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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="CENTER"><font size="3"><b>Jim
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<a href="http://www.2rbetter.org/">www.2rbetter.org</a></b></font></p><p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="CENTER">May 13, 2011</p><p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="CENTER"><br>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="CENTER"><b>FEB
1 - EXODUS 3-4 - MOSES: HIS CALL</b></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="LEFT"><b>1.
3:5, 10 (3:1-10) MOSES: CALL & COMMISSION. “And God said, Do
not draw nigh here: put off your shoes from off your feet, for the
place where you stand is holy ground. <font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1">10</font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">
Come now therefore, and I will send you unto Pharaoh, that you may
bring forth my people the children of Israel out of Egypt.” (NNT
'01). </font></b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">First
You empower us Father through vision and revelation; then You
commission us. </span></font><b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i>Hallowed
be your :name.</i></font></b></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="LEFT"><b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;">2.
3:12 (3:11-12) MOSES: FIRST COMPLAINT OVERCOME. “And God said,
Certainly I will be with you; and this shall be the token unto you,
that I have sent you: when you have brought forth the people out of
Egypt, you shall serve God upon this mountain.”</span></font></b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">
We bless You Father - that You confirm Your prophetic word with a
sign! What an encouragement this is to us! </span></font><b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i>Your
:kingdom come.</i></font></b></p>
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<b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">3. 3:14 (3:13-22) MOSES:
SECOND COMPLAINT OVERCOME. “And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I
AM: and he said, Thus shall you say unto the children of Israel, I AM
has sent me unto you.” </font></b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">Father,
you are I AM. You are saying by this - I continue to be and will be,
what I continue to be and will be! What assurance in our soul comes
from this! </span></font><b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i>Your
:will be done, As in heaven, so on earth.</i></font></b></p>
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<b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">4. 4:16-17 (4:1-17) MOSES:
THREE MORE COMPLAINTS OVERCOME. “And Aaron shall be your spokesman
unto the people; and it shall come to pass, that he shall be to you a
mouth, and you shall be to him as God. </font><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1">17</font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">
And you shall take in you hand this rod, with which you shall do the
signs.” </font></b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">You
understand Father, our reluctance to speak Your prophetic Word apart
from the confirmation of signs. Here You give three signs through
Moses' rod! </span></font><b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i>Our
:daily :bread Give us this day.</i></font></b></p>
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<b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">5. 4:22-23 (4:18-23) MOSES:
CALL AND COMMISSION RENEWED. “And you shall say unto Pharaoh, Thus
says Jehovah, Israel is my son, my first-born: </font><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1">23</font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">
and I have said unto you, Let my son go, that he may serve me; and
you have refused to let him go: behold, I will slay your son, your
first-born.” </font></b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">What
a terrible warning! O may we not refuse You Father, as did Pharaoh!
May our flesh not refuse You. </span></font><b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i>And
forgive us our :debts, as we also have forgiven our :debtors.</i></font></b></p>
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<b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">6. 4:24 (4:24-26) MOSES:
PERSECUTED FOR CIRCUMCISION. “And it came to pass on the way at
the lodging-place, that Jehovah met him, and sought to kill him.”
</font></b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">Father,
only when we as leaders set the example of walking in Your laws and
statutes, are we worthy to lead. Indeed, we jeopardize our lives if
we fail to keep Your pattern. </span></font><b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i>And
bring us not into temptation!</i></font></b></p>
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<b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">7. 4:31 (4:27-31) MOSES AND
AARON: A TEAM. “And the people believed: and when they heard that
Jehovah had visited the children of Israel, and that he had seen
their affliction, then they bowed their heads and worshiped.” </font></b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">What
a wonderful result that came from a confirmed prophetic word! </span></font><b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i>But
deliver us from the evil one.</i></font></b></p>
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<u><b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">NOTE</font></b></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><b>:
3:15 (3:13-22) “And God said moreover unto Moses, Thus shall you
say unto the children of Israel, </b></span></font><b><u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">Jehovah</font></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">,
the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and
the God of Jacob, has sent me unto you: </span></font><u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">this
is my name for ever</font></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">,
and this is my memorial unto all generations.” </span></font></b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">You
are the everlasting Triune God: Father, Son and Holy Spirit. We
worship You in awe and reverential fear, in the beauty of holiness.</span></span></font></p>
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<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">Today's
reading should be an encouragement to many of us. How many of us have
received a commission or mandate from God - and then like Moses
started making excuses, and asking Him to find someone else for His
task?</span></span></font></p>
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<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">God
patiently countered objection after objection by Moses, and finally
won his obedience.</span></span></font></p>
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<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">Then
consider 4:22-23, where God calls Israel His first-born son! This is
a high calling indeed! And when we read Romans 11, we find that God's
choice of Israel in the OT carries over to our NT times. Paul pleads
with the Gentile church not to enter into “Replacement Theology.”
