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God knows us (and He Still Loves us)
Let us pray
You are holy, great, and mighty; and we are so unworthy.  Of ourselves, we have nothing to recommend us to you; but in you we are complete, We need nothing else.  You know us, and yet you still love us;  that is a mystery.  Please open our minds now, in Jesus name we pray amen.
This is for any one who is at a difficult point in their life.  You know, we like to have hot showers, a big fluffy towel to dry ourselves, clean sheets, a pillow that's just right; we like these things.  But the Israelites were slaves, strangers in a foreign land. It seemed like the impossible was expected of them. Likely, none of us has ever been in such a difficult situation.  We see the Israelites listening to Moses and trying to trust God through the difficulties and through the valley of the shadow of death, waiting for deliverance..  When things are hard for us, we will have hope because the God who delivered Israel is the same God we serve today..
God knows that we are so much into ourselves and we don't realize it.  We are so used to looking at the world from a material perspective.  But with the eye of faith things will look different, as we learn to make his will ours, and we are pleased to do his bidding with a higher purpose in mind.
 In their bondage the Israelites had to some extent lost the knowledge of God's law, and they had departed from its precepts. The exactions of the taskmasters made its observance impossible, and Sabbath had been generally disregarded. But Moses had shown his people that obedience to God was the first condition of deliverance, and their Sabbath observance had come to the notice of their oppressors. [SEE APPENDIX, NOTE 1.]  {PP 258.1} 
A little background to chapter six.  The Israelites had somewhat drifted away from God and his precepts.  their labors made it seem impossible, and the Sabbath had been overlooked.  But Moses had shown that people that obedience to God was necessary for deliverance, and this had come to the notice of their oppressors.
     The Pharaoh, thoroughly roused, suspected the Israelites of a design to revolt from his service. Disaffection was the result of idleness; he would see that no time was left them for dangerous scheming. And he at once adopted measures to tighten their bonds and crush out their independent spirit. The same day orders were issued that rendered their labor still more cruel and oppressive. The most common building material of that country was sun-dried brick; the walls of the finest edifices were made of this, and then faced with stone; and the manufacture of brick employed great numbers of the bondmen. Cut straw being intermixed with the clay, to hold it together, large quantities of straw were required for the work; the Pharaoh now directed that no more straw be furnished; the laborers must find it for themselves, while the same amount of brick should be exacted.  {PP 258.2}
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The Pharaoh saw their idleness and independent spirit, and was concerned they might try to rebel.  So he made their labor more cruel and oppressive.  Now they had to gather the straw for themselves, and still make the same number of bricks.
     This order produced great distress among the Israelites throughout the land. The Egyptian taskmasters had appointed Hebrew officers to oversee the work of the people, and these officers were responsible for the labor performed by those under their charge. When the requirement of the Pharaoh was put in force, the people scattered themselves throughout the land, to gather stubble instead of straw; but they found it impossible to accomplish the usual amount of labor. For this failure the Hebrew officers were cruelly beaten.  {PP 258.3}  
They were not able to do this, and so the Hebrews officers who had been put in charge of the people were cruelly beaten.  
     These officers supposed that their oppression came from their taskmasters, and not from the Pharaoh himself; and they went to him with their grievances. Their remonstrance was met by Pharaoh with a taunt: "Ye are idle, ye are idle: therefore ye say, Let us go and do sacrifice to the Lord." They were ordered back to their work, with the declaration that their burdens were in no case to be lightened. Returning, they met Moses and Aaron, and cried out to them, "The Lord look upon you, and judge; because ye have made our savor to be abhorred in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of his servants, to put a sword in their hand to slay us." 
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The officers went to the Pharaoh and they were told that they had too much time and to get back to work.  The officers saw Moses and Aaron and cried out to them and said that the lord would judge him because he had set Pharaoh against them.
