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  • Only Worship God

    Only Worship God
    2025/11/04

    The first and most important rule of the Law of God explained the eternal commandment to exclusive worship and honor with wholehearted love and faithful obedience to the living Sovereign LORD God (Yahweh, also known as Jehovah). Also, the living LORD is our everlasting Covenant God and Savior, and He reigns forever as our only faithful King and Good Shepherd. The LORD’s Name must be eternally honored and respected as holy forever and never used with lies, falsehood, magic, disrespect, or vulgar profanity. The eternal Law of God commanded the people never to make, bow down to, or worship any gods or idols, whether gods of silver or gods of gold, because these idols are worthless and cannot bring salvation like the LORD Almighty. Worshiping other gods is idolatry and leads to God’s wrath. Only the LORD is our praise, and we must worship, honor, and call upon Him with our whole hearts, souls, minds, and strength. In fact, the Law of God commanded the people never to worship nor call on the name of any other gods, and not to even speak of their names. The LORD is a jealous God and a consuming fire, and He will not tolerate anyone worshiping, honoring, or serving any other gods, heroes, or idols. Cursed is anyone who carves or worships an idol or god, which is idolatry and covetousness. The LORD deserves FIRST PLACE in our hearts, minds, souls, and desires, and He condemns covetousness (greed, materialism). As the one and true living God of heaven and earth, the LORD (Yahweh) must be worshiped alone because He will not tolerate the worship or dependence upon any other gods, humans, governments, or idols. Only the living Sovereign LORD God has all power over every aspect of creation because the whole earth belongs to Him. The LORD is transcendent, which means the Creator and King of the Universe is distinct from His creation, and the Holy Bible teaches everyone to worship the LORD and not the things of creation. The eternal Law of God declared that the LORD Almighty, who is the Covenant God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, is the only true and living God and Creator of heaven and earth.

    Even more important, the Holy Bible explains that Christ Jesus is also God and Lord (Yahweh), and that He is One with His Holy Father—the living Sovereign LORD God. The living Sovereign LORD God with His Son Christ Jesus as One is to receive our exclusive worship as God. The living Sovereign LORD God honors and loves those who love and obey His only begotten Son, Christ Jesus our Lord. Christ Jesus graciously gave His life and shed His blood so that everyone who believes and obeys Him as Lord and Savior receives salvation, redemption, divine peace, righteousness, and new spiritual life from heaven. Jesus is Lord!
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  • Names of God

    Names of God
    2025/10/26

    The Holy Bible includes many names for the living Sovereign LORD God of heaven and earth. God is known as Elohim, which means He is the transcendent (supreme) Creator and true King, with His Son, Christ Jesus, and the Holy Spirit of all that exists, both visible and invisible. Also, the living Sovereign LORD God is the Most High God (El-Elyon), and He is above all other gods, rulers, kings, and nations from everlasting to everlasting. Moses received the covenant Name of the Most High God at the burning bush as LORD, which translates as “Yahweh,” “Jehovah”, or “I AM,” that Name is eternal. In addition, the LORD is the God of the Hebrews—the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Furthermore, the living Sovereign LORD God is known as Adoni because He is the owner and master of all creation. Even more, the living Sovereign LORD God is God Almighty - El Shaddai because He is all-powerful (omnipotent) and nothing is too hard for God. The LORD is called El-Olam because He reigns from everlasting, and He gives us strength and salvation. Also, the living Sovereign LORD God is El-Roeh because He is omniscient, seeing the needs of His people and caring to respond with help, deliverance, and compassion. Moreover, the God of Israel is Jehovah Jireh or Yahweh-Yireh because He always provides for His people who look to Him in faith and dependence. Even further, the living Sovereign LORD God is the LORD of Hosts—Yahweh Sabaoth —who leads the angelic armies of heaven and fights for and protects His people. In the New Testament, Christ Jesus our Savior, embodied in God (Yahweh) in human flesh and He is also the Great I AM who is One with His Holy Father—the living Sovereign LORD God. Christ Jesus our Savior is God with us—Immanuel, and He will never leave us nor forsake us. Jesus is the LORD—worship Him!

