Saturday, January 14, 2023

CHUCK KOLB

 Shabbat Shalom - Parasha Shemot (Names) - Like Israel, Like Us !!!


Previously posted ...
Shabbat Shalom - Parasha Vayechi - The Lion and the Scepter of Judah !!!
https://conpats.blogspot.com/2023/01/chuck-kolb.html
On Sin, Righteousness And Forgiveness - 1/7/23
https://conpats.blogspot.com/2023/01/sermon.html
Situation WW3 Updates 1/8/23 Mr Speaker - Brunson Monday - Enjoy The Show - Milspec Bots - Spike Detox  
https://conpats.blogspot.com/2023/01/chuck-kolb-situation-updates_9.html
Situation WW3 Updates 1/9/23 Brazil War - Food Shortge List - Parasitic Trends - Vegas Grid
https://conpats.blogspot.com/2023/01/chuck-kolb-situation-updates_79.html
Situation WW3 Updates 1/10/23 Brunson Denied - Diamond Dies - How Can It Be
https://conpats.blogspot.com/2023/01/chuck-kolb-situation-updates_10.html
Situation WW3 Updates 1/11/23  Pfizer - Globalist Playbook - War Without End - Before and After  
https://conpats.blogspot.com/2023/01/chuck-kolb-situation-updates_11.html
Situation WW3 Updates 1/12/23 Stupiity Warning - Gas Cooking - Gold Eggs - FAA Grounding - Canada Crime  
https://conpats.blogspot.com/2023/01/chuck-kolb-situation-updates_12.html

  
These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world
ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world. John 16:33
Blessed are those servants whom the master finds on watch when he returns. Luke 12:37
And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather expose them. Eph 5:11
I made haste, and delayed not to keep thy commandments. I will never forget thy precepts:
for with them thou hast quickened me. Psalm 119:60,93
The war against Truth has been raging ever since
evil was expulsed from the realm of Heaven.  
God instructed Pharaoh, "Let my people go."
God instructs us, "Let my people know."
Shema Y'israel - Maranatha !
Na'aseh V'nishma 

Gadol Adonai - Sarah Liberman
vid> https://youtu.be/MlaqmqM-Y4w (4:32)
https://sarahliberman.com/


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כבוד שם יהוה Baruch Hashem Adonai  
לשבור לחם ביחד Shabbat Shalom Mishpacha

#ShabbatShalom - Welcome to Shemot (Names), this week’s Parasha (Torah Portion).
This is the portion of Scripture that will be read in synagogues around the world during this week’s Shabbat (Saturday) service. 
May you be blessed, refreshed, and inspired as you study God’s word with us.

In last week’s study, Vayechi (and he lived), the final Shabbat reading from the book of Genesis (Bereisheet) was drashed and ended with the death of Jacob and Joseph. This week, we begin the second book of the Torah, Exodus, called Shemot in Hebrew, which means names. This Parasha describes the suffering of the Israelites under bondage to the Egyptians, the birth of Moses and his miraculous salvation from out of the Nile River.  It also describes his calling to deliver Israel and his encounter with Pharaoh.


You can view this Parasha on our website complete with embedded links ...
Parasha Shemot (Names): Like Israel, Like Us
https://free.messianicbible.com/parasha/parasha-shemot-names-like-israel-like-us-5783/

Dwelling in the Shekhinah Glory of God
https://free.messianicbible.com/feature/dwelling-shekhinah-glory-god/
The Prophet Zechariah: Prophecy for Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
https://free.messianicbible.com/feature/prophet-zechariah-prophecy-yesterday-today-tomorrow/

God Wants to Set You Free! Find Out How
https://free.messianicbible.com/feature/god-wants-set-free-find/
No One Else Brings Salvation but Yeshua
https://free.messianicbible.com/feature/one-else-brings-salvation-yeshua/
Are You a Jew? The Answer Might Surprise You
https://free.messianicbible.com/feature/are-you-a-jew-fname-the-answer-might-surprise-you/

When to Celebrate Yeshua HaMashiach's birthday ...
The Joy of Tabernacles when Yeshua was Born

http://conpats.blogspot.com/2019/10/chuck-kolb-10142019.html
How Yeshua was born on the Feast of Tabernacles by Rabbi Yitzchak
http://www.calledoutbelievers.org/how-yeshua-was-born-on-the-feast-of-tabernacles/