The church has </span></span></font><u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">not</span></font></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
replaced Israel. She under Christ will be the chief nation upon earth
under the benign rule of Christ!</span></span></font></p>
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<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">However,
the One New Man - the Church - composed of Jew and Gentile - will
have a role laid out in the NT epistles of great interest. Yet - the
12 apostles of Jesus </span></span></font><u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">will
rule</span></font></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
the 12 tribes of Israel in the Millennium according to the clear
words and promise of Jesus.</span></span></font></p>
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<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">It
is incumbent upon us - necessary - that we </span></span></font><u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">do
not slip</span></font></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
into Replacement Theology in the light of the above. I unconsciously
absorbed this teaching from Old-line historic churches as a boy and a
man - and not until 1990 under Messianic Rabbi Murray Silberling at
Beth Simcha, were my eyes opened to the subtle error of the majority
of churches in North America in this respect.</span></span></font></p>
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<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">This
day's reading has another teaching of interest. Here God reveals to
Moses His true name, Jehovah. I prefer this above Yahweh, and you can
see why by reading the Introduction to the ASV '01. Here the American
translators set forth their reasoning for this choice, which I side
with. I do not believe that this choice is one of the Moravian
essentials - but rather one of the non-essentials. Yet we all need to
extend love to one another in this field of non-essential choice -
like our Moravian friends.</span></span></font></p>
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<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">In
the Thomas Newberry Reference Bible published by “Kregel” of
Michigan, one can find added justification for the above choice.
Newberry back in 1890 printed that the Tetragrammaton of the 4 Hebrew
letters - is a formation of the 3 parts of the verb “to be”. It
places “Ye-h</span></span></font><u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">o</span></font></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">VAH”
in this formation, from which Jehovah comes in English
transliteration. “Ye” is the future tense; “h</span></span></font><u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">o</span></font></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">”
is the </span></span></font><u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">present</span></font></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
participle; and “VAH” is the past tense. This lines up with Jesus
in Hebrews 12:8 - the same yesterday (VAH); today (h</span></span></font><u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">o</span></font></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">);
and forever (Ye). This also lines up with Revelation 1:8 where Jesus
in His resurrected state tells John </span></span></font><b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">“I
am the Alpha and the </span></font><u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">O</font></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">,
says </span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">the
</span></i></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Lord
:God, who </span></font><u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">is</font></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
and who </span></font><u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">was</font></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
and who </span></font><u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">is to
come</font></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">,
the Almighty.”</span></font></b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
Here again we find the three parts of the verb “to be”. The Lord
:God is indeed the </span></span></font><b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">“I
AM”! </span></font></b>
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<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">Psalm
31:14-16, from our Psalm for the day reads </span></span></font><b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">“But
I trusted in you, O Jehovah: I said, You are my God. </span></font><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="text-decoration: none;">15</span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
My times are in your hand: Deliver me from the hand of my enemies,
and from them that persecute me. </span></font><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="text-decoration: none;">16</span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
Make your face to shine upon your servant: Save me in your
lovingkindness (CHEsed).” </span></font></b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">Yes
Father, our trust is in You and Your Name! </span></span></font><b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
</span></font></b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">JAWatt</span></span></font></p>
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