    Then the Lord came down in the Glory Cloud and stood there with Moses and proclaimed His Name, the Lord. And He passed in front of Moses, proclaiming, “The Lord, the Lord, the compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness, maintaining love to thousands, and forgiving wickedness, rebellion and sin. Yet He does not leave the guilty unpunished; ….” Exodus 34:5-7

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  • Holy Living - The Ten Commandments

    Holy Living - The Ten Commandments
    2025/10/15
    Moses and the Israelites arrived at Mount Sinai (the mountain of God, Mount Horeb) in the desert wilderness in the third month after leaving Egyptian slavery. Moses and the Israelites encamped in the desert at Mount Sinai for almost one year with the LORD (Yahweh, also known as Jehovah) instructing and teaching them (giving of the Torah or the Law of God) through His servant Moses for the rest of the book of Exodus, all of the book of Leviticus, and up to Numbers chapter 10. Moses first met the LORD at the flaming fiery bush at Mount Sinai (Horeb) while living in Midian with his father-in-law, Jethro. The LORD promised Moses that he would return to Mount Sinai with the Israelites after He delivered Israel from Egyptian slavery. From Mount Sinai, the living Sovereign LORD God, who is the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, came and descended on top of Mount Sinai to speak His Ten Commandments and proclaim the Sinaitic covenant through His servant Moses from His Glory Cloud. The Ten Commandments are also known as “two tablets of the covenant law,” “tablets of stone,” “ark of the covenant law,” “the ten words,” and “Decalogue,” and they are the heart of the LORD’s moral Law written by the LORD’s finger for all generations to obey. This great covenant was renewed at Exodus chapter 34, the entire book of Deuteronomy, Joshua chapter 24, and became the new covenant implanted inside our hearts by the Holy Spirit through faith in Christ Jesus. The essence of the Mount Sinai covenant commanded our wholehearted love with allegiance, faithfulness, and obedience to the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob as our only true God and King and also commanded love and mercy with kindness towards one another. The entire earth belongs to the living Sovereign LORD God of heaven and earth. Notably, the Mount Sinai covenant was not about salvation because the LORD had already saved and redeemed Israel by His grace from evil Egyptian slavery according to His previous covenant promises to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. The Mount Sinai covenant was the LORD’s instructions for holy living and living a wise life pleasing to Him. The LORD commanded Israel, as His firstborn son, how to humbly live and also to instruct the world about His commandments as a holy nation and kingdom of priests. The Ten Commandments are the most important obligations of the LORD’s eternal covenant because they express the LORD’s core spiritual and ethical principles. In the Mount Sinai desert, the living Sovereign LORD God called Moses to come to Him, and He instructed Moses to declare to the Israelites (the house of Jacob) that He had providentially cared for and carried the Israelites on eagles’ wings by His grace and brought them to Himself after defeating evil Pharaoh and the Egyptians. Then, the LORD declared to Moses and the Israelites that if they obeyed His voice and kept His eternal covenant, then they would be “a special treasure” to Him above all the people of the earth, and they would become to Him “a kingdom of priests and a holy nation” to the world. The living Sovereign LORD God is holy, and He commanded Israel and the nations to faithfully obey Him and follow His holy and honest ways, which lead to His blessings and a holy life. Amazingly, the living Sovereign LORD God through His Son Christ Jesus has now commanded the new Israel (the church with Jews and Gentiles united) to continue His message by living holy lives and also proclaiming His moral message as His holy priests to the world. Christ Jesus is the Ruler of the world, who loved us and washed us clean from our sins by His precious blood, making believers in Him (the church) also kings and priests to His Holy Father, to obey and proclaim God’s holy message to the world. So, Moses called the people of Israel and the Israelite elders together and presented them with words commanded from the LORD, and the people agreed to obey the LORD’s words. The LORD told Moses that He would come and speak to him face to face from His Glory Cloud, so the people would hear Him speak to Moses and trust in Moses’ teaching as a covenant mediator. Next, the LORD commanded Moses to instruct the people and the priests to consecrate (sanctify) themselves and wash their clothes because He would be appearing at Mount Sinai on the third day. Ultimately, the living Sovereign LORD God is the One who sanctifies us and makes us holy. Also, the LORD instructed Moses to place boundaries around Mount Sinai and warn the people not to touch or come up the mountain because He would be appearing from His Glory Cloud. On the third day, the living Sovereign LORD God Almighty visibly appeared in His Glory Cloud above Mount Sinai with roars of great thunder, lightning flashes, fiery black smoke, and loud trumpet blasts. In the Holy Bible, flames of fire symbolize the presence of God and His glorious power. From Mount Sinai, the living Sovereign LORD God spoke to the ...
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  • Needing Help

