Exodus 5.

 

 

 

Blood Sacrifice to Be Offered to the Lord (Exodus 3:13-22)

 

When Moses was young, he was too confident and made mistakes. While trying to do something for the Hebrew people with

his own strength, he accidentally committed murder. Moses thought, “Now I can do anything,” because he had learned

all kinds of academics and martial arts in the royal palace of Egypt. He thought he could do anything with his own strength.

However, God's work was not something that could be done with such confidence.

Now, after 40 years of tending the flocks of his father-in-law, Jethro, in the Midian Desert School, He has become as low as

he can be. At that time, God called Moses, who was 80 years old, to be the leader of the Exodus.

 

 

 

1. Moses asks God’s name (verse 13)

1) Moses is now asking how to explain God to Israel.

2) They have now forgotten God and are immersed in numerous idols.

3) God says to Moses, “I am who I am.”

4) Unlike all idols, God revealed his self-existence and eternity.

 

 

2. He reveals that he is the one who established the Messianic covenant.

1) Like Moses, we also have a mission to preach about God the Creator.

2) In particular, he will fulfill the covenant given to the ancestors of Israel.

3) Israel was not under God’s covenant only when things were good.

4) There are dark and difficult times in each of our lives.

 

 

3. God tells Moses what to say (16-18)

1) Verse 16 says, “Go, gather the elders of Israel and tell them.

2) God’s purpose is to save all of his chosen people.

3) God, the owner of the whole earth, promised to give the land of Canaan.

4) Even now, God tells us to fix our eyes on Christ.

 

 

Conclusion: We must offer blood sacrifices to the Lord our God.

1) God established the covenant of Christ with Adam in Genesis 3:15.

2) After Joseph, Israel forgot the covenant of Christ and the blood sacrifice.

3) The purpose of sending Moses to Pharaoh and Israel is in verse 18.

4) Moses refers to the Lord as ‘the God of the Hebrews’ to the king of Egypt.

 

 

Offering a sacrifice to Jehovah goes beyond a simple sacrificial ritual and means restoration of faith in the Christian covenant

established by Jehovah God. In verses 19-22, God informs Moses of his future plans for Israel. God knew that the stubborn

king of Egypt would not grant the request of Moses and the elders of Israel until he was struck down by God's strong hand.

God told Israel that they would gain a lot of treasure when they left Egypt, and God had already promised Abraham this.

This is Genesis 15:14. “I will punish the nation they serve, and afterward your descendants will come out with great wealth.”

God had been planning the Exodus for a long time, and the time had finally come for God’s will to be fulfilled.

From a narrow human perspective, Israel may be seen as being under the hand of Egypt, but ultimately, the hand of God,

who created all things in the universe, was holding Israel. Even though this world we live in seems so huge that it will

swallow up our lives, the incomparably strong hand of God is holding on to our lives. I bless all believers who look to

God's hand to lead them to the best path no matter what their circumstances.