Why Does God Seek to Kill Moses in Exodus

[@reinepoaty6747]

This is the explanation from the book of jasher : 8. And Moses rose up to go to Egypt, and he took his wife and sons with him, and he was at an inn in the road, and an angel of God came down, and sought an occasion against him. 9. And he wished to kill him on account of his first born son, because he had not circumcised him, and had transgressed the covenant which the Lord had made with Abraham. 10. For Moses had hearkened to the words of his father-in-law which he had spoken to him, not to circumcise his first born son, therefore he circumcised him not. 11. And Zipporah saw the angel of the Lord seeking an occasion against Moses, and she knew that this thing was owing to his not having circumcised her son Gershom. 12. And Zipporah hastened and took of the sharp rock stones that were there, and she circumcised her son, and delivered her husband and her son from the hand of the angel of the Lord.

[@amyw4125]

Yes I just read this and was stumped and was curious as to what the book of Jasher had to say. Thank you for posting. I know Yah is mighty and powerful and some think he is extremely harsh but without some of the apocrypha books we wonder why Yah did somethings that He did. Now I understand better.

[@amyw4125]

Also the fact the Zipporah recognizes why Yah was going to kill her husband she was obedient to Yah. I differently believe the man is to cover the woman and recognize the roles of a wife but at times Yah uses women to show the error in the man and to show that we are equal sense we do come Adams rib but our roles are different and both are important.

[@mytwosense5223]

wow...i have the cepher bible which has the book of jasher. i suppose I need to read it :)

[@lovelyjanecohen2637]

This is supported by a midrash (Jewish interpretation) in the Book of Jasher (Sepir Ha Yasher) 79:8-12 (which is not the authentic Book of Jasher mentioned in the Old Testament

[@lovelyjanecohen2637]

Moses was the one that "let him go" who was his son. Picture a woman holding down a squirmish young boy. No. Moses had to hold him down so she can do the procedure.

[@katmh16]

Great reminder for ministry leaders - that we not think too highly of ourselves that rules don’t apply to us or that we can become judge and jury over what obedience looks like that we forget to examine our own lives to stay in step with God. This was a GREAT supplemental video to use in my family Bible study - THANK YOU for taking the time to create and publish!

[@nthakut]

Confused on why u had a problem with his wife named Ziporah would you have been ok if her name was Cindy and she was from Kansas? SMH!

[@jeanettesykes6581]

My point!

[@jaco7675]

😂😂

[@Vercippu]

exactly

[@evamattar793]

Nothing wrong with that beautiful name and it was the commandant to wait until the 8th to get your son circumcised. It's not just whatever you want to do

[@foreverwood1963]

I immediately felt the exact same way, that didn't sound good at all.

[@joycelynbolden2838]

Thank you for explaining this so clearly! Cuz I had stumbled on this part of the scripture and I was like whaaa. This was definitely not in the movie I had watched as a child about the story of Moses. This is why it is so important to go back and read over our childhood stories to have a better understanding and find something out that we didn't grasp the previous times!😀

[@ray-ann4915]

same haha

[@365gamergirl1]

That makes SO much more sense! Thank you so much.

[@KontraV]

Shoot it's a good thing Moses married that lady named Zipporah... She saved his life!

[@animaxelement4388]

Dude, seriously believe this crap?

[@KontraV]

@@animaxelement4388 Yep yep 😊

[@LatrineDerriere]

Such a weird thing to have issue with. How about the killing of children? No... her name is weird

[@emmanuelaaboagye6962]

@Christian Cullen I feel soo sad for you because you sound like you have no life. Especially respecting others religious beliefs. You don't have to believe in our God and savior but that does not make it okay for a posessed demon to demonize God's name. I pray for you!

[@emmanuelaaboagye6962]

@@animaxelement4388 if its crap why are you soo interested in it?

[@rebeccajohnson3452]