    Needing Help
    2025/09/27

    The living Sovereign LORD God’s deliverance and salvation of Israel over evil Pharaoh and the powerful Egyptians was world news amongst the nations. Even Moses’ father-in-law, Jethro, who was a priest from Midian and also known as Reuel, heard that the LORD (Yahweh) had saved and redeemed Israel from the evil Egyptian slavery by His mighty hand and strong power, with great signs and wonders. After Israel’s great victory from the LORD, Jethro took Moses’ wife Zipporah and Moses’ two sons, Gershom and Eliezer, into the desert wilderness to meet Moses and the Israelites, who were encamped at Mount Sinai. Mount Sinai was also known as the mountain of God or Mount Horeb, where the Israelites received the commandments of God. Moses had requested that his wife, Zipporah, and his two sons stay with his father-in-law, Jethro, during the Israelites' Exodus from Egypt.

    In the desert wilderness, Moses told his father-in-law Jethro about all the great deeds and mighty miracles that the LORD had done to deliver the Israelites from the evil Pharaoh and the Egyptians, and also the LORD’s blessings in the desert wilderness. Jethro rejoiced with great happiness when Moses informed him about all the great and awesome things the LORD had done for Israel over the Egyptians, and Jethro declared that the LORD is greater than and above all other gods. Then, Jethro offered burnt offerings and sacrifices to the LORD in worship, and Jethro was joined by Moses’ brother Aaron and the elders of Israel to break bread together in unity before the LORD.

    On the next day, Moses sat resolving and settling the people’s disputes and conflicts as a legal judge and mediator/arbiter according to the living Sovereign LORD God’s statutes and laws from morning until evening. Moses revealed to the people God’s will through His laws and rules. The living Sovereign LORD God had disclosed His will through His eternal decrees and instructions to Moses, even before the Mount Sinai covenant, so that the people would live blameless lives before Him. Jethro saw all that Moses was doing alone from sunup to sundown, judging the people’s disputes and conflicts, and Jethro warned Moses that such laborious work was overwhelming and he would wear himself down.

    So, Jethro gave Moses good administrative advice on delegating and sharing his duties from the LORD to ease Moses’ burdens as the people’s leader. Jethro wisely instructed Moses to be the people’s representative before the LORD, to bring the people’s problems to Him, and also to teach and instruct the people in the LORD’s statutes and laws, so they would know how to walk and live before the LORD according to His will and prosper. Moreover, Jethro instructed Moses to select from the people wise leaders who are god-fearing, fair-minded, trustworthy, and honest and place these spirit-filled leaders over the people to be rulers and leaders to help him judge and manage the people’s disputes and problems with fairness and justice. However, Moses would continue to handle more complex, difficult, and challenging disputes of law among the people. Moses listened and obeyed the good voice of his father-in-law Jethro, and he chose god-fearing, good, dependable, and fair-minded leaders not filled with greed, covetousness, bribery, and dishonesty to help manage the people’s problems and disputes, so justice and goodness would flow like a river. Then, Jethro returned to Midian after giving Moses wise advice, revealing God’s continued providence and care of Israel.

    Amazingly, the qualities that Moses and Jethro described as those of great leaders and judges are also those of Christ Jesus, our Savior, whom everyone must follow and imitate. Like Christ Jesus our Savior, everyone, especially leaders, must produce good fruits of wisdom, fairness, mercy, understanding, courage, knowledge, and most importantly, live god-fearing and god-honoring lives that obey and love the LORD.

