Transcript Exodus - GodsCharacter.com

 “Abraham believed God, and because of his
faith God accepted him as righteous.”
(Romans 4:9 – GN)
 “Abram put his trust in the LORD, and
because of this the LORD was pleased with
him and accepted him.” (Genesis 15:6 - GN)
 “Thus Abraham believed in and adhered to
and trusted in and relied on God, and it was
reckoned and placed to his account and
credited as righteousness” (Galatians 3:6 –
Amplified)
- "Faith is believing what you want
to believe, yet cannot prove."
-“Faith is believing what you know
ain't so.”
- “Faith is a leap in the dark.”
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“Now faith means that we are confident of
what we hope for, convinced of what we do
not see” (Hebrews 11:1 – Moffatt)
“The fundamental fact of existence is that
this trust in God, this faith, is the firm
foundation under everything that makes life
worth living. It's our handle on what we can't
see.” (Hebrews 11:1 – The Message)
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“Abraham married another woman, whose
name was Keturah. She bore him Zimran,
Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah.
(Genesis 25:1-2 – GN)
“Abraham left everything he owned to Isaac;
but while he was still alive, he gave presents
to the sons his other wives had borne him.
Then he sent these sons to the land of the
East, away from his son Isaac.” (Genesis 25:56 – GN)
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Isaac and Rebecca
 “Isaac preferred Esau, because he enjoyed eating
the animals Esau killed, but Rebecca preferred
Jacob.” (Genesis 25:28 – GN)
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Jacob (Heal grabber, to deceive)
Esau married 2 Hittite women
 “They made life miserable for Isaac and Rebecca”
(Genesis 26:35 – GN)
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“Then Jacob made a vow to the LORD: ‘If
you will be with me and protect me on
the journey I am making and give me
food and clothing, and if I return safely to
my father’s home, then you will be my
God.’” (Genesis 28:20-23 – GN)
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“Not until the next morning did Jacob
discover that it was Leah.” (Genesis 29:25 –
GN)
“Jacob had intercourse with Rachel also, and
he loved her more than Leah.” (Genesis 29:30
– GN)
“Jacob deceived Laban by not letting him
know that he was leaving.” (Genesis 31:20 –
GN)
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“Rachel had taken the household gods and
put them in a camel's saddlebag and was
sitting on them. Laban searched through the
whole tent, but did not find them. Rachel said
to her father, ‘Do not be angry with me, sir,
but I am not able to stand up in your
presence; I am having my monthly period.’
Laban searched but did not find his
household gods.” (Genesis 31:34,35 – GN)
“We cannot let our sister marry a man who is not
circumcised; that would be a disgrace for us. We can
agree only on the condition that you become like us
by circumcising all your males.” (Genesis 34:14,15 –
GN)
 “Three days later, when the men were still sore from
their circumcision, two of Jacob's sons, Simeon and
Levi, the brothers of Dinah, took their swords, went
into the city without arousing suspicion, and killed
all the men…” (Genesis 34:25 – GN)
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“While Jacob was living in that land, Reuben
had sexual intercourse with Bilhah, one of his
father’s concubines; Jacob heard about it and
was furious.” (Genesis 35:22 - GN)
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“Jacob loved Joseph more than any of his
other children because Joseph had been born
to him in his old age. So one day Jacob had a
special gift made for Joseph—a beautiful
robe.” (Genesis 37:3 – NLT)
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Judah marries a Canaanite woman
“When Judah saw her, he thought that she was
a prostitute, because she had her face
covered. He went over to her at the side of the
road and said, ‘All right, how much do you
charge?’ (He did not know that she was his
daughter-in-law.)” (Genesis 38:15,16 – GN)
“About three months later someone told
Judah, ‘Your daughter-in-law Tamar has been
acting like a whore, and now she is pregnant.’
