{"id":16216,"date":"2020-01-20T05:54:41","date_gmt":"2020-01-20T13:54:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/?p=16216"},"modified":"2020-02-15T11:43:03","modified_gmt":"2020-02-15T19:43:03","slug":"the-seven-steps-of-redemption-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/2020\/01\/20\/the-seven-steps-of-redemption-2\/","title":{"rendered":"The Seven Steps of Redemption"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Exodus 6:1\u20139<\/a>,<\/strong> YHVH redeems Israel.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The stage is set for Israel\u2019s redemption in Exodus 5:22\u201323<\/a>. Yet Moses\u2019 first venture to Pharaoh was a disaster. The plight of the children of Israel had deteriorated instead of improved. Discouraged, Moses almost takes on an accusative tone toward YHVH (Exod 5:22\u201323<\/a>). Graciously, YHVH doesn\u2019t rebuke Moses, but as a loving Father encourages him to refocus on his word and the veracity and surety of his promises (Exod 6:2\u20135<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

YHVH encouraged Moses upward and onward despite his discouraging first attempt at gaining the release of the \u00adchildren of Israel. Is it possible that YHVH allowed immediate success to elude Moses at his first encounter with Pharaoh to bring Moses \u201cto the end of himself\u201d with regard to any tendency he might have had to rely primarily on himself and on his own wisdom to accomplish Elohim\u2019s plans? After all, Moses, as either Pharaoh\u2019s adopted grandson or his nephew (depending on whether this was the Pharaoh of Moses\u2019 childhood or his son), had an \u201cin\u201d with the monarch that could have been exploited for the benefit of securing the release of Israel. As YHVH wanted Moses to rely on him alone for Israel\u2019s deliverance, even so YHVH wants us to rely on him alone to accomplish his purposes in our lives and not primarily on any human abilities that we may possess. We have to be totally emptied of ourselves before we\u2019re ready for the Master\u2019s use. This doesn\u2019t mean he won\u2019t use our natural abilities or what he have gained through life\u2019s experiences, but we must learn to submit all that we have and are to his sovereign will. In this way, YHVH, not man, gets the glory when success occurs (Jer 9:22\u201323<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Additionally, YHVH reaffirmed his covenant promises to Moses using his covenant name, YHVH, three times (Exod 6:6<\/a>, 7<\/a>, 8<\/a>). Here are some other examples of how Scripture usesYHVH\u2019s covenant name along with modifying adjectives to describe his promise and ability to meet all our human needs:<\/p>\n\n\n\n