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  • God's Protection

    God's Protection
    2025/09/06
    The living Sovereign LORD God of heaven and earth defeated all the gods of Egypt by His great power with signs and wonders, and He brought His people Israel as a mighty army with boldness from Egyptian slavery, with Moses leading the way. As Israel was leaving Egypt, the living Sovereign LORD God by His grace covered, guided, and protected Israel underneath His wings in a pillar of cloud by day, and during the night, He went ahead of Israel in a pillar of fire. This amazing pillar of cloud and pillar of fire was the Glory Cloud, and the Glory Cloud of God is seen throughout the Holy Bible, including at Mount Sinai, as the living God’s Presence - a Theophany. As Israel was leaving Egypt, the living Sovereign LORD God led the Israelites to the edge of the Red Sea. However, the evil Pharaoh once again became stubborn and hardhearted, refusing to submit with repentance to the LORD (Yahweh), and he and his fellow Egyptians pursued the Israelites so Israel could return to slavery and bondage. So, the evil Pharaoh and the Egyptians took their elite military men with fighting chariots and pursued the Israelites so they could return them to Egyptian slavery. However, the living Sovereign LORD God was controlling the evil Pharaoh by hardening his heart, so He could display and reveal His power and glory to the evil Pharaoh and the Egyptians, making Himself known as the only true God and King of heaven and earth. In the New Testament, Christ Jesus also noted that His Holy Father allowed certain events, such as the blind man receiving his sight and Lazarus rising from the dead, for God’s glory and honor. Moreover, the LORD knew the evil Pharaoh would be hardhearted and stubborn because the evil Pharaoh believed he was mightier and stronger than the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob - the Great I AM (Yahweh). As the evil Pharaoh and his army drew near, the Israelites panicked and became afraid as they cried out to the LORD. Also, the Israelites became discouraged, succumbing to fear and not faith in the living LORD, as well as becoming angry with Moses, wanting to return to Egyptian slavery. Moses declared his confidence and faith in the living LORD and assured the people not to be afraid nor discouraged because the LORD (Yahweh) was with them as a Divine Warrior, and He would fight and protect them against the Egyptians. In one of the greatest statements of faith in the Holy Bible, Moses told the people, “Do not be afraid…. stand still and watch the LORD rescue you today…. The LORD Himself will fight for you. Just stay calm.” The story of the Red Sea is a reminder that although Israel was “ready for battle” and marching out of Egypt boldly, the victory would be won by the LORD alone. Significantly, the living Sovereign LORD God revealed His great almighty power to save and shield His people who call upon Him and His Holy Name by faith. The great Name of the LORD - Yahweh has wonder-working power to save and protect when you believe and trust in Him by faith. Then, the living Sovereign LORD God commanded Moses to put his faith into action by raising his staff (rod) over the Red Sea so the Israelites could cross the Red Sea on dry ground. Then, the mighty Angel of God and the Glory Cloud, who traveled and went before Israel, came between God’s people to shield and protect them from Pharaoh’s army. The living Sovereign LORD God protected and shielded His people with His Glory Cloud. Moses obeyed the living Sovereign LORD God’s command, and he raised his staff over the Red Sea. Then, the Sovereign LORD God sent His mighty wind from His nostrils to divide and push back the sea to create a safe path for His people to safely cross on dry land, protected in the midst of the sea. Moses and the Israelites followed the dry path through the Red Sea to the other side. Israel’s baptism and escape through the Red Sea was one of the greatest climactic rescues in human history. Then, the living Sovereign LORD God looked upon the Egyptian army from His Glory Cloud with grace, and He began fighting for Israel by bringing trouble and confusion to the Egyptian army and even jamming the wheels of the Egyptian military chariots. The Egyptians realized the living Sovereign LORD God was fighting for the Israelites as Israel’s Divine Warrior. After the Israelites safely crossed the Red Sea on dry land, the living Sovereign LORD God commanded Moses to stretch out his staff (rod) over the Red Sea so the waters would return to flow back over evil Pharaoh and the Egyptian army. Pharaoh’s army pursued the Israelites through the Red Sea, but the living Sovereign LORD God continued fighting for Israel by blowing the winds from His nostrils to return the sea waters to punish and overthrow the Egyptians in the midst of the Red Sea and completely drown the Egyptians' elite military men and fighting chariots. At the Red Sea, the living Sovereign LORD God revealed His awesome glory and mighty power by ...
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  • All Powerful God

