Bible Study - Moses - On the Job Training - Various - March 22, 2026
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Bible Study – Moses - On the
Job Training (2) – March 22, 2026
In last week’s study, we learned
that GOD revealed HIMSELF to Moses of all things through what appeared like a burning
bush that was not consumed. GOD still reveals HIMSELF in many different ways to
get us to pause and reflect but ultimately through HIS only SON, JESUS.
At the right time, GOD would
send HIS only SON, JESUS, to earth to live a 100% human life. JESUS willingly
came to earth, willing to be obedient to GOD, HIS FATHER, to fulfill the Law,
and establish eternally GOD’S redemptive plan for all people, who place their
faith in JESUS.
CHRIST in us, is the hope of
Glory. Colossians 1:27:
God wanted to make known
among the Gentiles the glorious wealth of this
mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.
Let’s go back to Moses and
his journey of discovering GOD and GOD revealing Himself to Moses.
It was a learning experience
for Moses and so is our journey with GOD through faith in JESUS a learning
experience. Why?
Since the Passion of JESUS, all
who place their faith in JESUS have the Holy Spirit living within him or her.
We read in Romans 8:11:
And if the Spirit of
him who raised Jesus from the dead lives in you, then he who raised Christ from
the dead will also bring your mortal bodies to life through his Spirit who
lives in you. Romans 8:11.
The indwelling Holy Spirit
is the guarantee and assurance for all who place their faith in JESUS and HIS
Passion, of eternal life.
As Moses walked with GOD, he
discovered various attributes and characteristics of GOD. As “Spirit born” Christians,
we have the indwelling Holy Spirit to be our assurance of salvation, teacher,
revealer of truth, sustainer, guide, convicts us when we sin, and so much more
as the “Born Again” person develops, grows, and matures Spiritually.
In last week’s study, we
considered Genesis 3:13-15: The calling of Moses by GOD to be HIS
representative to Pharoah.
13 Then
Moses asked God, “If I go to the Israelites and say to them, ‘The God of
your ancestors has sent me to you,’ and they ask me, ‘What is his name?’ what
should I tell them?”
Great question?
14 God
replied to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM.[e] This
is what you are to say to the Israelites: I AM has sent me to you.” 15 God
also said to Moses, “Say this to the Israelites: The Lord, the God
of your ancestors, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob,
has sent me to you. This is my name forever; this is how I am to be
remembered in every generation.
I love the name of GOD, “I AM.” GOD has always
existed. We humans like to think of a beginning and an end. GOD is eternal and
so will all who place their faith in JESUS.
Notice: GOD said, “The Lord, the God of your
ancestors, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob” all in
the present tense and not the past tense.
Notice in Mark 12 24 Jesus
spoke to them, “Isn’t this the reason why you’re mistaken: you
don’t know the Scriptures or the power of God? 25 For
when they rise from the dead, they neither marry nor are given in
marriage but are like angels in heaven. 26 And
as for the dead being raised—haven’t you read in the book of Moses, in the
passage about the burning bush, how God said to him: I am
the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of
Jacob?[i] 27 He
is not the God of the dead but of the living. You are badly mistaken.”
And as for the dead being
raised—haven’t you read in the book of Moses, in the passage about the burning bush,
how God said to him: I am the God of Abraham and
the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob?]
Since the Passion of JESUS
and Pentecost, all who ask GOD to forgive them for their sins and ask JESUS to
come into their hearts, they are “Born Again” Spiritually by the union of The
Holy Spirit (The Divine Sperm) and the human spirit (I consider as the egg).
When Spiritual conception takes place, through faith in JESUS, that person is
“born again” eternally, never to be unborn. He or she is eternally GOD’S Child
and can approach GOD 24/7 and in essence, call HIM Daddy.
Satan wants to rob the
person of faith of that intimacy with GOD while he or she continues life upon
earth.
The indwelling Holy Spirit within
a Spirit born person is the difference between the New Testament and the Old
Testament.
Since the Passion of JESUS, HIS
resurrection from the dead by GOD, and the coming of THE HOLY SPIRIT at Pentecost,
all who place their faith in JESUS have 24/7 access to GOD through faith in
JESUS. And those who seek salvation, through faith in JESUS, GOD is available
24/7.
