Moses, Born a slave,
but destined to rule over
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Egypt's Empire, rescued from
the river, adopted by a princess
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and raised to be Pharaoh instead
leads a nation of slaves to
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freedom and changes the world.
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Moses, a hero for our time.
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[Chanting]
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A fugitive on the run
with nothing but the clothes
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on his back, Moses
was in serious trouble.
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The prince of Egypt now found
himself an outcast and a pauper
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as he stumbled through the
desert kilometer after weary
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kilometer melted away
separating him not only from the
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adoptive grandfather who
now hunted him but also from
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the people he loved,
his own people, the Hebrews.
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Before an unfortunate
series of events branded Moses
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a traitor and a criminal, he
was a man who had a clear vision
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and a plan, he saw
the oppression and slavery
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of his people and wanted to
do something to alleviate their
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suffering but his plans fell
to pieces and he found himself
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adrift in the desert
with no plans at all.
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Where could he
go? What could he do?
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Stripped of his sense of purpose
and of his identity as a member
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of the Egyptian royal family
the only thing Moses had left
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was his identity as a descendant
of Abraham and a follower
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of Abraham's God.
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Lacking a plan, Moses wandered
in the wilderness till he
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settled down to rest
beside a well in Midian.
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As it happened, the well was
a watering hole for a group of
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young sisters and
some rough shepherds.
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The shepherds were a bunch
of bullies intent on chasing
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off the young women and
refusing them access to the well
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to water their animals
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Moses quickly rushed to
the defense of the young women
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chasing off the shepherds,
he rescued the sisters and
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helped them to
water their animals,
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his simple act of kindness
earned him the gratitude
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of the girl's father Jethro
who was not only a generous man
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but a man who worshiped
the same God Moses did.
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Suddenly the stageless
fugitive wandering in the desert
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had a home and a job. But what
did the future have in store
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for Moses, was he
destined to live his life
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in the wilds of Midian?
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Join us this week as we continue
on our Incredible Journey
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through the life of
Moses, one of the greatest men
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who have ever lived.
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During the reign of the Pharaohs
of 18th Dynasty, the Hebrews
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or children of Israel were
slaves in Egypt, their lives
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were hard but they
became a nightmare when
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Pharaoh Thutmose I
issued a devastating decree.
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In an attempt to cull the
number rising of Hebrew slaves
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who in Pharaoh's mind
posed a serious threat to
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Egyptian National Security.
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The Pharaoh decreed
that all Hebrew baby boys
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were to be thrown
into the Nile River,
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defying the Pharaoh's
decree, Jochebed, a Hebrew slave
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who had recently given
birth to a baby boy crafted a
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reed basket, covered it
with pitch to make it waterproof
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and hid her baby in the
bulrushes on the banks of the
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Nile. The baby was
discovered by Pharaoh Thutmose I
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daughter Hatshepsut who read
the situation in a heartbeat
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when she saw the child cradled
in a basket, she adopted him
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as her own son and handed
him over to his birth mother
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to care for him until he
was old enough to come to the
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palace. Hatshepsut named
the baby Moses because she had
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drawn him out of the river.
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In fact it is possible she
believed that he was a gift
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from the gods she worshiped
because Egyptians venerated
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the Nile as a deity and
the baby was brought to her
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by the river.
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Moses grew up surrounded
by the opulence and wealth
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of one of the most powerful
empires of the ancient world.
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In fact, it's hard for us
in this modern world to grasp
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the extent of the wealth
and power of ancient Egypt.
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One way we can fathom
it is through archeological
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discoveries that have uncovered
the tombs of the Pharaohs in
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The Valley of the Kings.
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One such discovery is the
tomb of Tutankhamun which was
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discovered in 1922. Tutankhamun
was the son of Akhenaton
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and was one of the last
kings of the 18th Dynasty.
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His tomb was one of the
few chiefly intact tombs
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discovered in The Valley of
the Kings and was filled with
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thousands of precious artifacts.
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The tomb was a veritable
cache of buried treasure.
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The most significant find
inside the tomb was the mummy
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of the young king which
was encased in a nest of
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three coffins. The innermost
coffin was made of solid gold,
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while the two outer ones
were wood overlaid with gold.
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Over the head of the
kings mummy was a breathtaking
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gold portrait Death
Mask, an assortment of jewelry
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and amulets also laid
on the mummified remains.
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The coffins and the stone
sarcophagus were surrounded
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by four wooden shrines
covered with text and overlaid
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with pure gold. The rest
of the tomb was filled with a
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wide array of furniture,
chariots, weapons, and statuary
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all inside the
tomb of a dead pharaoh.