Judah ordered, ‘Take her out and burn her to
death.’” (Genesis 38:24,25 – GN)
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“He sent his brothers off and as they left,
he said to them, ‘Don’t quarrel on the
way.’” (Genesis 45:24 – GN)
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“He dreamed that he saw a stairway reaching
from earth to heaven, with angels going up
and coming down on it. And there was the
Lord standing beside him. ‘I am the Lord, the
God of Abraham and Isaac,’ he said. ‘I will
give to you and to your descendants this land
on which you are lying.’” (Genesis 28:12,13 –
GN)
“You have struggled with God and with
men, and you have won…”
 “Jacob said, ‘I have seen God face to face,
and I am still alive.’” (Genesis 32:28-30 –
GN)
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“This is the list of the ancestors of Jesus Christ, a
descendant of David, who was a descendant of
Abraham. From Abraham to King David, the
following ancestors are listed: Abraham, Isaac,
Jacob, Judah and his brothers; then Perez and
Zerah (their mother was Tamar), Hezron, Ram,
Amminadab, Nahshon, Salmon, Boaz (his mother
was Rahab), Obed (his mother was Ruth), Jesse,
and King David.” (Matthew 1:1-2 – GN)
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“From David to the time when the people of
Israel were taken into exile in Babylon, the
following ancestors are listed: David,
Solomon (his mother was the woman who
had been Uriah's wife), Rehoboam, Abijah,
Asa, Jehoshaphat, Jehoram, Uzziah, Jotham,
Ahaz, Hezekiah, Manasseh, Amon, Josiah,
and Jehoiachin and his brothers.” (Matthew
1:7 – GN)
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“And I was told that the number of those
who were marked with God’s seal on their
foreheads was 144,000. They were from the
twelve tribes of Israel, twelve thousand
from each tribe: Judah, Reuben, Gad, Asher,
Naphtali, Manasseh, Simeon, Levi, Issachar,
Zebulun, Joseph, and Benjamin.”
(Revelation 7:4-5 – GN)
 “The people of Israel are as stubborn
as mules. How can I feed them like
lambs in a meadow?” (Hosea 4:16 –
GN)
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“So the Egyptians made the Israelites
their slaves.” (Exodus 1:11 – GN)
“Moses was shepherding the flock of Jethro, his fatherin-law, the priest of Midian….The angel of GOD appeared
to him in flames of fire blazing out of the middle of a
bush. He looked. The bush was blazing away but it didn’t
burn up. Moses said, ‘What's going on here? I can’t
believe this! Amazing! Why doesn't the bush burn up?’
 GOD saw that he had stopped to look. God called to him
from out of the bush, ‘Moses! Moses!’ He said, ‘Yes? I'm
right here!’ God said, ‘Don't come any closer. Remove
your sandals from your feet. You’re standing on holy
ground.’ Then he said, ‘I am the God of your father: The
God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, the God of Jacob.’
Moses hid his face, afraid to look at God.” (Exodus 3:1-6 –
The Message)
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“But Moses replied, ‘When I go to the
Israelites and say to them, The God of your
ancestors sent me to you, they will ask me,
What is his name? So what can I tell them?’”
God said, ‘I am who I am. You must tell them:
'The one who is called I AM has sent me to
you. Tell the Israelites that I, the LORD, the
God of their ancestors, the God of Abraham,
Isaac, and Jacob, have sent you to them. This
is my name forever; this is what all future
generations are to call me.’” (Exodus 3:13-15 –
GN)
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“And you will die in your sins if you do not
believe that ‘I Am Who I Am’…When you lift
up the Son of Man, you will know that ‘I Am
Who I Am’…I am telling you the truth,’ Jesus
replied. ‘Before Abraham was born, ‘I Am’.
Then they picked up stones to throw at him,
but Jesus hid himself and left the Temple.”
(John 8:24,28,58,59 – GN)
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“I want you to remember, my friends, what
happened to our ancestors who followed
Moses. They were all under the protection of
the cloud, and all passed safely through the
Red Sea. In the cloud and in the sea they were
all baptized as followers of Moses. All ate the
same spiritual bread and drank the same
spiritual drink. They drank from the spiritual
rock that went with them; and that rock was
Christ himself.” (1 Corinthians 10:1-4 – GN)
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God
 “I am a God who is everywhere and not
in one place only. No one can hide
where I cannot see them. Do you not
know that I am everywhere in heaven
and on earth?” (Jeremiah 23:23,24 GN)
Angel of the Lord
 Hagar, Jacob, Moses, Gideon
 Man of Nazareth
 “Can anything good come from Nazareth?”
(John 1:46 – GN)
 Nothing
 “The greatest love you can have for your
friends is to give your life for them.” (John
15:13)
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“Then you will be like God, telling him what to say.”
(Exodus 4:16 – GN)
 “The LORD said, ‘I am going to make you like God to
the king, and your brother Aaron will speak to him
as your prophet.’” (Exodus 7:1 – GN)
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“He will send you a prophet like me from among
your own people” (Deuteronomy 18:15 - GN)
 “Moses was a humble man, more humble than
anyone else on earth” (Numbers 12:3 - GN)
“Then Moses and Aaron went to the king of Egypt
and said, ‘The LORD, the God of Israel, says, Let my
people go, so that they can hold a festival in the
desert to honor me.’
