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[169.20 --> 170.90] and I am concerned about their suffering.
[171.02 --> 174.22] So I have come down to rescue them from the hand of the Egyptians
[174.22 --> 178.98] and to bring them out of that land into a good and spacious land,
[179.30 --> 181.78] a land flowing with milk and honey,
[182.68 --> 187.44] the home of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.
[189.08 --> 191.32] And now the cry of the Israelites has reached me,
[191.36 --> 193.74] and I have seen the way the Egyptians are oppressing them.
[194.40 --> 199.60] So now go, I am sending you to Pharaoh to bring my people, the Israelites, out of Egypt.
[199.60 --> 205.32] But Moses said to God, Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh and bring the Israelites out of Egypt?
[206.28 --> 208.36] And God said, I will be with you,
[208.80 --> 212.32] and this will be the sign to you that it is I who have sent you.
[212.90 --> 214.74] When you have brought the people out of Egypt,
[215.14 --> 218.38] you will worship God on this mountain.
[219.08 --> 220.14] The word of the Lord.
[222.48 --> 224.46] Now, as with everything in the Bible,
[224.80 --> 228.18] this is a little story in the midst of a giant story.
[228.18 --> 232.62] And while the burning bush story sort of stands on its own in terms of intrigue
[232.62 --> 234.04] and in terms of magnitude,
[234.04 --> 237.80] it's placed in this grand narrative of Scripture.
[238.20 --> 241.80] And it's important to be reminded, or perhaps even hear for the first time,
[242.22 --> 246.62] how this event fits into this big story of Scripture.
[247.26 --> 248.40] And so, strap yourselves in.
[248.62 --> 251.70] I'm going to get us there in about 400 words or less,
[251.88 --> 253.02] how the Bible gets us here.
[253.10 --> 256.80] So, as you've been hearing with Pastor Burt over the past few weeks,
[256.80 --> 258.50] we've been talking about this man, Joseph.
[258.90 --> 263.26] Well, this story takes place right after the story of Joseph in the Bible.
[263.64 --> 266.52] And without purposefully ruining the end of Pastor Burt's sermon series,
[267.02 --> 269.98] Joseph, who is the son of Jacob, who is the son of Isaac,
[270.10 --> 272.78] who is the son of Abraham, gets sold into slavery
[272.78 --> 276.00] and eventually becomes this high-ranking official in Egypt.
[277.10 --> 279.82] After he interprets this dream of Pharaoh teaching,
[279.96 --> 282.84] or prophesying, sorry, about this famine that's going to be hitting Egypt,
[282.84 --> 286.60] he gets put in charge of all of the harvest
[286.60 --> 288.60] and of all of the food within Egypt,
[288.72 --> 291.56] making sure that Egypt will be in a good place when this famine hits.
[292.02 --> 294.56] Now, because of this famine, Joseph's extended family,
[294.72 --> 296.20] which was about 70 people,
[296.64 --> 300.08] actually moves to Egypt for all the food that is there.
[300.24 --> 301.92] And they end up reuniting with Joseph
[301.92 --> 304.78] and living there for a very long time.
[305.54 --> 307.34] Now, while in the Bible the story of Moses
[307.34 --> 309.14] immediately follows the story of Joseph,
[309.14 --> 312.20] in fact, about 400 years go by.
[312.72 --> 315.46] And in that time, numerous generations, of course, pass.
[315.54 --> 317.60] And over the course of those 400 years,
[318.04 --> 322.34] Joseph's family of 70 grows massively.
[322.88 --> 324.96] In 400 years, that family of 70
[324.96 --> 329.96] grows to a family of 600,000 soldier-aged men,
[330.60 --> 333.76] which we read about in Exodus 12, verse 37.
[334.50 --> 337.96] So that's 600,000 soldier-aged men.
[337.96 --> 340.50] And if you included the women and the children
[340.50 --> 342.28] and the non-soldier-aged men,
[342.46 --> 344.00] we're talking about a group of people
[344.00 --> 346.18] that's probably well over 2 million.
[346.50 --> 349.02] That's a lot, and that is a very fertile family.
[349.94 --> 351.28] Now, over that time,
[351.46 --> 353.50] pharaohs have also come and gone, of course.
[353.84 --> 356.62] And eventually, they kind of forget about Joseph
[356.62 --> 357.70] and all he did for them.
[357.74 --> 359.06] And they forget about this family
[359.06 --> 362.06] that's now grown into this giant number of people.
[362.36 --> 363.94] They grow increasingly worried
[363.94 --> 365.50] and end up enslaving them
[365.50 --> 368.06] and eventually command that all Hebrew boys
[368.06 --> 370.60] that are born be cast into the Nile River and killed.
[371.26 --> 373.44] Well, Moses is born in that time.
[373.94 --> 375.28] And Moses' mother saves him
[375.28 --> 376.28] by putting him in a basket,
[376.42 --> 377.40] floating him down the river.
[377.50 --> 379.62] He eventually gets adopted by pharaoh's daughter,
[379.96 --> 381.14] gets to live in the palace,
[381.54 --> 382.26] learn their customs.
[382.34 --> 384.48] But one day, he sees a Hebrew man
[384.48 --> 386.44] being treated poorly by an Egyptian soldier.
[386.44 --> 388.36] So he kills the Egyptian soldier,
[388.84 --> 390.42] gets called out for it, and flees.
[391.10 --> 392.10] And now he's on the run.
[392.52 --> 394.86] He's a shepherd for his father-in-law,
[395.04 --> 397.24] and he's been in the wilderness for a long time.
[397.44 --> 400.08] And then he sees a burning bush.
[400.56 --> 403.28] And that is the text that we are in today.
[404.50 --> 407.08] So interestingly, the years of Moses' life,
[407.18 --> 409.58] they're divided into three 40-year chunks.
[409.70 --> 411.62] It worked out quite perfectly for him, actually.
[411.62 --> 413.20] So the first 40 years,
[413.30 --> 415.26] he spends in the palace in Egypt.
[415.52 --> 417.34] Then he kills that man, and he flees.
[417.40 --> 418.42] In the next 40 years,
[418.42 --> 421.54] he is a shepherd in the wilderness in Midian.
[421.84 --> 423.58] And the third starts with this passage.
[423.68 --> 424.60] He sees this bush,
[424.84 --> 425.84] and he eventually goes
[425.84 --> 428.76] and helps lead the Israelites out of Egypt.
[429.18 --> 430.22] That's how it's broken down.
[430.30 --> 431.72] Now, it's interesting, though,
[431.76 --> 437.46] because Moses was born to be Israel's deliverer.
[437.80 --> 440.18] He was born to help lead them out of the Promised Land.
[440.18 --> 444.12] And yet, not a word of that is mentioned to him
[444.12 --> 446.50] until he's 80 years old.

