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Text: Exodus 19: 1-3

MEDITATION

Exodus 19:1-3

1 In the third month after the children of Israel had gone out of the land of Egypt, on the same day, they came to the Wilderness of Sinai.
2 For they had departed from Rephidim, had come to the Wilderness of Sinai, and camped in the wilderness. So Israel camped there before the mountain.
3 And Moses went up to God, and the LORD called to him from the mountain, saying, “Thus you shall say to the house of Jacob, and tell the children of Israel:

MEANINGFUL APPLICATION TO LIFE

1. The Journey from Egypt

A quick review:

a. The Wilderness of Shur to Elim (Exodus 15:22-27)

i. Bitter water made sweet.

ii. Abundance of water.

b. The Wilderness of Sin (Exodus 15-16)

i. Supply of Manna

ii. Supply of quails

c. Rephidim (Exodus 17)

i. Water from a Rock

ii. Attack by the Amalekites

d. The Wilderness of Sinai (Exodus 19)

2. God’s Word to Moses

a. God’s call to Moses to ascend the mountain of Sinai.

b. The word that he was to give to Israel.

3. God used two terms to describe the people

a. The house of Jacob

i. This phrase was used to describe Jacob before he was called Israel.

ii. The name “Jacob” meant “a heel grabber”.

iii. Jacob was very sinful.

iv. His children were wayward.

This was a fitting description of the people who came out of Egypt!

b. The children of Israel

i. Jacob went on to become a man of God.

ii. God gave him a new name, “Israel”.

iii. This describes the nobility of Israel; it means, “a prince with God”.

iv. God’s desire for His people is expressed here.

He would like them to be princely in their life and behaviour!

经文：出埃及记 19:1-3

沉思

《出埃及记 19:1-3》
1以色列人出埃及地以后，满了三个月的那一天，就来到西奈的旷野。
2 他们离了利非订，来到西奈的旷野，就在那里的山下安营。

3 摩西到神那里，耶和华从山上呼唤他说：“你要这样告诉雅各家，晓谕以色列人说：

在生活里有意义地应用

1. 出埃及后的旅途

回顾：

a. 书珥的旷野到以琳 《出埃及记 15:22-27》

i. 苦水变甜

ii. 丰富的水源

b. 汛的旷野 《出埃及记 15-16》

i. 供应了吗哪

ii. 供应了鹌鹑

c. 利非订 《出埃及记 17》

i. 磐出水

ii. 亚玛力人的攻击

d. 西奈的旷野 《出埃及记 19》

2. 上帝对摩西的话语

a. 上帝呼唤摩西上西奈山

b. 他要晓谕以色列的话

3. 上帝用了两个词形容百姓

a. 雅各家

i. 这是指被称为以色列前的雅各

ii. “雅各”的意思是“抓住脚跟的人”

iii. 雅各是充满罪孽的

iv. 他的孩子们也很任性

这用来描述出埃及的人很恰当！

b. 以色列人

i. 雅各之后成为了敬畏上帝的人

ii. 上帝给予他一个新的名字，“以色列”

iii. 这描述了以色列的尊贵，意为“与上帝同的王子”

iv. 上帝对祂子民的期望在这表达了

祂希望他们在生命里和行为上会相王子一般高尚！