 “Who is the LORD?’ the king demanded. ‘Why
should I listen to him and let Israel go? I do not know
the LORD; and I will not let Israel go...’
 ‘What do you mean by making the people neglect
their work? Get those slaves back to work! You
people have become more numerous than the
Egyptians. And now you want to stop working!’”
(Exodus 5:1,2,4,5 – GN)
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“The foremen realized that they were in trouble when they were told
that they had to make the same number of bricks every day as they
had made before. As they were leaving, they met Moses and Aaron,
who were waiting for them. They said to Moses and Aaron, ‘The LORD
has seen what you have done and will punish you for making the king
and his officers hate us. You have given them an excuse to kill us.’ Then
Moses turned to the LORD again and said, ‘Lord, why do you mistreat
your people? Why did you send me here? Ever since I went to the king
to speak for you, he has treated them cruelly. And you have done
nothing to help them!’” (Exodus 5:19-23 – GN)
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God’s reply:
 “Then the LORD said to Moses, ‘Now you will see what I will do to
Pharaoh. I will show him my power, and he will let my people go. I
will show him my power, and he will throw them out of his country.’”
(Exodus 6:1 – GODS WORD)*
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Blood
Frogs
Gnats
Flies
Death of the animals
Boils
Hail
Locusts
Darkness
Passover
Blood – Hapi, the god of the Nile who was thought to bring
water and life to Egypt
 Frogs – Heka, the ‘toad goddess’, a symbol of resurrection
 Gnats – Geb, the god of earth and vegetation
 Flies – Khepri, the god of insects
 Death of the animals – Apis, the god of cattle
 Boils – Thoth, the god of medicine and wisdom. They would
sacrifice humans and burn them alive on high alters and then
spread their ashes into the air as a blessing to heal people
 Hail – Nut, the ‘sky goddess’ of harvest
 Locusts – Anubis, the god of the fields
 Darkness – Ra, the ‘sun god’ believed to the physical father
of all pharaohs
 Passover – “On that night I will go through the
land…punishing all the gods of Egypt” (Exodus 12:12 - GN)
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“And when Pharaoh saw that the rain, the hail,
and the thunder had ceased, he sinned yet
more; and he hardened his heart, he and his
servants. So the heart of Pharaoh was hard;
neither would he let the children of Israel go, as
the LORD had spoken by Moses. Now the
LORD said to Moses, ‘Go in to Pharaoh; for I
have hardened his heart and the hearts of his
servants…’” (Exodus 9:34-10:1 – NKJV)
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“The LORD was angry at Israel again, and he
made David think it would be a good idea to
count the people in Israel and Judah.” (2
Samuel 24:1 – GN)
“Satan wanted to bring trouble on the people
of Israel, so he made David decide to take a
census.” (1 Chronicles 21:1)
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“By the living LORD,’ David continued, ‘I
know that the LORD himself will kill Saul,
either when his time comes to die a natural
death or when he dies in battle.’” (1 Samuel
26:10 – GN)
“So the LORD killed him…” (1 Chronicles
10:14 – GN)
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“I bring punishment on those who hate
me and on their descendants down to
the third and fourth generation.”
(Exodus 20:5 – GN)
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“God has blinded their eyes and closed their
minds, so that their eyes would not see, and
their minds would not understand, and they
would not turn to me, says God, for me to
heal them.” (John 12:40 – GN)
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“The fire of God fell from the sky and burned
up the sheep and the servants, and I am the
only one who has escaped to tell you!” (Job
1:16 – NIV)
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“What is NOT covered:
 Acts of God (including but not limited to flood,
hurricane, and earthquake), or consequential
losses resulting from any other Act of God.”
“Then the LORD sent poisonous snakes among the people, and
many Israelites were bitten and died.” (Numbers 21:5)
 “If with all these tokens of His love the people still continued to
complain, the Lord would withdraw His protection until they
should be led to appreciate His merciful care, and return to Him
with repentance and humiliation. Because they had been shielded
by divine power they had not realized the countless dangers by
which they were continually surrounded…The poisonous serpents
that infested the wilderness were called fiery serpents, on account
of the terrible effects produced by their sting, it causing violent
inflammation and speedy death. As the protecting hand of God
was removed from Israel, great numbers of the people were
attacked by these venomous creatures. (PP, 428,429)
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