Daily Bible Portion (Wednesday)
Daily Bible Portion – 4 of 7
"THE NAMES"
(Weekly Reading>>Exodus 1:1-6:1, Jeremiah 1:1-2:3 , Hebrews 11:23-26)
Who Made You Ruler and Judge Over Us? - Exodus 2:11-15
From Stephen’s last speech before his death, “Moses was educated in all the wisdom of the Egyptians and was powerful in speech and action. When Moses was forty years old, he decided to visit his fellow Israelites. He saw one of them being mistreated by an Egyptian, so he went to his defense and avenged him by killing the Egyptian. Moses thought that his own people would realize that God was using him to rescue them, but they did not. The next day Moses came upon two Israelites who were fighting (representing the Two Houses of Israel, brother against brother). He tried to reconcile them by saying, ‘Men, you are brothers; why do you want to hurt each other?’ But the man who was mistreating the other pushed Moses aside and said, ‘Who made you ruler and judge over us? Do you want to kill me as you killed the Egyptian yesterday?’ (Acts 7:22-35 ref. Exodus 2:11-14).
“Who made you ruler and judge over us?” Where have we heard these words before? Joseph’s brothers made a similar statement, “Do you intend to reign over us?” “Will you actually rule us?” (Genesis 37:8). Like Joseph’s brothers, Yeshua’s kinsmen were also envious over His Kingdom, position, authority, accusing Him of ruling over them, that they too would plot his murder.
Moses Flees To Midian - Exodus 2:15-22
When Pharaoh heard of the murders, he sought to kill Moses, so Moses fled for his life to Midian (Acts 7:29). The Midianites are related to the fourth son of Abraham, by his second wife Keturah. They inhabited the desert north of the peninsula of Arabia. The peninsula of Sinai was the pasture-ground for their flocks. Being the most dominant among other tribes, they were virtually the rulers of Arabia (Genesis 25:2; 1Chronicles 1:32). The Midianites were a nomadic people, and it was to one of their caravans that Joseph had been sold to many years before when he was taken into Egypt (Genesis 37:28,36).
Arriving at Midian, Moses sat down by a well. The priest of Midian had seven daughters, who came to the well to draw water to fill the troughs for their father’s flock. Other shepherds attempted to drive them away, but Moses rescued their flocks and watered them himself. This was prophetic of Messiah Yeshua redeeming and watering the flocks of Yahweh with Living Water (Exodus 2:15-17; John 4:1-42; Matthew 10:6, 15:24).
We have learned through the stories of Isaac and Rebekah, and Jacob and Rachel, that when we see stories of wells in Scripture it is prophetic language. Wells represent living water and are prophetic of drawing that life from the living water (Yeshua in Torah) given freely by the Messiah. Wells in scripture are also a picture of walking in His Redemption and blessings.
Yeshua said,
The seven sisters are a picture of a complete number of assemblies in Yahweh’s Kingdom government as seen in Revelation 1:11 when Yeshua declared to John, “I am the Alpha/Aleph and the Omega/Tav, the First and the Last”, and “What you see, write in a book and send it to the seven churches/ekklesia…” (Strong’s #1577 - assembly).When the seven sisters tried to draw life-giving water from the well, shepherds (representing false teachers and prophets) drove them away. It was Moses (representing Yahweh’s Word/Truth/Yeshua) who came forward to rescue the seven sisters (ekklesia) and water their Father’s flocks. This picture represents Yahweh’s flocks, His Remnant Bride during the Messianic Age. They stand firmly in Yahweh’s teaching given to Moses at Mount Sinai, and it is they who will be watering the Father’s sheep – teaching them their heritage that leads them home to the Promised Land. They are Yahweh’s only true priests and prophets today.
When the sisters returned early from watering their flocks, their father Reuel (Jethro) remarked, “Why have you returned so early today?” They answered, “An Egyptian rescued us from the shepherds. He even drew water for us and watered the flock.” His daughters had not recognized Moses as a man of Yahweh for he was still in his Egyptian clothing, but their father discerned he was not Egyptian, as the Egyptians disdained shepherding and would not have cared for his sheep as this man had done. Reuel had his daughters bring Moses back to their house to break bread together.
continues tomorrow...