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A small glimpse into the kind
of lavish lifestyle that the
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Pharaoh's of Egypt led..
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Archeologists have
also discovered the tomb of
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Thutmose III who was co-regent
with Moses' adopted royal mother
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Hatshepsut. When
Thutmose the third's father died
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he was just a toddler and
his step-mother Hatshepsut
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ruled as co-regent. She reigned
as co-regent but beside him
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until her death and was the
first female to rule over Egypt.
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After Hatshepsut's death
Thutmose the third became
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sovereign over Egypt and
ruled for a period of 54 years.
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Thutmose the third's tomb
is one of the largest tombs
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in The Valley of the
Kings, the tomb has an elaborate
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labyrinth series of
hallways that lead into the
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burial chamber where the rose
stone sarcophagus of the king
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rests. Moses was
surrounded by all of this
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incredible
architecture and wealth
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and it would have
taken a lot of conviction
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on his part to choose to
walk away from it in order
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to follow the god of his fathers
and join a desperate group of
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despised slaves.
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But the Bible describes
exactly what Moses did,
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Hebrews 11: 24, 25 says...
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Moses' faith in the unseen
invisible God of his father's
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compelled him to
choose a different path.
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Though Egypt offered him
wealth, power, and influence,
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he understood that the
offering was fleeting at best,
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Moses recognized that what
God offered him was eternal.
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Though faced with a
choice of a nation of slaves
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and the most powerful nation
on earth, he chose the former
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his choice cost him
the affluence of Egypt
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perhaps even the throne.
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Leaving the royal
palaces of Egypt behind,
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Moses started a new
nomadic life for himself
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within the family of Jethro.
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He became a shepherd
living in tents, tending flocks
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in the rugged mountainous
region near the Gulf of Aqaba.
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It was in Midian that
Moses married Zipporah
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the daughter of his
generous benefactor and employer
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and they had two sons. His life
in Midian was a far cry from
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the one he had led in Egypt.
It was also in Midian that Moses
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under the inspiration of divine
guidance commenced writing
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the first five
books of the Bible.
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It would be easy to dismiss
Moses' time in the wilderness
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as nothing more than
an inconvenient interlude
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on the road to
something greater.
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After all, Moses is not known
for his time in the wilderness
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he's known for liberating and
leading the nation of Israel.
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But the truth is that
Moses' time in the wilderness
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shaped him into the kind
of leader he needed to be
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in order to lead a rag-tag
group of slaves out of bondage
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and into the land
God had promised them.
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While tending sheep in
the wilderness Moses learned
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the valuable lessons of
patience and gentleness.
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Characteristics that helped
him to be the patient and wise
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leader who helped Israel
navigate numerous crises.
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But his time in the wilderness
also helped him to grow
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spiritually communing with
God in the wilds of Midian,
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Moses learned the important
lesson of relying on divine
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help. As a young Egyptian prince
it was easy for Moses to see
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himself as the answer to
the problems these people faced.
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As a man haunted by
regret fleeing his past mistakes
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Moses learned about
God's mercy and grace.
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Sometimes we face wilderness
moments in our own lives
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times when our lives seem barren
and directionless when life
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seems to have lost
meaning and purpose,
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when nothing seems to
make sense or go right.
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But the truth is, when
we give our lives to God,
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even our most barren experiences
can work out for our best good.
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In Romans 8:28 the
Apostle Paul writes...
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The Bible promises that all
things work together for our
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good not just the moments we
celebrate but also the moments
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that generate the
most pain and despair.
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Placing your life in
God's hands guarantees that not
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none of your pain will be
wasted because there is hope
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even in the trials of
life when we place our lives
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in God's hands.
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But Moses' time in the
wilderness didn't last forever
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forty years after he
first arrived, God called him
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out of hiding and
gave him a special mission.
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A mission that reflected
the original vision he had
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for both himself and his people.
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It was a day like a
thousand others, awake at dawn
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and chasing after
sheep, but on this day while
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chasing after his sheep,
Moses encountered something
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that stopped him in his tracks.
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While navigating the
rocky terrain of the wilderness
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Moses stumbled on a site
that caught his attention
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and set his pulse pounding.
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He saw a bush crackling
with flames but not consumed
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by their intense heat,
forgetting all about his
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flock of sheep Moses
paused to take in the sight
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curious and disbelieving.
How could a bush be
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so thoroughly engulfed in
flames and yet not be burnt
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and charred beyond recognition?
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While he marveled at
the site, he heard a voice
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the voice of God
spoke to him from the bush.
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At first all Moses heard
was his name being repeated
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to which he responded,
here I am, and then God said.
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Do not draw near this place.
Take your sandals off your feet
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for the place where
you stand is holy ground.
