Double Bondage
And Pharaoh said, “Look, the people of the land are many now, and you make them rest from their labor!” Exodus 5:5. Aaron, being instructed by angels, went forth to meet his brother, from whom he had been separated for many years, and they met amid the desert solitudes in the mount of God…. Together […]
The Call of Moses
Come now, therefore, and I will send you to Pharaoh that you may bring My people, the children of Israel, out of Egypt. Exodus 3:10. To the oppressed and suffering Hebrews the day of their deliverance seemed to be long deferred, but in His own appointed time God designed to work for them in mighty […]
The Unlearning Experience
Then Moses was content to live with the man [the priest of Midian] Exodus 2:21. The human element is seen in all who have been chosen to accomplish a work for God…. Connected with God, the source of all wisdom, individuals may reach any height of moral excellence…. Moses had been learning much which he […]
Forty Years of Retraining
The children of Israel groaned because of the bondage, and they cried out; and their cry came up to God because of the bondage. Exodus 2:23. Moses had become, in every sense, a great man. As a writer, as a military leader, and as a philosopher, he had no superior. Love of truth and righteousness […]
Joseph, a Type of Christ
You meant evil against me; but God meant it for good, in order to bring it about as it is this day, to save many people alive. Genesis 50:20. Jacob predicted a cheerful future for most of his sons. Especially for Joseph he uttered words of eloquence of a happy character: “Joseph is a fruitful […]
An Example of Forgiveness
“I will provide for you and your little ones.” And he comforted them and spoke kindly to them. Genesis 50:21. The sons of Jacob returned to their father with the joyful tidings, “Joseph is yet alive, and he is governor over all the land of Egypt.” At first the old man was overwhelmed; he could […]
