This section actually begins at the end of Ch 5 with Moses asking the Lord about the calamity brought upon his people and the wrath that Pharoah has given them. The Lord's response to Moses gives him an idea of what is to come (v 1). He also said to Moses that He will deliver on his promise to remember his covenant with their forefathers and free them from slavery to take them as His own. Also deliverance meant God bringing them to a land that was promised to them. Unfortunately, when Moses delivered this message to the Israelites it fell on deaf ears due their discouragement and their current situation. The interchange between God and Moses/Aaron remained one of doubt and fear as Moses continued to see himself as inadequate. The family record on Moses and Aaron was geared more toward his tribe, the Levites - clan by clan. The importance was to show that they were being brought out by the Lord out of Egypt by their divisions (12 tribes).
How often we don't see and stand upon the promises of God and merely wallow in our current situation wondering when God will deliver. I guess our advantage is seeing God's whole canon and resting upon the finished work of Christ upon the cross. Without the pain, there is no gain.Still good weekend with all of the Christmas decorations being reorganized and put away. The tree is out of the house and now getting ready for CNY - the year of the dragon. Looking forward to this weekend already with Monday honoring Dr. King but also a GFC board meeting on Sunday.
Praise for today: And I will bring you to the land that I swore with uplifted hand to give to Abraham, to Isaac and to Jacob, I will give it to you as a possession. I am the Lord. Ex 6:8
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