OVERVIEW OF OLD TESTAMENT PROPHETS & The Prophet MOSES 5/29/2018

GOD is perfectly just and holy. MY BEST RESPONSE GOD is perfectly loving and merciful. GOD is perfectly just and holy. How do these two qualities work together? 5/29/2018

PROPHETS nabiy = איבנ Hebrew for prophet, from naba = עכנ Hebrew for bubbling, gushing forth, overflow. PROPHET (assigned purpose): A prophet is one who is to speak God’s word on God’s behalf and to represent God to the people. He is God’s mouth, or someone who preaches the word of God (message that comes from God). He is the antithesis of a priest, who represents or speaks to God for the people. 5/29/2018

PROPHETIC BOOKS 12 minor prophets 4 major prophets Hosea Isaiah Joel Amos Obadiah Jonah Micah Nahum Habakkuk Zephaniah Haggai Zechariah Malachi 4 major prophets Isaiah Jeremiah Ezekiel Daniel 5/29/2018

What is the best sermon you can recall? MY BEST RESPONSE Who is the best preacher you have ever heard? What is the best sermon you can recall? 5/29/2018

DETAILS OF MOSES’ LIFE Exodus 6:20 Amram and Jochebed were his parents Exodus 2:1-10 Birth of Moses Exodus 2:8-9 Moses was raised by his own mother Exodus 2:10 Moses means “the One Drawn Out” Exodus 2:11 Moses killed an Egyptian Exodus 2:15 Escape from Egypt Exodus 2:15 Moses fled to Midian Exodus 2:21 Moses won his wife Exodus 2:22 Moses’ wife had a son Exodus 3:2 Called through a burning bush Exodus 3:6 Moses was God-fearing Exodus 4:10 Moses had a speech problem Exodus 4:14 Moses’ brother, Aaron, went with him to speak on Moses behalf Exodus 19-20 Received the Commandments on the mount Deuteronomy 34:1-12 Death of Moses 5/29/2018

DETAILS OF MOSES’ LIFE 5/29/2018

To Whom Am I Talking? THE TETRAGRAMATON YAHWEH (YHWH) = הוהי Hebrew for “I Am Who I Am!” (Exodus 3:14) John 8:58 “Before Abraham was I AM.” The Self-Existing One. 5/29/2018

WEEKEND JOURNAL #1 5/29/2018

MY BEST RESPONSE How do you know if someone is telling you the truth about something that he/she is trying to sell you? 5/29/2018

To Whom Am I Talking? MOSES OBJECTIONS Exodus 3:11 Exodus 3:13 …no ability …no credibility /no message …no authority …no eloquence …no inclination 5/29/2018

GOD’S Counterarguments: To Whom Am I Talking? GOD’S Counterarguments: Exodus 3:12 Exodus 4:2-9 Exodus 4:11-12 Exodus 4:14-16 …His presence …His omnipotence …His enabling …His direction & instructions 5/29/2018

MOSES the PROPHET ATTRIBUTES of a PROPHET Numbers 1:1… Numbers 9:23 … Deuteronomy 18:15 … Acts 3:22-26… YHWH speaks to Moses YHWH commands the Hebrews through Moses Moses didn’t ask to be a Prophet…was chosen by YHWH YHWH gives dreams and visions to Moses—speaks to him face to face; and calls him a faithful servant Moses foretells of the coming Messiah—”a prophet like me” from among the Hebrews… listen to Him. Jesus fulfilled Moses prophecy Moses is considered one of the major prophets: Numbers 1:1 God calls His prophet from wherever he is and tells him what to do and what to say. Numbers 9:23 God uses His prophet to give direct orders to the people. Numbers 11:29 God’s Spirit was especially strong in His prophet. Numbers 6:8 God often used visions and dreams to communicate symbolically with His prophet. Deuteronomy 18:15 God’s prophets are from His Chosen People Acts 3:22-26 God’s prophets came from the throne of Israel starting with the prophet Samuel. 5/29/2018

MOSES the PROPHET http://www.betemunah.org/tribes.html http://ldolphin.org/camp.html 5/29/2018

Is it ever okay to yell at God? Why or why not? MY BEST RESPONSE Is it ever okay to yell at God? Why or why not? 5/29/2018

MOSES the PROPHET EXODUS 3 & 4 GOD reminds Moses who He is GOD reminds Moses that He knows what they are suffering YHWH Redemptive God PHAROAH…who was evil, was allowed to become even more wicked so that God’s plan was fulfilled 5/29/2018

MOSES the PROPHET EXODUS 3 & 4 Nine times in Exodus the hardening of the pharaoh’s heart is ascribed to God (4:21; 7:3; 9:12; 10:1, 20, 27; 11:10; 14:4, 8); another nine times the pharaoh is said to have hardened his own heart (7:13-14, 22; 8:15, 19, 32; 9:7, 34-35). By using Romans 1:24-25, we can understand that the pharaoh alone was the agent of the hardening in each of the first five plagues. Not until the sixth plague did God confirm the pharaoh’s willful action (9:12), as He had told Moses he would do (see Romans 9:17-18 et al for further clarification). Notes from Concordia Self-Study Bible, New International Version, Robert G. Hoerber, editor, Concordia Publishing House, St. Louis, 1986 5/29/2018

MOSES the PROPHET EXODUS 5:1-19, 5:22-6:8 Israel complains to Moses Moses complains to YHWH (in the form of a prayer) YHWH answers with “I AM God Almighty” Delivers and redeems 5/29/2018

MOSES the PROPHET Moses’ 40 years First 40+ brought up in Egypt as an Egyptian (Exodus 1-2:15; also see Acts 7:23) Customs Lifestyles 2nd 40 years--a stranger in a strange land. (Exodus 2:16-4:19; also see Acts 7:29-30) Wandering in the desert…a shepherd Becoming enslaved Third 40 years--Moses as a YHWH’s prophet (see Acts 7:36) wandering in the desert)…a shepherd until his death (Deuteronomy 34:5-7) 5/29/2018

Hebrews 11:23-29 List everything Moses and his family did by faith MOSES the PROPHET Hebrews 11:23-29 List everything Moses and his family did by faith 5/29/2018

WEEKEND JOURNAL #2 5/29/2018

How does God come to us today and talk to us? MY BEST RESPONSE How does God come to us today and talk to us? How do you relate back to God? 5/29/2018