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Moses Meets God on Mount Horeb

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[Exodus 3:10]

“So now, go. I am sending you to Pharaoh to bring my people the Israelites out of Egypt.””

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Moses lived a special life.

He lived as the son of a princess in the palace of Egypt until he was 40 years old.

Moses, who was a nation of Israel, killed the Egyptians who were tormenting the Israelites,

and became a murderer in an instant and fled to the Wilderness of Midian.

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There he married Zipporah, the daughter of Jethro, and started a family.

And he lived herding sheep until he was 80.

As usual, Moses drove the sheep to the west of the wilderness to feed them.

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When Moses brought his sheep to Mount Horeb, he saw a strange sight before his eyes.

A bush caught fire, but the tree did not burn out.

God had appeared in flames to meet Moses.

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Moses, unaware of that fact, was so amazed at the scene.

“How can a tree catch fire and not burn?” ' he said and walked closer to the tree.

God was watching Moses approaching him.

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When Moses came near the tree, God called him.

“Moses, Moses!” Moses heard his name being called from among the trees and responded reflexively. “I am here.”

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God continued to speak to Moses.

“Don’t come any closer. Take off your shoes, and you are now standing on holy ground.

I am the God of your ancestors.

I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.”

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When Moses heard the voice of God, he was very afraid.

Moses hastily covered his face.

God told Moses to go back to Egypt and rescue the Israelites.

And now the cry of the Israelites has reached me, and I have seen the way the Egyptians are oppressing them. So now, go. I am sending you to Pharaoh to bring my people the Israelites out of Egypt." [Exodus 3:9-10]

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Although he received God's command, Moses could not obey.

And he told God his heart. “What if the people of Israel do not believe or obey me?

What if they say, 'The Lord has not appeared to you'?"

Even if he told them that he had met God, he was still afraid because

he thought there was no way to prove it unless the Israelites believed him.

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God saw this and said to Moses. “Throw the staff that is in his hand to the ground.”

Moses threw the staff he was holding to the ground.

At that moment, the staff became a snake.

Moses was startled and ran away from the snake.

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God said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand and grab the serpent's tail.”

The moment Moses grabbed the serpent's tail, the serpent became a staff again.

God said again. “Now put his hand inside his robe.”

Moses put his hand inside his robe.

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When Moses took his hand out of his robe, his hand was stricken with leprosy and turned white.

God has spoken again. “Now put his hand back inside the garment.”

Moses put his hand inside the garment again and took it out, and the leprosy of his hand was healed, and it returned to normal.

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Moses did not obey God's word even after experiencing these two miracles.

Moses made another excuse. “I don’t know how to speak.

I am slow and do not know how to speak well.” God spoke to Moses again.

“Who made man's mouth? I am Jehovah.

Go now, and I will be with your mouth and teach you what to say.”

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Even though he heard that God would be with him, Moses did not obey.

He said, “Please send a capable man to Pharaoh,” and he insisted that he could not.

However, God did not give up and solved the part that Moses was having a hard time with.

“Your brother, Aaron, who speaks well, is coming here.

Tell Aaron what I am telling you, and Aaron will speak for you.”

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God prepared everything so that Moses could no longer make excuses.

And then he commanded Moses again. “Take your staff and go. Take it and perform a miracle.”

Then Moses obeyed God's word. In obedience to God's call, Moses returned to Egypt and became a great leader to rescue the Israelites from Egypt.

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Even Moses, who was speechless and fearful, became a great leader and pleased God when God

was with him. Anyone with whom God is with can be used like Moses.

Anyone who believes in Jesus and is saved has received the blessing that God is with them.

You must be a person of faith who believes in the God who is with you and obeys His word to give joy to God.

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