God reveals the importance of the Blood Covenant in Exodus 4:20-26.
....................Moses had ignored the circumcision of his first-born. He had been unfaithful to the Covenant.
..........While on his way from the wilderness to Egypt with the message God gave him about the Egyptians, Moses came face to face with death, "The Lord met him and sought to kill him."
Moses was called by God in the third and fourth chapters of Exodus.
........It includes the burning bush; God revealing Himself to Moses and His plans for delivering Israel.
............It tells of how Moses hesitated and God permitting Aaron to help him.
.................We see the power of Moses' rod where he performed miracles.
So God not only manifested Himself to Moses as the Covenant-keeping God; but also as the miracle-working God.
........It includes the burning bush; God revealing Himself to Moses and His plans for delivering Israel.
............It tells of how Moses hesitated and God permitting Aaron to help him.
.................We see the power of Moses' rod where he performed miracles.
So God not only manifested Himself to Moses as the Covenant-keeping God; but also as the miracle-working God.
Hebrews 11:
"23 By faith Moses, when he was born, was hid three months of his parents, because they saw he was a proper child; and they were not afraid of the king's commandment.
24 By faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter;
25 Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season;
26 Esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt: for he had respect unto the recompence of the reward.
27 By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king: for he endured, as seeing him who is invisible."
....................Both acts were based upon faith in God [the Covenant-keeping God].
"23 By faith Moses, when he was born, was hid three months of his parents, because they saw he was a proper child; and they were not afraid of the king's commandment.
24 By faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter;
25 Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season;
26 Esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt: for he had respect unto the recompence of the reward.
27 By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king: for he endured, as seeing him who is invisible."
....................Both acts were based upon faith in God [the Covenant-keeping God].
The persecution that Israel received is so great that they cried to the God of the Covenant for deliverance.
..........................He hears their cry and remembers His Covenant with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
.................He comes down to deliver His people from their bondage.
Read Exodus 2:12-25 and Exodus 3:5-8
..........................He hears their cry and remembers His Covenant with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
.................He comes down to deliver His people from their bondage.
Read Exodus 2:12-25 and Exodus 3:5-8
Then there followed oppression, enslavement and tyranny and cruelty:
...........................Exodus 1:11-14
"11 Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh treasure cities, Pithom and Raamses.
12 But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and grew. And they were grieved because of the children of Israel.
13 And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with rigour:
14 And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in morter, and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field: all their service, wherein they made them serve, was with rigour."
...........................Exodus 1:11-14
"11 Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh treasure cities, Pithom and Raamses.
12 But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and grew. And they were grieved because of the children of Israel.
13 And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with rigour:
14 And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in morter, and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field: all their service, wherein they made them serve, was with rigour."
Satan put fear into the heart of the leader of Egypt, a fear that the Israelites, who were so mighty in number, would join themselves to the enemies in time of war.
..........................Exodus 1:8-10
"8 Now there arose up a new king over Egypt, which knew not Joseph.9 And he said unto his people, Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we:10 Come on, let us deal wisely with them; lest they multiply, and it come to pass, that, when there falleth out any war, they join also unto our enemies, and fight against us, and so get them up out of the land."
..........................Exodus 1:8-10
"8 Now there arose up a new king over Egypt, which knew not Joseph.9 And he said unto his people, Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we:10 Come on, let us deal wisely with them; lest they multiply, and it come to pass, that, when there falleth out any war, they join also unto our enemies, and fight against us, and so get them up out of the land."
So the calculating of this period seems to date from the promise to Abraham to the deliverance of the children, which makes 430 years that included 'and of their fathers'.
...................To the birth of Isaac was 25 years. From the birth of Isaac until the birth of Jacob was 60 years.
...............................Jacob was 130 years old when he entered Egypt. This amounts to about 220 years, add 210 to it and it make 430 years of sojourning from Abraham to the deliverance from Egypt.
...................To the birth of Isaac was 25 years. From the birth of Isaac until the birth of Jacob was 60 years.
...............................Jacob was 130 years old when he entered Egypt. This amounts to about 220 years, add 210 to it and it make 430 years of sojourning from Abraham to the deliverance from Egypt.
In the 210 years the children of Israel; were on Egypt, they increased from seventy to over three million.
.........................The record shows that 210 years were spent in Egypt. This , on the surface, seems to be a difficulty with other passages such as Exodus 12:40
"Now the sojourning of the children of Israel, who dwelt in Egypt, was four hundred and thirty years."
............The Old Testament translation of this reads:"The sojourning of the children and of their fathers which they sojourned in the land of Canaan and in the land of Egypt."
.........................The record shows that 210 years were spent in Egypt. This , on the surface, seems to be a difficulty with other passages such as Exodus 12:40
"Now the sojourning of the children of Israel, who dwelt in Egypt, was four hundred and thirty years."
............The Old Testament translation of this reads:"The sojourning of the children and of their fathers which they sojourned in the land of Canaan and in the land of Egypt."
The children of Israel thrived in the land of Egypt.
They were favored. The favor of God was on them.
The best of the land had been given to them.
......................God was keeping His Covenant with Abraham and the words that He spoke saying that his seed should be a multitude as the stars of heaven and as the sand upon the sea shore.
They were favored. The favor of God was on them.
The best of the land had been given to them.
......................God was keeping His Covenant with Abraham and the words that He spoke saying that his seed should be a multitude as the stars of heaven and as the sand upon the sea shore.
Genesis 45:8
"So now it was not you that sent me hither, but God: and he hath made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt."
"So now it was not you that sent me hither, but God: and he hath made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt."
"For these two years hath the famine been in the land; and there are yet five years, in which there shall be neither plowing or harvest.
And God sent me before you to preserve you a remnant in the earth, and to save you alive by a great deliverance." Genesis 45:6,7
........God used Joseph to preserve His people.
................He overrules Satan and He brings good out of the evil throughout the ages.
And God sent me before you to preserve you a remnant in the earth, and to save you alive by a great deliverance." Genesis 45:6,7
........God used Joseph to preserve His people.
................He overrules Satan and He brings good out of the evil throughout the ages.
Through this Covenant people, God was going to send the Savior.
..................Genesis 22:17-18
"That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice."
..................Genesis 22:17-18
"That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice."
Genesis 22:3-10 showed that Abraham was capable of the blood-covenant friendship with God.
................When God saw his spirit of devotion, the angel stopped his hand.
..........................Hebrews 11:
17 "By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: and he that had received the promises offered up his only begotten son, 18 Of whom it was said, That in Isaac shall thy seed be called: 19 Accounting that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead;......"
................When God saw his spirit of devotion, the angel stopped his hand.
..........................Hebrews 11:
17 "By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: and he that had received the promises offered up his only begotten son, 18 Of whom it was said, That in Isaac shall thy seed be called: 19 Accounting that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead;......"