As I read through the comments here, I am SHOCKED!! I cannot believe how many negative and absurd comments I am seeing!!! I’ve never watched these videos before, but turned to this one today because I am reading in Exodus (for the umpteenth time) and never recognized the significance of these three little verses. (It’s crazy how God reveals more each time as you continue to read His word!!! ❤️) For those of you who (for lack of a better way of putting this) have “beef” with this pastor’s teaching, have you read James 3:1? “Not many of you should presume to be teachers, my brothers, because you know that we who teach will be judged more strictly.” And in regards to God’s judgement - “It is mine to avenge; I will repay. In due time their foot will slip; their day of disaster is near and their doom rushes upon them.” (Deuteronomy 32:35) Why then do you weary yourselves with insulting this teaching?? I agree that it is important to test everything to make sure it is from God, but why so much contempt towards your fellow brother? “For this very reason, Christ died and returned to life so that he might be the Lord of both the dead and the living. You, then, why do you judge your brother? Or why do you look down on your brother? For we will all stand before God’s judgement seat. It is written: “‘As surely as I live,’ says the Lord, every knee will bow before me; every tongue will confess to God.’” So then, each of us will give an account of himself to God.” (Romans 14:9-12) No wonder it has been said that “Christians” are the ones who turn people off of Christ. Those of you who were upset by the joke about Zipporah’s name, I’m sure this pastor would apologize for being a stumbling block to you. However, by getting hung up on this minor remark, are you not missing the point of this teaching? Similar to how the Pharisees were obsessed with the letter of the law rather than the spirit of the law?? I am so sad that this is the reality of the world we live in today. However if we’re all awaiting the same end (eternity with God in heaven and on the ‘new earth’) should we not be seeking to unify to promote the gospel to the unbelievers?? And as for those of you with concerns about the misinterpretations of the NIV have you read Revelation 22:18-19?? If in fact this pastor’s teaching is wrong, God will give to him what he deserves. And if you are so distraught by the misinterpretations of the NIV, perhaps God is calling you to devote your life to learning the Hebrew and Greek languages so that you might give a clearer interpretation of what He is trying to say?? Hmm? Abba, please help us, your children. There is so much division among us, but the one thing we all recognize is how much we need You. Please forgive us of our sins, and help us to be transformed by the renewing of our minds. Thank you for sending Your son to deliver us, as we know there is nothing we could do on our own to earn forgiveness. Please help us to be of one mind and to work together to be Your hands and feet in this fallen world. We love you, Lord! In your name we pray. Amen.

[@solaceboy]

The best comment I've read in a while.

[@74skream]

Wow! Was reading Exodus tonight and didn't understand what chapter 4:24 was about... I was like who was God trying to kill?! Makes sense now... Man!! The grace of God really is something to be thankful for!!

[@BobSmith-ew5oi]

One day he must be held accountable for all the evil in this world as he created it,encourages it and condones the most heinous crimes and has such severe anger management problem all he wants is genocide and bloodshed,incest ,selling sister as sex slave and condoning rape and mistreatment of slaves that a moral being should not accept as normal and hard pressed to find any good in his sorcery book that mostly praises his mistakes as some holy perversion.He has not and will never have honesty as any being that uses fear and unwarranted torture to get his own way only worthy of disgust and certainly not worship as a supposedly all powerful being has no sane reason or purpose to constantly demand praise like some demented hi school bully that chuck a sad when not get his own way and promise to torture most of us for eternity for a mistake he made in the first place .He needs a great separation from us so cannot promote any more hatred or warfare over which being more powerful and he fails miserably when compared to human morals that cherish human life above torture and abuse of the gullible so greedy con men can hop in thee private jets to con more gullible and if he really cared would stop that blatant abuse of power that done every day in his name .

[@CarolinaRiack]

Thank you, Lord Jesus because you are Our Circumcision! Real circumcision is the Spirit’s now in the New Covenant ❤

[@kristi-leighpaterson8636]

God already knew that Moses wasn't righteous (hadn't been following the law) before he called Moses from the burning bush, so why almost kill him instead of picking someone else whom he knew was already following the law? I think that is a better question to ask. I think it does show that God can use anyone he pleases but does have a higher standard for those (think of pastors in the New testament). It seems extreme to almost kill him but then again God's judgement is holy. It shows God's grace. Jesus didn't come to save the righteous but the sinners. Moses wasn't perfect and God knew that and just like our own salvation, we're not saved because of our own works but by Jesus' work on the cross (the blood sacrifice). The holy spirit only then transforms our hearts to become more like Christ. Moses is an example of this transformation. Correct me if I'm wrong though!

[@kjunay2048]

Ageeed 💯 and as I study the Bible I realize how God for his own purposes chooses the ones who are considerably unworthy of carrying out Gods plans , yet Jesus Christ his only son ultimately came from that lineage ,the tribes of Israel . As you work your way through each line of descendants starting with Abraham on down they’ve all done some things that one would view as unworthy of Gods grace and mercy but he used them for his glory eventually . He wants to do the same with us , we have that privilege now because of Christ’s blood he shed . To be used for Gods glory .

[@everydaynine_2282]

The law didn’t exist until Moses went up the mountain

[@sonotheman]

