Shemot - שמות : "Names"

1. . Shemot - שמות : "Names" Torah : Exodus 1:1-6:1Haftarah : Jeremiah 1:1 - 2:3 Brit Chadesha: Acts 7:17-36 Psalm: 13, 67, 119 Dalet Gospel/Acts: Matthew 1, 2, 3

2. . How is the Haftarah like Shemot? • “4Then the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, 5Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations. 6Then said I, Ah, Lord God! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child.” Jeremiah 1:4-6

3. . Shemot - שמות : "Names" • “1Now these are the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt; every man and his household came with Jacob. 2Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, 3Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin, 4Dan, and Naphtali, Gad, and Asher. 5And all the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls: for Joseph was in Egypt already. 6And Joseph died, and all his brethren, and all that generation.” Exodus 1:1-6

4. . How does Joseph’s last request resemble the work of Messiah? • “ 24And Joseph said unto his brethren, I die: and God will surely visit you, and bring you out of this land unto the land which he sware to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob. 25And Joseph took an oath of the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you, and ye shall carry up my bones from hence.” Genesis 50:24-25

5. . How was Joseph a type of Messiah? • 1st born of Rachel and Mary • Shepherds • Most loved of their fathers • Prophesied to rule • Jealous brothers • Betrayed by “brothers” • Descended into Egypt • Not recognized by their brothers

6. . What does Moshe mean in Hebrew? • “And the child grew, and she brought him unto Pharaoh's daughter, and he became her son. And she called his name Moses: and she said, Because I drew him out of the water.” Exodus 2:10

7. . What was Moses actual Hebrew name? • “2And the woman conceived, and bare a son: and when she saw him that he was a goodly child, she hid him three months. 3And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch, and put the child therein; and she laid it in the flags by the river's brink.” Exodus 2:2-3

8. . What do the names of Moses parent’s mean? • “And Amram took him Yocheved his father's sister to wife; and she bare him Aaron and Moses: and the years of the life of Amram were an hundred and thirty and seven years.” Exodus 6:20

9. . What’s the meaning of the Hebrew midwives names? • “And the king of Egypt spake to the Hebrew midwives, of which the name of the one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah:” Exodus 1:15

10. . How was Moses a type of Messiah? • Nearly killed as infants • Had the world offered to them • Took up their calling in the wilderness • Shepherds, prophets, teachers, kings • Humble and meek • Miracles on great bodies of water • Miracles with leprosy • Sent out 12 men • Outstretched arms, 2 men beside them

11. . Who is Reuel why is he at odds with his neighbors? • “Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters: and they came and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father's flock. 17And the shepherds came and drove them away: but Moses stood up and helped them, and watered their flock. 18And when they came to Reuel their father, he said, How is it that ye are come so soon to day? 19And they said, An Egyptian delivered us… Exodus 2:16-19

12. . What mystery does God reveal about His name to Moses? • “13And Moses said unto God, Behold, when I come unto the children of Israel, and shall say unto them, The God of your fathers hath sent me unto you; and they shall say to me, What is his name? what shall I say unto them? 14And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.” Exodus 3:13-14