Thurs.’s Devo - Yahweh - The Eternal God

Read: Exodus 5:22-7:25; Matthew 18:21-19:12; Psalm 23:1-6; Proverbs 5:22-23 When Moses left Pharaoh’s palace he went to the Lord and had some complaints. He thought God had told him to go and deliver the people, not go and make them hate him and make their lives worse. God corrected Moses and told him that he would now see what He would do to Pharaoh. When he got through, Pharaoh would be throwing them out. God had revealed his name of El-Shaddai, God Almighty to Abraham, but he was now revealing his name as Yahweh which means Jehovah, the Eternal God. He wanted Moses to know that the covenant he made with Abraham was just as fresh now as it was when he made it. He told Moses all the things he was going to do for them. Moses went to the people and told them all of God’s promises, but they wouldn’t listen to him this time. God told Moses to go tell Pharaoh again to let the people go. Moses argued that the people wouldn’t listen, so why would Pharaoh. Then we have the tribes of Israel down to Levi where it stops. Why? I have studied the names of the children of Israel and they are the timeline. Rueben, the first-born has to do with Adam in the garden. His name means “see a son.” His son’s names mean “initiates, distinguished, court-yard gardener.” That describes Adam. The second son was Simeon which means “hearing” which Abraham was the first to hear the voice of God and obey. His sons names mean “the day of God, the right hand will be united and established in the holiness they asked for.” God called Abraham out of idolatry to be his holy family set apart for the world to see. The third son was Levi which means “attached or joined”. God was going to use this family to join heaven and earth in government and worship. Levi had three sons which describe the three types of people who came out of Egypt. Gershon means “refugee”. His sons names mean “white, famous.” The second group was Kohath’s (to ally oneself) sons which mean “high people, oil, seat of association, strength of God.” The third group came from Merari meaning “bitter”. These people were characterized by his sons whose names mean “sick and sensitive”. So these were the people Moses was dealing with. The list stops here because that was where they were in history. God told Moses exactly what was going to happen, what he was to do and what God would do. The Pharaoh would ask for a miracle just like the Pharisees asked Jesus for a sign. Pharoah’s heart would be as stubborn as the Pharisees would be. Moses left them with blood to drink for seven days. Keep in mind, these people were seeds of Satan that drank blood regularly in their sacrifices but now they are innovated with this, making them sick. It is a “flip the script” on them. In Matthew, Peter came to Jesus asking how many times he had to forgive someone. He wanted a number, but Jesus’ answer told him how he should forgive. Seven times seventy means completely and thoroughly. Then Jesus gave them a parable. God is the king who has forgiven us of all our sins we did against Him, shouldn’t we forgive others of one, or a few? The Pharisees came to Jesus to ask him about divorce. He told them that in the law of Moses, God allowed for divorce as a concession to their hard hearts. It was never the woman who could decide this. If a man was unsatisfied with his wife he could divorce her. It was on him to write out a document stating the reason and how he was going to provide for her apart from him. In the New Testament, they were just throwing the woman out with no legal writ of divorcement. She was not legally divorced so if she chose to remarry, she would be committing adultery and so would he. Jesus summed it up: if you are going to have this kind of heart then it would be better if you would not marry. Lord, may we remember our covenant of salvation that you have given us and remember that your covenant is an everlasting one. You are faithful!