The woman became pregnant and gave birth to a son. So when Jochebed gave birth to Moses….Įxodus 2:1-2 A man from the household of Levi married a woman who was a descendant of Levi. The prophecy of 400 years of bondage (Gen 15:13) was coming to a close. They had faith that God had made promises to them through Abraham that they would be a nation, a people with land, their land. What does it mean that they had faith? Certainly faith in God, that He exists, that He made a covenant with Abraham that set them apart as a chosen people, His people. What’s the Definition of faith? = Hebrews 11:1 Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see. Hebrews 11:23 BY FAITH they hid Moses…They saw life through the eyes of faith. Just like today, true faith was mixed with pagan beliefs. So we know some of the Jews had compromised. Joshua 24:14 “ throw away gods your forefathers worshipped beyond the river and in Egypt. How do we know? Moses, in the wilderness, instructed them to put away pagan gods. Amram and Jochebed were strong in their faith during a time where many Israelites had become idolatrous. We don’t know but we hope that she too was alive to see the Exodus. Jochebed’s name means, “Honor of God” or “God is glory”. Amram married Jochebed who was also from the tribe of Levi, one of Jacob’s 12 sons. Possible that he was alive during the Exodus, remember Moses was 80 years old then. (The length of Amram’s life was 137 years.) (NET)Īmram was “the Levite man” who was Moses’ father. (NET)Įxodus 6:20 Amram married his father’s sister Jochebed, and she bore him Aaron and Moses. What do you do when you can’t do anything more?Įxodus 2:1 A man from the household of Levi married a woman who was a descendant of Levi. Life comes with the opportunity to learn the art of Releasing when we have no control, of dealing with extenuating circumstances that we can do nothing about. Life comes with the pain of losses, of giving up and letting go and we are rarely ready to let go. Some, its likely all of us, know the pain of giving up, letting go of someone, or something precious to you: A relationship, a job, a dream. “Someone has said ‘mothers begin saying good-bye to their children from the moment they are born’.” 1 And we don’t want to forget there is also a pain that comes from wanting a child and yet not having one, perhaps even having to give up that possibility. Truthfully, there is a certain amount of pain, a loneliness pain, when they leave home to go to college, when they get married, when they start their own life. Some of you have lost children to divorce, some have run-away, and some have even died. Maybe you’ve not given a child up for adoption, but I’m sure that most everyone here has some experience with giving up something precious to you. To adopt a child means someone has to give up a child. I’m curious, how many here are either adopted, have adopted children or someone in your family has been adopted? Adoption is a wonderful way to unconditionally love someone but it comes with a painful price tag (as we’ll see in our story). I wonder,Ĭan you imagine what it would be like to give away your 3-month-old baby, not knowing what would happen to him? After you had given birth, held that baby, nursed, rocked and stayed up all night trying to ease his crying and then to give him up? When you let go, when you released that person or that thing, did you feel like part of you was breaking now there was some new emptiness in your life? Transition to our next woman of influence, Jochebed…Moses’ mother. Have you ever had to give up and let go of someone or something very precious to you? Lesson two study group Questions (Click Here).
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