    All Powerful God
    2025/08/27
    In the book of Exodus, the LORD (Yahweh) displayed His awesome power and almighty hand through signs and wonders, so that the evil Pharaoh would know that the God of the Hebrews is the only true King and God of heaven and earth. Moses and Aaron repeatedly went to the wicked Pharaoh, who was the king of Egypt, to demand that Pharaoh release and free the Israelites (Hebrews) from slavery, or Pharaoh would experience God’s wrath and punishment. The evil Pharaoh became more and more defiant against the living Sovereign LORD God and his servants Moses and Aaron, and refused to release the Israelites from their brutal slavery. Even more, the evil Pharaoh increased the Israelites’ labor and made them work even harder. The evil Pharaoh and his taskmasters and overseers continued to beat and demand that the Hebrews continue their heavy labor building Pithom and Raamses for Egypt, while also accusing the Israelites of being weak and lazy, who did not want to work. Therefore, the living Sovereign LORD God of heaven and earth demonstrated His mighty power to the evil Pharaoh and the Egyptians through signs and wonders, as He sent ten plagues. These divine plagues were unprecedented in the history of Egypt. The plagues of Egypt are often called “signs,” just as Christ Jesus’s miracles in the New Testament were called “signs” as Christ Jesus’ ministry was filled with divine signs and mighty deeds. The Holy Bible warns that Satan and his evil workers, who are filled with lies, darkness, and greed, can also perform signs and wonders to lead people away from wholehearted faithfulness and allegiance to the living Sovereign LORD God. In the book of Exodus, the evil Pharaoh’s magicians and sorcerers performed similar signs and wonders as Moses and his brother Aaron, but God’s power defeated and overpowered these evil demons' signs and wonders. The evil Pharaoh’s magicians realized they had no true power, and the plagues were the “finger of God.” In the first plague, the living Sovereign LORD God, through His servant Moses, turned all the waters into blood, including the canals, ponds, and rivers of Egypt, as well as the Egyptian Nile. Then, the living Sovereign LORD God released frogs throughout the whole land of Egypt. However, the evil Pharaoh refused to submit and obey the LORD (Yahweh). So, the living Sovereign LORD God sent more plagues throughout Egypt including pesky gnats and swarming flies, turning all the animals and livestock of Egypt sick, giving the Egyptians and the animals festering skin boils with painful sores, bringing destroying hailstorms with thunder and lightning flashes, and then He sent swarms of locusts (grasshoppers) throughout Egypt that ate all the Egyptians crops leaving Egypt in devastation and ruins. With the divine plagues, the evil Pharaoh begged Moses to intercede and pray to the living Sovereign LORD God to take God’s punishment and wrath away from Egypt, and then he would release Israel from slavery. So, the living Sovereign LORD God listened to Moses’ prayers and removed the plagues from the land of Egypt. Moses was learning the role of intercessor that would become an important part of his life in his service to the living God. Despite Moses’ intercessory prayers, the evil Pharaoh continued his stubbornness and refused to release Israel from slavery so they could worship the living Sovereign LORD God. Moses was considered a very great man in the land of Egypt, and he was respected by Pharaoh’s officials and the Egyptian people. Despite the numerous plagues, the evil Pharaoh lied and continued sinning against the living Sovereign LORD God by refusing to obey Him. The evil Pharaoh’s heart, who the living Sovereign LORD God controlled, remained stubborn, obstinate, and hardened, and he refused to release the Israelites from slavery so they could worship the LORD (Yahweh). However, the living Sovereign LORD God protected and shielded His people with His abiding peace from the harmful plagues, including the firstborn’s death, by passing over the Israelites’ homes. The Sovereign LORD God’s purpose of the Exodus was to reveal the God of the Hebrews, who is the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, as the only true God of heaven and earth with all power, glory, and superiority over everything, and to lead everyone to worship and honor Him as LORD and King. Sometime later, the living Sovereign LORD God sent the ninth plague of darkness, bringing complete darkness over all of Egypt so that the evil Pharaoh would release Israel from slavery. After feeling the darkness, the evil Pharaoh agreed to release the Israelites from slavery, but once again, the wicked Pharaoh lied and refused to submit to the LORD (Yahweh) by releasing Israel from slavery. Then, the living Sovereign LORD God sent His tenth plague and final angry blow upon Egypt by destroying and killing all the Egyptians' firstborn sons living in every family, including Pharaoh...
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  • God's Power and Name