"THE NAMES"
(Weekly Reading>>Exodus 1:1-6:1, Jeremiah 1:1-2:3 , Hebrews 11:23-26)
Who Made You Ruler and Judge Over Us? - Exodus 2:11-15
From Stephen’s last speech before his death, “Moses was educated in all the wisdom of the Egyptians and was powerful in speech and action. When Moses was forty years old, he decided to visit his fellow Israelites. He saw one of them being mistreated by an Egyptian, so he went to his defense and avenged him by killing the Egyptian. Moses thought that his own people would realize that God was using him to rescue them, but they did not. The next day Moses came upon two Israelites who were fighting (representing the Two Houses of Israel, brother against brother). He tried to reconcile them by saying, ‘Men, you are brothers; why do you want to hurt each other?’ But the man who was mistreating the other pushed Moses aside and said, ‘Who made you ruler and judge over us? Do you want to kill me as you killed the Egyptian yesterday?’ (Acts 7:22-35 ref. Exodus 2:11-14).
“Who made you ruler and judge over us?” Where have we heard these words before? Joseph’s brothers made a similar statement, “Do you intend to reign over us?” “Will you actually rule us?” (Genesis 37:8). Like Joseph’s brothers, Yeshua’s kinsmen were also envious over His Kingdom, position, authority, accusing Him of ruling over them, that they too would plot his murder.
Moses Flees To Midian - Exodus 2:15-22
When Pharaoh heard of the murders, he sought to kill Moses, so Moses fled for his life to Midian (Acts 7:29). The Midianites are related to the fourth son of Abraham, by his second wife Keturah. They inhabited the desert north of the peninsula of Arabia. The peninsula of Sinai was the pasture-ground for their flocks. Being the most dominant among other tribes, they were virtually the rulers of Arabia (Genesis 25:2; 1Chronicles 1:32). The Midianites were a nomadic people, and it was to one of their caravans that Joseph had been sold to many years before when he was taken into Egypt (Genesis 37:28,36).
Arriving at Midian, Moses sat down by a well. The priest of Midian had seven daughters, who came to the well to draw water to fill the troughs for their father’s flock. Other shepherds attempted to drive them away, but Moses rescued their flocks and watered them himself. This was prophetic of Messiah Yeshua redeeming and watering the flocks of Yahweh with Living Water (Exodus 2:15-17; John 4:1-42; Matthew 10:6, 15:24).
We have learned through the stories of Isaac and Rebekah, and Jacob and Rachel, that when we see stories of wells in Scripture it is prophetic language. Wells represent living water and are prophetic of drawing that life from the living water (Yeshua in Torah) given freely by the Messiah. Wells in scripture are also a picture of walking in His Redemption and blessings.
Yeshua said,
“If a man is thirsty, let him come to me and drink. Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, streams of living water will flow from within him” (John 7:38).
The seven sisters are a picture of a complete number of assemblies in Yahweh’s Kingdom government as seen in Revelation 1:11 when Yeshua declared to John, “I am the Alpha/Aleph and the Omega/Tav, the First and the Last”, and “What you see, write in a book and send it to the seven churches/ekklesia…” (Strong’s #1577 - assembly).When the seven sisters tried to draw life-giving water from the well, shepherds (representing false teachers and prophets) drove them away. It was Moses (representing Yahweh’s Word/Truth/Yeshua) who came forward to rescue the seven sisters (ekklesia) and water their Father’s flocks. This picture represents Yahweh’s flocks, His Remnant Bride during the Messianic Age. They stand firmly in Yahweh’s teaching given to Moses at Mount Sinai, and it is they who will be watering the Father’s sheep – teaching them their heritage that leads them home to the Promised Land. They are Yahweh’s only true priests and prophets today.
When the sisters returned early from watering their flocks, their father Reuel (Jethro) remarked, “Why have you returned so early today?” They answered, “An Egyptian rescued us from the shepherds. He even drew water for us and watered the flock.” His daughters had not recognized Moses as a man of Yahweh for he was still in his Egyptian clothing, but their father discerned he was not Egyptian, as the Egyptians disdained shepherding and would not have cared for his sheep as this man had done. Reuel had his daughters bring Moses back to their house to break bread together.
continues tomorrow...
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