Yeshua's Truth & Christianity's Lies - האמת של ישוע ושקרי הנצרות
vid> https://youtu.be/UAPArABi838 (2:42:51) 12/11/22
Rabbi Guy Cohen הרב גיא כהן > https://www.youtube.com/@rabbiguycohen/videos
 
Revelation and Na'aseh V'nishma
https://www.sefaria.org/sheets/11880
https://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/do-first-understand-later/
We will do and we will listen to all that God has declared. Exodus 24:7

English to Hebrew to English lookup
https://context.reverso.net/translation/hebrew-english/
https://www.doitinhebrew.com/Translate/default.aspx
https://english-hebrew-dictionary.com/
https://alittlehebrew.com/transliterate/  
https://yiddishkeit101.wordpress.com/category/hebrew-word-of-the-day
The Best Jewish Words You Need To Know: A Yiddish and Hebrew Glossary
https://www.joyofkosher.com/from-jamie/the-best-jewish-words-you-need-to-know/
https://www.brighthubeducation.com/studying-a-language/58611-yiddish-expressions-for-the-holidays/
https://hebrew4christians.com/Glossary/glossary.html
A Living Library of Jewish Texts in Hebrew and English translation
https://www.sefaria.org/   https://dictionary.co.il/   https://www.hebrew-verbs.co.il/
https://www.mechon-mamre.org/


Torah Teasers Parshat Shmot by Moshe Erlbaum
https://www.aish.com/tp/i/teasers/Torah-Teasers-Parshat-Shmot.html

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Todah Rabah - beloved Rabbi Ralph Messer ...
Simchat Torah Beit Midrash - Joy of God’s Teaching and Instruction
All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine,
for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness.  2 Timothy 3:16

What Does It Mean to Choose Life? Every decision you make can be made in a way that you are “choosing life.”
The Torah is God’s constitution; it is His teaching and instruction; it is eternal and it is life.
His Spirit is pure Light, abundant with untouchable, supreme, sovereign power.
God is the Source of all life

שְׁמוֹת  Shemot
This Torah portion, as well as the whole Book of Exodus, is called Shemot, meaning “names.”

There is a midrash (commentary on the Torah) which says, “Israel were redeemed from Egypt on account of four things; because they did not change their names, they did not change their language, they did not go tale-bearing, and none of them was found to have been immoral” (Vayikra Rabbah 32).  They held onto their identity and lifestyle as Jews, and did not assimilate into the Egyptian culture.

https://stbm.org/shemot

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Todah Rabah - Dr. Gary Hedrick ...
Reaching the Jewish people with the Gospel
https://www.cjfm.org/about-us/who-we-are/history/
Charles Halff - What It Costs a Jew to Become a Christian
https://store.cjfm.org/product/146/what-it-costs-a-jew-to-become-a-christian

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Todah Rabah - beloved Rabbi Chaim Richman ...
Weekly Torah Study: with Rav Gedalia Meyer
Temple Jam with Yitzchak Reuven and Rabbi Abba Horovitz

https://www.youtube.com/c/TheTempleInstitute/videos
https://www.facebook.com/The-Temple-Institute-22738684968/
https://www.instagram.com/thetempleinstitute/ - https://twitter.com/TempleInstitute
https://www.templeinstitute.org/ Weekly Newsletter - 36 years  
The Mystery of the Red Heifer: Divine Promise of Purity
https://templeinstitute.org/red-heifer/
Jerusalem Lights - Rabbi Chaim Richman
https://www.youtube.com/c/JerusalemLightsRabbiChaimRichman/videos

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Todah Rabah - beloved Rabbi Chaim Jachter ...
Kol Torah Academy of Bergen County 
Parashat Shemot - Tevet 21, 5783 - January 13, 2023
https://www.koltorah.org/s/Kol-Torah-Shemot-2023-5.pdf (5 page pdf)
https://www.koltorah.org/articles/?category=Shemot
https://www.koltorah.org/by-parashah  https://www.koltorah.org/parashah
https://www.koltorah.org/rav-jachters-halachah-files
Yeshiva > https://www.tabc.org/  https://www.instagram.com/koltorah.tabc/
https://www.koltorah.org/about-us > https://www.koltorah.org/books
Rabbi Jachter on JM in the AM with Nachum Segal talking about his book
mp3> Bridging Traditions: Demystifying Differences Between Sephardic and Ashkenazic Jews! (23:59)
https://nachumsegal.com/nachum-and-rabbi-haim-jachter-explore-bridging-traditions-on-jm-in-the-am/
Does the Torah Reject Democracy? > Rabbi Chaim Jachter
https://www.koltorah.org/halachah/does-the-torah-reject-democracy-by-rabbi-chaim-jachter


https://www.koltorah.org/articles?category=Shemot
https://www.koltorah.org/by-parashah https://www.koltorah.org/about-us
https://www.koltorah.org/rav-jachters-halachah-files
Yeshiva - https://www.tabc.org/ https://www.instagram.com/koltorah.tabc/


