Well, when God revealed Himself to Jacob and to Isaac and to Abram God revealed Himself by a name. That the living God has actually spoken to me.” It’s a perfectly natural question that the people of God would question him. “Well, Lord, who do I say that You are to them? How do I tell them that you have revealed Yourself to me? What name will you tell me to show the people of God that they might know that I have truly seen the living God. God even, in that announcement to Moses, is showing His sovereignty over the whole situation.Īnd then Moses asks another question. You and the people of Israel are going to worship Me here at Sinai. Moses, here is going to be the sign to you whereby you know that you are the man that I have chosen. It is a sign of the certainty of God’s purposes. That is, to go and be the spokesman for Pharaoh, and to go and be the leader of God’s people and to go through all the problems and difficulties that was entailed. And that’s an interesting sign, isn’t it? Because it’s a sign that Moses himself is not going to be able to see until he is actually done that which God called him to do. Initially, having been told that he would be the spokesman of the Lord God of Israel to Pharaoh, Moses responded with humility simply asking, “Who am I to do this? What qualifications have I to do this particular work?Īnd God assured Moses as we study that passage in Exodus, chapter 3, by telling him I’m going to show you that this is going to be done, and the great sign that I’m going to show you by which this is going to be done is that you’re going to bring the people of God back here to Sinai, and they’re going to worship Me right here. And we have already said that Moses, so far in this conversation, has raised two questions or objections or problems with God’s plan. Moses was curious, and God approaches him and announces to him His plans for Moses to be His spokesman to Pharaoh and His leader for His people. And it turned out to be a manifestation of God. This conversation began with Moses seeing the curious sight of a bush which was burning, but not being consumed on the side of Sinai as he grazed sheep. Ever since we entered Exodus 3, we have been witnesses to an ongoing conversation between the Lord, the God of Israel, and Moses, His servant. If you have your Bibles, I’d invite you to turn with me to Exodus, chapter 4.
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