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Sermon Summary by Darrin Koehler

Continued from Epic 5…

Joseph and all of his brothers died, but they were very fruitful and had many sons and daughters. After several generations, the Israelite people became numerous in the land of Egypt. The Egyptians began to dread the Israelites and subject them to slave labor. However, the more harsh Pharaoh was with the Israelites, the more they multiplied. When threats and subjugation failed, he commanded the mid-wives to kill all Israelite newborn sons by throwing them into the nile river. One of these newborn sons survived, though, and was found by Pharaoh’s daughter, who took him in and named him Moses.

Moses was raised up in royalty and was not subject to the harsh labor of his people. When he was walking about in the streets one night, he witnessed an Egyptian task-master beating down an Israelite. Moses took justice into his own hands and killed the overbearing Egyptian. Once Pharaoh found out about this he wanted Moses dead, and so Moses fled for his life into the land of Midian.

Moses spent almost 40 years in the land of Midian, during which time he married Zipporah and became a shepherd. His stay ended, however, when God called out to him from within a burning bush. God called Moses to return to Egypt and free his people from the bonds of slavery.

But Pharaoh did not acknowledge the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and as Moses demanded that Pharaoh let them go, Pharaoh only became more harsh with the Israelites. Seeing this, Moses cried out to God for wisdom and direction. God said, concerning the Israelites, “I have heard the groaning of the Israelites, whom the Egyptians are enslaving, and I have remembered my covenant…. I will bring you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians. I will free you from being slave to them, and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with mighty acts of judgement. I will take you as my own people, and I will be your God.” (Exodus 6:5-7). This marks the beginning of the renowned exodus of God’s people from Egypt. Rescue is coming.

To be continued in Epic 7…

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