Moses, born a slave but
destined to rule over Egypt's
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Empire. Rescued from the
river, adopted by a princess
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and raised to be Pharaoh,
instead leads a nation of slaves
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to freedom and
changes the world.
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Moses, a hero for our time.
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It was a royal death
decree and it was devastating
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when they heard of
Pharaoh's command to throw their
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newborn sons into the
Nile River, the pain and grief
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passed over the
oppressed Hebrew slaves
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like a bitter flood.
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They already suffered from
brutality and this new tragedy
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was more than they could bear.
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The Hebrews or Israelites
hadn't always been enslaved
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they were the descendants
of Jacob and his sons
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including Joseph, the
slave who became Prime Minister
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of Egypt and saved
the kingdom from famine.
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In a show of gratitude for
Joseph's services to the nation
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Pharaoh had granted his family
land and permanent residence
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status in Egypt.
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But after the death of
Joseph, a new Pharaoh ascended
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to the Egyptian
throne, he didn't know Joseph
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and was unwilling to acknowledge
the service Joseph had rendered
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to the nation, most
likely because Joseph was a
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Habura, a term used by
Egyptians to describe outsiders.
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including Canaanites and others.
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When this new Pharaoh
looked around at his kingdom
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and saw the property and
prosperity of the Hebrews
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and their vast numbers, he
realized that they could pose
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this serious threat to national
security and the future of
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Egypt. In an attempt to manage
the threat, Pharaoh forced the
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Hebrews into slavery.
Almost overnight the stable
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prosperous lives of the Hebrews
turned into a living nightmare.
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Punctuated with
whippings and hard labor,
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the Hebrews longed for
freedom but freedom seemed
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like an unattainable
dream too far off on the horizon
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to be grasped.
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Then, just when they
thought their lives couldn't get
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any worse Pharaoh
passed an inhuman decree,
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a Death Decree. At Pharaoh's
command every newborn Hebrew
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boy was to be
thrown into the Nile River.
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If slavery wouldn't
contain or destroy them,
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then Pharaoh decided that
mass murder or infanticide by
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drowning would achieve his ends
but one woman chose to resist
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the cruel mandate
of a tyrannical ruler.
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A mother's love knows no limits.
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Determined to defy the
king's decree, Jochebed hid her
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newborn son at
home for three months,
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when the baby boy was too
big and making too much noise
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to hide, she resorted
to desperate measures.
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Gathering the sturdy reed that
grew along the banks of the Nile
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she wove a basket and smeared
it with pitch to make sure
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that it was watertight. Then
she did something that only a
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mother desperate to
save her child would do.
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She put her baby in the basket
and placed the basket in the
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reeds by the bank of the
river. As a safety measure,
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she asked her daughter Miriam
to watch over the place where
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her baby brother was hidden.
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It was a massive gamble, a plan
that didn't seem to have a clear
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end gain beyond daily survival.
The Nile was riddled with
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as much danger as
the life of a slave.
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Boat traffic was heavy,
crocodiles were everywhere
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and any other number
of potential problems
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loomed large, but Jochebed
was more than a Hebrew slave,
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she was a woman of faith.
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Placing her child
amidst the safety of the reeds
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she committed him to
the protection of the God
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she worshipped, a God
who heard the prayers of
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desperate mothers and slaves.
A God who was powerful enough
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to protect her son, a
God who answered her prayers
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in a miraculous
and unprecedented way.
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Join us this week as we begin a
new series on the life of Moses.
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The miracle baby who
was rescued from the reeds
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destined for the Royal Throne
of the greatest kingdom on earth
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at that time, but instead
became God's chosen deliverer
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of a nation of slaves.
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The Nile River begins
its journey somewhere near
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Lake Victoria, it winds its
way through the part of Africa
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before emptying into the
Mediterranean Sea nearly 7,000
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kilometers north of its source.
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For thousands of years the
Nile has viewed with an almost
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reverential awe by Egyptians.
In fact Ancient Egyptians
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worshipped the Nile
among the many other gods
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that they worshipped.
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The Nile was regarded as
the center of Egyptian life
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and the center of the Cosmos.
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It was key to Ancient Egyptian's
life, ideology, and worship.
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For example those Egyptians
worshipped the sun as rah
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the sun rose and set
either side of the Nile.
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Which meant there chief
deity revolved around the Nile.
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Ancient Egyptian Life depended
on the annual inundation
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or flooding of the Nile
when the river would overflow
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its banks and flood
the surrounding valley.
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When the waters receded,
they left behind black, rich
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mineral silt which made
the soil extremely fertile.
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When Jochebed hid her baby
boy among the reeds on the banks
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of the Nile River, she
along with the rest of the
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ancient Israelites
lived in the land of Goshen.