 {PP 258.4}  
     As Moses listened to these reproaches he was greatly distressed. The sufferings of the people had been much increased. All over the land a cry of despair went up from old and young, and all united in charging upon him the disastrous change in their condition. In bitterness of soul he went before God, with the cry, "Lord, wherefore hast Thou so evil entreated this people? why is it that Thou hast sent me? For since I came to Pharaoh to speak in Thy name, he hath done evil to this people; neither hast Thou delivered Thy people at all." The answer was, "Now shalt thou see what I will do to Pharaoh: for with a strong hand shall he let them go, and with a strong hand shall he drive them out of his land." Again he was pointed back to the covenant which God had made with the fathers, and was assured that it would be fulfilled.  {PP 259.1}  
[Jesus did not count heaven a place to be desired while we were lost. MH 105.]
     During all the years of servitude in Egypt there had been among the Israelites  who adhered to the worship of Jehovah. 
This is a paraphrase from Exodus chapters 5 and 6 from the World English Bible.
1 Afterward Moses and Aaron came, and said to Pharaoh, “This is what Yahweh, the God of Israel, says, ‘Let my people go, that they may hold a feast to me in the wilderness.’ ”
Moses and Aaron went to pharaoh and said: this is what our God Yahweh says ‘Let my people go, that they may hold a feast [or celebrate a festival] to me in the wilderness.’ 
2 Pharaoh said, “Who is Yahweh, that I should listen to his voice to let Israel go? I don’t know Yahweh, and moreover I will not let Israel go.”
 And Pharaoh said, who is Yahweh that I should listen to his voice to let Israel go?  I don't know him and I will not let Israel go.  
3 They said, “The God of the Hebrews has met with us. Please let us go three days’ journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice to Yahweh, our God, lest he fall on us with pestilence, or with the sword.”
And again they asked saying, our God has met with us please let us go three day's journey into the wilderness, to offer sacrifices to our God Yahweh, so he might not kill us with a plague or in war.
4 The Pharaoh of Egypt said to them, “Why do you, Moses and Aaron, take the people from their work? Get back to your burdens!” 
And the Pharaoh said to them, why do you want to take them away from their work?  Get back to work!
5 Pharaoh said, “Behold, the people of the land are now many, and you make them rest from their burdens.” 
There are so many of them, and you want all of them to stop working?
6 The same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters of the people and their officers, saying, 
7 “You shall no longer give the people straw to make brick, as before. Let them go and gather straw for themselves. 8 You shall require from them the number of the bricks which they made before. You shall not diminish anything of it, for they are idle. Therefore they cry, saying, ‘Let’s go and sacrifice to our God.’ 
That same day, the Pharaoh said that from then on, the people would have to get their own straw to make brick, and they would still have to make the same number of bricks as before.  They're lazy, and that's why they're saying "we want to go and sacrifice to our God".
9 Let heavier work be laid on the men, that they may labor in it. Don’t let them pay any attention to lying words.”
Give them more work to do- keep them busy; then they won't have time to listen to Moses' lies.  
10 The taskmasters of the people went out, and their officers, and they spoke to the people, saying, “This is what Pharaoh says: ‘I will not give you straw. 11 Go yourselves, get straw where you can find it, for nothing of your work shall be diminished.’ ” 12 So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble for straw. 13 The taskmasters were urgent saying, “Fulfill your work quota daily, as when there was straw!” 14 The officers of the children of Israel, whom Pharaoh’s taskmasters had set over them, were beaten, and were asked, “Why haven’t you fulfilled your quota both yesterday and today, in maPharaoh brick as before?”
So this is what happened, and because the Israelites did not produce as much, the blame was put on the Israelites who had been placed over the people as foremen, and they were beaten.
15 Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried to Pharaoh, saying, “Why do you deal this way with your servants? 16 No straw is given to your servants, and they tell us, ‘Make brick!’ and behold, your servants are beaten; but the fault is in your own people.”
Now the foremen did not know that the Pharaoh had given the order, so they went to tell him what was happening..
17 But Pharaoh said, “You are idle! You are idle! Therefore you say, ‘Let’s go and sacrifice to Yahweh.’ 18 Go therefore now, and work; for no straw shall be given to you; yet you shall deliver the same number of bricks!”
But Pharaoh mocked their complaints, saying you're lazy that's why you say you want to go sacrifice to Yahweh.  So get back to work. you're not getting any straw, but you must make just as many bricks as before.
