Moses the Deliverer: Tell Them I AM Sent You

Moses the Deliverer - Part One: Tell Them I AM Sent You

Season 3 - Episode 1

Hello, and welcome to this special edition of In the Lighthouse: your safe harbor from the storm. This is Daphne Collins, your Lighthouse Keeper, welcoming you back for another installment of “Heroes of the Old Testament.” Today, I’m pleased to present a two-part series called, "Moses the Deliverer.” This first episode, "Tell Them I AM Sent You,” continues the story of the sojourn and settlement into the land of Egypt by the seventy members of the household of the Patriarch Jacob (renamed by God, Israel).  Joseph’s family returned from Canaan to Goshen, where they settled and flourished under the protection of Joseph, who was second to Pharaoh. Their life in Egypt was peaceful, as long as Joseph was in charge. But years must pass, and all men must die, and with Joseph’s death went the promised protection and peace the people enjoyed. The family of Jacob, also referred to as the Twelve Tribes of Israel, grew exponentially because of God’s protection and blessings as promised to the Patriarchs. However, a new Pharaoh came to power in Egypt and did not honor Joseph's years of service. He did not honor the protections promised by the previous pharaohs. Nor did he like how many of the Hebrew slaves (especially the number of fighting men) were living in their midst. The narrative of our story begins in the Book of Exodus, Chapter 1. 

“These are the names of the sons of Israel who came to Egypt with Jacob, each with his household: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin, Dan and Naphtali, Gad and Asher. All the descendants of Jacob were seventy persons; Joseph was already in Egypt. Then Joseph died, and all his brothers and all that generation. But the people of Israel were fruitful and increased greatly; they multiplied and grew exceedingly strong, so that the land was filled with them. 

Now there arose a new king over Egypt, who did not know Joseph. And he said to his people, ‘Behold, the people of Israel are too many and too mighty for us. Come, let us deal shrewdly with them, lest they multiply, and, if war breaks out, they join our enemies and fight against us and escape from the land.’ Therefore they set taskmasters over them to afflict them with heavy burdens . . . But the more they were oppressed, the more they multiplied and the more they spread abroad. And the Egyptians were in dread of the people of Israel. So they ruthlessly made the people of Israel work as slaves and made their lives bitter with hard service, in mortar and brick, and in all kinds of work in the field. In all their work they ruthlessly made them work as slaves.” 

The levels of cruelty in this pharaoh shocked the Israelites, who were already subjected to harsh enslavement. But when he issued an edict for Hebrew midwives to kill all male babies and toss them into the Nile River, many disobeyed him. Exodus 1:15-22 details this edict. 

“Then the king of Egypt said to the Hebrew midwives . . .‘When you serve as midwife to the Hebrew women and see them on the birthstool, if it is a son, you shall kill him, but if it is a daughter, she shall live.’ But the midwives feared God and did not do as the king of Egypt commanded them, but let the male children live . . . So God dealt well with the midwives. And the people multiplied and grew very strong. And because the midwives feared God, he gave them families. Then Pharaoh commanded all his people, ‘Every son that is born to the Hebrews you shall cast into the Nile, but you shall let every daughter live.’” 

The order for the murder of innocent babies to subdue the birthrate of Hebrews in Egypt brought about the ire of God, which, for this pharaoh, would lead to a penultimate series of judgments for every wicked act he could ever conceive. Meanwhile, the Israelites—the descendants of Jacob—living in bondage in Egypt would have to persevere under the despotic rule of a wicked pharaoh. Their future deliverance was already in God’s providential hand and would one day come to fruition. 

Okay, let’s get started!

Show Notes

All Scripture references have been taken from the ESV Bible (www.biblehub.com )

All music themes used in this story are taken from Envato Elements

Opening Theme: Heroes of the Old Testament

1.     Theme 1:   The Egypt by HitsLab

2.     Theme 2:   Oriental Ethnic Middle Eastern Arabic by OctahedronMusic

3.     Theme 3:   Egypt the Old Kingdom by AllenGrey

4.     Theme 4:   Enigmatic Ancient Egypt by MagicMood

5.     Theme 5:   The Greatness of Egypt by SnowMusicStudio

6.     Theme 6:   The Egyptian Saga by iCENTURY

7.     Theme 7:   In Egypt by iCENTURY

8.     Theme 8:   Egyptian Desert by iCENTURY

9.     Theme 9:   Breath of Egypt by iCENTURY

10.  Theme 10: The Gate of Heaven by Adigold

11. Theme 11: Arabian Oud Solo by iCENTURY

12. Theme 12: Arabic Violin by EddieHoncha

Transcript of “Moses the Deliverer: Tell Them I AM Sent You” - Part One by Daphne Collins

Transcript of An Encouraging Message “Give it to God” with Cherese Collins/written by Daphne Collins