God sought to kill the son of Moses NOT Moses! First and foremost IT IS IMPOSSIBLE THAT GOD WOULD TRY TO KILL MOSES! WHY? We have Isaiah 55:11, "so is my word that goes out from my mouth -it will not return to me unfulfilled;but it will accomplish what I intend,and cause to succeed what I sent it to do.” GOD HAD TOLD MOSES THAT HE WAS CHOSEN TO FREE THE HEBREWS IN EGYPT FROM SLAVERY AND TO FULFILL THE COVENANT GOD HAD MADE WITH ABRAHAM! Ezekiel 12:25 repeats the message! So the WORD was sent and it could not come back void! GOD was obligated to protect Moses and give him all the resources necessary to complete that which Moses was chosen to do! The same with Jonah! Running and hiding could not stop the word of GOD and eventually Jonah fulfilled what he was chosen to do! This is also repeated in the case of David and of course Yeshua (Jesus)! Furthermore the original Hebrew texts NOT THE TRANSLATIONS is very important! The pronoun "him" is the key! The original Hebrew text gives us the answer! The pronoun "him" used in the original Hebrew is 3rd person masculine singular! So this verse is referring to the son of Moses, NOT Moses! Here are the original texts of both times it is used; First at "God met him" original Hebrew is (וַיִּפְגְּשֵׁ֣הוּ), Second at "to kill him" original Hebrew is (הֲמִיתֽוֹ׃) The original Hebrew is 3rd person masculine singular in both case! So with the pronoun "him" referring to the son of Moses, the verse makes sense! So God came across the son of Moses and Zipporah and was about to kill their son then Zipporah acted by circumcising her son to save his life! NO CONTRADICTION, NO CONFUSION! GOD IS NOT A LIAR! AND NOT A MAN THAT HE SHOULD CHANGE! MOSES WAS CHOSEN AND HAD TO COMPLETE WHAT HE WAS CHOSEN TO DO! Moses could not be killed or harmed or blocked in anyway from doing what God chose him to do so that the WORD of God would not come back void, but complete the purpose for which it was sent! Interesting point here is that even if Zipporah had not circumcised her son and God had killed his son, Moses would still have done everything the WORD of God had been sent to accomplish through him!

[@rinataufan]

Agree

[@debbieneil1358]

I agree it was Moses' son God wanted to kill.... but why?

[@amethyst_7896]

Read the Amplified Bible, Classic Edition It further explains it was actually Moses God sought to kill🙏🏾

[@amethyst_7896]

@Caleb Hysmith Can’t you express your argument in a more respectful and loving way? Regardless, I will take a look at the KJV version, thank you for that suggestion😊!

[@amethyst_7896]

@Caleb Hysmith One more thing, The Amplied Bible, Classic Edition is an actual Bible So my source is not foolish

[@derekchildress5]

Powerful! We need to constantly check ourselves!

[@derekchildress5]

@Caleb Hysmith thank you brother!

[@pedroaristides2867]

Thank you I was confused about that !

[@reditkk4184]

Wow! Thank you! I came here with this question when am studying my bible. God bless you!

[@firecat3613]

Study the Bible. But do so with an open mind and a healthy dose of reality.

[@JS-cp1qk]

LOVE this channel and the explanations you give, thank you!

[@ElenaRoche]

That's the explanation everyone gives however it's not enough. Why wouldn't God just tell Moses to circumcise his son like he did with other commands. Why nearly kill him and compromise the mission? God used other flawed people, serious sinners, to do His work. I am beginning to realize that Real Answers Real Quick = Real Shallow Answers. This isn't helping those who are seeking answers and God. It's only preaching to the choir.

[@Naz_0304]

Elena Roche ask Him yourself.

[@ElenaRoche]

@@Naz_0304 I guess I have to.

[@michaelnoble2432]

Why are you suggesting that us gentiles should circumcise our sons? Haven't you read Paul's very strong words on the subject? Have you even read the letter to the Galatians?

[@DjSostre7]

When did he suggest any such thin hes telling the story of the OLD TESTAMENT AND WHY THEY CIRCUMSIZED THEIR SONS THE 8TH DAY. He isnt telling us to do such things. Goodness sake. Start listening.

[@thekiddace2620]

No, but he did say that he had his kids circumcised. According to Paul that would put him back under the Law and thus he has fallen from Grace. Thoughts on this?

[@DjSostre7]

@@thekiddace2620you and guy up top are mentally ill. The reason the Galatians FELL FROM GRACE IS BECAUSE THEY WERE BEING TAUGHT AND STARTED THINKING THAT IF YOU GET CIRCUMSIZDD IT WILL *SAVE* THEM. SAVE. KEY WORD. This pastor does not teach that circumcision saves. You need to rightly divide scripture and have more understanding when people speak.

[@thekiddace2620]

@@DjSostre7 1) you'd never say that to my face. 2) Good job representing our faith with words like that when someone is genuinely inquiring. Yashua says even calling a brother 'Fool' is to commit murder in the heart. Good job there, bud.

[@DjSostre7]

@@thekiddace2620 forgive me.

[@FritzNizzle]

The king gave Moses his daughter Zipporah in marriage because Moses helped them at the Well and watered their flock for them.( Exodus 2:16-25 ) so we do actually know why. I'm not sure why you said , "who knows why, maybe the king saw what he brought with him?' scripture actually told is why.

[@njc9911]

@Caleb Hysmith Getting kinda spammy there, man.