19 The officers of the children of Israel saw that they were in trouble when it was said, “You shall not diminish anything from your daily quota of bricks!”
20 They met Moses and Aaron, who stood along the way, as they came out from Pharaoh. 21 They said to them, “May Yahweh look at you and judge, because you have made us a stench to be abhorred in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of his servants, to put a sword in their hand to kill us!”
The foremen ran into Moses and Aaron and said, "May the Lord punish you.  You made the Pharaoh hate us and gave them reason to kill us."
22 Moses returned to Yahweh, and said, “Lord, why have you brought trouble on this people? Why is it that you sent me? 23 For since I came to Pharaoh to speak in your name, he has brought trouble on this people. You have not rescued your people at all!”
So Moses went back to Yahweh and said why have you brought this trouble on your people.?  Is that why you brought me here?  Ever since I've been going to the Pharaoh and have said what you've told me to say, you've been trouble to the people.  You have done nothing to rescue them.  What are you doing about things?  
Let's step aside for a moment here. 
The purpose of this experience we call life is to give Glory to God.  Moses here is whining about the displeasure of his brethren toward him.. 
Chapter 6  
1 Yahweh said to Moses, “Now you shall see what I will do to Pharaoh, for by a strong hand he shall let them go, and by a strong hand he shall drive them out of his land.”
Yahweh said to Moses now you will see what I will do to pharaoh.  I will use my great power against him, and he will let my people go; in fact he shall drive them out of his land.
"My people" - God is reminding Moses that the Israelites are his chosen people.  God is the one who can, and will at the right time make things happen according to his providence.  The best that Moses can do, is to set Moses aside and wait for God's leading.
2 God spoke to Moses, and said to him, “I am Yahweh. 3 I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, as God Almighty; but by my name Yahweh I was not known to them.
God spoke to Moses and said I am Yahweh.  I appeared to Abraham and Isaac and Jacob as El Shaddai or God Almighty; but they did not know me by the name Yahweh.
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The name Yahweh refers to the self existent, eternal God, the great I am.   709
This is the name that God uses when speaking of his covenant with his people.  Over and over in his speech, he reminds Moses of his promised covenant to the Hebrews.
The name Yahweh is unique to the God of the bible; it is not used with any of the false gods..  
https://www.blueletterbible.org/faq/don_stewart/don_stewart_1305.cfm
Yahweh is Hebrew.  Latinized his name is Jehovah.  And in English bibles it is spelled capital L capital O capitol R capital D.   
4 I have also established my covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their travels, in which they lived as aliens. 
Continuing at chapter 6 v 4 of Exodus; I established my covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan. They have traveled there, but they lived as aliens.
5 Moreover I have heard the groaning of the children of Israel, whom the Egyptians keep in bondage, and I have remembered my covenant. 
I have heard the cries of the children of Israel, whom the Egyptians keep in bondage.  And I have not forgotten my covenant.
6 Therefore tell the children of Israel, ‘I am Yahweh, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will rid you out of their bondage, and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm, and with great judgments. 
Therefore, tell the children of Israel I am Yahweh.
I will release you from the burdens of the Egyptians, I will free you from their bondage, and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm, and I will bring great judgments down upon the Egyptians.
7 I will take you to myself for a people. I will be your God; and you shall know that I am Yahweh your God, who brings you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians. 
I will make you my people..  I will be your God; and you shall know that I am Yahweh your God, who brings you out from under the oppression of the Egyptians.
8 I will bring you into the land which I swore to give to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; and I will give it to you for a heritage: I am Yahweh.’ ”
I will lead you to the land that I promised to Abraham and Isaac and Jacob, and I will it give it to you for a heritage.  I am Yahweh.
Moses was set straight on a few things.  I am the Lord and this is what I will do. God as the great "I am" is stating a truth, that only applies to him.  I will do whatever I want to do, I have freedom you can't imagine, I have power you can't comprehend, I have rights you can't fathom, I can do what I want when I want how I want using whomever I want.  Nothing can stop me.  Any one and every one together cannot stop me.  I am and I will.  What I say will happen, will happen.
