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Moses was in Midian for 40 years. During that long period, the king of Egypt died. The Israelites groaned in their slavery and cried out, and their cry for help because of their slavery went up to God. God heard their groaning and He remembered His covenant with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. So God looked on the Israelites and was concerned about them. – Slide 1
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Now Moses was tending the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of Midian, and he led the flock to the far side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God. – Slide 2
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Here the angel of the Lord appeared to him in flames of fire from within a bush. Moses saw that though the bush was on fire it did not burn up. So Moses thought, ‘I will go over and see this strange sight—why the bush does not burn up.’ – Slide 3
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When the Lord saw that he had gone over to look, God called to him from within the bush, ‘Moses! Moses!’ <br/>And Moses said, ‘Here I am.’ – Slide 4
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‘Do not come any closer,’ God said. ‘Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.’ <br/>Then He said, ‘I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob.’ At this, Moses hid his face, because he was afraid to look at God. – Slide 5
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The Lord said, ‘I have indeed seen the misery of my people in Egypt. I have heard them crying out because of their slave drivers, and I am concerned about their suffering. So I have come down to rescue them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land into a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey—the home of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites. And now the cry of the Israelites has reached me, and I have seen the way the Egyptians are oppressing them. So now, go. I am sending you to Pharaoh to bring my people the Israelites out of Egypt.’ – Slide 6
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But Moses said to God, ‘Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh and bring the Israelites out of Egypt?’ <br/>And God said, ‘I will be with you. And this will be the sign to you that it is I who have sent you: When you have brought the people out of Egypt, you will worship God on this mountain.’ <br/>Moses said to God, ‘Suppose I go to the Israelites and say to them, “The God of your fathers has sent me to you,” and they ask me, “What is His name?” Then what shall I tell them?’ <br/>God said to Moses, ‘I AM who I AM. This is what you are to say to the Israelites: “I AM has sent me to you.”’ – Slide 7
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God instructed Moses to go to the Elders of the people of Israel. Then they were to ask Pharaoh to let them take a three-day journey into the wilderness to offer sacrifices to the LORD our God. God explained that Pharoah would not let them go immediately but God would perform wonders until Pharaoh relented. – Slide 8
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Moses answered, ‘What if they do not believe me or listen to me and say, “The LORD did not appear to you?”’ <br/>Then the LORD said to him, ‘What is that in your hand?’ <br/>‘A staff,’ he replied. <br/>The Lord said, ‘Throw it on the ground.’ – Slide 9
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Moses threw it on the ground and it became a snake, and he ran from it. – Slide 10
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Then the Lord said to him, ‘Reach out your hand and take it by the tail.’ – Slide 11
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So Moses reached out and took hold of the snake and it turned back into a staff in his hand. ‘This,’ said the Lord, ‘is so that they may believe that the Lord, the God of their fathers—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob—has appeared to you.’ – Slide 12
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Then the Lord said, ‘Put your hand inside your cloak.’ So Moses put his hand into his cloak, and when he took it out, the skin was leprous—it had become as white as snow. <br/>‘Now put it back into your cloak,’ he said. So Moses put his hand back into his cloak, and when he took it out, it was restored, like the rest of his flesh. – Slide 13
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Then the Lord said, ‘If they do not believe you or pay attention to the first sign, they may believe the second. But if they do not believe these two signs or listen to you, take some water from the Nile and pour it on the dry ground. The water you take from the river will become blood on the ground.’ – Slide 14
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Moses said to the LORD, ‘Pardon your servant, Lord. I have never been eloquent, neither in the past nor since you have spoken to your servant. I am slow of speech and tongue.’ <br/>The Lord said to Moses, ‘Who gave human beings their mouths? Who makes them deaf or mute? Who gives them sight or makes them blind? Is it not I, the Lord? Now go; I will help you speak and will teach you what to say.’ – Slide 15
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But Moses said, ‘Pardon your servant, Lord. Please send someone else.’ <br/>Then the LORD’s anger burned against Moses and He said, ‘What about your brother, Aaron the Levite? I know he can speak well. He is already on his way to meet you, and he will be glad to see you. You shall speak to him and put words in his mouth; I will help both of you speak and will teach you what to do. He will speak to the people for you, and it will be as if he were your mouth and as if you were God to him. But take this staff in your hand so you can perform the signs with it.’ – Slide 16
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Moses obeyed and told Jethro his father-in-law God was sending him back to Egypt. God sent Aaron to join Moses and they travelled to Egypt. <br/>Moses and Aaron brought together all the elders of the Israelites, and Aaron told them everything the Lord had said to Moses. He also performed the signs before the people, and they believed. And when they heard that the Lord was concerned about them and had seen their misery, they bowed down and worshiped. – Slide 17
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