Title: The True Purpose of the Exodus
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2007. 6. 10 Sunday Morning Worship The True Purpose of Exodus
Exodus 3:15-22
“We are going to make a sacrifice to the Lord our God, so please allow us to go into the wilderness for about three days.” 。
Even if it's not a huge lie, there are times when they try to lie to avoid their disadvantages by making plausible perjury. Everyone will have such experiences.
Young children tell arrogant lies even when they are not taught. In the spirit of self-protection, in order not to be scolded by teachers by parents... …
lie A plausible attempt to avert the crisis with a lie... …
Isn't a similar situation recorded in today's Bible text? and
I remember reading this verse with my eyes wide open. It is also God
He called Moses to rescue the groaning people from Egypt and told them to say this.
“We are going to make a sacrifice to the LORD our God, so allow us to go out into the wilderness for about three days.” Reading this part, Uh, this is a bit strange… .? Is God teaching them to lie around to get the Israelites out of Egypt? .? I was amazed and read the Bible.
When Abraham went down to Egypt, the king of that place saw Sarah's beauty and took her as his wife and deceived him as his sister because he thought he was going to kill him, and Isaac made the same mistake as Abraham... … Then God
Are you instructing me to perform a similar perjury before Pharaoh through Moses? … ?? and moment,
I was confused. Of course, God cannot do that. So, now I feel so refreshed
Thanks a lot. Reading the Bible is fun. Looking at the true purpose of the Exodus along with this directional will of God, I want to share the joy of reading the Bible with you today.
The Exodus event marks the beginning of Israel's history and has an important meaning for us today. By the mighty hand of God, the Israelites escaped Egypt and passed through the wilderness to reach Canaan. It is a fact that is not a record that shows only one aspect of a series of Israeli history.
There is something you want your people to know through the Exodus.
If you don't know that, the Exodus is far from coming out, and it can be dismissed as if it was just the Israelites' exodus from Egypt. So, what you should pay attention to now is… ..
God, what is this?
I want you to focus all your attention on what you are doing.
What you want your people to know through the Exodus
First, I have seen what you have done in Egypt.ああけがエジプトで受けてKita仕打をつぶさに見た。 ? Verse 17, Lead me out of the afflictions of Egypt… …
※ Egypt from me? A place where the pain of life is severe, a time of life that is difficult to bear any longer,
(Verse 7) Knowing the confession, knowing it, and having its root in “yada”, this word
It includes observation, attention, and awareness. This means not only knowing things intellectually, but understanding things with discernment and knowing things with enlightenment.
In this way, God is a God who cares deeply for their children in trouble, blesses them, guides them, and protects them.
What you want your people to know through the Exodus
Secondly,
God's name? God has spoken His own name. is true.
(This is my mark that will be remembered for generations to come.)
When we want to know someone, we first ask for their name.
There are three major names of God in the Old Testament: Elohim, Awe, and Adonai. Each of these three names has a unique original meaning,
If you look closely, you can see that each name is used in accordance with the context of the Bible. 1) Elohim is etymologically a name that emphasizes strength, strength, and ability.
Therefore, it is mainly used in contexts that emphasize absolute sovereignty and power.
2) Yahweh emphasizes the transcendence and eternity of the God who exists in Himself by etymology.
Therefore, this name means the subject who is the basis and basis of all existence, which transcends all causal laws in the universe.
Therefore, it is mainly used in covenant-related contexts to imply that He is eternally transcendent, who establishes and fulfills covenants.
3) Adonai uses the word “Lord” instead to avoid taking the name of God lightly.
As an expression, it is a name for God most commonly used by Jews, and it is a name that expresses the relationship between God and His people.
In Genesis 32:29, Jacob asks for the name of God.
I didn't tell you my name... ...why am I telling you my name here?
Therefore, God's name was given to Moses by name,
The great history of the Exodus this time suggests that it is a very special plan for God enough to put God's name on it.
What you want your people to know through the Exodus
Third, God wants us to know the expression of God's will that God's strong hand is with us.
Verses 19, 20 Before / after I strike Egypt with a strong hand, I will let you go.わタシを下しあラゆる驚kubeki業をエジプトの中で行い、コレを打つ - What do you mean?
that God would actively intervene in this Exodus, so
Let them know that the king of Egypt is not letting you go, but Yahweh God is sending you out.
In the end, I will bring the 10 plagues down on Egypt and lead them. You can see God's determination to guide you. He has sent the Holy Spirit to us, saying that we must lead you out. Praise the zeal of God. Hallelujah !
