Our sermon text for this coming Lord's Day will be Exodus 4:1-17,27-31. This portion of God's Word describes Moses being commissioned to go back to Egypt in order to deliver the Israelites from Egyptian bondage. More specifically, our sermon text covers Moses' return to the Israelites in Egypt in order that he could tell them the good news that God has sent him to deliver them from their bondage.
From the dialogue between God and Moses recorded in verses 1-9, Moses is doubtful that the Israelites will believe him when he tells them that he has been sent for their deliverance. And so God gives Moses three "sings" that he could use to convince them that he really has been commissioned by God for this task.
The purpose and nature of these three signs are different from the "signs" that we have looked at thus far in our God's Road Signs sermon series. The sun, moon and stars are signs, but their purpose is to mark days, months, years, and times. The rainbow is a sign, but it's the sign of a covenant that God made with all the inhabitants of the earth. In other words, the rainbow serves as a reminder of a specific promise God made to His creation.
The three signs that were given to Moses serve a completely different purpose than the sun, moon, stars, or rainbow. According to verse 8, these signs are to serve as an authentication of the message being brought to the Israelites. Put another way, these signs are to validate the claim that Moses is making.
This Sunday we will explore these signs in greater detail.
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