[@lovelyjanecohen2637]

There is no scriptural basis for taking the life of a father who does not circumcise a son. Punishment for failing to be circumcised falls upon the child, not the father (Genesis 17:14). Moreover, the failure to be circumcised is punishable by exclusion from the Abrahamic covenant, not death (Genesis 17:14). If God sought to kill Moses for his sin of murder, as some scholars speculate, there is nothing about circumcision that atones for sin. Circumcision is a covenant, not a sacrifice that atones for sin. These speculative answers flirt with unscriptural principles.

[@ShandyLiciousz]

True. It was very clear to me that God was going to kill Moses' son if Ziphorah hadn't acted. Like mentioned in Gen 17:14, the uncircumcised one should be put to death. Nothing mentioned about the father being also put to death. The confusion came because many bible translations added Moses' name where the original Hebrew scripture actually didn't even mention his name. This is just an example of the many other verses that was incorrectly translated thus confusing people and even whole religions. It's a sad reality.

[@501Mobius]

Correct. Why kill Moses then? God had plenty of time to do it before they got to the inn. If God was really going to kill him he would give him a plague or a Thanos snap. As you said the only penalty for failure to do that is his children would not be included in the covenant. And we have seen that only means ones distant descendants will be numerous. Moses had two sons, do we ever hear of their descendants? One other strange thing is that Moses' two grown sons and his elderly wife all ride the same donkey to Rameses.

[@TheRealCantaraBella]

I have never seen a church discuss this topic.

[@LovelyReba]

I'm going to have to humbly disagree with Todd here. The text doesn't give a reason for why the LORD sought to kill Moses. The circumcision was what appeased the LORD's anger, but the text does NOT say that was the REASON for His anger. Also, I think it's important to note that it wasn't just that his wife circumcised his son, but that she took the foreskin and touch Moses' foot with it, declaring him a "bridegroom of blood". Therefore, transferring blood from the son to Moses. Circumcision can be understood as a symbolic sacrifice of the son (see Gen 22). Read like this, the text should be obvious to a Christian: Moses was under condemnation (as all humanity is) and it was only through the blood of the sacrifice of the son that he was saved. This plays out again in Exodus with the Passover and the blood of the lamb.

[@FritzNizzle]

Yes! Thank you for this clarification 👍

[@cherubsasquatch2987]

No, Christ's Blood alone saves us from condemnation, not you're little peeper blood

[@soliannerubattino]

@CherubSasquatch Jesus hadn’t been born yet, so that didn’t apply.

[@18missmm]

The reason is found in other literature. It's important to dig deeper when reading the old testament. Commentaries and understanding other scriptures left out of the King James versions of the Bible are critical. Just be prayerful as you dig and the Holy Spirit will guide you.

[@karenlgarcia1084]

Wow I was listening the to bible and this was my exact question Very good explanation Thank you 😊

[@kevmanbob]

I was curious to watch this video and learn something but your Ziporrah joke turned me off immediately

[@NiyaB81]

Thanks for breaking this down.

[@EganBailey]

Thank you for the explanation.

[@thm8623]

Th reason why I watch the video is that I just read this verse and i was so puzzle, thank you for letting us know why!🤝 I learn something I didn’t know.

[@lovelyjanecohen2637]

My response on your religious views on circumscision Christians are no longer under the Abrahamic covenant nor the Mosaic law-Christ was the end of the law. The Apostle Paul made it clear in the New Testament that Christians no longer have to worry about circumcision, for it was a temporary sign of a temporary covenant: 1 Corinthians 7:18-19 Is any man called being circumcised? let him not become uncircumcised. Is any called in uncircumcision? let him not be circumcised. Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but the keeping of the commandments of God.

[@gigic9526]

I think mutilation of baby's genitalia is just wrong I'm sorry I can't ever agree with it. Vile and disgusting practice.

[@LC-fq4cv]

I just read Exodus chapter 4 this morning as my devotion and got really confused on this part. Thankyou for breaking it down. Now I understand it more clearly and the message that is being told through each verse. Glory to Jesus.

[@firecat3613]

Wow, you are delusional. Please read my main post on this video.

[@jayrebel6514]

Wow. Moses angered God when he asked God to send someone else. Lack of faith and disobedience. Circumcision-a physical act of disobedience. God is the same yesterday and today, sin is sin and disobedience will be called out. Thank goodness we can seek the atonement of Jesus Christ and seek to obey.

[@hifiunicorn]

Newbie here. Honest question. I seem to have this problem frequently when reading the old testament/ hebrew bible. If that is what God meant, why wasn't it just written clearly. Like why doesn't the text just clearly say "I send Moses out, but because he did not circumcise his first son, I sent death upon him, for he did not do as I say." etc. Why is it written in such a riddled and obscure fashion, that it calls to question the nature of God? It is such a stumbling block for me. It seems that every Christian that has issues with the obscurity and conflict in the old testament just reframes it so it fits their ideology, but never admits, that the text says what it says, it's obscure and often represents God as fickle in mood. The obscure nature of the text calls us to depend on our own interpretations and fitting the story to our logic. When something doesn't make sense, we make it fit the sense we believe it has. It's honestly so difficult, to accept these very confusing elements of God in the Old Testament and reframe it to fit the image I want. Also, I thought circumcision was no longer necessary? And why would you be given a newborn shots of vitamin K? Doesn't God provide everything the child needs? I am honestly confused ...

