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Friend,
If you do not already have a habit of gathering daily manna the first thing in the morning (we can look at the example given to us in Exodus 16 and find the pattern for make it a habit. Establish your life and your schedule to allow you the necessary time to do your daily collection first thing every morning to give you the strength to make it through the day. And remember that today’s manna will not be sufficient for tomorrow; tomorrow’s manna must be collected tomorrow morning. Friday, November 9, 2018
Today's Passage : Today's Passage:Subjecta:God Hears the Cry of the Hebrews Bible Verse:Exodus 2:23-25 "During those many days the king of Egypt died, and the people of Israel groaned because of their slavery and cried out for help. Their cry for rescue from slavery came up to God. And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob. God saw the people of Israel — and God knew." Message:
In the movie The Ten Commandments, the Pharaoh of Egypt is called "Ramses", but the matter of who was ruling Egypt during the time of Moses is a wide-ranging debate among scholars. Today, the scholars who believe Rameses II was the Pharaoh during the events of Exodus are primarily Muslims! Christian scholars cannot even pinpoint the century during which Exodus is set or the dynasty to which the pharaoh belonged.
Rameses, Yul Brynner in Ten Commandments, Exodus
The problem of historicity, as with much of the Old Testament, is that the Hebrews were unusually good record-keepers for that day, all things considered, and really the only civilization that kept continuous historical records. The Egyptians kept records that were, when they exist, even better in ways, for they were written down contemporaneously, whereas the early Hebrew history was largely oral and not written down until long after. But Egyptian records were lost and then recovered, in a forgotten language that had to be deciphered; and they were also hit-or-miss.
Many people have used the lack of a recorded Egyptian account as a wedge to attack the authenticity of Exodus, but there are good reasons (other than simple faith) to give it credence. Pharaohs, like kings everywhere, did not like to remember defeats. You will find, in London, a great monument to Nelson's victory at Trafalgar, but you will have to travel to the United States to see the Battle of Saratoga or Yorktown engraved in stone. It is the victors who record victories.
On a more theological topic, one might wonder why God was so slow to react to the plight of His people, or why He had to "remember" his covenant with Abraham. The key lies, as it does with almost all great suffering by the Hebrews, in idolatry.
The Hebrews in Egypt were given to the worship of idols. Even Moses himself is no paragon of righteousness; he has married a foreigner, and it is not altogether clear that his killing of the Egyptian slaver was justified. He has, moreover, been raised as an Egyptian. (Moses' failings will become both clearer and more important as Exodus progresses.)
But the main point is, God has not "forgotten" anything. The word "remember" is used in the sense of "take into account"; He allows his promise to Abraham to overcome his anger at the Hebrews. God remains fully faithful to the Hebrews, even though they have not been fully faithful to Him; and even though He may punish them in the process, He will in fact rescue them from slavery (and possible extinction) and give them possession of Canaan, as He promised Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
Meditation : Prayer : Wisdom of years be yours Joy of friendships be yours Wealth of memories be yours Fruit of endevor be yours Hope of heav'n be yours Peace of God be yours. ...Amen |
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