At age forty, Moses left Egypt. He spent the next forty years living in Midian. At age 80, he encountered God, and that led him back to Egypt, to be the eventual deliverer of God's people. Exodus 4 tells us the story of how Moses begins his trek back to the land where he was born.
However, this passage is also filled with unique and strange elements. Passages like Exodus 4 provoke lots of questions. Quite frankly, it is a strange passage of Scripture. But this passage also highlights that God is faithful, he has supernatural powers over nature, and he is mighty to save.
A Strange Return to Egypt
Exodus 4
September 29, 2019 • Joe Rigney
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What God intended first for a person (Adam), and then a people (Israel), has now been realized in a Person (Jesus) and a people (the church). The church is the people of Jesus. We are men and women brought into fellowship with God by God through faith. We are created new in Jesus. We are forgiven by the cross of Jesus and filled with the Spirit of Jesus, to walk in the way of Jesus.
Jethro's Surprising Visit
December 8, 2019 • Kevin Kleiman
The story of the Exodus is a paradigm by which Christians can understand our own salvation. Through the first seventeen chapters of Exodus, Yahweh consistently and convincingly delivers his people with miraculous, supernatural power. But as we come to Exodus 18, we something much more ordinary. In chapter 18, we see how normal, everyday relationships are transformed by the good news of what God has done. As we review Exodus 18, we see Moses and Jethro’s interactions, and we learn from two very different people, and we see practically, how our lives should look differently after experiencing the saving grace of God. We are reminded to tell the whole story of God’s rescue, take a risk and offer good advice, and to happily receive feedback in humility.