[@studywithmefolks5809]

Why do people always assume that when Moses killed the Egyptian that he was trying to deliver his people on his own accord at that point. There's nothing in the Bible that alludes to that at all. He just merely did not like the situation and he ended up hitting the guy too hard to kill him. And then the next day, he was still sticking around and didn't take any action to try to free his people. In fact, it was this people that got him scared to where he ran away. But people still try to assume that Moses tried to do it on his own and it wasn't time and God didn't sanction it, or whatever the reason, and he was stopped. But that's not at all the case. The story does not even make any indication that that was the case. The story is simply that he did not like how his people were being treated and he hit somebody and killed them and then he got scared because he was going to revealed and get in trouble so he fled. Anyway....

[@Bamboozled007]

As a note - there is no distinction between Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave and freeman, but Christ is all, and in all (Colossians 3:11)....For whatever reason some try to keep the old laws as if it holds value, just as him stating @3:16 "arent we supposed to circumcise on the 8th day?".....Trust the Gospel when it says Christ is all you need.

[@elizabethernandezx]

Thank you for the explanation!

[@IamwhoIam333]

There's always a good woman behind every Godly Man . My son's were very blessed to have a great Jewish Doctor. I knew nothing about circumcision and my husband said it was to help keep them clean down there. However Dr Sullivan explained to me exactly why they did it on the 8th day and that if I would bring my son Nathan Michael into the office on the 8th day he himself would circumcise him and he would let me watch it was awesome and scary but I'm glad I had it done that way my husband had no clue was to why nor did his mother.

[@csdr0]

God was angry with Moses for failing to circumcise his son because his son will in danger of being out of the covenant of God. - Genesis 17:14 which would have been a great scandal since Moses being the leader should be the role model in obedience to God's law by having his son circumcised. God in his anger towards the Israelites also sought to kill all of them and make a new people from Moses' descendants. God shows no partiality to anyone even to Moses since God can raise another leader like Moses to replace him just as he can replace the Israelites with another people of his own choosing.

[@Prime_Legend]

@J H He was an israelite tho, a tradition engrained into their culture. Moses should've known but he just didn't care.

[@kylec8950]

God IS NOT seeking to kill Moses here. He seeking to kill Gershom, the firstborn of Moses. -The previous two verses focus on firstborn sons. Firstborn sons are the center of attention. When you attack the firstborn you attack the center of the family, the future of the nation. -In context then in verse 24 and 25 the "him" his Moses son. -The Hebrew in verse 25 doesn't have "Moses" in it anywhere. It just has "his" , still in context of the firstborn sons. -Verse 26, Zipporah is talking to Gershom. She's his bridegroom of blood. -Moses is nowhere in this scene. This opens some parallels: -Going into Egypt, Moses' firstborn son is attack by Yahweh. Later on, in greater scale the all the firstborns in Egypt who do not display blood are attacked. -Gershom's publically displayed blood on the legs (doorpost of the body) spare judgement from the Angel of the Lord (Angel of Death), Later on all publically displayed blood spares the people.

[@kylec8950]

@@elpresadorjr.6620 Yeah, no you are.

[@richlane5132]

This explanation, that it is Gershom NOT Moses that the Lord was about to kill, is the rational one (as it relates to the the previous verse #23)!! By the way was Moses circumcised?

[@ShandyLiciousz]

@@richlane5132 The bible doesn't say, but he probably was since Moses' mother kept him for 3 months before putting him in a basket in the river. Ex 2:1-3. The mother was an Israelite so it's most likely she had Moses circumcised when he was 8 days old.

[@kylec8950]

@J H Interesting. Even the God-haters understand that the passage is not about Moses.

[@kylec8950]

@J H Na

[@pookieb7747]

Great simple explanation…. Thank you 😊 God bless you

[@HiVisl]

Circumcision was a requirement for Old Testament Jews, but it's not a requirement anymore.

[@lovelyjanecohen2637]

The Lord did not sought out to kill Moses the bible says "sought to kill him" which the previous verse was about the first born of Pharoah. Failing to follow through with the Abraham covenant of circumscision was not death or blood atonement.

[@paavokuronen87]

Yeah, the him referred to is the firstborn. 4:22: Thou shalt say unto Pharaoh... 23 ... I will slay thy son, even thy firstborn. 24 And it came to pass by the way in the inn, that the LORD met him, and sought to kill him." God's seeking to kill Moses' uncircumcised first born, that's why they perform the circumcision. This foreshadows how they would paint the doors with lamb's blood later, when God actually killed the firstborn sons of the Egyptians.