    God's Power and Name
    2025/08/16
    Moses and his brother Aaron returned to Egypt as commanded by the living Sovereign LORD God of heaven and earth to rescue and deliver His people Israel from slavery and bondage, and lead the Israelites to the Promised Land of God - Israel-Palestine. The people of Israel bowed down with hopeful expectation and worship to the living God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob with thanksgiving after hearing Moses and Aaron’s message of deliverance, knowing that the living God had seen and listened to their bitter cries of slavery. Once in Egypt, Moses and Aaron commanded the evil Pharaoh to let the Israelites go from slavery and bondage so they could worship the God of the Hebrews with a feast and festival. However, the evil Pharaoh refused to listen to Moses and Aaron and even asked, “Who is the LORD?” that he would obey Him. Moses and Aaron continued their message to the evil Pharaoh that the God of the Hebrews had commanded the Israelites’ release so they could worship Him, or they would not receive God’s divine wrath and punishment. Then, the evil Pharaoh called Moses and Aaron liars and said that the people of Israel were many but lazy and weak, and the people must not be removed from their labor of building supply cities, Pithom and Raamses, for Egypt. So, the evil Pharaoh commanded his taskmasters to make Israel’s labor even harder and rigorous by taking away the Israelites’ straw for making bricks, but he continued to maintain Israel’s brick quota for building for Egypt. The Israelites gathered stubble instead of straw to make bricks. At the same time, the evil Pharaoh and his taskmasters and overseers continued to beat and demand that the Hebrews continue their heavy labor building Pithom and Raamses for Egypt, while also accusing the Israelites of being weak and lazy, who did not want to work. Then, the Israelite overseers met Moses and Aaron with anger, doubt, and frustration because the evil Pharaoh had increased their physical labor and made the Israelites’ slavery even harder, brutal, and bitter with much sorrow. So, Moses cried out to the living Sovereign LORD God, saying that the evil Pharaoh not only did not listen to him to release the Israelites from slavery, but the evil Pharaoh became defiant and made the Israelites’ slave labor even harsher, crueler, and troublesome. Then, the living Sovereign LORD God encouraged Moses and renewed His promises to him that the evil Pharaoh would feel and see His strong power and mighty hand when He would redeem and rescue the Israelites from the cruel Egyptian slavery and bondage. Then, the living Sovereign LORD God declared to Moses that He is the LORD (translated as “Yahweh” or “I AM”) that appeared to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob as God Almighty (El-Shaddai, Adonai), but they did not know His eternal covenant Name as the LORD, who is the strong and miracle-working Most High God of heaven and earth. In addition, the living Sovereign LORD God proclaimed to Moses that He had established His eternal covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob to give the Israelites the land of Canaan (Israel-Palestine), which is God’s land forever. Even more, the living Sovereign LORD God, who is forever faithful and present with this people, declared once again to Moses that He had heard and seen Israel’s bitter groaning, sorrows, and bitterness, and that He had remembered His eternal covenant promises with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. The living Sovereign LORD God declared that He had come down from heaven to redeem and free Israel from their oppressive slavery with His mighty arm and great judgments to claim (adopt) Israel as His people and give Israel the good land flowing with milk and honey He promised their fathers - Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob as a heritage. Then, the living Sovereign LORD God declared that the evil Pharaoh would know that the God of the Hebrews is the Redeemer God and the only true King and LORD of heaven and earth. Once again, the people of Israel heard Moses’ message of their deliverance and freedom by the living Sovereign LORD God from evil slavery but their hearts and spirits were filled with anguish and misery caused by the brutality of their slavery. So, the living Sovereign LORD God spoke to Moses and Aaron to command the evil Pharaoh king of Egypt to let His people Israel go from the land of Egypt. Moses questioned the living Sovereign LORD God if the people would listen to him, and once again, he argued as he did at Mount Sinai (Horeb) that he had weak speech (uncircumcised lips). However, the living Sovereign LORD God assured Moses that He would make Moses appear as God to evil Pharaoh and his brother Aaron as a prophet to speak all that He had commanded Moses to tell evil Pharaoh to let His people Israel go from Egypt so they could worship Him. Moses and Aaron were among the families of Israel (Hebrews) as descendants of Jacob’s son, the tribe of Levi, and they took the steps of faith and ...
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  • God's Call of Moses

