you notice these slaves here They had the ability to kind of meet up and do they they seem to have more freedoms than let's say those The slaves that you would have seen in uh the black slaves in america in the 1670 1800s They seem to have a little bit more leeway to do some things now They couldn't just go and come as they please they couldn't go over here then we'll be back in a few days They couldn't do that But they seem to have a little bit more freedom and so depending upon who was enslaving and who the slaves were It seemed to be different But god's purpose especially in this case is to bring people back together to grow them and also to destroy a people And then to make his name great So what so whatever god is using it's always for his glory Not yet cg Not yet, uh, could I follow up on when when uh, moses said worship god on this mountain? We're gonna we're gonna deal with that going further One when they when they cross back over when they when they're delivered They're gonna come to this mountain And then this mountain is going to show up again in the new testament So give me till till next week Um, and we'll cover that No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no Circumcising was a condition did god say if you do not circumcise that then I won't carry out my My covenant no he did not Now if you want to participate in then fine But that was not that's not a condition It's not that god will invalidate the covenant if you do this do that now in the in the in the uh Old covenant mosaic covenant you're going to see him say so It's going to be an if then if you don't do this then you now Because now because we do things that he wants us to do inside the covenant That means that's a condition for the covenant to be met As a matter of fact, he's really going to cause us especially um As we go forward he's going to cause us in our hearts to want to meet these these conditions of a covenant Oh, go now you're trying to start a fight. Why wouldn't we say moses was regenerated but used the prodigal son as an example of it huh I'm not following the question Who uses any the uh the prodigal son of as an example of regeneration I don't I don't know who who does that Because we don't say we we can't say that we can't say the prodigal son was regenerated. He's just giving a story an example Uh and then moses We can't say he's he was regenerated where give me If if someone were to say that he is then you got to give me a passage that says he is and so I'm into saying what it says and not saying what it doesn't say Yeah, that's true. That's true Okay, um Let me take one more question and then we're going to move on out of here Thank you. Shonda. I appreciate that as well.  I've got to go and do some stuff today. I gotta My workload is heavy. My workload is heavy, but it's okay It's okay Because I think I'm strong at the handle the workload and I'm bald Which gives me a little extra toughness Was peter the key Yeah, of course, what's the guy's name? Um, what are those two guys there? I forgot their names Lovie Lovie lies and passion prophet Passion java. Yeah, peter was the key Anyway, guys, thank you so thank you all so much. I will look forward to seeing you guys later in the meantime. Be blessed


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10 most beautiful beaches in Africa. The African continent is home to some of the world's best beaches, with 18,950 miles of coastline spread across 54 countries. Madagascar has the continent's longest coastline at 3,000 miles, with hundreds of gorgeous and often lonely beaches, as well as offshore islands such as Isle Saint-Marie, where life goes slowly and the scenery is breathtaking. South Africa and Mozambique feature the continent's third and fourth longest coasts. Respectively, as well as a wealth of lovely beaches with magnificent backgrounds, Camps Bay and Cape Town is a must-see. The Bazarudo Archipelago, for example, is home to hundreds of outlying islands with warm, clear turquoise sea, fluffy white beaches, and a layback feel. Further north in Kenya and Tanzania, some of the nicest beaches may be found off the mainland and island paradises like Zanzibar in Tanzania and Lamu Island in Kenya. When it comes to beaches, it's difficult to choose the finest of the best because there are so many beautiful stretches of sand spread over numerous countries. There's an enchanting African beachfront to accomplish it all, whether it's sanctifying rituals, crossing off a bucket list dive, or simply surfing, sunbathing, and seeking memorable boobies in the glow of a renowned beach bar. Welcome to Africa Reloaded. In today's video, we will be taking you on a trip to visit the best beaches that Africa has got to offer. Here are 10 of Africa's top beaches for any type of video. 