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In 1885, Edward
Neville a Swiss Archeologist,
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Egyptologist, and
Biblical Scholar identified the
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ancient site of Goshen.
The site was located in the
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Twentieth known or Province
of Egypt and is located in the
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Eastern part of the Nile Delta.
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Living in the Nile Delta
Region meant that Jochebed
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would have had access to
large sways of swampy river bank
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where reeds and
papyrus grew in abundance
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but the Nile River was
also fraught with danger.
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Desperate times
called for desperate measures
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and Jochebed committed
her son to God's keeping.
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During the day Jochebed' s
daughter Miriam kept a careful
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eye on her baby brother's
basket, now while Miriam was
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keeping watch an unexpected
visitor paid a visit to the
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part of the river where the
little Hebrew boy was hidden.
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Pharaoh's daughter came
down to the river to bathe
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with the ladies in waiting. The
Bible described what happened
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next in these words...
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When the curious princess
opened the floating basket,
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she was shocked to find a
baby inside but her surprise
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soon gave way to
understanding and compassion.
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She knew about her father's
decree and knew that this
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was a Hebrew child. Exodus
chapter 2 and verse 6 say...
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The situation touched her heart,
it would have been easy for her
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to obey her father's
command and toss the baby back
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into the water leaving
him to drown, but instead,
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she found herself
drawn to the crying child.
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In that moment perhaps sensing
the compassion and kindness that
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radiated from the
princess at the river bank,
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Miriam approached, she'd
been watching the entire scene
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unfold before her eyes no doubt
terrified of what the princess
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might do to her brother,
seeing the princess' soft
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expression gave her boldness to
approach her and suggest a plan.
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Exodus chapter 2
and verse 7 says...
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The princess accepted the offer
and Miriam quickly raced off
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to find her mother.
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A startled and most likely
nervous Jochebed came trailing
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after her excited
daughter to face the princess.
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Instead of censure or suspicion,
she found an ally in the
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most unlikely person, the
actual daughter of the man
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who had
sentenced her son to death.
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Handing the wailing baby
to his mother, the princess
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asked her to nurse him and
she promised to pay Jochebed
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for taking care
of her own child.
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Grateful and relieved Jochebed
accepted the generous offer
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and took her baby home,
but before Jochebed left the
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riverbank to take the
baby home, the princess
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gave him a name, Moses.
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The name meant to pull
out or draw from the river.
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It was a fitting name because he
had been pulled out of the river
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by his new Egyptian mother
who would eventually adopt him.
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Hebrews chapter 11 and verse
23 describes the experience
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of Moses parents in the face
of impossible circumstances.
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Their faith in God and their
belief in God's purpose for
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their son gave these
Hebrew parents courage,
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they chose to commit
their son to God's protection
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and what a reward they
received for their faith
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Often in life when we are faced
with challenging circumstances
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it's easy to give in to fear and
despair, to focus on the giants
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in our path without
seeing any way around them.
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And Hebrews 13 and verse 5
assures us that God has said...
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This promise was fulfilled
in the promise of Moses
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when his mother chose to step
out in faith and leave her child
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in God's care. God
delivered him and that same God
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is willing to protect
and deliver us as well.
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When Moses was
12-years-old he was taken by his
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royal Egyptian mother to
live with her in the palace
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and from that point forward
he became her adopted son.
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As a prince of Egypt
Moses received a royal
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Egyptian Education which would
have included arts, science,
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and military training. But
through it all Moses tenaciously
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clung to his identity as both
a Hebrew and a follower of God.
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Growing up in the heart
of the Egyptian Royal Court,
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Moses would have been
surrounded by the wealth
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and opulence of one of most
powerful and affluent kingdoms
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on the planet.
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Not only was Egypt one of
the most successful agricultural
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economies of the ancient world,
it was also an important trading
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center and boasted some of the
most celebrated architectural
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marvels of the
ancient and modern world.
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The pyramids, in fact until the
Eifel Tower was built in 1817
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the Great Pyramid of Giza
in Egypt the highest structure
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in the world, not only
that, the pyramids are among the
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oldest structures in the world
having survived largely intact
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for over 4,000 years.
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Now, an often-asked
question in relation to the
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story of Moses is what part
of Egyptian history he occupied?
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Well, recent archeological
evidence gives us a clear answer
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to this question. The
Merneptah Stele discovered at
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Thebes in 1896 and now housed
at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo
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offers us some
interesting clues,
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the Stele depicts
victories of Merneptah,
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the son of Ramses the Second,
the longest reigning Monarch
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of Egypt. Mentioned in
this Demi are the Merneptah' s
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victories over various
kingdoms of the ancient world
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including Israel.
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By the time Merneptah claimed
victories over Israel they were
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already well settled in Canaan
which indicates that they're
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enslavement in Egypt and by
extension Moses time in Egypt,
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had to have been well
before this time period.
