Exodus 4:18-5:23 Bible Study - "Who is the Lord?" - Pharaoh asks Moses.

In this study, we cover Exodus 4:18 through the end of chapter 5.  In this time we see Moses, after being given his assignment from God, travel with his wife and two sons to Egypt to present God’s plan to the Israelites there.  In Egypt, the elders (leadership) of the Hebrews listen to Moses and Aaron (Moses Brother) and they believe him and worship God for remembering them and coming to save them from Pharaoh’s harsh enslavement.  Exodus chapter 5 brings us to Moses and Aaron’s first encounter and request before Pharaoh.  Pharaoh, listens to their request to release the Israelites, but questions “Who is the Lord?”  In Egypt, Pharaoh is considered to be part god himself; Pharaoh does not recognize the Hebrew God, nor will he release his free arsenal of manual labor to this God of the Israelites.  Pharaoh refuses and as punishment increases the workload on the Hebrew slaves.  To which the Israelites return to Moses complaining, “What have you done to us!”  To which Moses returned to God asking Him why he had not followed through with what He had promised Moses. Outline: 2:29 - Exodus 4.18-23 3:51 - Exodus 4.18 - why does Moses not tell Jethro the full story? 5:50 -  Exodus 4.19 - all those who wanted to kill you are dead.     7:11 - Exodus 4.20 - “he took the staff of God in his hand.”  8:52 - Exodus 4.21-23 - an outline and foreshadowing of what is going to happen in Egypt. 10:17 - Exodus 4.22 - “Israel is my firstborn son.”  The birthright blessing.  The Hebrews, the Israelites, the Jews are God’s chosen people, his firstborn son.  We “the Church” are grafted into the blessings of Israel, but we have not, by any means, replaced the Jews.  For more on this read Hosea 11.  12:49 - God’s final plague, judgment on Egypt.  The Passover.     13:47 - The Iron Sheep Ministry Graphic for the Exodus Study - by Jeff Stasko  15:05 - God hardens Pharaoh’s heart (or does Pharaoh harden his own heart?  Which is it?)  Romans 9:14-21 - God is the potter. 20:14 - Exodus 4.24-26 - Bridegroom of Blood?  Gen. 17.9-14, Lev. 12.3, Phil. 3.5, Luke 2.21 27:29 - Exodus 4.27-31 29:36 - Recap of Exodus chapter 4  31:27 - Exodus 5.1-21 34:48 - Exodus 5 recap 38:12 - Making bricks in Malawi & Egypt 42:52 - Exodus 5.22-23 43:50 - Application, Recap of Exodus 3, 4 & 5.  Philippians 4.6, Isaiah 41.8-13 Support Iron Sheep Ministries: https://Ironsheep.org/donate Listen to the podcast: https://anchor.fm/ironsheep Contact Dave & the ISM team: [email protected] Be notified of each new teaching, join the email list: http://eepurl.com/g-2zAD Resources Used: Barker, Kenneth L.. Kohlenberger, John R. III. The Expositor's Bible Commentary, Abridged, Old Testament. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 1994. Purchase: https://www.christianbook.com/expositors-bible-commentary-abridged-edition-volumes/kenneth-barker/9780310255192/pd/54975?event=ESRCG Enns, Peter. The NIV Application Commentary, Exodus. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2000. Purchase: https://www.christianbook.com/exodus-niv-application-commentary/peter-enns/9780310206071/pd/0206073?event=ESRCG Wiersbe, Warren W.. The Bible Exposition Commentary, Old Testament, The Pentateuch. Colorado Springs, CO: David C. Cook, 2001. https://www.christianbook.com/the-bible-exposition-commentary-6-volumes/warren-wiersbe/9786125030474/pd/030474?event=ESRCG