Tuesday, October 8, 2019

{Somehow, I had missed this passage, so it will be out of order}
Exodus 6:14 says, These be the heads of their fathers’ houses: The sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel; Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi: these be the families of Reuben.  These next verses are a partial genealogy of the children of Israel who were in Egypt.  The main thing we can learn from this is that these were the people that were to be the fulfillment of the covenant made to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob and that God knew who they were and where they were.  We today as followers of Christ are also a part of the fulfillment of God's promise of making His people a great nation, but we are not His by nature of our birth, but by the nature of our rebirth in Christ. We will now just look at these names.  Verse fifteen states, And the sons of Simeon; Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman: these are the families of Simeon.  Verse sixteen says, And these are the names of the sons of Levi according to their generations; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari: and the years of the life of Levi were an hundred thirty and seven years.  Verse seventeen states, The sons of Gershon; Libni, and Shimi, according to their families.  Then verse eighteen says, And the sons of Kohath; Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel: and the years of the life of Kohath were an hundred thirty and three years. Verse nineteen says, And the sons of Merari; Mahali and Mushi: these are the families of Levi according to their generations.  Verse twenty states, And Amram took him Jochebed his father’s sister to wife; and she bare him Aaron and Moses: and the years of the life of Amram were an hundred and thirty and seven years  This verse tells of the birth of Aaron and Moses, listing both father and mother,  We know about Moses life, but we don't know much about Aaron's until he was called by God to help Moses.  Even if we are not well known to the world, when God calls us to do something, no matter how insignificant it may seem to us, it is still important in advancing God's kingdom.  Verse twenty-one says, And the sons of Izhar; Korah, and Nepheg, and Zichri.  Then verse twenty-two, And the sons of Uzziel; Mishael, and Elzaphan, and Zithri.  Verse twenty-three states, And Aaron took him Elisheba, daughter of Amminadab, sister of Naashon, to wife; and she bare him Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.  We are told that Aaron was a husband and father, so he had to put what God called him to do ahead of his wife and children, as we must today.  Vere twenty-four says, And the sons of Korah; Assir, and Elkanah, and Abiasaph: these are the families of the Korhites.  Verse twenty five states, And Eleazar Aaron’s son took him one of the daughters of Putiel to wife; and she bare him Phinehas: these are the heads of the fathers of the Levites according to their families.  Vere twenty-six concludes, These are that Aaron and Moses, to whom the LORD said, Bring out the children of Israel from the land of Egypt according to their armies.  This is a list of the Israelites whom God told Aaron and Moses to bring out of Egypt.  I believe that there were many more, but this is just a partial list of the lineage of those who were delivered.  We cannot name all the Christians in the world today, but we are all a part of God's kingdom because of His promise to us.  Verse twenty-seven declares, These are they which spake to Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring out the children of Israel from Egypt: these are that Moses and Aaron.  Just as these were the people that God was going to deliver, they were the people that Pharaoh was determined to not let go.  Today, God is determined to deliver those who will come to Christ from the sins of this world, but the world is just as determined to hold on to them.  Verse twenty-eight states, And it came to pass on the day when the LORD spake unto Moses in the land of Egypt,  Verse twenty-nine adds, That the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, I am the LORD: speak thou unto Pharaoh king of Egypt all that I say unto thee.  Verse thirty concludes, And Moses said before the LORD, Behold, I am of uncircumcised lips, and how shall Pharaoh hearken unto me?  This just repeats God's call to Moses and Moses' reluctance to do what God sent him to do.  We need to learn to simply do what God calls us to do without excuses.  Just as God did for Moses, He will empower us to do whatever He calls us to do.

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