Scripture reveals in 1 Corinthians 6:19:
Don’t you know that your
body is a temple of the Holy Spirit WHO
is in you, whom you have from God? You are not your own ------
20 for
you were bought at a price. So glorify God with your body.[e]
When a person places his or
her faith in JESUS his/her ownership changes because JESUS redeems him/her from
eternity in Hell, to eternity in Heaven. Now, that is Good News for all who
have placed their faith in JESUS.
Our salvation cost the life
of JESUS, which HE freely gave to pay the sin debt in full, for all who place
their faith in HIM. The good news is that JESUS willingly gave HIS sinless life
that all who place their faith in HIM will have eternal life and eternally be
in the Family of GOD.
But to carry the willingness
of JESUS to give HIS sinless for salvation, if you were the only person in all
the world or time to accept JESUS as your Savior, JESUS would have given HIS
sinless life just for you to be born again, have eternal life and live eternally
with GOD, THE FATHER, GOD, THE SON and GOD, THE HOLY SPIRIT.
Once, a person has been born
again, Spiritually, that persons changes as revealed in Philippians 3:20
Our citizenship is in heaven,
and we eagerly wait for a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ.
As Moses was getting to know
GOD, GOD was using him to minister to his father-in-law, Jethro.
Jethro is described in the
Bible as “the priest of Midian,”1 indicating an idolatrous background. Some
traditions say he worshiped every deity of his time in a quest for truth,
eventually abandoning them all for belief in the One G‑d.2 Others interpret his title as a
sign of political leadership in Midian.3
Stay tuned, keep in mind
that Moses knew the ONE TRUE GOD. Will GOD open the Spiritual eyes of Jethro? Jethro
seemed to worship many gods to make sure he did not omit one. Would Jethro’s
relationship with Moses open his Spiritual eyes? As we journey, we discover.
Exodus 3:7-22:
7 Then
the Lord said, “I have observed the misery of my people
in Egypt and have heard them crying out because of their oppressors. I
know about their sufferings, 8 and I
have come down to rescue them from the power of the Egyptians and
to bring them from that land to a good and spacious land, a land flowing with
milk and honey—the territory of the Canaanites, Hethites, Amorites,
Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites. 9 So because
the Israelites’ cry for help has come to me, and I have also seen the way the
Egyptians are oppressing them, 10 therefore,
go. I am sending you to Pharaoh so that you may lead my people, the Israelites,
out of Egypt.”
11 But
Moses asked God, “Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh and that I should
bring the Israelites out of Egypt?”
Moses response reveals his
heart toward GOD. Moses needed the strength and presence of GOD to accomplish what
GOD was calling him to do. Our insufficiency is GOD’S opportunity to reveal
HIMSELF and HIS sufficiency, as we obediently follow HIM. However, we know that
we can get too big for our own britches and take matters into our own hands.
GOD uses these times to teach us, as well.
One may think, “well GOD was
speaking directly to Moses.” Yes, and GOD speaks to us today through the Holy
Spirit. Both to call us to repent of our sins and to ask JESUS to forgive us for
all of our sins and for JESUS to come into our hearts. This is necessary for a
person to be “born again” Spiritually and become the eternal Son or Daughter of
GOD.
GOD responded to Moses’ need
for GOD’S help to accomplish what GOD had called him to do.
12 He
answered, “I will certainly be with you, and this will be the sign to you
that I am the one who sent you: when you bring the people out of Egypt,
you will all worship[d] God
at this mountain.”
13 Then
Moses asked God, “If I go to the Israelites and say to them,
‘The God of your ancestors has sent me to you,’ and they ask me, ‘What is his
name?’ what should I tell them?”
14 God
replied to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM.[e] This
is what you are to say to the Israelites: I AM has sent me to you.” 15 God
also said to Moses, “Say this to the Israelites: The Lord, the God of your
ancestors, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent
me to you. This is my name forever; this is how I am to be remembered in
every generation.
16 “Go
and assemble the elders of Israel and say to them: The Lord, the God of
your ancestors, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, has appeared to me and
said: I have paid close attention to you and to what has been done to you in
Egypt. 17 And I have promised you
that I will bring you up from the misery of Egypt to the land of the
Canaanites, Hethites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites—a land
flowing with milk and honey. 18 They will listen to
what you say. Then you, along with the elders of Israel, must go to the king
of Egypt and say to him: The Lord, the God of the Hebrews, has met with
us. Now please let us go on a three-day trip into the wilderness so that we may
sacrifice to the Lord our God.