[169.20 --> 170.90] and I am concerned about their suffering.

[171.02 --> 174.22] So I have come down to rescue them from the hand of the Egyptians

[174.22 --> 178.98] and to bring them out of that land into a good and spacious land,

[179.30 --> 181.78] a land flowing with milk and honey,

[182.68 --> 187.44] the home of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.

[189.08 --> 191.32] And now the cry of the Israelites has reached me,

[191.36 --> 193.74] and I have seen the way the Egyptians are oppressing them.

[194.40 --> 199.60] So now go, I am sending you to Pharaoh to bring my people, the Israelites, out of Egypt.

[199.60 --> 205.32] But Moses said to God, Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh and bring the Israelites out of Egypt?

[206.28 --> 208.36] And God said, I will be with you,

[208.80 --> 212.32] and this will be the sign to you that it is I who have sent you.

[212.90 --> 214.74] When you have brought the people out of Egypt,

[215.14 --> 218.38] you will worship God on this mountain.

[219.08 --> 220.14] The word of the Lord.

[222.48 --> 224.46] Now, as with everything in the Bible,

[224.80 --> 228.18] this is a little story in the midst of a giant story.

[228.18 --> 232.62] And while the burning bush story sort of stands on its own in terms of intrigue

[232.62 --> 234.04] and in terms of magnitude,

[234.04 --> 237.80] it's placed in this grand narrative of Scripture.

[238.20 --> 241.80] And it's important to be reminded, or perhaps even hear for the first time,

[242.22 --> 246.62] how this event fits into this big story of Scripture.

[247.26 --> 248.40] And so, strap yourselves in.

[248.62 --> 251.70] I'm going to get us there in about 400 words or less,

[251.88 --> 253.02] how the Bible gets us here.

[253.10 --> 256.80] So, as you've been hearing with Pastor Burt over the past few weeks,

[256.80 --> 258.50] we've been talking about this man, Joseph.

[258.90 --> 263.26] Well, this story takes place right after the story of Joseph in the Bible.

[263.64 --> 266.52] And without purposefully ruining the end of Pastor Burt's sermon series,

[267.02 --> 269.98] Joseph, who is the son of Jacob, who is the son of Isaac,

[270.10 --> 272.78] who is the son of Abraham, gets sold into slavery

[272.78 --> 276.00] and eventually becomes this high-ranking official in Egypt.

