14 God said to Moses, “I am who I am.[c] This is what you are to say to the Israelites: ‘I am has sent me to you.’”
Very familiar story. I thought I would dive into this verse a little bit. I find it fascinating how God refers to himself. Earlier in the chapter he refers to himself as "the God of your fathers....." But, here its so specifically vague. So, I did a little digging. Here's a link to short blurb that makes sense to me.
https://chicagobible.org/why-did-god-call-himself-i-am-that-i-am/
According to this explanation. God is using an old Hebrew saying/name for himself....and telling Moses that he will be whatever Moses needs to complete the task he's been given.
How powerful is that!? God is telling him.....I will be whatever you need me to be, to be successful. Holy Smokes! That's huge.
tp
that was a good article.
ReplyDelete19 But I know that the king of Egypt will not let you go unless a mighty hand compels him.
I found myself drifting wondering about the Egyptians. Why doesn't God seem to love them how did they get to this point. Did my own little research, finding Egyptians were descendants from Noah--Ham to them. But they drifted away from God worshiping other gods, with Pharaohs later claiming to be more powerful than God.
So their own free choices took them away from God. One piece talked about the suffering Egyptians would later enduring may have been God trying to get their attention to bring them back into the fold.
anyway, I guess what was troubling me was the thought of God loving one group and not another and where did these people come from. So I guess this explanation helped me a little with perspective of how it came to this point.
knut