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John the Baptist preached in the wilderness, telling people to repent their sins to be baptised as a sign of their repentance. They needed to prepare for a greater person coming after him. There are many similarities between John and the Old Testament prophet Elijah. Both of them:. These similarities give an important clue about the identity of Jesus.

In Jewish belief Elijah was expected to return to earth for a second time to announce the coming of the Messiah. Moses is one of the most interesting men of the Old Testament.

His parents had a living faith in the God of their fathers. We have the Old Testament account of this in Exodus The verses immediately following do not tell us what transpired during the early years of the life of Moses. But with the help of Scripture and history, we can begin to understand a portion of what happened.

Moses was adopted and raised in the house of the daughter of Pharaoh, which meant he lived in the royal household. Egypt was, at that time, one of the most productive and progressive countries of the known world, with educational achievements far above any other land.

Their economic and social life, too, was highly developed. This was the environment in which Moses was raised from his youth. The ancient Jewish historian Josephus gives one account of Moses which provides an insight into his power and ability. Josephus says that Ethiopian armies attacked, and were on the verge of inflicting a terrible defeat on Egypt. Moses, apparently, was appointed to go forth and command the armies of the Egyptians in an attempt to save the country from a disastrous downfall.

Moses, reportedly lead the armies into battle and brought a great victory. As we look at the scriptures concerning Moses, it is evident that the Lord must have spoken to him something during the early years of his life. This reference makes it very clear that Moses faced a very difficult decision in life. He had to choose between royalty and peasantry. Moses had to choose between all of the wealth, power, influence and glory of Egypt and the slavery of his own people Israel.

Would he identify with the royalty of Egypt or the bondage of his own people? In saving a Hebrew from a cruel beating, he slew the Egyptian who was beating him. This led Moses directly into a personal forty-year period of wilderness wanderings.

Why would God use a wilderness to prepare a leader of His people? A transition from the royal courts of Pharaoh to the backside of the desert would have been a drastic change for anyone.

Moses had been a long forty years in the courts of Pharaoh learning all of the wisdom, ways, power and tools of men. He had, in a sense, all of the academic degrees that Egypt could offer him. But the Lord God of Israel was not going to use these Egyptian methods to free His people from their bondage.

He could not claim to possess so much as his own sheep. She was a far contrast from the royal young maidens that he could have married in Egypt. As we shall soon see, Moses was stripped of self-confidence and Egyptian pride.

These attitudes would have made it impossible for him to accomplish what God had called him to do. In the great task that Moses was going to face, he would need to know that God, not man, was the source of his strength. As with Moses, God has a desert for all of His servants that He is going to use in a mighty way. The stripping process is part of the plan of God for all who will respond to the call of the Lord.

In Exodus , we read about the call of Moses. When he was called, Moses was on the backside of the desert. The fact that the bush was not consumed was the fascinating attraction that caused Moses to turn aside to see what this strange thing was. God told Moses how the children of Israel were in great distress, affliction and mourning because of their Egyptian taskmasters.



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