10. Bomb Bomb Beach, South Tame, and Principe. Bomb Bomb Beach is on the smaller of the two islands, Principe, in the Gulf of Guinea off the coast of West Africa, and is part of the island republic of South Tame and Principe. The beach is part of the Bomb Bomb Island Resort, which is an eco-friendly hotel option on a tiny islet connected to the mainland by a lengthy boardwalk on the island's Morvan side. 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There are various lodging alternatives near the beach, including Move and Pick Sharm el-Shake, a huge and sophisticated resort perched atop a cliff with views of the bay. Una's Dive Club is a nice mid-range alternative where you may also learn to swim. Ants Source Dargent, Lendig Island, Seychelles. The Seychelles Islands, located in the Indian Ocean off the east coast of Madagascar, have long been a favored holiday resort for the rich and famous. There are hundreds of magnificent beaches across the archipelago, but Ants Source Dargent on the island of Lendig is the most picturesque. Beyond a snow-white beach and a sea so luminously turquoise that it appears unreal, the rainforest tumbles into gigantic granite boulders. Offshore, the beach offers excellent smorkeling. On the islands of Disraches, Denny's and Freigate, there are more magnificent beaches with a more private and exclusive vibe. The months of April and May, as well as October and November, are ideal for visiting the Seychelles because the sky are full of people. Three, Nungwe Beach, Zanzibar Island, Tanzania. A trip to Zanzibar Island off the coast of Tanzania is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. The beaches, notably Nungwe, are spectacular, and Zanzibar is culturally rich. Stonetown, Zanzibar, is one of the most picturesque places to visit in Africa, with wooden de-house sailing the clear blue ocean and the bustling bazaars of the Swahili coastal trading town. Nungwe Beach, on the island's northern edge, is a stunning white sand and palm tree meets emerald ocean scene. It began as a little fishing community and has since grown into a popular holiday spot. Offshore, there is also good smorkeling and diving. Two, Camps Bay Beach, Cape Town, South Africa. Camps Bay Beach is about a 10-minute drive from downtown Cape Town and is one of South Africa's most popular beaches, with views of Lion's Head and the 12 Apostle Peaks. Sunbathing on the white sand beach is a popular local pastime. Despite the fact that the water is extremely cold for the typical swimmer, this beach fills up quickly on summer weekends with families, tourists, couples, and groups of friends who come to play beach volleyball or just hang out. If you get too hot, take a brief plunge in the Atlantic Ocean's turquoise and emerald-striked waves. You're not alone if you're surprised by the chill despite the tropical good looks. The current originates in Antarctica and flows north. South Beach Camps Bay is our favorite area to stay on this beach. The boutique hotel is decorated with original modern South African art and offers accommodations in Miami-style studios with white-on-white decor, full kitchens, and private balconies from which to enjoy the spectacular nightly sunsets. Within a 30-minute drive of Cape Town, there are a variety of excellent beaches. The nearby Clifton Beaches, which are nestled in a series of four wind-protected bays at the bottom of a steep set of stairs leading down from the main road, are equally as popular. 1. Bazarudo Island, Mozambique Bazarudo Island, located within the Bazarudo Archipelago Marine Park and the Indian Ocean off the coast of Mozambique is home to some of the most beautiful beaches we've ever seen. The ocean is warm and turquoise blue and the white sand beaches are surrounded by swaying palm trees and towering sand dunes, providing a postcard perfect vision of paradise. The coral reefs around Bazarudo, which are part of a larger archipelago noted for its incredible diving, are also great for smirkeling. The island is accessible by boat or small plane and lodging options range from cheap guest houses to the opulent and beyond Bangra on a neighboring isle. The site provides lodging in a variety of sizes of elegant. That's roof huts that are ideal for honeymooning couples or families on vacation with children. A beach is a place of bliss and comfort. Most people love going there in order to have fun while others go there to reflect. It is supposed to be calm, neat and attractive. From the video, you have seen that Africa possesses a lot of these beautiful beaches that you can spend your vacation on. So do well to visit one of these destinations and enjoy life in its fullness. If you enjoyed this video, please endeavor to give it a thumbs up and also subscribe and turn on the notification button so you can get updates on new videos.