[@joseph.r1122]

Thank you for explaining this.

[@defyingodds-m4f]

This is the reason why i came here to watch about it. Out of confusion, i don’t understand why God sought Moses in order to kill him. As i did some research, it seems like Moses was not a righteous man and that made him not worthy of God’s appointed leader for the Israelites. His sons were not circumcised. How did his wife, Zipporah know that her uncircumcised sons were the reason why God wants to kill Moses? And when Zipporah circumcised her sons, he casted the blood to Moses’ feet. There are researches that “feet” used in the bible was a Hebrew literature that indicates the male’s sex organ. So the blood was not literally casted into his feet, but to his sex organ?

[@turah2649]

Thank you guys so much for that clarity

[@sirsleepy2472]

This is such an awesome channel.I love how you ended that. It is a great reminder to fathers. Amen.

[@rasheedabowers7598]

Never knew about the vitamin K shot...thx for the info !

[@befunkrn]

That answer doesn't cut it for me at all! Why would God have even chosen Moses in the 1st place if Moses wasn't circumcised & therefore wasn't righteous? Even more confusing is that Moses had murdered someone in Egypt, but then God chose him anyway but will now be so wrathful that he will kill Moses for not being circumcised??? Isn't murder a tad bit worse than uncircumcision? Why would God even consider Moses if Moses was an uncircumcised murderer that was also very argumentatively hesitant & resistant that it required that Aaron speak for him???

[@KJAD_Radio]

If God killed Moses, would Moses go to Heaven or Hell?

[@darylecostello7435]

WOW!! This guy really likes to hear his own voice!! You do realize eveyone Knows about Moses beginning !!

[@macornman]

I don’t think this is biblically accurate

[@godfreybett1370]

Thank you for the explanation. Makes alot of sense.

[@ronkebarber6238]

In addition, in Genesis 15, God made a covenant of a promised seed with Abraham and Sarah, in Genesis 16, he went in to Hagar and got a son, outside of God's covenant; God gave him a sign of circumcision as a form of discipline and deterrent to keep to God's will until the Seed is come Malachi 2:15. The eighth day signifies God's getting up from His rest after the work of creation, and rested on the seventh day, but had to begin the work of salvation of man, by shedding the blood of an animal, whose skin He used to cover Adam and Eve as a temporary covering to expire in 1000 years- (Methuselah-969 years, +Jesus as a man 30 years, and will be completed in the millennium). He began to deal with man on the basis of the blood from then upwards: Noah offered a sacrifice to God as soon as they got out of the ark, and His blood covenant with Abraham in Genesis 15, for his generation. That blood covenant was remembered in Exodus 12, a blood for a house. Then, the children of Israel rejected God i Exodus 19, and the blood covering was removed, so each now had to offer blood for his sins. Jesus Christ came and He was circumcised on the eighth day, thus fulfilling this act for all who would simply believe and plead His blood, which was later shed for the remission of sins for and restoration of man to God's glory. Jesus continued this work until the cross, when He died, was buried and rose again from the dead on the third day John 5:17, 19:30. So, no one is under any obligations to circumcise, either on the eighth day or or even not at all, as long as he is under the cover of the blood of the covenant that was shed- before the foundation of the world, and on the cross, and now it has been sprinkled on the mercy seat, as a constant reminder before God the Father, for the believer in Christ Jesus. . God's angel performs His word, so he would have killed Moses and his children that his father in law brought to him in the camp. Galatians 5:16-26, one cannot perform the work of Spirit, in the flesh- no matter who that person may be! Abel- first man to offer the first blood sacrifice to God, Abraham, the first man after Abel to be willing to offer the blood of his son as a sacrifice to God, so, God found in him a cogent reason to invest the sinless blood of His own only Begotten Son for man. Abel- God is my Father-Abraham - the father of many nations, in whom all the unworthy families of the world would be blessed! Thus, Moses had to bring his own blood, so he could live, until our Lord comes to offer His blood for all who would believe- anyone who insists on his own self righteousness, must bring his own blood, that is what will happen after the rapture, in order to be saved. God is no respecter of persons! Our God is Holy!

[@ronkebarber6238]

@J H Moses knew to write the first five books of human history, if it was God's intention, he would know.

[@ronkebarber6238]

@J H God does what He wants as He wishes. Also, God only gave the sign of circumcision to Abraham as a contingency plan. In Genesis 15, God gave made a covenant for a promised Seed, through him and Sarah, specifically. In Genesis 16, Abraham went into Hagar, truncating the process. So, in God gave him the sign of circumcision as a deterrent as well as a means of discipline, so he wouldn't go and make another mistake. Then, in Genesis 17, He made a new covenant with him to this effect. The same reason his descendants must remain inside the 12 tribes until the Promised Seed comes. Malachi 2:15, and Simeon also was kept alive to see this promise fulfilled. Luke 1 :67-75, 2 :29-22.