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Parshat Shemot
https://www.chabad.org/parshah/article_cdo/aid/3233/jewish/Shemot-in-a-Nutshell.htm
http://www.chabad.org/parshah/default.asp?tDate=1/14/2023  
https://www.chabad.org/calendar/view/month_cdo/jewish/Jewish-Calendar.htm
https://www.chabad.org/calendar/converter_cdo/aid/6225/jewish/Jewish-Hebrew-Date-Converter.htm
 
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Je-wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
by Tuly Weisz

As much as I understand those concerns, I also think that we are missing the mark
and so I proudly wish a Merry Christmas to my Christian friends.
https://www.israel365news.com/264530/je-wish-you-a-merry-christmas-and-a-happy-new-year/

Todah Rabah - beloved Rabbi Naphtali “Tuly” Weisz ...   

https://israel365.com/  https://www.israel365news.com/
https://www.israel365.com/about/  https://theisraelbible.com/
https://theisraelbible.com/bible/torah/  https://theisraelbible.com/blog/
 
The Portion of Shemot
https://theisraelbible.com/shemot/ 
https://theisraelbible.com/bible/exodus/ 

Shemot – The Three Signs: Pharaoh’s Perspective
https://www.israel365news.com/365319/shemot-the-three-signs-pharaohs-perspective/

The Remarkable Women Behind Moses’ Success

https://theisraelbible.com/the-remarkable-women-behind-moses-success/

The 39 Acts Forbidden on the Sabbath
https://theisraelbible.com/the-39-acts-forbidden-on-the-sabbath/
https://theisraelbible.com/the-true-day-of-rest/

Anti-Semitism is on the rise in the United States.
Stand with 100,000+ people who stand with Israel.
https://www.israel365.com/the-israel-covenant/

ACLJ Petition - Jay Sekulow
Stop Biden IRS From Spying on You and Your Bank Account
https://aclj.org/government-corruption/stop-biden-irs-from-spying-on-your-bank-account 


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DONALD DATES
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Frederick Christ Trump (Drumpf) 10/11/1905
Mary Anne Trump nיe MacLeod 5/10/1912
Barron 3/20/06
Melania 4/26/70

https://rumble.com/c/DonaldTrump Donald J. Trump
https://www.donaldjtrump.com/

President Donald J. Trump Calls for Probe into Intelligence Community’s Role in Online Censorship
vid> https://rumble.com/v24yb3q-president-donald-j.-trump-calls-for-probe-into-intelligence-communitys-role.html (3:52) 1/11/23
https://rumble.com/c/RSBN RSBN   

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Good News From Israel - Achievements and Heartwarming Stories

In the 8th Jan 23 edition of Israel’s good news, the highlights include:
https://verygoodnewsisrael.blogspot.com/2023/01/israels-good-news-newsletter-to-8th-jan.html
http://verygoodnewsisrael.blogspot.com/
 
Mishpacha Jewish Family Weekly
https://mishpacha.com/  

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Todah Rabah - beloved Ted Belman writing from Jerusalem, Israel for 21+ years ...  
THERE IS NO DIPLOMATIC SOLUTION
https://www.israpundit.org/  
Israel should declare three nos;  no to nuclear Iran, no to two-state solution,
no to bi-national state  

‘All Three Vaccines Are Breaking Through:’
Emails Show Discussion of Vaccine Failure Among Health Officials
https://www.israpundit.org/all-three-vaccines-are-breaking-through-emails-show-discussion-of-vaccine-failure-among-health-officials/
https://yournews.com/2023/01/10/2489674/all-three-vaccines-are-breaking-through-emails-show-discussion-of/

They can’t HIDE this J6 anymore, even if they want to
vid> https://youtu.be/_nWVBTGDGhg (17:02) 1/11/23  Redacted
https://www.israpundit.org/they-cant-hide-this-anymore-even-if-they-want-to/

