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God wants His Spirit to dwell in the midst of His people, so He commands Moses to build a tabernacle. While the people are traveling to the Promised Land, God meets with them in this portable tent made specifically for Him. Later, Solomon built the Temple & God's Spirit dwelt with them there. When Jesus came, He was called Immanuel, God with us. Those that worshipped in the Temple rejected Jesus,...

We can learn a lot about the Christian walk by looking at the journey of the Israelites after they escaped Egypt & became their own sovereign nation. So before we move on from Mount Sanai, we summarize their journey and look for similarities in our own Christian walk. We also look at Paul's description of his walk with the Lord and how we can relate. We ultimately will see that the victory is in J...

Moses asked God to show him His glory & God revealed more of who He is to Moses. But still he only sees God in part because here on earth, we can only see Him in part. Thankfully God shows us the part of Him that we need to see at the time. So ask Him to reveal Himself to you. He wants His children to know Him more. When Moses left the Presence of the Lord, His face reflected God's glory. When we...

Moses told the Lord that He could not move forward if He was not with him. Moses knew what Jesus told his disciples, that we can do nothing without Him. Sometimes we just need a little reassurance. Sometimes, we just can't get our feeling to line up with the truth we know. That is when we talk to God. Pray according to His Word. Let Him know that you trust Him but you just need encouragement, hope...

Only a month after agreeing to obey the Lord, the Israelites broke their covenant. Moses had to intercede for mercy but they did not fully escape the consequences. He tried to illustrate what breaking only a few laws really meant and also showed them the usefulness of their visible god. The Levites paid a huge price by publicly proclaiming their allegiance and service to God but were blessed abund...

Even though we cannot see and hear God, we can see the evidence of His Power. The people wanted a visible god. Aaron led them in their sin instead of encouraging them to have faith and obey the Lord. He built them a golden calf and as they worshipped it, they thought they were worshipping the Lord. They had been influenced by other religions and began mixing their practices with the worship of God...

Upon hearing the Word of God, the people confessed Him as their Lord & accepted the sacrifice made on their behalf. Then they were covered in its blood, reconciling them to God. By entering into this covenant relationship with God, they were brought into fellowship with the Holy, Almighty God. The process is the same for us today. When we hear the Word of God spoken to us & confess Him as our Lord...

God does not send His people into the unknown future alone. His angel will go with them into the Promised Land. He has prepared it for them and goes with them. What is unknown to us is not unknown to our Father in Heaven. His Holy Spirit is our Helper, Truth Teller, Teacher, Reminder, & Peace-giver. His plan may not come quickly but His will for our lives will be fulfilled. Little by little He des...

Because of Jesus, we can be close to God. The Israelites could only approach His Presence but believers today can go all the way to the Throne of Grace. We will live in His Presence eternally because of our Mediator, Jesus. How should we prepare to meet with God now & for the future. In response to God's salvation, He calls us to obey just as He did the Israelites on Mount Sanai. Do not refuse the...

Have you ever been so overwhelmed that you are just going through the motions of the day with no real plan or purpose? Then you can relate to Moses. Listen to the advise of his father-in-law and learn how to step back, look at the big picture, & delegate. Order your day with purpose & do the job well that the Lord has for you specifically. Also, fighting the battle but relying on God's power for t...

Sometimes God brings us to a place of need so that we will learn to depend on Him. After their deliverance from Egypt, the Israelites found themselves in the wilderness, depending on God every single day to feed them and give them water. He was teaching them to depend on him daily. His provision for their physical growth and health points us to His provision for us in Jesus for our spiritual growt...

Do you know what it's like to break free only to run straight into another obstacle? You stand there trapped not wanting to go back to the old life but seeing no way forward. Have you ever cried out to God in fear & desperation only to return your focus to your overwhelming circumstances the second you say amen? That is how Israel felt when they left Egypt. With an angry army on one side and the R...