9 Moses spoke so to the children of Israel, but they didn’t listen to Moses for anguish of spirit, and for cruel bondage.
So Moses went again to the children of Israel, but they couldn't listen to him.  Their spirits were broken; they had adopted a slave mentality. They had lost their vision, they had lost their way....
And the Egyptians were having a great time of things, saying "if your God is so powerful then why doesn't he free you?  We are rich, we have destroyed you as a people. your God will not deliver you.  Many of the Israelites believed these words. But some Israelites understood the truth; that as a people, they had brought their present condition upon themselves. They had intermixed with the surrounding nations and they had become idolatrous.
The Hebrews had expected to obtain their freedom without any special trial of their faith or any real suffering or hardship. But they were not yet prepared for deliverance. They had little faith in God, and were unwilling patiently to endure their afflictions until He should see fit to work for them. Many were content to remain in bondage rather than meet the difficulties attending removal to a strange land; and the habits of some had become so much like those of the Egyptians that they preferred to dwell in Egypt. Therefore the Lord did not deliver them by the first manifestation of His power before Pharaoh. He overruled events more fully to develop the tyrannical spirit of the Egyptian Pharaoh and also to reveal Himself to His people. Beholding His justice, His power, and His love, they would choose to leave Egypt and give themselves to His service. The task of Moses would have been much less difficult had not many of the Israelites become so corrupted that they were unwilling to leave Egypt.  {PP 260.2} 
The Hebrews expected to have their freedom from the Egyptians without any testing and growth of their faith or to have to endure hardship.  But the Lord knows what we need.  Listen to this. 
Psalms 37:34 - Wait on the LORD, and keep his way, and he shall exalt thee to inherit the land: when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see [it].
The Israelites did not want to suffer the afflictions as the Lord saw necessary..  Many would just as soon have remained in bondage, so accustomed were they to the idolatrous Egyptians' way of life..  Moses had a hard time trying to get some of these people willing to leave..  In bringing calamity upon the Egyptians, God displayed his character, his power, and his love helped to warm up the hearts of the people.
50 times in the scriptures we see the assurance, that I will be your God,  You will be my people, and I will dwell among you. This is the point of the bible.. God wants to be with us. He created the garden where we could have perfect fellowship with him.  We had that fellowship until sin caused a gulf between us.  Throughout scripture, God is trying to draw close to his people..  There was the building of the tabernacle so he might dwell among us; then later, the building of the temple..  And there was Jesus' condescension so that he might dwell among us.
Since our fall at the Garden of Eden, things have not been right between God and us.
God reminded Moses; this is about my people.  We go back a long way, and the scope of our covenant is more than you comprehend.  And I will fulfill that covenant. 
This is about who I am, and not who you aren't, Moses. And now we're at verse 10. 
10 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 11 “Go in, speak to Pharaoh Pharaoh of Egypt, that he let the children of Israel go out of his land.”
Verse 10 Then Yahweh spoke to Moses saying, go tell pharaoh, that he must let the children of Israel leave.
12 Moses spoke before Yahweh, saying, “Behold, the children of Israel haven’t listened to me. How then shall Pharaoh listen to me, when I have uncircumcised lips?” 
Moses protested to Yahweh, "The children of Israel didn't listen to me, and Pharaoh won't listen to me either." 
13 Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, and gave them a command to the children of Israel, and to Pharaoh of Egypt, to bring the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt.
.And Yahweh spoke to Moses and Aaron and gave them directives for the children of Israel and for pharaoh.  They were to lead the Israelites out of Egypt.
We see how Moses is complaining to God, and God needs to give Moses a little reminder about man's relationship to God..  Seven now we see a list of the heads of the family's of Israel
So now we see a list of the heads of the families of Israel, and a family tree..   
What we need to know about the family tree, and other important aspects of Hebrew Life, is the elevated position of the first born of the family.  God reminds Moses of his lineage; 
Abraham had two sons, first Ishmael then Isaac.
Isaac had two sons, first Esau then Jacob
Jacob had 12 sons, first Reuben, then Simeon, then Levi and so forth. 
