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‘You will call His name Immanuel’: Heaven’s desire has always been to be with us
“Be strong and courageous, do not be afraid or tremble at them, for the LORD your God is the one who goes with you. He will not fail you or forsake you.”Deuteronomy 31:6 NASB
In this study
God is our witness (Exodus 3–4)‘Sign for you that it was I Who sent you’Staff becomes a snake then a staff againLeprous handWater turned to blood‘His name will be Immanuel’ (Isaiah 7–12)Impending Assyrian invasion (Isaiah 8:1–18)‘To us a child is born’ (Isaiah 8:19–9:7)Mercy of the remnantBranch of Jesse (Isaiah 11:1–12:6)
God is our witness (Exodus 3–4)
The LORD remembers His people and walks with them in their suffering. He promised to be with His people through their suffering. God’s memory goes far beyond our own. When we put up a statute, pillar or memorial to a particular historical event or historical figure, those are set up so that the memory of the event or the person goes on after their death and that future generations will remember that event.
‘Sign for you that it was I Who sent you’
“And He said, “For I will be with you, and this is the sign for you that it was I Who sent you. When you take the people out of Egypt, you will worship God on this mountain.” And Moses said to God, “Behold I come to the children of Israel, and I say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ and they say to me, ‘What is His name?’ what shall I say to them?” God said to Moses, “Ehyeh asher ehyeh [I will be what I will be],” and He said, “So shall you say to the children of Israel, ‘Ehyeh [I will be] has sent me to you.'” Exodus 3:12-14, The Judaica Press Translation
In Exodus 4, Moshe (Moses) was given three signs to show the leaders of Israel. Some commentators see parallels between Israel’s suffering in Mitzraim (Egypt) and deliverance and those signs.1
Staff becomes a snake then a staff again
The Hebrew word for staff מַטֶּה matteh (H4294) can also mean tribe.2 When Moshe throws the staff down to the ground, it turns into a snake, and that could represent when Yosef (Joseph) and Ya’akov (Jacob) led sons of Israel into Egypt. The nation became something detestable and scorned in Mitzraim.
When Moshe grabs the snakes tail and it becomes a staff again, that could represent the Exodus, when the people of Israel became their own nation again. The plagues and the destruction of the army of Mitzraim in the sea underscored that the people of scorn had become a people with power.
Leprous hand
What’s translated as “leprosy” in the Bible was not just a physical condition but also a spiritual malady. A key example is Miriam’s affliction as a מְצֹרַעַת metzor’at (leper). As punishment for her slander against her younger brother Moshe, she is described as being dead, like a still-born child (Num. 12:10–12).
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By Hallel Fellowship“Be strong and courageous, do not be afraid or tremble at them, for the LORD your God is the one who goes with you. He will not fail you or forsake you.”Deuteronomy 31:6 NASB
In this study
God is our witness (Exodus 3–4)‘Sign for you that it was I Who sent you’Staff becomes a snake then a staff againLeprous handWater turned to blood‘His name will be Immanuel’ (Isaiah 7–12)Impending Assyrian invasion (Isaiah 8:1–18)‘To us a child is born’ (Isaiah 8:19–9:7)Mercy of the remnantBranch of Jesse (Isaiah 11:1–12:6)
God is our witness (Exodus 3–4)
The LORD remembers His people and walks with them in their suffering. He promised to be with His people through their suffering. God’s memory goes far beyond our own. When we put up a statute, pillar or memorial to a particular historical event or historical figure, those are set up so that the memory of the event or the person goes on after their death and that future generations will remember that event.
‘Sign for you that it was I Who sent you’
“And He said, “For I will be with you, and this is the sign for you that it was I Who sent you. When you take the people out of Egypt, you will worship God on this mountain.” And Moses said to God, “Behold I come to the children of Israel, and I say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ and they say to me, ‘What is His name?’ what shall I say to them?” God said to Moses, “Ehyeh asher ehyeh [I will be what I will be],” and He said, “So shall you say to the children of Israel, ‘Ehyeh [I will be] has sent me to you.'” Exodus 3:12-14, The Judaica Press Translation
In Exodus 4, Moshe (Moses) was given three signs to show the leaders of Israel. Some commentators see parallels between Israel’s suffering in Mitzraim (Egypt) and deliverance and those signs.1
Staff becomes a snake then a staff again
The Hebrew word for staff מַטֶּה matteh (H4294) can also mean tribe.2 When Moshe throws the staff down to the ground, it turns into a snake, and that could represent when Yosef (Joseph) and Ya’akov (Jacob) led sons of Israel into Egypt. The nation became something detestable and scorned in Mitzraim.
When Moshe grabs the snakes tail and it becomes a staff again, that could represent the Exodus, when the people of Israel became their own nation again. The plagues and the destruction of the army of Mitzraim in the sea underscored that the people of scorn had become a people with power.
Leprous hand
What’s translated as “leprosy” in the Bible was not just a physical condition but also a spiritual malady. A key example is Miriam’s affliction as a מְצֹרַעַת metzor’at (leper). As punishment for her slander against her younger brother Moshe, she is described as being dead, like a still-born child (Num. 12:10–12).
The descendants of Israel were spiritually dead while ...