God leads His people out of Egypt with payment for their labor & at the urging of their oppressors. Only a Mighty God can arrange such a blessed deliverance! But He does not just set them free & leave them to fend for themselves. He continues to lead them with His visible Presence. Although we do not have a cloud or Jesus here physically here to lead us, we have more. His Holy Spirit leads us all...

Today, Jesus is our Passover sacrifice. When God killed Egypt's firstborn, He passed over the Israelite's houses because He saw the blood of a lamb on their door posts. Death had already come to that house, the sacrifice had already been made. When we acknowledge our sin and accept Jesus as our sacrifice, then we are covered in His blood. When God looks at us, He sees that Someone has died for our...

Why is it so hard to admit we are wrong even if we know we are? Why is it so hard to submit our lives to God even though we know He is more capable with them than we are? Why do we hold things back from Him or have to control certain situations? Pharaoh never would fully submit to God. He had to be forced every time and once the punishment passed, he would go right back to his own ways. Even in su...

Exalting oneself, God is not exclusive, and true repentance. Do you acknowledge God as the Lord of your life? Do you recognize His Lordship over the earth? As Christians, do we reveal God to others? When the seventh plague came, God gave all the Egyptians the opportunity to believe in His power and place their faith in Him. Those that believed, were safe from the plague as were the Israelites. Tho...

We make a mistake when we try to fit God's will into ours instead of trying to fit our will into His. We cannot do what He wants us to do in our own way or we will get the results of our own actions. During the 4th plague, Pharaoh tried to appease God by giving Him what He wanted but by doing it his own way. His stubborn will led him and his people into devastation. At one point he may have been r...

When you go through difficult times, do you run to God? What about when relief comes? Do you stay close to Him or forget the commitment you made when everything was bad? What about when God imposes consequences? Do you change your ways or find away around them? God began sending plagues on Egypt, continuously commanding Pharaoh to let the people go. Pharaoh's heart was indifferent and he just foun...

Have you ever felt like God was telling you to do something but then began to question it when you hit a road block? How do you respond when your first attempt fails or everything seems to just get worse? Have you ever known God was in it, but still wonder if you have the strength to make it to the other side? Do you want to quit when everything is hard even though you know there is a reward waiti...

Moses & Aaron go to Pharaoh & tell him to let God's people go. He places himself in direct opposition to God as the Lord of their lives. Who would you want to serve? Do we serve God above other masters.

God is for His children & against anyone that opposes Him & His children. If we reject His son then we put ourselves in opposition to Him. In this passage, God tells Moses that He will show Himself Mighty for His Children & against Pharaoh. We will talk about God hardening Pharaoh's heart & how we reconcile that with His Word. Also how important it is to be one of His children & witness to others....

When God called Moses to deliver the people from Egypt, He made several excuses. He felt inadequate in many ways. God was patient, reassuring, and encouraging and Moses finally followed the call. How do we react when the Lord calls us? God told Moses that He created him, knew all his strengths and weaknesses, and would equip him to do what He called him to. God tells us the same reassuring and enc...

Moses is 80 years old when God calls him back to Egypt to finally deliver the people from their oppression. When asked who he should tell the people that God is, the Lord says, "I am who I am. Tell them, I am has sent you." So we discuss who the Israelites would know God to be up to this point in the earth's history & why He is a glorious and holy God. Listen to hear many of God's names & characte...

The oppression of the Egyptians has gone too far and it is time for God to begin executing His plan for deliverance, so Moses is born. Moses is a man that cannot stand quietly, idly by and watch injustice being done to others. Three times he stands up for the powerless. Who do we know that is oppressed? How do we stand up for them?

Jacob & his sons have all passed away by this time and the children of Israel had multiplied greatly. The new Pharaoh was afraid of this large group of people and he sought to suppress them. He first submitted them to hard labor but they continued to grow into a large nation just as the Lord promised to Abraham hundreds of years before. When that did not work, he told the midwives to kill all the...