Trouble Brewing in Exodus: Pharaoh's Defiance and God's Promises
Witness the unfolding conflict in Exodus as Pharaoh defies God's command to let the Israelites go, leading to increased persecution and challenges for Moses and his people. Despite the hardships, God reaffirms His covenant promises and provides insight to navigate the coming conflicts. Explore the themes of perseverance, faith, and divine intervention in the face of adversity.
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Exodus Lesson 3 Rough Start
Memory Text Exodus 5:1-2 NKJV Afterward Moses and Aaron went in and told Pharaoh, "Thus says the LORD God of Israel: 'Let My people go, that they may hold a feast to Me in the wilderness.' " 2 And Pharaoh said, "Who is the LORD, that I should obey His voice to let Israel go? I do not know the LORD, nor will I let Israel go. How did Pharaoh respond to the command of God? What question did Pharaoh ask about the LORD? How does Pharaoh answer his own rhetorical question?
Overview In chapters 5 and 6 of Exodus Moses and Aaron speak to Pharaoh and relay the Lord s command to Let my people go. But Pharaoh does just the opposite: he makes their work even harder by requiring them to make the same quota of bricks without straw. The people blame Moses, Moses blames God, but God renews His promises of deliverance and sends Moses back to Pharaoh. More Persecution Blame Game I Am the LORD Summary
More Persecution How did Pharoah adjust the work load for the Israelites after Moses request for a day to worship? (Ex 5:3-7) How did Pharaoh use the request for rest to justify more labor? (Ex 5:15-17)
Blame Game Whom did the Israelite foremen blame for the difficult situation in which they found themselves? (Ex 5:19-21) After the foremen blamed Moses, who does Moses blame? (Ex 5:22-23) How did God respond to Moses prayer? (Ex 6:1)
I AM the LORD How does God remind His people of His covenant promises? (EX 6:2-4) What does the Lord promise His people with reminders of I AM the LORD? (Ex 6:6-8) Knowing the heart of Pharaoh, what insight was the Lord able to give to Moses on the coming conflict with Pharaoh? (Ex 7:3- 5)
Summary From the first meeting between Moses, Aaron, and Pharaoh, we see trouble brewing. To God s command to Pharaoh to let His people go for a short excursion into the wilderness to worship, likely on the Sabbath, Pharaoh replies arrogantly that he doesn t know Yahweh and he won t let the Israelites go. Instead, Pharaoh takes their desire for a short rest to worship as a sign of laziness and increases their workload by requiring they gather their own straw for making bricks and still maintain the same daily quotas. As a result of falling behind on their quotas, the Israelite foremen were beaten by their Egyptian taskmasters and complained to Pharaoh.
Summary They also blamed Moses calling for God to judge and punish him for ruining their reputations with Pharaoh and putting them in danger of death. Moses passed on the blame to God, praying an honest prayer expressing his disappointment in the deliverance mission that had not yet delivered anyone but only made things worse. In truth, Moses was not to blame, nor was God who sent Him. The blame lies with Pharaoh, who made all the decisions that brought hardship upon Israel, and who hardened his heart against God. Here we can see the hand of Gods enemy at work.
Summary God makes three promises to His people each accompanied by the reminder I am the LORD. He promises to bring them out of slavery and redeem them, He promises to take them as His people and be their God, and He promises to give them the promised land. These redemption promises connect God s family name, Yahweh, to His redemptive acts. God assures Moses that He will deliver His people from Egypt in a way that, not only Pharaoh, but all of Egypt will know that I am the LORD. Having the gift of God s inspired word and the privilege of prayer, will you make it your objective to know in an intimate and personal way the God of Scripture?
Exodus 5:3-7 ESV Then they said, "The God of the Hebrews has met with us. Please let us go a three days' journey into the wilderness that we may sacrifice to the LORD our God, lest he fall upon us with pestilence or with the sword." 4 But the king of Egypt said to them, "Moses and Aaron, why do you take the people away from their work? Get back to your burdens." 5 And Pharaoh said, "Behold, the people of the land are now many, and you make them rest from their burdens!" 6 The same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters of the people and their foremen, 7 "You shall no longer give the people straw to make bricks, as in the past; let them go and gather straw for themselves. [R]
Exodus 5:15-17 ESV Then the foremen of the people of Israel came and cried to Pharaoh, "Why do you treat your servants like this? 16No straw is given to your servants, yet they say to us, 'Make bricks!' And behold, your servants are beaten; but the fault is in your own people." 17 But he [Pharaoh] said, "You are idle, you are idle; that is why you say, 'Let us go and sacrifice to the LORD.' [R]
Exodus 5:19-21 ESV The foremen of the people of Israel saw that they were in trouble when they said, "You shall by no means reduce your number of bricks, your daily task each day." 20They met Moses and Aaron, who were waiting for them, as they came out from Pharaoh; 21and they said to them, "The LORD look on you and judge, because you have made us stink in the sight of Pharaoh and his servants, and have put a sword in their hand to kill us. [R]
Exodus 5:22-23 ESV Then Moses turned to the LORD and said, "O Lord, why have you done evil to this people? Why did you ever send me? 23For since I came to Pharaoh to speak in your name, he has done evil to this people, and you have not delivered your people at all. [R]
Exodus 6:1 ESV But the LORD said to Moses, "Now you shall see what I will do to Pharaoh; for with a strong hand he will send them out, and with a strong hand he will drive them out of his land." [R]
Exodus 6:2-4 ESV God spoke to Moses and said to him, "I am the LORD. 3I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, as God Almighty, but by my name the LORD I did not make myself known to them. 4I also established my covenant with them to give them the land of Canaan, the land in which they lived as sojourners. [R]
Exodus 6:6-8 ESV Say therefore to the people of Israel, 'I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will deliver you from slavery to them, and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with great acts of judgment. 7 I will take you to be my people, and I will be your God, and you shall know that I am the LORD your God, who has brought you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians. 8 I will bring you into the land that I swore to give to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob. I will give it to you for a possession. I am the LORD.'"[R]
Exodus 7:3-5 ESV But I will harden Pharaoh's heart, and though I multiply my signs and wonders in the land of Egypt, 4Pharaoh will not listen to you. Then I will lay my hand on Egypt and bring my hosts, my people the children of Israel, out of the land of Egypt by great acts of judgment. 5The Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD, when I stretch out my hand against Egypt and bring out the people of Israel from among them." [R]