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Scholars placed the
reign of Merneptah between
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1213 to 1203 BC, he was
the fourth Pharaoh of the
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19th Dynasty. This means
that Moses would have lived
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well before this period of time.
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Another marker that gives
us a sense of the time period
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that Moses would have
lived in Egyptian history
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is found in the Bible in I Kings
chapter 6 and verse 1 which says
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Now Solomon's Temple was
built around 970 or 966 BC,
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using that as a starting point
scholars estimate that Moses
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would have been found in
the bulrushes by the river
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around 1530 BC.
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Now this places him
within the 18th Dynasty in Egypt
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which is classified as the
1st Dynasty of the new kingdom.
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A period that is considered
to be the golden age of
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Egyptian culture and influence.
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The kings of the 18th
Dynasty worked hard to establish
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Egypt as an empire taking on
military campaigns into Syria
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and Ubia. The best-known king
of the 18th Dynasty is Thutmose
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the 3rd. The most unconventional
king of the 18th Dynasty
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was Akhenaten who tried to
transform Egyptian religion
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from Polytheism and the worship
of many gods into a Monotheistic
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worship of just one
god the sun god Alton.
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But it is Akhenaten's son who
is probably most familiar to us,
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the teenage Tutankhamun
the famous boy king whose
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tomb was discovered
and excavated in 1922 by
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Howard Carter. The nearly
intact tomb was packed full of
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buried treasure, over 5,000
priceless artifacts of gold,
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silver, and precious stones that
received global media attention.
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Today King Tut's Death Mask
and mummy are popular symbols
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of Egyptology and ancient
Egyptian history and can be
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found at the
Egyptian Museum in Cairo.
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But the 18th Dynasty was also
fraught with furious challenges
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during the early part of
the dynasty, the Pharaoh's
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failed to produce male heirs
which meant that when they died
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there were no legitimate
royal successors who could
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ascend the throne of Egypt.
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It wasn't a crisis that resolved
itself within a few years
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or even a single generation,
for three generations
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the great royal wives of
the pharaohs failed to bear
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their royal heirs which
meant the king had sons from his
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non-royal wives.
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Now this created a
dynastic crisis and through the
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succession into question
Thutmose I was Pharaoh of Egypt
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around the time Moses was
born he and his Great-Royal-Wife
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were unable to produce a
male heir, they did however have
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one daughter whose
name was Hatshepsut.
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The irony is that
while Thutmose I ordered
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the destruction of Hebrew
boys, he himself was struggling
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to produce a royal male
heir to take his throne when
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the time came.
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When Thutmose I died,
his heir was the son of
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one of his secondary wives.
This new pharaoh, Thutmose II
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married his royal
half-sister Hatshepsut.
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Now this was not unusual for
Egypt, or for any other royal
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dynasty of this period of
history. Thutmose the second
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was sickly and only managed
to reign for two or three years.
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When he died the question
of dynastic succession was
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once more raised, Hatshepsut
was the Great-Royal-Wife
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and she had been
unable to produce a male heir
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so once more the son
of Elisa-wife became king.
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Thutmose III was believed to
be only two or three years old
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when his father died and
since he was so young Hatshepsut
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became co-regent reigning
as Pharaoh alongside of him.
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Even when Thutmose III came
of age, Hatshepsut continued
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to rule as Pharaoh alongside
him, she was the first female
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Pharaoh to rule over Egypt
and is widely regarded as a
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very effective ruler undertaking
an extensive building program
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during her reign.
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Now it was Hapsehset who
drew Moses out of the water
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as a baby, her involvement
has raised the question of
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why an Egyptian princess would
choose to rescue a Hebrew baby?
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Well, one viable theory is
the dynastic crisis that the
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Royal House of Egypt was facing.
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Could it be possible that when
Hapsehset saw the crying child
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in the basket, she saw him as
an answer to Egypt's succession
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woes? Considering how much
the Egyptians revered the Nile
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and taking into account
the fact that Moses was drawn
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out of the Nile perhaps
Hatshepsut the Pharaoh's
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daughter saw him as a
gift from the gods of Egypt.
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In fact, we know that her
main reasoning for naming him
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Moses is because she
drew him out of the Nile
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perhaps she saw Moses as
an answer to her prayers.
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Moses was raised at the Royal
Court and was most likely viewed
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as a potential heir to
the throne since he was the
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adopted son of Hatshepsut
the daughter of Pharaoh's
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great royal wife and therefore
considered to be part of the
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legitimate royal line.
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But the Bible says something
interesting about Moses,
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in the book of Hebrews
chapter eleven and verse 24.
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From a young age Moses
understood his identity,
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not just as a Hebrew but as
a follower of Yahweh or Jehovah
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the God of the Hebrews.
