The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1901-11-29

Lesson In the International serese
for December ., IDOi-The Cell
of Moses.
THE LESSON TEXT.

TIE LESSON TEXT.
Exodus 3.l-i2)
J. Now Moses kept the flock OF Jethrs his
nther-in-law. the priest Of indian: and he
led the flock 10 the backside OF the desert,
snc came 10 the FOUNTAIN OF God. even 10
doreb.
2 And the angel OF the Lord appeared
unto him in a flame OF fire out OF the midst
OF bush: and he looked. and. behold. the
bush burned with fire. and the bush Mas
not consumed
3 And Moses said. I will now turn aside.
and see isis great sight. why the bush Is
not burnt
: And when the Lord saw that he turned
asice 10 see. God called unto him out Of
the midst Of the bush. and said. Moses.
Moses And ne said Here am L.
O. And ne said. Draw not nigh hither:
put on thy shoes from on thy feet. for
the place whereon thou standest Is holy
ground.
g. Moreover He said. / am the God OF
thy father, the God Of Abraham. the God
OF Isaac. and the God Of Jacob. And Moses
hic his face: for he was afraid to look upon
God
!. And the Lord said. have surely seen
the afiiction Of my people which are In
Egypt and have heard their cry By rca-
son or their taskmasters; for ! know their
sorrOws.
:. And am come down 10 deliver them
OUT OF the hand OF the Egyptians and TO
bring them up out OF that land unto a good
land and a large. unto land flowing with
milk and honey: unto the place OF the
canaanltes. and the Hiitites, and the
Amorites, and the Perizzltes. and the
HIyites and the Jebusites
. Now therefore. bel hold the cry of the
children Of Israel Is come unto me: and
have also seen the oppression wherewith
the Egyptians Cypress them.
u~fIT
thee unto Pharaoh. that thou mayest bring
forth my people the Children Of Israel out
OF Egypt
IL And Moses said unto God. Who am |.
that should 20 unto Pharaoh. and that I
should bring forth the children Of Israel
out OF Egypt?
z And He said Certainly I will be with
thee; and this shall be A token unto thee
that have sent thee: When thou hast
brought forth the people out Of Egypt. ye
shall serve God upon this mountain
1oLDEN IENI--terfainly will he
with thee--Ex. 3iI2.
NOTES AND COMMENTS.
Moses Flight.-The tendency of
Moses life would be to make him for
get his race. but he remembered
them and was loyal TO them. Steph-
en- suggested (Acts 1929 that he
interfered 10 help the oppressed He
brew in the hope that the Hebrews
would rise against the Egyptians un-
der his leadership.
Moses Marriage-The Midianites
wandered over the Sinai peninsula
and northern Arabia. Moses life
among them gave him familiarity
with the region trough which Is
rael was TO travel. Zipporah does
not appear much in history. but pas
sages like 42i-26, 1s:2-7 Indicate
that she was not very congenial with
her husband.
The Call.-The time of Moses call
IL set by 1923 at about the date OF
4 the accession of the Pharaoh from
whom Israel finally escaped. This
Pharaoh is believed to have been
Merertpah. who began to reign about
b. c. 1925. The appearance in the bush
is 10 be thought Of as supernatural.
though the attempt has been maze
TO explain il by reference to various
natural appearances. The revelation
of Gods holiness and separateness
was the starting point of Moses
Nofk. Ht >ttOnu point VI the rev
eiation was the historic relation of
God and His people. and the recog-
milton OF the covenant with tho
patriarchs. Moses sense of the
greatness of the task. his long alb
sence from the court. his ignorance
of the people. all moved him to feel
that the undertaking was too great.
Yet he was as well fitted for the
work as a man could be.
The Signs and Helper.-In 3:14. the
origin of the Hebrews special name
for God is indicated. This name,
known TO US as Jehovah. was pro-
nounced at first as though written
Yahweh. The significance of the
name is The Living Que" The com
mon name of God in earlier times
was Elohim or I'll. signifying The
Mighty One" Jehovah was the COW
enant name. and was considered un-
speakabIy sacred by the later Jews.