[@ManassehJones]

8 represents a "new beginning or creation." Circumcision of the heart in the new birth is a new creation. All the physical acts in OT represent spiritual in NT.

[@destroso]

Do we need to circumcise our children now, as Christians?

[@nicl8749]

Frank Destroso no, as Saul says circumcision or uncircumcision availeth nothing but keeping Gods commandments.

[@helenkerls2235]

But I think if you are from Abraham's descents you, sort of have to. Just my opinion.

[@princet1492]

No you do not have to, Galatians 5:2 Mark my words, I, Paul say to you, If you allied yourself to be circumcised Christ will be at no value to you. Those Christians who circumcise do not do it for religious reasons, they do it because they want to push their personal or sexual preferences on their child.

[@APerson4889-g5f]

Christians don't need to be circumsised. We can also eat pork chops and shrimp.

[@imputinandihaveasmallpeepe9165]

But gay is a no no 😂

[@DiscipleShaynePlaylist]

What do you think about Galatians 5 Freedom in Christ & Romans 2:25-29 Circumcision of the Heart 25 For circumcision benefits you if you observe the law, but if you are a lawbreaker, your circumcision has become uncircumcision. 26 Therefore if an uncircumcised man keeps the law’s requirements, will his uncircumcision not be counted as circumcision? 27 A man who is physically uncircumcised, but who fulfills the law, will judge you who are a lawbreaker in spite of having the letter of the law and circumcision. 28 For a person is not a Jew who is one outwardly, and true circumcision is not something visible in the flesh. 29 On the contrary, a person is a Jew who is one inwardly, and circumcision is of the heart-by the Spirit, not the letter.[a] That man’s praise[b]is not from men but from God.

[@lucashack5318]

Basically, Paul is saying the old covenant of physical circumcision is over, and the new covenant is a circumcision done without hands by God. When you die, your Spirit separates (gets cut away) from your sinful flesh so it can assend to Heaven.

[@DiscipleShaynePlaylist]

@@lucashack5318 By the grace of God He became a man, and by His stripes we are healed, by His heart by His hands and by His grace we can come to be. Jesus is Alive. 😇

[@lucashack5318]

@@DiscipleShaynePlaylist Amen

[@trizanzor]

@@lucashack5318 John 3:13 King James Version (KJV) 13 And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven.

[@lucashack5318]

@@trizanzor Jesus ascended bodily. We ascend spiritually.

[@takirid]

It wasn't Moses life that was in danger It seems that it was the child's life that was in danger in view of what the law of circumcision states at Genesis 17:14; that Zipporah circumcised the child because she realised what was needed to set matters right;

[@takirid]

@J H For start Zippora is a Midianite, not a Hebrew. Her father Jethro was a Midianite priest who helped Moses and gave his daughter to him for what he had done. Were Jethro and family Pagans more than likely? But that all changed when Moses encountered the burning bush. that would have changed Jethro mind about the God of Moses, especially after the Exodus from Egypt hearing of the ten plages opening of the red sea and the total destruction of Pharaoh and his army. The answers are in the Bible. Read Exodus 18: 8-12.

[@jenniferxavier8007]

Saturday is the true day of worship, not getting on to the pulpit on Sunday as you said, Sir! Real Sabbath is the Saturday, the seventh day!

[@georgiabulmer294]

We are under grace sir. Can't you people be nice for once!

[@ilovecourtneysomuch]

The explanation is fine: as a leader we need to do all the things we are calling others to do. However, what about how troubling it is that God would want to kill Moses for falling short in this area. Still pretty upsetting, right?

[@ilovecourtneysomuch]

Also, Moses murdered someone. God didn't seek to kill him for that one? Every answer brings up more questions.

[@ilovecourtneysomuch]

@J H All I'm trying to say is that it's ok to not know the answer. Sometimes the "answers" just cause more questions. I'm content with just saying "I don't know"

[@NawaMukerji]