The Siege of Jerusalem (70 AD) – The Great Jewish Revolt [FULL DOCUMENTARY]
vid> https://youtu.be/y741QbT1YEo (44:51) 8/11/19 Invicta
https://www.israpundit.org/the-siege-of-jerusalem-70-ad-the-great-jewish-revolt-full-documentary/

Understanding UN Security Council Resolution 242
https://www.israpundit.org/understanding-un-security-council-resolution-242/
Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs
https://jcpa.org/requirements-for-defensible-borders/security_council_resolution_242/

The Two State Solution is no more
>> https://www.israpundit.org/63684392-2/
The Jordan Option Conference Videos reposted
>> https://www.israpundit.org/the-jordan-option-conference-videos/
https://www.israpundit.org/jordan-past-present-and-future-the-jordan-option-revisited/
>> The Jordan Option, plain and simple
https://www.israpundit.org/the-jordan-option-plain-and-simple/
>> The Jordanian Option is the only game in town
https://www.israpundit.org/my-jordan-option-is-the-only-game-in-town/
>> The Ultimate Alternate Israel-Palestine Solution by Ted Belman
https://www.israpundit.org/the-ultimate-alternate-israel-palestine-solution-3/

Kindly donate to support the work I do
by Ted Belman
https://www.israpundit.org/please-donate/
 

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Quest For The Lost Tribes - Full Simcha Jacobovici Documentary
vid> https://youtu.be/S0QCPXnAPNA (1:37:08) Syndicado TV 1998

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simcha_Jacobovici
12 Tribes of Israel: The Shevatim
https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/3798842/jewish/12-Tribes-of-Israel-The-Shevatim.htm
https://www.jewishvoice.org/read/blog/who-are-tribes-judah
 
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Welcome to Kashrut Malchut Shamayim

In this week's parsha Shemot,
Moses floats along the Nile river in a reed basket, 
rescued by the kindness of Pharaoh’s daughter.
It has become a custom for many to serve pigs in a blanket to symbolize the baby in a blanket. 
Last year we used asparagus in a blanket, but this year we will do hot dogs in a potato blanket.
https://jamiegeller.com/holidays/jewish-deli-shabbat-menu/
Jewish Deli Shabbat Menu

3-Ingredient Salmon and Oven Baked Rice
while visiting Meir Panim
facevid> https://www.facebook.com/jamiegeller/videos/684975183294511/ (12:23) JG

Maple Walnut Chiffon Cake Deserving of Shabbos
https://jamiegeller.com/recipes/maple-walnut-chiffon-cake/

Easy Vegetarian Warming and Comforting Weeknight Meals
https://jamiegeller.com/recipes/easy-winter-vegetarian-recipes/

13 Vegetarian Slow Cooker Dinners
https://jamiegeller.com/recipes/vegetarian-slow-cooker-dinners/

Vegetarian Taco Night
https://jamiegeller.com/recipes/vegetarian-taco-night/

Use Stale Bread In These Panzanella Salad Recipes
https://jamiegeller.com/holidays/panzanella-is-my-new-favorite-salad/

JewLish > Uzbek Plov and Jewish Hospitality
Eating plov is more than a meal. It’s an entire experience.
https://aish.com/uzbek-plov-and-jewish-hospitality/

Easiest Enchiladas
I’m planning ahead and placing a whole chicken in the slow cooker this morning.
https://jamiegeller.com/recipes/enchilada-crockpot-chicken/

Vegan Recipes
https://jamiegeller.com/search?query=vegan+recipes  
https://jamiegeller.com/browse/the-best-crowd-pleasing-vegan-appetizers/
Cook the 21 Most Popular Recipes of 2021
https://jamiegeller.com/from-jamie/cook-the-21-most-popular-recipes-of-2021/

This is Where You Can Find Me Most of the Time
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https://www.youtube.com/c/jamiegeller/videos
https://jamiegeller.com/

Support Our Farmers - Shmitah Mitzvah
http://supportourfarmers.org
https://tinyurl.com/Farmers-Guide-for-Produce (7 page pdf)

Joy of Aliyah  
http://jamiegeller.com/tag/joy-of-aliyah/
https://jamiegeller.com/tag/joyofisrael/
Jamie Geller Welcome's You
vid> https://youtu.be/XO-owES713c (0:35) JG  
Lots of 💕 Jamie - Until next week Shabbat Shalom from Israel ! 