[277.10 --> 279.82] After he interprets this dream of Pharaoh teaching,

[279.96 --> 282.84] or prophesying, sorry, about this famine that's going to be hitting Egypt,

[282.84 --> 286.60] he gets put in charge of all of the harvest

[286.60 --> 288.60] and of all of the food within Egypt,

[288.72 --> 291.56] making sure that Egypt will be in a good place when this famine hits.

[292.02 --> 294.56] Now, because of this famine, Joseph's extended family,

[294.72 --> 296.20] which was about 70 people,

[296.64 --> 300.08] actually moves to Egypt for all the food that is there.

[300.24 --> 301.92] And they end up reuniting with Joseph

[301.92 --> 304.78] and living there for a very long time.

[305.54 --> 307.34] Now, while in the Bible the story of Moses

[307.34 --> 309.14] immediately follows the story of Joseph,

[309.14 --> 312.20] in fact, about 400 years go by.

[312.72 --> 315.46] And in that time, numerous generations, of course, pass.

[315.54 --> 317.60] And over the course of those 400 years,

[318.04 --> 322.34] Joseph's family of 70 grows massively.

[322.88 --> 324.96] In 400 years, that family of 70

[324.96 --> 329.96] grows to a family of 600,000 soldier-aged men,

[330.60 --> 333.76] which we read about in Exodus 12, verse 37.

[334.50 --> 337.96] So that's 600,000 soldier-aged men.

[337.96 --> 340.50] And if you included the women and the children

[340.50 --> 342.28] and the non-soldier-aged men,

[342.46 --> 344.00] we're talking about a group of people

[344.00 --> 346.18] that's probably well over 2 million.

[346.50 --> 349.02] That's a lot, and that is a very fertile family.

[349.94 --> 351.28] Now, over that time,

[351.46 --> 353.50] pharaohs have also come and gone, of course.

[353.84 --> 356.62] And eventually, they kind of forget about Joseph

[356.62 --> 357.70] and all he did for them.

[357.74 --> 359.06] And they forget about this family

[359.06 --> 362.06] that's now grown into this giant number of people.

[362.36 --> 363.94] They grow increasingly worried

[363.94 --> 365.50] and end up enslaving them

[365.50 --> 368.06] and eventually command that all Hebrew boys

[368.06 --> 370.60] that are born be cast into the Nile River and killed.

[371.26 --> 373.44] Well, Moses is born in that time.

[373.94 --> 375.28] And Moses' mother saves him

[375.28 --> 376.28] by putting him in a basket,

[376.42 --> 377.40] floating him down the river.

[377.50 --> 379.62] He eventually gets adopted by pharaoh's daughter,

[379.96 --> 381.14] gets to live in the palace,

[381.54 --> 382.26] learn their customs.

[382.34 --> 384.48] But one day, he sees a Hebrew man

[384.48 --> 386.44] being treated poorly by an Egyptian soldier.

[386.44 --> 388.36] So he kills the Egyptian soldier,

[388.84 --> 390.42] gets called out for it, and flees.

[391.10 --> 392.10] And now he's on the run.

[392.52 --> 394.86] He's a shepherd for his father-in-law,

[395.04 --> 397.24] and he's been in the wilderness for a long time.

[397.44 --> 400.08] And then he sees a burning bush.

[400.56 --> 403.28] And that is the text that we are in today.

[404.50 --> 407.08] So interestingly, the years of Moses' life,

[407.18 --> 409.58] they're divided into three 40-year chunks.

[409.70 --> 411.62] It worked out quite perfectly for him, actually.

[411.62 --> 413.20] So the first 40 years,

[413.30 --> 415.26] he spends in the palace in Egypt.

[415.52 --> 417.34] Then he kills that man, and he flees.

[417.40 --> 418.42] In the next 40 years,

[418.42 --> 421.54] he is a shepherd in the wilderness in Midian.

[421.84 --> 423.58] And the third starts with this passage.

[423.68 --> 424.60] He sees this bush,

[424.84 --> 425.84] and he eventually goes

[425.84 --> 428.76] and helps lead the Israelites out of Egypt.

[429.18 --> 430.22] That's how it's broken down.

[430.30 --> 431.72] Now, it's interesting, though,

[431.76 --> 437.46] because Moses was born to be Israel's deliverer.

[437.80 --> 440.18] He was born to help lead them out of the Promised Land.

[440.18 --> 444.12] And yet, not a word of that is mentioned to him

[444.12 --> 446.50] until he's 80 years old.