Moreover he said, I [am] the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face; for he was (g) afraid to look upon God.
(g) For sin causes man to fear God's justice.
Verse Exodus 3:6. _I_ AM _THE GOD OF THY FATHER_] Though the word אבי _abi, father_, is here used in the singular, St Stephen, quoting this place, Acts 7:32, uses the plural, Ὁ Θεος των πατερων σου,...
Our Saviour adduces this passage as a proof that the doctrine of the Resurrection was taught in the Old Testament Matthew 22:32, and He calls this book “the Book of Moses” Mark 12:26, two points to be...
CHAPTER 3 THE BURNING BUSH AND THE CALL AND COMMISSION OF MOSES _ 1. The vision of the burning bush (Exodus 3:1)_ 2. Jehovah speaks and calls Moses (Exodus 3:4) 3. Moses' answer (Exodus 3:11) 4. T...
EXODUS 2:23 TO EXODUS 3:15. THE CALL OF MOSES ( FIRST ACCOUNT). Exodus 2:23_ a_, J, Exodus 2:23 _b_ -...
AM THE GOD OF THY FATHER. The term father seems to be used collectively for the forefathers of Moses. THE GOD OF ABRAHAM. God who had revealed himself to the old patriarchs and entered into covenan...
I. Pronoun emphatic. GOD _= 'Elohim,_ the Creator. Note the five-fold repetition. (App-10). Christ founds the doctrine of Resurrection on this verse. See note on Matthew 22:31; Matthew 22:32. AFRAID....
Exodus 3:1 TO EXODUS 4:17. Moses commissioned by Jehovah at Horeb to deliver His people. The dialogue between Jehovah and Moses, as in other cases (cf. Delitzsch on Genesis 12:1), must be pictured, no...
THE GOD OF THY FATHER— In Acts 7:32 it is _the God of thy fathers;_ which the following words prove to be the true meaning. Moses, terrified at the Divine appearance, hid his face: for what sinful mor...
THE TEXT OF EXODUS TRANSLATION 3 Now Mo-ses was keeping the flock of Je-thro his father-in-law, the priest of Mid-i-an: and he led the flock to the back of the wilderness, and came to the mountain of...
_MOREOVER HE SAID, I AM THE GOD OF THY FATHER, THE GOD OF ABRAHAM, THE GOD OF ISAAC, AND THE GOD OF JACOB. AND MOSES HID HIS FACE; FOR HE WAS AFRAID TO LOOK UPON GOD._ I am the God of thy father. The...
THE CALL OF MOSES AND HIS COMMISSION TO BE THE DELIVERER OF ISRAEL 1. Horeb] The names Horeb and Sinai seem to be synonymous, though it has been suggested that Horeb is the name given to the entire mo...
The patriarchs are mentioned to show that it is no new or unknown God who speaks, but One who made a covenant with the fathers of the nation and who still remembers it. These words are cited by our Lo...
EXODUS: ISRAEL BECOMES A NATION THE *ISRAELITES LEAVE EGYPT EXODUS CHAPTER S 1 TO 18 _HILDA BRIGHT AND KITTY PRIDE_ CHAPTER 3 GOD CALLS MOSES 3:1 – 4:17 THE BUSH THAT BURNED – VERSES 1-6 V1 N...
THE GOD OF THY FATHER. — It is generally agreed that “father” is put collectively here for “forefathers.” (Comp. Genesis 31:42.) Hence St. Stephen, quoting the passage, renders it, “I am the God of th...
וַ יֹּ֗אמֶר אָנֹכִי֙ אֱלֹהֵ֣י אָבִ֔יךָ אֱלֹהֵ֧י...
GOD'S MESSAGE FROM THE BUSH Exodus 3:1 The learning of Egypt was not sufficient to equip Moses for his life-work. He is taken to the solitudes of the wilderness. _That_ is God's college. All who have...
At last the actual call of God came to Moses. It found him fulfilling a daily duty, keeping the sheep of his father-in-law. There can be no doubt that in the silent solitudes of the wilderness he had...
_Hid, out of respect, and perhaps fearing lest he should die, Genesis xvi. 13. (Calmet) --- God takes the title of these three patriarchs, because he had promised Chanaan to each of them, and because...
By the Lord's keeping up this character respecting Abraham, is meant that he is God in a covenant way. See Exodus 3:15.Genesis 17:7. Pause again here and contemplate the tender mercies of the Lord. Ab...
There is hardly a book of the Old Testament that stands out in more decided contrast with the book of Genesis than the one which follows it most closely. And this is the more striking, because God emp...
6._I am the God of thy father. _He does not merely proclaim himself as some heavenly power, nor claim for himself only the general name of God, but recalling to memory his covenant formerly made with...
But at last God looks upon His people, and not only gives the faith that identifies itself with His people, but displays the power which delivers them. That Moses, who was rejected as a prince and a j...
MOREOVER HE SAID, I AM THE GOD OF THY FATHERS,.... Of every one of his fathers next mentioned: THE GOD OF ABRAHAM, THE GOD OF ISAAC, AND THE GOD OF JACOB; with whom the covenant respecting the land o...