    God's Call of Moses
    2025/08/09
    Moses was a Hebrew (also called Israelite) from the tribe of Levi. Moses was 40 years old when he left Egypt and married his wife, Zipporah, while living in Midian with his father-in-law Reuel, also known as Jethro. During his time in Midian, Moses became a shepherd, and he fathered two sons, Gershom and Eliezer. Moses lived in Midian for forty (40) years, and he was now eighty (80) years old, beginning at Exodus chapter 3. The people of Midian were descendants of Father Abraham, as Midian was Abraham’s younger son. Beginning with chapter 3, the book of Exodus devotes the events of chapters 3 through 40 to a single year, focusing on the main character, Moses. One day, Moses was watching and tending the sheep of his father-in-law Jethro when he came to Mount Sinai (Horeb), the mountain of the living God. At Mount Sinai, a mighty Angel of the LORD appeared to Moses from the midst of a burning bush with flames of fire. Moses saw with fear and amazement that the bush was on fire with many flames, but the bush was not burned up or consumed. Then from inside the burning bush, the living LORD God called and spoke with Moses, and He commanded Moses to take off his sandals from his feet because the place where he was standing was holy ground. The living LORD God is holy, and He has also called everyone to honor His holiness by following His holy living and moral character. Next, the living LORD God called Moses. The living LORD God said to Moses, “I am the God of your fathers - the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob,” but Moses hid his face from the living LORD God because he was afraid as he trembled with fear. The living LORD God said to Moses that He had seen and heard the cries, misery, sorrows, and oppression of His people Israel living in Egypt, and that He has come down from heaven for a visit to deliver and rescue Israel out of the Egyptian’s hands and bring Israel to the good land flowing with milk and honey that He promised their ancestors - Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Then, the living LORD God informed Moses that He had called and appointed him as ruler and deliverer by the hand of His mighty Angel, who appeared to Moses in the burning bush to lead and deliver His people Israel from Egypt to the Promised Land of Canaan (Israel-Palestine). The Promised Land of Israel is a significant region on earth that connects the continents of Africa and Europe. Moses was concerned and protested to the living LORD God that he was not worthy to speak to Pharaoh and lead Israel out of Egypt. Then, the living and faithful LORD God assured Moses that His Holy Presence would be with him and His divine sign would be Moses’ return to Mount Sinai (Horeb) with the Israelites to worship Him at this holy mountain of God. Then, the living God announced His eternal covenant Name to Moses to tell his fellow Israelites, saying, “I AM WHO I AM,” also translated “I WILL BE WHAT I WILL,” because He is the Most High God of heaven and earth. The Name “I AM WHO I AM” or “I AM” is the so-called tetragrammaton of YHWH or Yahweh, and the Name has been translated as “the LORD,” “Jehovah,” and “Adonai” in Hebrew. In Greek, Yahweh is translated as “Kyrios.” Once again, the living LORD God commanded Moses to assemble the Israel and their elder to tell them that the eternal God of their fathers - Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, who has seen their misery and sorrows and He has come down from heaven to rescue and deliver Israel from Egyptian slavery to give them the good land of Canaan (Israel-Palestine) that flows with milk and honey. Notably, Christ Jesus identified Himself as “I AM” or Yahweh in the New Testament as One with His Holy Father, who has once again come down from heaven to deliver and free His people with an exodus from bondage and slavery to Satan’s evil sin and wickedness. Christ Jesus is the eternal God who is One with His Holy Father and the Holy Spirit of God that has existed before Moses and at the beginning of creation. Then, the living LORD God announced to Moses that he and the elders of Israel must go to the king of Egypt and tell Pharaoh that the God of the Hebrews needs Israel to worship Him for three days in the wilderness with sacrifices and a great feast. However, the living LORD God, who is omniscient (all-knowing) knew that evil Pharaoh would reject Moses and the elders’ request, which would lead Him to stretch out His mighty hand to strike Egypt with His mighty signs and wonders so Israel could leave Egypt. In addition, the living LORD God informed Moses as He had previously promised Abraham that He would give His people Israel favor (grace) in Pharaoh’s sight so Israel would plunder Egypt and take Pharaoh’s great wealth and possessions of silver, gold, and fine clothing. Then, Moses was reluctant to accept the call and divine assignment from the living LORD God, and he questioned the living LORD God whether the people ...
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