Exodus - 4 - Part 1 Exod. 2:11-25

In this lesson (two parts) we ask where does Stephen come up with that idea that Moses is 40 years old when he killed the Egyptian and fled to Midian? The Torah is silent.  It does not give Moses' age and yet about 1400 years later Stephen says he is.  Where did he get it from?  

On top of that did Moses commit first degree murder?  It sure seems like he did when we read it in English!  Uh oh.  If we go into the Hebrew do things become clearer; do they make more sense?  Hmmm.  I wonder.

Who is Reuel?  Who is Jethro?  Who is Hobab?  The Bible implies Reuel and Jethro and Hobab are the father-in-law of Moses.  Huh?  Oh sure.  They are all the same guy right?  I mean that is what we are taught. This can't be since the Bible is clear; Hobab is the son of Reuel and Hobab is the father-in-law of Moses but Reuel is the father of Zipporah, Moses' wife.  This is crazy.  Must mean the Bible can't be trusted right?  Wrong.

Finally, we learn that the Hebrews cry out in Exod. 2:23 and it is a blessing that God heard their cry.  Why?  The Hebrews cried out to no one!  We miss that.  We think they cried out to the Lord.  That is putting words in the Bible that aren't there.  They didn't know the God of their fathers anymore.  They had assimilated into the Egyptian culture.  The Bible proves it yet we missed it.  All they knew were the gods of Egypt.  It is easy to get Israel out of Egypt but it is nigh impossible to get Egypt out of Israel.  

Rev. Ferret - who is this guy?  What's his background?  Why should I listen to him?  Check his background at this link - click here for the teacher's background