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I am the God of your
father, the God of Abraham,
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the God of Isaac
and the God or Jacob.
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Terrified Moses
immediately complied...
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When Moses heard these words,
his terror faded to shock.
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He asked, shrinking from
the enormous responsibility
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of such a task.
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Forty years before when
he was young and a lot more
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self-confident Moses was ready
to take on the armies of Egypt
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and deliver his people in
a spectacular military coup.
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Age and experience had humbled
him and tempered his confidence
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but God persisted. As a pledge
of his presence and support,
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God performed
miracles before Moses.
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First, He turned Moses'
staff into a serpent, a snake,
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and then back again into
an inanimate piece of wood.
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Next, He made Moses' hand
leprous before restoring it
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back to health again.
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But still Moses hesitated
under the weight of the
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responsibility. Finally after
a good deal of hesitating and
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excuse-making Moses agreed to
go trusting completely in God's
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provision and power to carry
him and the Hebrews through the
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challenges that lay ahead.
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On his way into Egypt
God sent his brother Aaron
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to meet him in the wilderness.
Moses was terrified of speaking
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before Pharaoh and so
as a concession God agreed
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to allow Aaron to
act as his spokesman.
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When Moses entered
Egypt a thousand memories
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would have come
flooding into his mind
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there would have been
a lot that he recognized
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but there also would have
been a lot that had changed.
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So, what had taken place
in Egypt during the 40 years
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that Moses was
in the wilderness?
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Well, Moses's adoptive
mother Hatshepsut had reigned as
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go-regent for a period of time
alongside her stepson Thutmose
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III who was only two or three
years old when he ascended the
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throne. However when
Thutmose came of age, Hatshepsut
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continued to rule as co-regent
cementing her place as the first
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female Pharaoh of Egypt. And in
an attempt to appease the young
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king she made him commander
of the Egyptian armies.
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While Thutmose III was
actively working on expanding
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the Egyptian Empire, Hatshepsut
remained in Egypt and governed
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the affairs of state.
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During his lifetime Thutmose III
conducted 17 military campaigns
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in Canaan alone.
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Now, one scholarly perspective
on Thutmose III's numerous
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campaigns into Canaan
is that he may have been
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searching for someone he knew.
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Though there are no conclusive
answers to this question,
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could it be that Thutmose
III was looking for Moses the
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fugitive prince? It's certainly
an interesting idea to consider,
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but whatever the case
may have been, Thutmose III
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was familiar with Canaan
and the surrounding region.
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When Moses came back to
Egypt to deliver the Israelites
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under God's direction his
adoptive mother Hatshepsut
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was dead and
Thutmose III was Pharaoh.
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Thutmose III reigned
from 1504 to 1450 BC.
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and is widely considered
by scholars to have been
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the military genius given
the number of military campaigns
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he engaged in during
the years of his co-regency
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with Hatshepsut.
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In fact Thutmose III is
often referred to as the
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Napoleon of Egypt conquering
350 cities in the space of just
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30 years. Much of Thutmose's
military exploits including his
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campaigns in Canaan are
recorded on the walls of the
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Temple of Karnak.
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The Egypt that Moses was
introduced to after a 40-year
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absence in the wilderness was
an International Super Power.
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So it's no surprise
then that Thutmose III was
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less than agreeable to Moses'
demand to set the Hebrews free
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in fact he was
strongly opposed to the idea.
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When Moses and Aaron
faced the warrior Pharaoh
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and presented the command
of God, Thutmose III bristled.
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Exodus 5:2 records
Pharaoh's initial response...
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God had already warned Moses
that he would not be welcomed
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by the Egyptian monarch
and God's predictions certainly
00:20:28.86\00:20:33.60
proved to be accurate.
00:20:33.63\00:20:34.96
Thutmose III obstinately
refused to acknowledge God
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and in so doing, he
brought death and destruction
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over his whole empire.
00:20:43.71\00:20:45.41
But God encouraged Moses
to continue with his mission
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no matter how bleak
the circumstances seemed.
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What followed was a
parade of destructive plagues
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that struck at the very
heart of Egyptian ideology.
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Like most empires of the
ancient world Egyptian life
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revolved around
their religious beliefs.
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Every facet of Egyptian
life from birth to death
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from the flooding of the Nile,
to the growth of their crops
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were regulated by a
Pantheon of God's most of whom
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took on the forms of animals.
00:21:34.92\00:21:39.53
The plagues of Egypt
struck at the very heart of
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Egyptian religion demonstrating
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to the Egyptians
in general and Pharaoh
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in particular that their
gods' were inferior to the
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God of the
Hebrews, their slaves.