The answer is, it's made with love from Israel ! 
https://jamiegeller.com/from-jamie/my-jewish-food-memories/
My Love Affair With Jerusalem
https://jamiegeller.com/from-jamie/my-love-affair-with-jerusalem/
 
Jamie's Honey Collection
https://www.amazon.com/stores/page/779DC156-2368-4FA4-A098-872BBC7F03D2

Jerusalem Street Food with Jamie Geller Spices
vid> https://cdn.jwplayer.com/players/CluuvDpk-FSMnt4zj.html (10:56) JewLish   
Machane Yehuda - https://jamiegeller.com/browse/a-haute-market-in-jerusalem-the-shuk/
https://jamiegeller.com/browse/4-israeli-desserts-inspired-by-the-shuk-in-jerusalem/

The Jamie Geller Spice Collection: Now Available Worldwide!
Sending you love and my heartfelt wishes for peace, from Israel.
New Trio of Pilaf Mixes - Mujadara Lentil, Festive Herb and Jeweled Almond
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https://www.amazon.com/shop/jamiegeller  

Babies, Books, and a Billion Views: My Decade in Review
https://jamiegeller.com/from-jamie/a-decade-in-review/

Best of the Best w Hubby - Family Heirloom Cholent ...
vid> https://youtu.be/Ae2-lQVFsGw (12:01) 8/11/11 JG classic
https://jamiegeller.com/recipes/family-heirloom-chulent/
https://jamiegeller.com/blogs/cholent/

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How You Can Make the Future Brighter
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This entire four-lesson course in 30 minutes.
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The Influence of the Hebrew Bible on America's Founding Fathers
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https://www.aish.com/jl/h/h/The-Influence-of-the-Hebrew-Bible-on-Americas-Founding.html
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LIVE Series: FEED YOUR SOUL
https://jamiegeller.com/from-jamie/feed-your-soul/
 
These are the names [ve’eleh shemot] of the sons of Israel who went to Egypt with Jacob, each with his family. Exodus 1:1

Shabbat Shalom - Parasha Shemot (Names) - Like Israel, Like Us !!!

 
Welcome to Shemot (Names), this week’s Parasha (Torah Portion).
 
Shabbat Shalom
 
This is the portion of Scripture that will be read in synagogues around the world during this week’s Shabbat (Saturday) service.  May you be blessed, refreshed, and inspired as you study God’s word with us at the start of the new year.
 
SHEMOT (Names)
Exodus 1:1–6:1; Isaiah 27:6–28:13, 29:22–23 (Ashk); Jeremiah 1:1–2:3 (Seph); Romans 12:1–21
 
“These are the names [ve’eleh shemot] of the sons of Israel who went to Egypt with Jacob, each with his family.”  (Exodus 1:1)
 
In last week’s Torah portion (Parasha), the first of the five books of Moses, Genesis (Bereisheet—In the Beginning), ended with the deaths of Jacob and Joseph.
 
This week, we begin the second book of the Torah, Exodus, called Shemot in Hebrew, which means names.
 
This Parasha describes the suffering of the Israelites under bondage to the Egyptians, the birth of Moses and his miraculous salvation from out of the Nile River.  It also describes his calling to deliver Israel and his encounter with Pharaoh.
 

The Finding of Moses, by Lawrence Alma Tadema
 
Like Moses, Like Yeshua
“The descendants of Jacob numbered seventy in all; Joseph was already in Egypt.”  (Exodus 1:5)
 
Although only 70 descendants of Jacob (whom God renamed Israel) came into the Land of Egypt at Joseph’s invitation, they soon multiplied into such a great and mighty people that the new pharaoh, who did not know Joseph, felt threatened by them.  He feared that the Israelites might join Egypt’s enemies in battles against them.
 
“The Israelites were exceedingly fruitful; they multiplied greatly, increased in numbers and became so numerous that the land was filled with them.”  (Exodus 1:7)
 
To counter the growing strength of the Israelites, the Egyptians forced them into bitter labor, building store cities for Pharaoh and working the fields.
 

Morning prayer (shacharit) at the Western (Wailing) Wall in Jerusalem.

When they continued to multiply, Pharaoh ordered the Hebrew midwives to kill all newborn males.  But at least two midwives, Shifrah and Puah, did not comply.  God, therefore, supernaturally protected their lives, blessing them with families and multiplying the Israelites even more (Exodus 1:16–21).
 
So Pharaoh turned to the Egyptians, commanding them to throw all male newborn Hebrews into the Nile River (Exodus 1:22).
 
