Exodus 3 Now Moses was keeping the flock (souls) of his father-in-law, Jethro (a Kenite and head of a very large house and descendants of Keturah, Abraham's wife after Sarah's death), the priest of Midian (place of judgment); and he led his flock (souls that were instructed in God's Law) to the West Side of the Wilderness, and came to Horeb, the Mountain of God (a holy ground).
And the angel of the Lord appeared to him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush; and Moses looked, and lo, the bush was burning, yet it was not consumed. (God's power is not in the flesh).
And Moses said, "I will turn aside and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt." (He was looking for a man made explanation).
When the Lord saw that he turned aside to see, God called to him out of the bush, "Moses, Moses!"
And he said, "Here I am."
The he said, "Do not come near; put off your shoes from your feet (take off the unrighteousness), for the place on which you are standing is holy ground."
And he said, "I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob." (Four different houses).
And Moses hid his face, for he was afraid (guiltiness)to look at God.
Then the Lord said, "I have seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt (in the flesh), and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters; I know their sufferings, and I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians (using God's people as their slaves because of their lack of faith), and to bring them up out of that land (the land of the flesh) to a good and broad land, a land flowing with milk and honey (a spiritual land), to the place of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Per'izzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites. (Those were the ones inhabiting the land that God wanted to give to his people since only with his power they would be able to succeed in spirit and take it over).
And now, behold, the cry (the heart of his people claiming for God's help) of the people of Israel has come to me (with a sincere heart), and I have seen the oppression with which the Egyptians oppress them. ( The power in the flesh didn't let them to worship God)."
"Come, I will send you to Pharaoh (King of the flesh) that you may bring forth my people, the sons of Israel out of Egypt."
But Moses said to God,"Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh, and bring the sons of Israel (sons in the spirit) out of Egypt?"
He said, "But I will be with you, and this shall be the sign for you, that I have sent you: when you have brought forth the people out of Egypt, you shall serve God upon this Mountain." (Moses' house could serve God from there). Exodus 3: 1-12
Primarily the Midianites were tent dwellers. Paul, the apostle, also had his family in the same profession. They were prosperous, having asses and animals of the flock and the herd numbering the tens of thousands. They represent man made religion and the incredible amount of souls that follow them.
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