The Life of Moses: The 5 Periods of Moses Life, What Do You Learn About God from Moses Life

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* List and briefly describe observations from each of the 5 periods of Moses’ life as talked about in the article from the International Standard Bible Encyclopedia.
Moses was born when all Israelites' baby boys were being killed by casting them into River Nile, while girls were spared. This forced his mother to hide him down River Nile, hoping that he would survive. He was later found by the daughter of Pharaoh, who took him to the palace and decided to look for someone who would take care of him. The source of the name Moses is shown in Exodus 2:10, which states, "She named him Moses, saying, I drew him out of the water.” The names of Moses’ parents are not indicated in the Bible.
Moses' mother could see a goodly aspect about him right he was born. This is illustrated in Exodus 2:2, which states, “And the woman conceived, and bare a son: and when she saw him that he was a goodly child, she hid him three months." Moses was raised in the palace under the care of Pharaoh's daughter, and he was able to learn all the wisdom and ways of the Egyptians. Although there is very little knowledge of Moses's childhood and early manhood, he was expected to be the heir to Pharaoh's daughter, given that she did not have a son of her own. Nevertheless, despite growing up in the palace, Moses never considered himself to be an Egyptian. As a result, he was hurt by the suffering and hard labour being subjected to his fellow Israelites by the Egyptians. Another major event in Moses's life was fleeing from Egypt after he discovered that people had known that he had killed an Egyptian who was fighting an Israelite. When he was in exile, God did appear to Moses in the form of a burning bush. It is that time that God instructed Moses to back to Egypt and deliver his fellow Israelites from slavery. Although Moses was doubtful at first, God told him to tell the Egyptians that "I AM has sent me unto you.” (Exodus 3:14). Since Moses did stammer, God gave him Aaron to be his helper. At that time, Moses had to left with Aaron to Egypt to deliver Israelites from slavery while his family was to be looked after by his in-laws.
* Explore Exodus 19:1-25 and explain the preparations that God instructed Moses to have the people engage in before God gives the Ten Commandments. Why do you think that these preparations were so necessary for the people? Do you believe that these preparations have any application for how God’s people prepared to engage God’s presence in worship today? Explain.
There were several preparations the Israelites had to perform before God gave them the Ten Commandments. One of them was that Israelites had to wash their clothes as a sign of understanding God’s holiness. More so, the Israelites had to refrain from any sexual activities as a way of refraining from personal indulgences that would have swayed their minds and hearts from God. More so, the people were told not to go near Mt. Sinai and should not force their way through to see God as that would perish (Exodus 19:21-25).
From this situation, modern Christians can learn that any spiritual interaction requires adequate preparation. It is not right to seek Him...