Daily Devotions

My Song In The Night (Exodus)
我夜间的歌曲《出埃及记》

My Song In The Night (Exodus)
我夜间的歌曲《出埃及记》
 
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Day 227

Text: Exodus 33: 1-3

MEDITATION

Exodus 33:1-3

1 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Depart and go up from here, you and the people whom you have brought out of the land of Egypt, to the land of which I swore to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, saying, ‘To your descendants I will give it.’
2 And I will send My Angel before you, and I will drive out the Canaanite and the Amorite and the Hittite and the Perizzite and the Hivite and the Jebusite.
3 Go up to a land flowing with milk and honey; for I will not go up in your midst, lest I consume you on the way, for you are a stiff-necked people.”

MEANINGFUL APPLICATION TO LIFE

1. The LORD’s instruction to Moses

a. To depart from Mount Sinai area.
b. To go on with their journey to the Promised Land.

2. The Language God used as He gave instructions

a. “Depart”
b. “Go up from here”
c. “You and the people whom you have brought out of the land of Egypt”
d. A quick analysis
i. God was speaking in a formal manner.
ii. He will formally give to Israel the Promised Land.
iii. There was a sense of distancing from the children of Israel.
iv. There was no warmth or closeness seen.

3. Conquest of the Land

a. God will enable them to conquer the inhabitants of the land.
i. The Canaanite
ii. And the Amorite
iii. And the Hittite
iv. And the Perizzite
v. |And the Hivite
vi. And the Jebusite

These were powerful enemies.

b. God will send Divine help.
i. He will send His “Angel” to help them
ii. Israel would need plenty of help.

4. But God would not go with the children of Israel

a. Because they were stiff-necked.
b. Because if they keep angering God, they would be destroyed.

经文:出埃及记33:1-3

沉思

《出埃及记33:1-3》
1 耶和华吩咐摩西说:“我曾起誓应许亚伯拉罕、以撒、雅各说:‘要将迦南地赐给你的后裔。’现在你和你从埃及地所领出来的百姓,要从这里往那地去。
2 我要差遣使者在你前面,撵出迦南人、亚摩利人、赫人、比利洗人、希未人、耶布斯人,

3 领你到那流奶与蜜之地。我自己不同你们上去,因为你们是硬着颈项的百姓,恐怕我在路上把你们灭绝。”

在生活里有意义地应用

1. 上帝对摩西的指示

a. 离开西奈山地区
b. 继续前往应许之地的旅程

2. 上帝在给指示时所使用的语言

a. “离开”
b. “从这里往那地去”
c. “你和你从埃及地所领出来的百姓”
d. 大略分析
i. 上帝以正式的方式说话
ii. 祂将正式地把应许之地赐给以色列
iii. 具有与以色列人疏远的感觉
iv. 当中并没有温暖或亲切感

3. 征服土地

a. 上帝将使他们能够战胜这土地的居民
i. 迦南人
ii. 亚摩利人
iii. 赫人
iv. 比利洗人
v. 希未人
vi. 耶布斯人
这些都是强大的敌人
b. 上帝会差遣神圣的帮助
i. 祂会差遣祂的“使者”来帮助他们
ii. 以色列需要很多帮助

4. 但上帝不同以色列人上去

a. 因为他们是硬着颈项的
b. 因为如果他们继续激怒上帝,就会被灭绝