The Levite parents of Moses had such great faith that in order to save their son, they defied Pharaoh's order and hid him for the first few months of his life.
 
But babies grow and, eventually, he could no longer be hidden, so they put him in a basket and set him afloat on the Nile among the reeds.
 
Even in this desperate circumstance, the protective hand of God was on this boy of destiny.  Pharaoh’s daughter spotted the basket.  When she saw the Hebrew baby inside, she had pity on him and took him as her own.
 
Instead of drowning in the Nile or dying at the hands of the Egyptians as the other newborn boys did, Moses was raised in Pharaoh’s palace as a prince of Egypt.
 

Reading from a Torah scroll using a yad (literally, hand) to follow the text
without obstructing the view of others who are following along.
 
This dramatic account of the infant Moses parallels the life of the infant Yeshua (Jesus), who was sentenced to death by the order of King Herod, among all the other Jewish male infants in Bethlehem.
 
“When Herod saw that he had been tricked by the magi, he became very enraged, and sent and slew all the male children who were in Bethlehem and all its vicinity, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had determined from the magi.”  (Matthew 2:16)
 
Just as Moses was saved by his mother, so was Yeshua saved by the obedience and faith of His earthly father, Joseph, who was warned in a dream to flee to Egypt.
 
“Now when they had gone, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, Get up! Take the Child and His mother and flee to Egypt, and remain there until I tell you; for Herod is going to search for the Child to destroy Him.  So Joseph got up and took the Child and His mother while it was still night, and left for Egypt.”  (Matthew 2:13–14) 
 
What irony that the very place of danger and death for the Hebrew babies in the days of Moses became a place of refuge for Yeshua when He was but a baby!
 
Jewish mother pushes a stroller in Jerusalem.  (Photo by opalpeterliu)

Egyptian Prince Moses Becomes a Shepherd
Because Pharaoh’s daughter drew the baby from the Nile, she called him Moshe (מֹשֶׁה) from the word moshech, meaning pull or draw
 
Moses grew up in the royal Egyptian palace, but it seems that the burdens of his fellow Israelites troubled him.
 
One day, he saw an Egyptian slave master beating a Hebrew.  Even as a young man, Moses felt the calling to deliver his people, but he stepped ahead of God’s timing.
 
In the process of defending this Israelite slave, Moses killed the Egyptian and fled to Midian to escape Pharaoh’s death decree over him. 
(Exodus 2:15)
 
Again in Midian, Moses expressed his calling as a deliverer by saving the daughters of the Priest of Midian who had come to the well where he sat.  They wanted to draw water for their flock, but shepherds tried to drive them away.  Moses intervened and watered their flocks for them.
 

Moses Defending the Daughters of Jethro, by Sebastiano Ricci
 
The Priest of Midian welcomed Moses to live with him and even gave Moses his daughter, Zipporah, as a wife
 
Moses spent the next 40 years shepherding sheep in the land of Midian, a period of time that God used to prepare him to shepherd His people Israel out of Egypt.
 
Only when the children of Israel cried out to God, did the time come for God to make His move:  “And God heard their groaning, and God remembered His covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.”  (Exodus 2:24)
 
The Angel of the Lord appeared to Moses from out of the flame of a bush that burned but was not consumed.
 
From the midst of this burning bush at the foot of Mount Sinai, God told Moses He had heard the cries of His People and was sending Moses back to Pharaoh in His name and His power on His behalf.
 

Moses and the Burning Bush, by Gebhard Fugel
 
By this point, this prince of Egypt had been so humbled by his lengthy wilderness experience that he seemed to lack confidence when it came to his role as a leader of a nation.
 
First, Moses asked for the name of the One sending him.
 
God answered with His name, Ehyeh Asher Ehyehאֶהְיֶה אֲשֶׁר אֶהְיֶה.  Widely translated as I Am That I Am, the Hebrew grammatical form is actually in the future tense.
 
Therefore, God’s name is more accurately translated as
I Will Be What I Will Be.
 
The message to Moses is perhaps that God can look after the details of the future.  He will be to us whoever and whatever He chooses to be—father, friend, comforter, counselor, or even disciplinarian.  We can trust in God’s infinite wisdom to be who we need in our lives at each moment in time.
 
Even with this assurance, Moses still feels unqualified for the task, especially since he is slow in speech.  He begs God to send someone else; therefore, He allowed Aaron, Moses’ brother, to accompany him and act as Moses' spokesperson.
 
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