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The genealogy of Moses is given in order to declare to the Israelites who Moses is and from where he came. As a Levite, Moses has good family connections, but this does not translate into an eager willingness to serve the Lord. Even though Moses and Aaron are selected by God to speak His Word before Pharaoh in order to rescue the Israelites from 430 years of bondage, Moses doubts that Pharaoh will ever let Israel go. Yet, Moses delivers God's demands to Pharaoh to let the Israelites go. In a sequence of plague after plague, Pharaoh hardens his heart and refuses to obey God. The Egyptian magicians, sorcerers, and charlatans cannot stop the power of God. As the intensity of temporal punishment increases in terms of social and economic impact, God still remains slow to anger. Yet the plagues upon the Egyptians increase in intensity. During the plague of gnats, the magicians concede that there is a God greater than the ones they serve, and Pharaoh and his magicians are driven to despair. The Lord distinguishes between Egypt and Israel by protecting His people in Goshen from the plagues. The plagues covered in this lesson, in sequence, were: 1) water turned to blood, 2) frogs, 3) gnats, 4) flies, 5) death of livestock, 6) boils and 7) hail.

What begins as just another day tending sheep for Moses dramatically changes when God confronts him at the burning bush on the holy mountain. I AM makes His presence known in fire and word. I AM discloses His special name. I AM sends Moses on what seems to him an impossible mission. Moses has absolutely no hope for success except through God's Word and promise, which assures him of God's presence. Moses resists the LORD's call to lead Israel out of Egypt because of his focus on his own shortcomings and the doubts of his people. Moses returns to Egypt as an act of faith, confronting Pharaoh with God's demands and confronting the Israelite people whom he fears. Moses obeys in this daunting assignment and the people believe. The LORD sends Moses to deliver the people, but Pharaoh only makes their burdens heavier.

The Pharaoh of Egypt, as a last resort to halt the growth of Israel, commands all his people to collaborate in the mass killing of Hebrew baby boys. God hears Israel's cry for deliverance and remembers His covenant with their fathers. Moses, born of believing Hebrew parents, is raised in Pharaoh's household and "instructed in all the wisdom of the Egyptians". God will accomplish His purposes to redeem Israel through Moses, but before this redemption occurs, Moses, this former Egyptian prince, must live as a fugitive in the household of a Midianite priest named Jethro. This lesson ends with God appearing and speaking to Moses through the burning bush.

In this section of Genesis, chapters 45 through 48, God encourages Jacob, now renamed Israel, to go to Egypt there promises to make Jacob's family a great nation. So, Jacob's entire family, seventy in number, go into Egypt, and Joseph and his father Jacob reunite. Because Joseph does not want them to assimilate into the culture, they settle in Goshen. Joseph being a "type" of Christ is discussed, as well as Pharoah being a "type" of God the Father. This lesson ends with Jacob blessing Joseph's two sons, indicating the younger will serve the older.

Chapters 41 through 44 of the book are covered in this lesson. Joseph rises to power in Egypt and the sons of Jacob enter Egypt, from Canaan, seeking food. Jacob's sons, Joseph's brothers, unknowingly fulfill Joseph's dream they had resented back in 37:5-8. Joseph begins a series of tests to determine how his brother's treat their father and Benjamin, the youngest. At the end, when Judah mediates with his father Jacob, and with Joseph, and shows himself willing to be enslaved in place of his brother, this prefigures the saving work of his descendant, Jesus, who gave Himself as a mediator, ransom, and sacrifice for the world. A video of this teaching is available at Facebook.com. Copy and paste: https://www.facebook.com/10150165728525111/videos/2345154369048407/

The Old Testament, in a sentence, is the story of God keeping His promises to one family. This lesson from Genesis 38:1 through 41:36 covers two key events within this family. In Chapter 38 we see the unusual way of how Judah, the fourth son of Jacob, fathers twins with Tamar. The line of the Messiah will come through one of these twins, Perez. In Chapter 39 and beyond, Joseph's life after arriving in Egypt is described, including his time in Potiphar's house and events that land him in jail. We learn how he, by the power of God, interpreted dreams while in jail that lead to Joseph finding favor with the Pharaoh of Egypt.

This teaching begins in Genesis 35 and continues through chapter 38. This is a period of a "fresh start" for Israel. Rachael dies during the birth of Benjamin and is buried, Isaac dies and is buried, the generations of Esau are read, Joseph is sold into slavery by his brothers and Judah and Tamar have twins through an unrighteous act. Special Note: Because of technical issues, the video of this teaching is not available in the Facebook archives.

Jacob meets Esau and the defiling of Dinah, daughter of Leah, are covered in this teaching in Genesis chapters 33 and 34.

Chapter 32 of Genesis is discussed in this lecture, including Jacob's prayer, God giving Jacob a new name (Israel), and a discussion of Christophonies in the Bible. Jacob's wrestling with God is a "type" of the whole Christian life until God gives us the resurrection.

Genesis 25:1 through 27:37 are covered in this lesson.

This teaching begins at Genesis chapter 25. This teaching is also available on Facebook.

Scripture: Genesis 19:1 - Genesis 21:7,