Bible Question: what conditions were the isrealites in when moses entered the picture? |
Bible Answer: Dear Lovetopraisehim At the end of Genesis we read about the last days of Joseph. He was raised up of God to deliver both his own people in addition to being a blessing to Eygpt. In Exodus 1:8 "Now there arose a King who knew not Joseph" He was wary of the prosperity and posterity of the children of Israel and developed a plan which would put them into bondage. This bondage was increased, but instead of bringing them under control, it seemed that the more they were persecuted the greater their blessing. The King then ordered the midwives to kill the sons which would be born to Israel. However, we find that God was in control and used the King's daughter to save the one he would eventually use in the deliverance of his people from Eygpts bondage. In fact God prepared him as he was educated in the Eygptian culture. We read that Moses made a choice "choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season" (Hebrews 11:25) Moses murdered a Eygption and had to flee for his life into the desert where be became a shepherd. It was there that God called him from the burning bush. It was at this holy place that Moses met "I AM" for the first time. The conditions which the children of Israel found themselves in when Moses was called is found in God's words to Moses "I have surely seen the affliction of my people which are in Eygpt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; I know their sorrows"(Exodus 3:7) Peace Robert |