19 “However,
I know that the king of Egypt will not allow you to go, even under force from a
strong hand. 20 But when I
stretch out my hand and strike Egypt with all my miracles that I will perform
in it, after that, he will let you go. 21 And I
will give these people such favor with the Egyptians that when you go, you
will not go empty-handed. 22 Each woman will
ask her neighbor and any woman staying in her house for silver and gold
jewelry, and clothing, and you will put them on your sons and daughters. So,
you will plunder the Egyptians.”
GOD already knew the heart
of Pharaoh would resist, after all he would be losing free labor. Plus, as
we witness what unfolds, we see the battle of powers – Pharaoh versus The GOD
of the Israelites, the same GOD, JESUS reveals to us today, YHWH or Yahweh.
Exodus 4:1-31:
4 Moses answered, “What
if they won’t believe me and will not obey me but say, ‘The Lord did
not appear to you’?”
2 The Lord asked
him, “What is that in your hand?”
“A staff,” he replied.
3 “Throw
it on the ground,” he said. So, Moses threw it on the ground, it became a
snake, and he ran from it. 4 The Lord told
Moses, “Stretch out your hand and grab it by the tail.” So, he stretched out
his hand and caught it, and it became a staff in his hand. 5 “This
will take place,” he continued, “so that they will believe that the Lord,
the God of their ancestors, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God
of Jacob, has appeared to you.”
(I am told by those who manage
snakes, you do not grab a snake by its tail.)
6 In
addition the Lord said to him, “Put your hand inside your cloak.” So
he put his hand inside his cloak, and when he took it out, his hand was
diseased, resembling snow.[a] 7 “Put
your hand back inside your cloak,” he said. So, he put his hand back inside his
cloak, and when he took it out, it had again become like the rest of his
skin. 8 “If they will not believe you and will not respond
to the evidence of the first sign, they may believe the evidence of the second
sign. 9 And if they don’t believe even these two signs or
listen to what you say, take some water from the Nile and pour it on the dry
ground. The water you take from the Nile will become blood on the ground.”
10 But
Moses replied to the Lord, “Please, Lord, I have never been
eloquent—either in the past or recently or since you have been speaking to your
servant—because my mouth and my tongue are sluggish.”[b]
11 The Lord said
to him, “Who placed a mouth on humans? Who makes a person mute or deaf, seeing,
or blind? Is it not I, the Lord? 12 Now go! I will
help you speak[c] and
I will teach you what to say.”
13 Moses
said, “Please, Lord, send someone else.”[d]
14 Then
the Lord’s anger burned against Moses, and he said, “Isn’t Aaron the
Levite your brother? I know that he can speak well. And also, he is on his way
now to meet you. He will rejoice when he sees you. 15 You
will speak with him and tell him what to say. I will help both you and him
to speak[e] and
will teach you both what to do. 16 He will speak to the
people for you. He will serve as a mouth for you, and you will serve as God to
him. 17 And take this staff in your hand that you will
perform the signs with.”
Moses’s Return to Egypt
18 Then
Moses went back to his father-in-law, Jethro, and said to him, “Please let me
return to my relatives in Egypt and see if they are still living.”
Jethro said to Moses, “Go in
peace.”
19 Now
in Midian the Lord told Moses, “Return to Egypt, for all the men who
wanted to kill you are dead.” 20 So Moses took his wife
and sons, put them on a donkey, and returned to the land of Egypt. And Moses
took God’s
staff in his hand.
21 The Lord instructed
Moses, “When you go back to Egypt, make sure you do
before Pharaoh all the wonders that I have put within your power. But I will
harden his heart[f] so
that he won’t let the people go. 22 And you will say to
Pharaoh: This is what the Lord says: Israel is my firstborn
son. 23 I told you: Let my son go so that he may worship
me, but you refused to let him go. Look, I am about to kill your firstborn
son!”
GOD gave a stern message for
Moses to deliver to the Egyptian Pharaoh – “23 I told you: Let
my son (Israel) go so that he may worship me (GOD), but you refused to let him
go. Look, I am about to kill your firstborn son!”
