Talk for July about Moses in Egypt (Edited)

Jehovah always makes his confidential matter known to his servants the prophets before he acts (Amos 3:7). We observe this same pattern in Exodus when Jehovah clearly stated how he would deliver Israel from bondage to an oppressive Pharaoh.

Notice what we learn from Exodus 6:1:

So Jehovah said to Moses: “Now you will see what I will do to Pharʹaoh. A mighty hand will force him to send them away, and a mighty hand will force him to drive them out of his land.”

Did you notice what Jehovah would do to Pharaoh? He would use his "mighty hand" to make the ruler of Egypt free Israel and chase the descendants of Jacob away from Egypt: that mighty hand represents Jehovah's unrivaled and applied power that's manifested through his holy spirit. It is the same power that he employs today in behalf of his servants. For example, God gives us "power beyond what is normal" (2 Cor. 4:7) to accomplish the preaching work.

What would be the result of Jehovah's acting in Israel's behalf?

Exodus 6:6-7: “Therefore, say to the Israelites: ‘I am Jehovah, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians and rescue you from their slavery, and I will reclaim you with an outstretched arm and with great judgments. And I will take you in as my people, and I will be your God, and you will certainly know that I am Jehovah your God who is bringing you out from under the burdens of Egypt."

Although Israel suffered despair because of Pharaoh's decree, Jehovah assured them through Moses that he would deliver his people from the Egyptians and rescue Israel from slavery. Jehovah's "outstretched arm," his applied power and holy spirit, would reclaim his people. The study Bible footnote for Exodus 6:6 says "outstretched" or "powerful."

So it was now time for Jehovah to make the full meaning of his name known: this disclosure of the divine name is what Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob had waited longingly to see. Pharaoh would equally come to know the full meaning of Jehovah's name, but that realization would happen with dire consequences for the prideful ruler; he would eventually hasten the Israelites from Egypt by driving them out.

This point is brought out in Exodus 7:4-5:

"But Pharʹaoh will not listen to you, and I will lay my hand upon Egypt and bring my multitudes, my people, the Israelites, out of the land of Egypt with great judgments. And the Egyptians will certainly know that I am Jehovah when I stretch out my hand against Egypt and bring the Israelites out from among them.”

The book of Exodus does not simply narrate a battle occurring between human nations; the real fight was between Jehovah and the gods of Egypt (Exod 12:12ff). By means of the first three plagues, Jehovah demonstrated that the gods of Egypt were powerless: even the magic-practicing priests of Pharaoh felt defeated after the initial three plagues from Jehovah.

After the plagues hit Egypt, Jehovah's name was declared throughout Egypt, accomplishing both a softening and a hardening toward the divine name​—both the Israelites and some of the Egyptians were softened, but Pharaoh, his advisers along with his supporters were hardened. (Exodus 9:16; 11:10; 12:29-39) The Egyptians knew that it was Jehovah bringing the plagues rather than the gods of Egypt. Pharaoh was made to know Jehovah as the living and true God.

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