Now, Levi had 3 sons, first Gershon, then Kohath
Now, Kohath had 4 sons, we think that Amram was the first son. 
Amram had 3 children, the first was daughter Miriam, then Aaron, and then Moses.
Moses you can see, had no standing in the Hebrew tradition.  The name Yahweh meaning the great "I am" implies that we are not.  There is room for only one "I AM" in the universe.
Moses is complaining that Pharaoh won't listen to him. He misses the point. 
We can imagine God saying something like this; Pharaoh won't listen to you- and who would! Moses eventually comes to understand that he is not worthy of the task. But that's been God's plan all along. This is God's way of dealing with us. He needs to take us off our pedestals, and place our feet on the dirt so we can be in touch with our origins; only in this teachable state can He work with us to do his good pleasure. 
He has to help us take off the thick layer of earthly trappings that we have acquired; these things that are so burdensome to wear. 
God reminds Moses that he was chosen, not because he was somebody, but because he was nobody, so that God's glory would be clearly seen in His deliverance of the Israelites.  This is about My people, not yours, Moses. This is about my glory; it always has been, and it always will be. 
Talk about being put back in one's place!
14 These are the heads of their fathers’ houses. The sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel: Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi; these are the families of Reuben. 
15 The sons of Simeon: Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanite woman; these are the families of Simeon. 
16 These are the names of the sons of Levi according to their generations: Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari; and the years of the life of Levi were one hundred thirty-seven years. 
17 The sons of Gershon: Libni and Shimei, according to their families. 
18 The sons of Kohath: Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel; and the years of the life of Kohath were one hundred thirty-three years. 
19 The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their generations. 
20 Amram took Jochebed his father’s sister to himself as wife; and she bore him Aaron and Moses. The years of the life of Amram were one hundred thirty-seven years. 
21 The sons of Izhar: Korah, and Nepheg, and Zichri. 
22 The sons of Uzziel: Mishael, and Elzaphan, and Sithri. 
23 Aaron took Elisheba, the daughter of Amminadab, the sister of Nahshon, as his wife; and she bore him Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar. 
24 The sons of Korah: Assir, and Elkanah, and Abiasaph; these are the families of the Korahites.  In an
25 Eleazar Aaron’s son took one of the daughters of Putiel as his wife; and she bore him Phinehas. These are the heads of the fathers’ houses of the Levites according to their families. 
After the genealogy is a little recap of the high points starting with verse 26.
26 These are that Aaron and Moses to whom Yahweh said, “Bring out the children of Israel from the land of Egypt according to their armies.” 
27 These are those who spoke to Pharaoh of Egypt, to bring out the children of Israel from Egypt. These are that Moses and Aaron.
28 On the day when Yahweh spoke to Moses in the land of Egypt, 
29 Yahweh said to Moses, “I am Yahweh. Tell Pharaoh of Egypt all that I tell you.” 
30 Moses said before Yahweh, “Behold, I am of uncircumcised lips, and how shall Pharaoh listen to me?
A dismal showing on Moses' part at this time, who has been designated God's representative for his people. 
God seeks his own Glory.  For his name to be known and celebrated throughout creation.  This is his ultimate goal and it's right for him to do so for he alone is worthy.  This has always been the case, and it always will be, that God seeks his own Glory.  So that the world would know that I am God, so that every knee will bow someday.  Every one will know how great I am.
Numbers 14:21	But [as] truly [as] I live, all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the LORD, 
Psalm 72:19	And blessed [be] his glorious name for ever: and let the whole earth be filled [with] his glory; Amen, and Amen. Let it be so 
Habakkuk 2:14	For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea.   

Do you remember what it was like to be tucked into bed and have the security of your father to take care of anything you might be having trouble with?  Well, that is how our heavenly father wants to be for us.
We are to wait on the Lord.  
Moses had to learn that life lesson that we find in Matthew 10:39	He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it.  Later when Moses surrendered his will to God; that's when he found peace, as he fulfilled his proper place and his role in life as God's child.  
God knows what we need.  May we be willing to accept his fatherly leading as coming from One whose works are all about our eternal good.