God told Moses to go to Pharaoh and bring the children of Israel out of Egypt.
At the burning bush, God commissioned Moses to confront Pharaoh and lead His people out of bondage. God was sending Moses to bring Israel to Himself, and Les Feldick explains that this was the beginning of God's work to shape Israel as a nation and prepare them for the coming Messiah.
Exodus 3:10 — This is God's direct, specific command to Moses at the burning bush, telling him to go to Pharaoh and bring Israel out of Egypt.
At the burning bush, God gave Moses a direct commission. God said, "Come now therefore, and I will send thee unto Pharaoh, that thou mayest bring forth my people the children of Israel out of Egypt" (Exodus 3:10). When Moses asked what he should tell the children of Israel, God answered, "I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you" (Exodus 3:14). After the deliverance was accomplished, God reminded Israel that they had seen what He did to the Egyptians and how He bore them on eagles' wings and brought them unto Himself (Exodus 19:4). The command at the burning bush was therefore the opening step of God's own redeeming work.
Les Feldick places the burning bush commission in the middle of God's ongoing plan for Israel. After Jacob's family had grown into a nation in Egypt, God called Moses and said, "I'm going to send you in to Pharaoh, and you're going to lead My people out of Egypt, you're going to bring them to Myself" (clip3). Les distinguishes this call from Moses' earlier attempt at age forty. On that occasion, Moses acted out of his own position and power, and God was not specifically in it. Moses supposed his brethren would understand, but Israel did not accept him (clips1-2). Les also points out the purpose of the Exodus: God was beginning to work with Israel as His chosen little nation to prepare them for the coming Messiah. The journey from Egypt to Sinai laid the foundation for the Law and the Ten Commandments (clips3-4).
God's command at the burning bush was direct: Moses was to go to Pharaoh and bring the children of Israel out of Egypt (Exodus 3:10). Les presents this as God's initiative, saying that God told Moses, "I'm going to send you in to Pharaoh, and you're going to lead My people out of Egypt" (clip3). The assignment involved confronting Egypt's ruler and delivering God's people.
Les points out that Moses had already attempted to deliver Israel when he was forty years old. That earlier attempt was not directly ordered by God; Moses used his own position as the second most powerful man in Egypt and supposed Israel would understand. However, Israel did not receive him (clips1-2). The burning bush call came from God's timing and God's direction, not from Moses' ambition.
Les teaches that the Exodus was not an end in itself. God told Moses he would lead the people to Himself, and God would begin working with this little nation to prepare them for the coming Messiah. Back in Genesis, God had promised Jacob that his twelve sons would become a nation in Egypt, and the deliverance under Moses was that promise taking shape (clips3-4).
Who Spoke from the Burning Bush? The Mystery of "I AM" Revealed
Welcome to Through the Bible with Les Feldick, a 30-minute walk through the Scriptures, teaching in-depth Bible truths that change people's lives. Now, here's your host, Les Feldick. And it's My, we haven't lost anyone today, have we? Okay, turn back with me again to Exodus chapter 3. We'll pick up where we left off.
Moses' First Attempt at Forty
Les contrasts Moses' self-directed effort to free Israel at age forty, which God did not specifically instruct, with the later divine call at the burning bush.
Israel Rejected Moses' First Approach
Les explains that Israel did not accept Moses when he acted in his own strength, underscoring why the burning-bush commission had to be God's own work.
God's Commission to Moses
Les shows that God personally commissioned Moses to go to Pharaoh, lead His people out of Egypt, and bring them to Himself as the beginning of His Messianic plan.
Moses as God's Chosen Deliverer
Les emphasizes that God raised up Moses to confront Pharaoh and bring Israel out of Egypt, then led the nation to Sinai for the Ten Commandments and the Law.
Why Even "Good People" Can't Escape God's Judgment — Romans 2
Go all the way back to Exodus chapter 19, and come down to verse 7. Here the children of Israel have just recently been brought out of Egypt, and they're all encamped around Mount Sinai. Moses has gone up into Mount Sinai to receive the Ten Commandments and the Law from the Lord Himself. Verse 7, "...
The Abomination of Desolation: Why Israel Must Flee (Matthew 24)
Now they're right down in the base of the old mountain itself, the mountain of God, for they were departed from Rephidim and were come to the desert and pitched in the wilderness, and there Israel camped before the mount. Now verse 3, as Israel is camped around the base of Mount Sinai then, Moses goes up into the mount unto God, and the Lord called unto him out of the mountain, saying, Thus shalt …
Where Will Jews Flee During the Tribulation? Revelation 12
Now in Exodus chapter 19, beginning in verse 3, they are now at Sinai, and Moses is ready to go up into the mountain and talk to God, and Moses went up unto God, and the Lord called unto him out of the mountain, saying, Exodus 19.1 Thus shalt thou say to the house of Jacob, and tell the children of Israel. Now verse 4, God says to tell Israel, Exodus 19.
Exodus 3:10: Come now therefore, and I will send thee unto Pharaoh, that thou mayest bring forth my people the children of Israel out of Egypt.
This is the central command God gave Moses at the burning bush.
Exodus 3:14: And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.
God identified Himself as I AM when commissioning Moses to go to Israel.
Exodus 19:4: Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyptians, and how I bare you on eagles' wings, and brought you unto myself.
God later reminded Israel that He had fulfilled His deliverance and brought them to Himself.
God told Moses to go to Pharaoh and bring the children of Israel out of Egypt. God's words were, "I will send thee unto Pharaoh, that thou mayest bring forth my people the children of Israel out of Egypt" (Exodus 3:10). Les Feldick emphasizes that Moses was to lead God's people to Himself as the first step in preparing them for the Messiah.
Yes. Les Feldick explains that at age forty Moses went to his brethren and supposed they would understand that God would use him to deliver them. But God was not in that attempt, and Israel rejected him.
After the Exodus, Israel came to Mount Sinai. Les notes that God brought Israel to Himself, where He began giving them the Law and the Ten Commandments.
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