TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8

ADVENT: DAY 18

Moses

Genesis 15:13

“Then the LORD told Abram, “You can be sure that your descendants will be strangers in a foreign land, and they will be oppressed as slaves for 400 years.”

Bible Readings

Moses was a baby and he was raised in Pharaoh’s Royal Court in Egypt.

When Moses had grown up, God called Moses to save his chosen people.

Moses led the Israelites out of Egypt - and set them up to be a mighty nation. God wrote 10 Rules. 10 Commandments for Moses and the people follow.

10 ways to be perfect

page 100

exodus 20:1-21

Matthew 22:36-39

Videos

3:28 Overview of Moses’s life, calling, and leading the people to set up their own nation with the 10 Commandments.

1:46 What are the 10 Commandments?

4:46 The story of the Israelites wandering in the wilderness. God’s provision, and their complaining.

***PARENTAL GUIDANCE*** Video Length 3:08 (A shorter Version is below)

***PARENTAL GUIDANCE*** Exodus Movie - Moses & Rameses his Egyptian brother - The Plagues & Exodus Video Length 1:38

1:49 ***PARENTAL GUIDANCE*** An overview of The Book of Exodus

2:38 ***PARENTAL GUIDANCE*** When Moses comes down the mountain with Joshua at his side, and he sees the golden calf the Israelites have made, Moses breaks the 10 Commandments.

Historical Artwork: Moses

“The Finding of Moses” By, Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema 1904

Moses Historical Artwork

Prayer of Moses after they go through the Black Sea

1861

Ivan Kramskoy

Moses Breaking the 10 Commandments

1659 AD

Rembrandt

Statue of Moses & 10 Commandments

Located at the Library of Congress

United States

Aaron & Hur holding up Moses's arms

1870 AD

John Everett Millais

During an Israelite battle against the Amalekites, Aaron & Hur needed to help hold Moses’s arms in the air for God’s blessing to flow out and provide victory.

This verse in Genesis 15 is part of a covenant that God made with Abraham -long before Moses was born.

Before Moses was born, God had a plan for his life.

Moses’s life story is told in the Books of Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy.

God’s people would grow and prosper from Genesis to the Book of Exodus. Joseph was given the land of Goshen in Egypt for his family. They left the promised land and stayed there, and eventually became slaves of Egypt. They lived in slavery in Egypt for 400 years - when, Moses was born. Moses was born a slave, and should have been put to death. Instead, Moses was saved from the Nile River by Pharaoh’s daughter. He grew up in Pharaoh’s Royal Court - the world’s superpower at the time. He was well educated, well cared for, and a skilled fighter.

God had a plan for Moses and His chosen people

God would eventually call Moses out of Pharaoh’s world to free the Israelite slaves from powerful Egypt.

God has a plan for your life too! Big or small - the plan is meaningful and purposeful, and it’s up to you to make a choice about what you want to do.

As we think about the story of Moses and the Jews - let’s remember the 10 Commandments.

The 10 commandments, can help us stay on the right path.

They helped to organize the people of Israel - people who lived as slaves for hundreds of years.

May you WORSHIP GOD, and may GOD be 1st in your life!

Day 18 Moses