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Did the Lord Really Try to Kill Moses? - 165 · Marriage Life and More and Bible Study

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  Daniel Moore: Hey guys, this is Daniel with Connecting the Gap podcast.
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  Daniel Moore: There is a story in the Bible that I don't know if you are aware of that.
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  Daniel Moore: You've ever heard of it.
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  Daniel Moore: So you've heard of Moses in the Bible and what all he did when he led the Israelites out of Egypt and led them through the wilderness and was their deliverer, basically.
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  Daniel Moore: But have you ever heard when the Lord tried to kill Moses?
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  Daniel Moore: I didn't know if you'd ever heard that story or not.
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  Daniel Moore: Next to this, chapter 4, there is three verses that are smashed in there towards the end of that chapter, and what's weird is verse 23, which is the verse before.
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  Daniel Moore: These little three verses, has nothing to do with 24, 25, or 26.
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  Daniel Moore: And when you get to 27, it takes off on a whole other subject matter.
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  Daniel Moore: It's like there's a little rabbit trail stuck right in there between verses 23 and 27.
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  Daniel Moore: And what happened in those three verses is the Lord literally came to a point where he was going to kill Moses after he called Moses to deliver his people from Egypt.
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  Daniel Moore: So let's look at that real quick for today and Exodus, chapter 4, it's verses 24 to 26.
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  Daniel Moore: It says that a lodging place on the way the Lord met him and sought to put him to death.
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  Daniel Moore: Then Zipporah, who is Moses wife.
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  Daniel Moore: She took a flint and cut off her son's foreskin and touched Moses feet with it and said Surely, you are a bridegroom of blood to me.
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  Daniel Moore: So he let them alone.
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  Daniel Moore: Which is the Lord.
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  Daniel Moore: It was then that she said a bridegroom of blood because of the circumcision.
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  Daniel Moore: And then, when you get to verse 27, it takes off on talking about Aaron.
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  Daniel Moore: It's just really weird how it's stuck right in there.
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  Daniel Moore: But you know, there's some little nuggets that we can pull out of what happened here, and I know it probably sounds really weird to you and you probably don't understand.
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  Daniel Moore: I'm going to explain this to you real quick.
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  Daniel Moore: Here the Lord meets Moses on a journey to Egypt and attempts to kill him because he failed to circumcise his son.
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  Daniel Moore: Now this incident can be understood in a historical context by examining the significance of circumcision to the Israelite culture.
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  Daniel Moore: Circumcision was a central ritual of the Israelite people and it dated all the way back to the Covenant between God and Abraham in Genesis, chapter 17.
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  Daniel Moore: It was a physical sign of the Israelite's commitment to the Covenant with God and that they had a status as God's chosen people.
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  Daniel Moore: Failure to circumcise a male child was a very serious offense in the Israelite culture and it could result in being completely cut off from the community.
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  Daniel Moore: This was a covenant that was between God and the Israelites.
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  Daniel Moore: So here, in the case of Moses, his son's lack of circumcision may have been seen as a violation of the Covenant and a lack of respect for God's commands.
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  Daniel Moore: He was disrespecting God by not doing what was required by this Covenant.
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  Daniel Moore: So by attempting to kill Moses, the Lord was likely expressing this pleasure with what Moses did and the neglect of this crucial aspect of the Israelite identity.
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  Daniel Moore: So here in Exodus, chapter four, verse 25, zipporah cuts off the foreskin and then she touches Moses' feet with the foreskin.
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  Daniel Moore: Or some scholars say that she might have taken the foreskin and then just threw it down at his feet after she circumcised her son.
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  Daniel Moore: This act is a response to an impending threat of Moses' life from God, who is about to kill him for not circumcising his son.
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  Daniel Moore: Zipporah's action of touching Moses' feet with the foreskin or throwing it at his feet, whatever she did, this has been interpreted in various ways by biblical scholars and commentators.
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  Daniel Moore: Some suggest that it may be a symbolic pronouncing a curse or expressing her anger from the situation.
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  Daniel Moore: Others believe that it was a gesture of hastily completing the circumcision and using the foreskin as a substitute for blood to satisfy the requirements of the Covenant.
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  Daniel Moore: Others say that she was just flat out mad because her hubby was lazy and didn't do what he was supposed to do and she ended up having to do it.
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  Daniel Moore: Those of you that are married, we've probably been in that situation before, where us or our spouses irritated each other because we didn't do something we were supposed to do and the next thing the other spouse did it, and then they held it over our head for an eternity after that.
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  Daniel Moore: But the exact meaning of Zipporah's action remains somewhat ambiguous.
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  Daniel Moore: We don't really know, but it is clear that her quick thinking and her willingness to perform the circumcision of their son ultimately saved Moses life.
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  Daniel Moore: Her intervention prevented God's wrath from being unleashed on Moses and allowed him to continue his mission to deliver the Israelites out of the clutches of Egypt.
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  Daniel Moore: So there's some lessons that can be extracted out of this little story, as short as it is.
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  Daniel Moore: One lesson that can be extracted is the importance of obedience to God and his commands and the adherence of believing in the word and to follow what the Bible tells us to do.
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  Daniel Moore: In this passage, moses faced the consequence of neglecting to circumcise his son, which was a crucial commandment in the Israelite culture.
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  Daniel Moore: The incident serves as a reminder of the significance of following God's instructions and upholding the traditions that defines our faith.
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  Daniel Moore: Also, the passage emphasizes the role of quick thinking and action in responding to the challenges and the crisis.
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  Daniel Moore: He knows the poor a.
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  Daniel Moore: Her swift intervention and willingness to go ahead and carry out this circumcision save Moses from the wrath of God and allowed him to continue his mission.
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  Daniel Moore: This can also serve as a lesson for us as believers to be proactive and addressing issues that may arise in our spiritual lives and not being lazy in our Christian walk because sometimes we like to be lazy and not do things that we're supposed to and take prompt action and upholding our faith.
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  Daniel Moore: This story teaches the importance of obedience, listening to God's voice and doing what he says, and the value of quick thinking and responding to challenges that we may face.
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  Daniel Moore: By applying these principles in our lives today, we can deepen our relationship with God and we can strengthen our faith on this journey that we have with him.
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  Daniel Moore: So I just want to drop in here today and just give you a little connecting the gap short, I guess you could say the neat little scripture, and I think he's got some pretty cool applications in it.
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  Daniel Moore: And I didn't know if you ever knew that Moses was going to be killed by the Lord or not, so I thought it'd be cool to share that with you guys today.
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  Daniel Moore: Well, hope you guys enjoyed that and make sure you apply some of these lessons out of this little story in your life and you can't go wrong what God says that we need to do.
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  Daniel Moore: We need to follow God's plan and do what he tells us to do.
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  Daniel Moore: Well, I'm Daniel Moore connecting the gap podcast.
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  Daniel Moore: I will talk to you guys later.