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This God was nothing
like the gods of Egypt,
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Moses believed that
what God had to offer him
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was far more appealing and more
enduring than anything the gods
00:21:31.59\00:21:36.83
and affluence of
Egypt had to offer.
00:21:36.86\00:21:38.96
As alluring as the
power and wealth of Egypt was
00:21:38.99\00:21:43.40
Moses saw something more
alluring in the promises of God.
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The stories of Abraham, Isaac,
Jacob and Joseph must have been
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repeated to him time and
time again and he made a choice
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to hold on to the invisible all
powerful of God of his ancestors
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rather than the gods of Egypt.
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Almost 400 years before Moses
was born God had given Abraham
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a prophecy and a promise.
In Genesis chapter 15: 13, 14
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God says to Abraham...
00:22:16.00\00:22:17.47
Now Moses like every
other Hebrews have heard of this
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prophecy and promise,
the prophecy gave him context
00:22:43.19\00:22:48.16
for the circumstances
they found themselves in
00:22:48.20\00:22:50.60
and the promise gave them hope
that God would deliver them.
00:22:50.63\00:22:55.10
Given Moses position within the
royal court and the miraculous
00:22:55.14\00:22:59.67
circumstances surrounding
his infancy and childhood,
00:22:59.71\00:23:03.65
it would have been easy
for him to see himself as this
00:23:03.68\00:23:08.08
deliverer. Added to this was
his access to Egyptian military
00:23:08.12\00:23:12.79
power, wisdom and education
along with his youthful
00:23:12.82\00:23:16.93
confidence but Moses' plans went
awry in the worse possible way.
00:23:16.96\00:23:22.56
One day in the heat of
the moment, Moses killed an
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Egyptian who was threatening
the life of a Hebrew slave.
00:23:27.20\00:23:30.27
Moses hoped he could hide his
actions but the very next day
00:23:30.31\00:23:35.54
while trying to intervene in
a dispute between two Hebrews
00:23:35.58\00:23:40.18
he was cruelly rebuffed
and reminded of his crime.
00:23:40.22\00:23:44.59
The Hebrews fighting each
other mockingly asked him,
00:23:44.62\00:23:48.99
In that moment
Moses realized two things,
00:23:56.63\00:24:02.50
his people didn't
respect him enough to follow him
00:24:02.54\00:24:06.24
and secondly, if the
Hebrews knew about his crime
00:24:06.27\00:24:10.58
it was only a matter
of time before Pharaoh
00:24:10.61\00:24:14.08
got wind of it too.
00:24:14.12\00:24:15.58
Things fell apart rapidly,
the Bible says in Exodus 2:15...
00:24:15.62\00:24:21.52
Now it would have been easy
for Moses to forget about his
00:24:31.90\00:24:36.17
ancestry and embrace the
power and affluence of Egypt
00:24:36.20\00:24:40.68
he could have chosen
Egypt and its gods, but instead
00:24:40.71\00:24:45.11
he chose a nation of
slaves and their God.
00:24:45.15\00:24:48.88
Why, because Moses saw that
what the God of the Hebrews,
00:24:48.92\00:24:53.82
the God of the Bible had to
offer him was far more enduring
00:24:53.86\00:24:58.53
than anything that
Egypt had to offer.
00:24:58.56\00:25:01.30
Egypt offered him a season
of pleasure, fame, and fortune
00:25:01.33\00:25:06.53
but at the end of it, he would
end up mummified and ensconced
00:25:06.57\00:25:11.57
in a pyramid or in a royal
tomb in the Valley of the Kings.
00:25:11.61\00:25:15.38
But the God of his
ancestors offered him something
00:25:15.41\00:25:19.41
entirely different. And
what was it that the invisible
00:25:19.45\00:25:23.82
and all-powerful God of
his father's offered Moses?
00:25:23.85\00:25:27.26
A country that was
infinitely better than Egypt,
00:25:27.29\00:25:31.46
a heavenly country
that would endure forever
00:25:31.49\00:25:34.90
God offered him eternity.
John 3:16 summarizes the hope
00:25:34.93\00:25:43.00
that God offers each one
of us, it's the same hope that
00:25:43.04\00:25:47.04
Moses grasped and it is also
ours for the taking as well.
00:25:47.08\00:25:51.55
Through Jesus, we can not
only find freedom from sin,
00:26:02.62\00:26:07.40
but we can also
have hope for eternity.
00:26:07.43\00:26:10.47
It was this hope that Moses
clung to as he found himself
00:26:10.50\00:26:15.50
a fugitive in the wilds of
Median with no home, no family
00:26:15.54\00:26:20.38
and a bleak future.
00:26:20.41\00:26:22.48
What would happen next?
Would God reach out to him?
00:26:22.51\00:26:27.22
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