Moreover he said, I [am] the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face; for he was afraid to look upon God. Ver. 6. _Hid his face._] So did...
_I am_, &c. He lets him know it is God that speaks to him, to engage his reverence, faith, and obedience. _The God of thy father_ Thy pious father Amram, and the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, thy...
1 Moses keepeth Iethros flocke. 2 God appeareth to him in a burning bush. 9 He sendeth him to deliuer Israel. 14 The name of God. 15 His message to Israel. 1 NOWE Moses kept the flocke of Iethro...
Moreover, He said, I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. This was the formal declaration of majesty and power. Where deliverance, salvation, is requir...
THE BURNING BUSH...
C. THE CALL OF MOSES. HIS REFUSAL AND OBEDIENCE. HIS ASSOCIATION WITH AARON AND THEIR FIRST MISSION TO THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL Exodus 2:3 1Now Moses kept [was pasturing] the flock of Jethro his father-i...
THE BURNING BUSH: MOSES CALLED TO EGYPT In tending Jethro's sheep Moses came to Mount Horeb, called "the mountain of God," because it signified Israel's relationship with God as under law. It is also...
1-6 The years of the life of Moses are divided into three forties; the first forty he spent as a prince in Pharaoh's court, the second as a shepherd in Midian, the third as a king in Jeshurun. How ch...
THE GOD OF THY FATHERS, engaged to them by covenant or promise, which I am now come to perform. HE WAS AFRAID TO LOOK UPON GOD, as other excellent servants of God have been, through the sense of their...
We shall now resume the personal history of Moses, and contemplate him during that deeply-interesting period of his career which he spent in retirement-a period including, as we should say, forty of h...
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HE REVEALS HIMSELF AS YAHWEH, THE GOD OF THEIR FATHERS WITH THE PROMISE OF DELIVERANCE (EXODUS 3:6). a Yahweh declares that He is the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob (Exodus 3:6 a). b Moses hides hi...
Exodus 3:2 I. The vision. (1) The vision was miraculous. (2) Moses had this vision when he was in solitude. (3) It was symbolic (_a_) of Israel in Egypt; (_b_) of the Church in the world; (c) of the...
Exodus 3:1 This narrative is a chain of glorious wonders. We see here I. An old man called to go out on the great errand of his life. The education of Moses for the great mission of his life lasted...
Exodus 3:1. _Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father in law, the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to the backside of the desert, and came to the mountain of God, even to Horeb._ It must h...
This chapter tells of the appearance of God to Moses in the Wilderness. Has he removed from us brethren? He used to be seen by godly souls by mount and stream and sea; and even bushes were alive and b...
CONTENTS: Moses called as deliverer. The burning bush. CHARACTERS: Jethro, Moses, angel. CONCLUSION: Those qualified for great service may expect for a time to be confined to obscurity for special p...
Exodus 3:1. _Horeb_ and Sinai are the same mountain, almost surrounded by two branches of the Red sea. But it has two summits, Sinai on the east, and Horeb on the west. Justinian built a monastery her...
_A flame of fire out of the midst of a bush._ MOSES AT THE BURNING BUSH I. The story of Moses is the story, at first, of failure. Two great streams of influences moulded his life--the one drawn from...
_I am the God of thy father._ THE ANCESTRAL GOD OUR GOD This declaration was made in order to assure Moses that even in the present oppressed state of his nation in Egypt, the Most High had not forgo...
EXODUS 3:1 Call of Moses. These chapters focus primarily on the call of Moses at the burning bush (Exodus 3:1). They also cover Moses’ return from Midian to Egypt: the peaceful departure from Jethro ...
EXODUS—NOTE ON EXODUS 3:6 Moses is a descendant of ABRAHAM and belongs to the people to whom God has pledged himself (see Exodus 2:23). Jesus quotes from this verse ...
_MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Exodus 3:1_ MAN IN RELATION TO MYSTERY I. THAT SOMETIMES MEN MEET WITH MYSTERY IN THE PURSUIT OF THEIR DAILY CALLING. “Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro.” Very of...
THE CALL AND MISSION OF MOSES. EXPOSITION EXODUS 3:1 THE MISSION OF MOSES. After forty years of monotonous pastoral life, affording abundant opportunity for meditation, and for spiritual communion...
Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father in law, the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to the backside of the desert, and came to the mountain of God, even to mount Horeb (Exodus 3:1). Now n...
I am. Exodus 3:14 Exodus 3:15 Exodus 4:5 Exodus 29:45 Genesis 12:1...
FAITH AS EXEMPLIFIED IN MOSES Selections from Exodus 3:1; Exodus 6:1; Exodus 7:1; Exodus 8:1;...
GOD REVEALS HIMSELF TO MOSES Exodus 3:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS As we enter the Scripture for today we find Moses eighty years of age. He had spent forty years in Egypt and forty years with Jethro, his...
I am the God of thy father — He lets him know it is God that speaks to him, to engage his reverence, faith and obedience. Thy father, thy pious father Amram, and the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob,...