At this point, Moses is 80, and Jethro is really old by this time, so the Israelites probably believe he’s dead by now, since someone had spread a lie about him, probably. But their suffering is getting worse, so they entreated God to set them free, and He loved hearing from them, so He was willing to send Moses to save them… and work Jesus’ power, as mentioned in Jude 5. But first, he is to be aware of the task and be convinced that he’s the one to do it… and spoilers, he doesn’t set them free by himself. Indeed, God actually got angry with him about 20 minutes into the dialogue (I imagine Moses was awestruck for a while; see Exodus 4:14-16 for what happened later) — He won’t be mad at you today, though 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰 — maybe it wasn’t 20 minutes later, but whatever. This chapter is found in page 33 of my NKJV Bible, page 42 of my NASB Bible, pages 73-74 of my VOICE copy (with its notes) and pages 72-73 of my Amplified Bible (Classic Edition) copy.
Before I say another world, let me mention something about Moses’ older brother, Aaron: he had a pretty pliable personality (whatever that means), so he was a pretty poor leader and co-assistant in delivering the Israelites. If Moses hadn’t complained to God about himself so much, he wouldn’t have been with Aaron, the Israelites would’ve had many long years in the land of Canaan without exile, and they’d still be blessing the world in untold good today. Don’t worry, though, Jesus came anyway, but Pharisaic thinking got the Romans to kill Him, and He wasn’t even responsible for it. What followed were nearly 19 centuries of exile from the land after this happened, and the global Church had the wall rebuilt between the Gentiles and the Jews (though it never was a wall that God built in the first place, for there were Gentile Christians in every generation, even top this day, such as myself, for I have no Israeli ancestry, unfortunately), plus, even after they returned to the land one final time (for they won’t be uprooted anymore), conservative thinking is still giving Jesus a migraine. They actually worship the xenophobic leadership system we have (though there are some Jews in Israel that love Him, thank God; I wouldn’t say all of them are doing this) — there’s a reason Jesus said in John 5:43 that if someone came in his own name, they’d receive him, namely, the antichrist. I don’t think anyone in the U.S. or Canada is the antichrist, but whatever. Like Jesus, he’ll probably be 100% Jewish, and he’ll make a religion of his own and force everyone to worship him (Revelation 13:15) — I pray revival in the Israel, and likewise in other nations, too. I don’t know why Moses believed himself to be inadequate, but he at least acknowledged that there’s a resurrection of the dead (see Luke 20:37), for he knew that to God, everyone was alive (see Luke 20:38).
I’ll comment more on the awful devaluing Moses did to himself later (sorry if it’s not the right word), but here, we see that Moses started debasing himself here. That’s not what Jesus commands. Self-hatred is of the devil. But I like how Moses wanted to introduce his people to God, namely, the Hebrew name Yahweh, or, “I AM WHAT I AM” (Exodus 3:14). He figured no one would know who He is. But it’s important that we don’t fear anything but Him. If we fear, we just might give godliness an unwanted detour. I’ll be the first to admit I’m not good at being brave in most things, though. And I don’t know how to move past that… 😔😔😔 I actually think most of the time that being brave, even in the right context, will get me in trouble. After all, I was sent to a mental hospital for a month for my faith in Jesus and I had much unwanted and unnecessary suffering most of the time for nearly three years after that… and for me to do it again, I think I might become a statistic. Better for me to be a martyr tonight, for I’m planning on writing in Jesus during this divisive season. Also, politically-inspired violence is increasing, and many more people are becoming ok with it. Well, I can’t accept this! You call THAT Christian?! It must be because of the xenophobic leadership I mentioned earlier… I pray we’re all safe, you, me, and our families and friends while merciless men hunt us down for making the right decisions. I pray for my nieces’ wellbeing and safety especially, for it’s not their fault our country wants to end everyone who believes something different than what certain men believe 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 it’s actually worse here than in the Middle East, at least for non-evangelical Christians like me. I don’t vote right-wing anyway… and I never will! I pray I do this biblically instead…
I know this is pretty disturbing, but trust me, the Lord can still provide safety to you while you mind your own business. And if you yield to Him now, I swear, He won’t let you fall 💖💖💖💖💖 I pray we’re faithful to Him all our lives, though… help us, God, have mercy on everyone! I’ll be back with part 2 of this dialogue soon…
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