Title Word: Exodus 3:1-10, Title: God's Promise
Contents
Introduction
We have looked at Moses through the past hours, but we have seen that he was not being tried or prepared to be used before God. In today's text, God calls Moses. Then, why did God not choose from among those who were born as children of Israel and suffered with him, but called ‘Moses’?
1. Moses in Midian
As Moses' name implies, he lived as one who had been rescued from the Nile (Exodus 2:10). He seemed to be treated as a prince of Egypt, but still his label was Jewish, and in Egypt he was still a rogue (Exodus 2:12). Moses, who had killed an Egyptian, fled to the wilderness of Midian for his own life, and Jethro, the priest of Midian, whom he met there must have been like a 'saviour' to Moses. So Moses liked to live with them (Exodus 2:21) and married his daughter Zipporah. Now, Moses had no choice but to live his life as a shepherd tending sheep, not as an Egyptian prince.
2. God's Presence
Moses learned about the religion of Egypt (Exodus 2:11) and became the son-in-law of a priest of Midian who was religiously zealous (Exodus 2:21). Then one day, while Moses was leading the flock to the west of the wilderness, he discovered a strange flame that appeared on a bush (Exodus 3:2). When Moses was amazed and approached the place, God called him (Exodus 3:4).
3. Moses' Fear
Moses was living a life in which he neither expected nor sought God. However, the existence of ‘God’ that appeared in front of him could not but be an object of fear. Because Moses was already well aware of the ‘existence and manifestation of God’ in Egypt.
Therefore, God appeared before Moses, but he was afraid because he did not know God (Exodus 3:6). Because Moses misunderstood God as being like other gods.
4. God's promise (God works)
For Israel, they changed from generation to generation and became more and more enslaved (Ex. Even though Israel had forgotten that they were children of God, they did not seek God anymore, and they were simply suffering because of the circumstances they were given. Rather, God himself remembers the covenant with Abraham (Genesis 15), calls Moses to keep that promise (Exodus 3:2), tells Moses that it is a work that God will do, and declares that he will be with you. (Exodus 3:10).
conclusion
There are two types of ‘God’ that appear to humans. The first is that the god, moved by the zeal of the worshiper, pays his respects, and the second is the wrath that falls on the unfaithful. However, you can find that God's work is completely different. This is because God promises Himself to mankind (Genesis 15), and for that promise, He first appears and helps (Exodus 3:2).
So, why did God call Moses? Moses did not know God, he lived his life according to his own will, and he was a man who was far from 'salvation' because he was immersed in other religions. This was so that anyone could know the fact that he did it!'