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The Nile was worshipped as a
god, but the God of the Hebrews
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demonstrated His power
over the Nile by turning it
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and all other water
sources in Egypt to blood.
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The Egyptian worshipped
the world in many aspects
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but the God of the
Hebrews demonstrated His power
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over nature by causing plagues
to fall upon the Egyptians
00:22:19.93\00:22:23.71
in the form of
natural disasters.
00:22:23.74\00:22:26.27
Frogs overran
Egypt in a scourge,
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ironically Egyptians worshipped
frogs, then came lice,
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flies, disease on the
cattle, and painful boils,
00:22:35.85\00:22:40.46
then huge hailstones, swarms
of locusts, and total darkness
00:22:40.49\00:22:45.86
that covered the land.
00:22:45.89\00:22:47.23
Egypt was brought to
its knees and still Pharaoh
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refused to let the Hebrews go.
00:22:52.70\00:22:55.90
With every plague
Pharaoh relented and made
00:22:55.94\00:23:00.14
empty promises, he pleaded
with Moses to pray to God
00:23:01.38\00:23:04.48
and asked that he restrain
the plague, but the moment
00:23:04.51\00:23:08.05
the plague lifted
Pharaoh's heart hardened.
00:23:08.08\00:23:10.99
Pharaoh refused to acknowledge
the superiority and authority
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of the God of the Hebrews,
his pride just wouldn't yield.
00:23:16.19\00:23:20.73
Then the final
plague was announced,
00:23:20.76\00:23:24.27
this plague would be more
devastating than any other
00:23:24.30\00:23:28.44
that'd gone before it
and it would reveal something
00:23:28.47\00:23:31.71
that both Egyptian and
Hebrews needed to understand,
00:23:31.74\00:23:35.51
God's plan of salvation.
00:23:35.54\00:23:38.18
The final plague was
absolutely devastating,
00:23:38.21\00:23:41.82
it was the death plague
and involve the death of all
00:23:41.85\00:23:45.55
the firstborn in Egypt.
00:23:45.59\00:23:47.06
The only way to avoid it
and save their lives was to take
00:23:47.09\00:23:51.63
the blood of a slain lamb
and smear it on the lentil and
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doorpost of a home. All
the Hebrews were commanded
00:23:55.33\00:23:59.43
by God through Moses to do this,
00:23:59.47\00:24:01.77
and they were also commanded
to prepare to leave Egypt.
00:24:01.80\00:24:05.81
Prior to their departure
they were to eat the flesh of
00:24:05.84\00:24:10.11
the lamb they had killed
together with unleavened cakes.
00:24:10.15\00:24:13.45
When the day came,
every Hebrew household
00:24:13.48\00:24:17.59
sacrificed a lamb and
then painted the blood on the
00:24:17.62\00:24:21.49
lentil and
doorposts of their homes
00:24:21.52\00:24:23.56
then they went inside and
waited for the angel of death
00:24:23.59\00:24:28.16
to pass over them.
00:24:28.20\00:24:30.07
It was here in Egypt that the
first Passover was celebrated
00:24:33.47\00:24:37.97
that night the angel of death
visited Egypt. Exodus 12:29
00:24:38.01\00:24:44.71
describes what happened
that night in these words.
00:24:44.75\00:24:48.08
The heartrending cries of
grief rang out through Egypt
00:24:55.32\00:25:02.30
but in the land of Goshen
under the protection of the
00:25:02.33\00:25:05.57
Lamb's blood, not a
single firstborn died.
00:25:05.60\00:25:08.90
The lesson is
powerful in it's simplicity,
00:25:08.94\00:25:12.24
the first Passover lamb
represented Jesus the Messiah
00:25:12.27\00:25:17.21
and His sacrifice
for us on the cross.
00:25:17.25\00:25:19.95
Because of the blood of
the lamb on that first Passover
00:25:19.98\00:25:23.99
countless lives were saved.
00:25:24.02\00:25:26.52
Because of the blood of Jesus
countless people can have hope
00:25:26.55\00:25:31.29
for salvation and eternity.
00:25:31.33\00:25:33.83
In order for the Hebrews to
truly escape the angel of death
00:25:33.86\00:25:38.77
on the fateful night in Goshen,
they had to exercise their faith
00:25:38.80\00:25:43.20
in God, their faith led
to action and their faith and
00:25:43.24\00:25:47.31
action combined, saved their
lives and the lives of their
00:25:47.34\00:25:50.81
children.
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during the time of the
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Dear Heavenly Father,
we thank you for your love
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guidance and protection.
We thank you for Jesus
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our Passover Lamb to
whom we have salvation and
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we ask in Jesus' name. Amen!
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