So, they get out of Egypt and become a free body, but they don't stop at just getting out.
Verse 21 says that when you go, you will not go empty-handed. You say あnatatachiha何も持たずに出rukotohanai。
He does not always let us go empty-handed wherever God leads us. You can know that He is a God who provides what you need. Even though it seems to go empty-handed, there is abundance. I will not send you empty-handed.
Finally, what you want your people to know through the Exodus is,
This is the true purpose of the Exodus.
At the outset, I questioned God's instructions to bring the Israelites out of Egypt, "Allow us to go into the wilderness about three days' journey, for we are going to make a sacrifice to the Lord our God." … There is no way God would tell the king of Egypt to tell small lies in order to achieve his purpose.
Of course, it can't be. If it was taught to Moses by lying, then God is a God of contradictions, and he is no longer a faithful God.
In Mongolia, you say you will go to the bathroom? Write the expression “I will come to see the horse”. Similarly, the theologian Knobel argues that Moses' words about three days' journey into the wilderness to make a sacrifice to the Lord our God before the king of Egypt is an euphemism, but sufficient expression, to let us go.
Also, he warned that Pharaoh, king of Egypt, would never obey Moses' request for such a religious trip.
He said that he would present such a proposal because he knew it well. However, even if this is not the case, you can clearly see that these words are the honest intention of God. Ultimately, these words of God are not empty words in terms of being the first step for God's people to fully worship God forever.
After all, God was undoubtedly a faithful God, and his words were true.
It is simply the fact that the purpose of bringing the people of Israel out of Egypt was not to bring them out of Egypt and ultimately to make them a people to worship God.
If I was called by God and came to the Lord, there is no doubt that I called him to be a worshiping people. He made them children and called them to be worshipers.
Worship includes God's wonderful blessings and covenants.
To make a sacrifice to God means to worship in today's language.
Esau says to present your bodies as a living and holy sacrifice. They are teaching you that this is your spiritual worship.
I have discovered that the word is. Why did those words contain blessings and covenants?
Not only that, but perhaps suggesting the act of sacrificing
The act of worship was the Exodus from Egypt (to the blessing)? Worship (God's presence, glory) ? Considering that reaching Canaan (living a blessed life) leads to God's three-day road sacrifice... … The conditional presentation is also a word that reminds us of the importance of living in order to worship God, and that the basis of the Christian life is to worship God.
Where there is no worship, there is only suffering.
When there is an act of worship, but there is no center of worship, our life becomes Egypt.
Therefore, we must not forget that worship becomes a channel of blessing.
- Because I discovered that this questionable passage is God's delicate providence of redemption, I can't hide my joy because I am so grateful to be able to read the Bible and read God's heart.
Exodus must come first. In Egypt of life, the place where life groans, you cannot just groan and wander forever. Even if you settle down in Egypt and live miserable like a slave, you only need to eat and live... .? Not this.
God's people have a promise God made with their ancestors.
Blessed and promised to bless.
Is the promise valid only for the descendants of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob?
Of course not. That promise was made through the crucifixion of Jesus Christ, the spiritual Israel
Blessings and benefits are valid and the same even to us.
The purpose of the Exodus is, first of all, to get us out of Egypt. (When? In God's time, in time) So what are you going to do? (To offer sacrifices to God, to worship)
(Verse 9), He heard the cry of the people of Israel, who groaned in the agony of slavery.
Aren't I also groaning in the unavoidable slavery of Egypt and the slavery of unavoidable sin?
Is God silent about our pain and groaning?
no. God also heard my groaning. You saw the pain. So, God responded. That is why Jesus Christ came to this earth.
Knowing that we could never stand up by ourselves if we left the slavery of sin, He suggested the way of salvation through Jesus Christ, and we heard that it led to the victory of the cross. So, as long as we rely on the blood of Jesus Christ shed for all our sins on the cross, we are now cleansed and have the qualifications to come to God as full worshipers. Therefore, we are invited to the place of worship through Jesus Christ.
And now, by sending the Holy Spirit, He promises to take responsibility for us to the end and lead us to eternal Canaan.
Now we must rise from Egypt. You have to go out of Egypt.
The strong arm of God is with you. Do not be afraid, seek the guidance of the Holy Spirit,
Let us live as you lead. Read the Word carefully, and live boldly proclaiming the God of the Exodus. I will pray.