GOD referred to the Israelite
nation as “my son” and Moses would deliver that message to Pharaoh.
Moses house had to be in
order when he delivered GOD’S message and when we, who proclaim the message of
GOD, must also make sure our Spiritual life is in order, as well.
It seems that GOD waited to
give Moses time to make sure his household was living according to the Law
before Moses approached Pharaoh to deliver the Israelites from Egyptian slavery.
Keep in mind that Satan was
just as active then, as he is today.
So, GOD had to get the
attention of Moses before the deliverance of the Israelites could go forward.
When we do not confess our
sins, GOD has HIS ways to get our attention or the attention of, in this case, Moses
wife, Zipporah. In fact, her action saved Moses’ life---
Keep in mind at that period
the Israelites were under the Law. Let’s read on -----
24 On
the trip, at an overnight campsite, it happened that
the Lord confronted him (Moses) and intended to put him to
death. 25 So Zipporah took a flint, cut off her son’s
foreskin, threw it at Moses’s feet, and said, “You are a bridegroom of blood to
me!” 26 So he let him alone. At that time, she said, “You
are a bridegroom of blood,” referring to the circumcision.
Moses was GOD’S chosen to
deliver the Israelites from bondage, but first Moses had to be delivered from
violating the Law regarding his own son. Zipporah took the action that Moses
could not take and did not take. Once, Zipporah did what Moses should have
done, did that reveal the power of GOD to her and did her action reveal to her
that the GOD of the Israelites was the ONE TRUE GOD? Did Zipporah’s faith need
to be strengthened? Speculation.
It is clear GOD wanted all in
Moses household to be a family of faith to the ONE TRUE GOD before going on a
mission trip to free the Israelites from bondage.
This is true for all of us
who claim to be “Born Again” to have no unconfessed sin in our lives when serving
our LORD.
The Reunion of Moses and
Aaron 27 Now the Lord had said to Aaron, “Go and meet
Moses in the wilderness.” So, he went and met him at the mountain of God and
kissed him. 28 Moses told Aaron everything
the Lord had sent him to say, and about all the signs he had
commanded him to do. 29 Then Moses and Aaron went and
assembled all the elders of the Israelites. 30 Aaron
repeated everything the Lord had said to Moses and performed the
signs before the people. 31 The people believed, and when
they heard that the Lord had paid attention to them and that he
had seen their misery, they knelt low and worshiped.
Discovering truth
leads us to worship!!!
Blessings!!!
18 Moses’s
father-in-law, Jethro, the priest of Midian, heard about everything that
God had done for Moses and for God’s people Israel when
the Lord brought Israel out of Egypt.
2 Now
Jethro, Moses’s father-in-law, had taken in Zipporah, Moses’s wife, after
he had sent her back, 3 along with her two sons,
one of whom was named Gershom[a] (because
Moses had said, “I have been a resident alien in a foreign land”) 4 and
the other Eliezer (because he had said, “The God of my father was my helper and
rescued me from Pharaoh’s sword”).[b]
5 Moses’s
father-in-law, Jethro, along with Moses’s wife and sons, came to him in the
wilderness where he was camped at the mountain of God. 6 He
sent word to Moses, “I, your father-in-law Jethro, am coming to you with your
wife and her two sons.”
7 So
Moses went out to meet his father-in-law, bowed down, and then kissed him.
They asked each other how they had been[c] and
went into the tent. 8 Moses recounted to his
father-in-law all that the Lord had done to Pharaoh and the Egyptians
for Israel’s sake, all the hardships that confronted them on the way, and how
the Lord rescued them.
9 Jethro
rejoiced over all the good things the Lord had done for Israel when
he rescued them from the power of the Egyptians. 10 “Blessed
be the Lord,” Jethro exclaimed, “who rescued you from the power of
Egypt and from the power of Pharaoh. He has rescued the people from under the
power of Egypt! 11 Now I know that
the Lord is greater than all gods, because he did wonders when the
Egyptians acted arrogantly against Israel.”[d]
12 Then
Jethro, Moses’s father-in-law, brought a burnt offering and sacrifices to God,
and Aaron came with all the elders of Israel to eat a meal with Moses’s
father-in-law in God’s presence.
Jethro was a priest who saw
the GOD of the Israelites as THE ONE TRUE GOD, YHWH, or Yahweh.
Blessings!!!
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