I personally have two hypotheses: First: It was Moses himself attacking his own son, because in the same chapter verse 16 says: “He will speak to the people for you, and it will be as if he were your mouth and as if you were God to him.” So, since Moses is as God to Aaron, we can hypothesize that he can be as God to all that he has dominion over them. Since his wife and his son are among his domains, so he is as God to them as well. My second hypothesis, I guess it is more logical, it is probably due to translation that made it so ambiguous. It is as follows: Most probably God meets Moses, the second part that says: “to kill him” is probably a command from the Lord to Moses to kill his son because he is not circumcised. And a similar of this happened to Abraham and Isaac, so it is not so strange to conceive. And Zipporah is forced to do the circumcision herself, because most probably she was not Jewish and circumcision was not in their traditions. Probably Moses asked to circumcise Gershom while they were in Midian, but their family did not allow for this and since Zipporah was among her own people, Moses was a stranger there, they were more powerful and their traditions did not allow for such an act, so Moses gave up knowing he will find time later on, that is why Moses couldn’t persuade them to do so. But now, since Zipporah is vulnerable and away from her people, it is in the middle of the night, in wilderness, far from her people in case she needed help; therefore it is the best time for Moses to do what God commanded him to do. Thus, she reproaches Moses’s approach and says that you have a bloodthirsty religion because your God requires blood. The fact that the prepuce touches Moses's feet, is that in the culture of Middle Easterners, feet is not considered very sacred, that is why in Luke 3:16 'says: "the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie." that is another evident for how unworthy feet and sandals are. When Zipporah throws the prepuce and touches Moses's feet; that is an evident for how Zipporah was angry and how little she thought of the importance of prepuce to be so worthy that a father kills his own son over it. Thus, that is why it also says: "So the Lord let him alone." Since he is circumcised now, God doesn't bother with Zipporah's anger. I absolutely reject the idea that God came to kill Moses, that is very illogical and even childish. Why would God order Moses to go to Egypt to perform such a great deed and then come at night to kill his own hand? --- If you read this long comment and you reached here, I humbly thank you for being so patient and generous enough to give me your time.

[@genie5320]

oh wow.. how strange it is just a few months ago i was searching for the reason behind acts chapter 5.. didnt expect to find the answer as i was searching for explanation on exodus 4:24

[@matthewaislabie7354]

How old were the sons? When circumcised by mother 20, 30, nearly 40?

[@pauldonnelly6691]

Only way to repent and be saved by Christ act 11:14-18 just follow the original Gospel of Christ teaching not churches but Jesus will guide you personally to the end John 10:1-6!

[@cherubsasquatch2987]

AMEN!

[@LadyTeee]

This was spot on! Exactly what I was looking for. Thank you

[@stacyclark5910]

Wow! I did not know that! Thx!

[@charltongeorge3467]

The name Zipora is not a crazy name. You should not even say that in private much less publicly . And to laugh while referring to the name Zippora as a crazy name is disrespectful. Have you forgotten what Jehovah God did to Moses sister for murmering against Moses, questioning Moses authority and his marriage to Zippora?

[@dirtmoin5211]

who told moses he was a hebrew while he was egyptian ?

[@BXTUBE7]

He saved the midinites daughter from a shepherd who was going to harm them! PS just to add to why the midinites took him in.

[@SuperJenng]

So many stories in the Bible about women saving the day!

[@amazonraw-she-uh4439]

Thanks for this

[@priscillalynn1330]

How is Zipporah’s name crazy??

[@tamjansan1154]

So God did not make man perfect, he need circumcision after birth ? Interesting. What does circumcision do for the spirit ?

[@arturoanaya7753]

Good question, being Mexican I never understood the need to be circumcised

[@tamjansan1154]

@@arturoanaya7753 I don't believe is from God. Old Testament is not what Jesus was preaching, that is why he was crucified by Pharees

[@spontaneouscat6791]

hygienic purposes ask your doctor

[@ceruleanc505]

Ok. Caused extended question: Why was Zipporah in charge of circumsising her own sons? Wouldn't the man be charged with that?

[@naykajuniajules5337]

Moses was strong enough to hold him while Zipporah circumcised him, I wouldn’t say she was in charge but was the only one to do it while Moses held him

[@rodneyjones9347]

Don't God Almighty Yahweh knew when Moses was the mountain talking to him , that Moses wasn't circumcised. Why did God Almighty Yahweh allowed Moses to be a leader ? It seems somewhat strange that God Almighty Yahweh would even talk to Moses ?

[@omolaraodiondavis3601]

Moses was raised by his mother ,that is to say he might have be circumcised

[@rodneyjones9347]

according to Hebrew tradition , boys are circumcised on the 8th day after birth , so Moses would have been circumcised when he was taken out of the water .

[@ShadrachTheThird]

What blasphemy. God did not seek to kill Moses. Your interpretation of the verse Is completely wrong

[@altinokz]

Ok first of all, why do you have a problem with the name Zipporah? Please explain. Then why do you say that Moses was powerful enough, educated, etc etc and he tried to free his people on his own and he couldn't. May I ask where you are getting this information from? Which chapter and verse?

[@emilyross8126]

PinkPeones I believe it was just a joke about the name. Not a very good one, but nonetheless not something to be taken seriously. Moses was taken under Pharaoh’s daughters’ wing “who adopted him as her own son” (Exodus 2:10). Most likely, he received the same education, same inheritance, and same military training as anyone in the royal lineage would. Moses tried to redeem or “free” a Hebrew he saw being beaten by an Egyptian (Exodus 2:11-12). Pharaoh tried to kill Moses because of his actions, which did not help his desire to free his Hebrew brothers and sisters (vs. 15). I hope this helps!

[@jonathandupuis510]

In chapter seven of the book of Acts, Stephen is brought before the Sanhedrin and gives a speech. He basically gives a synopsis of the Israelite nation from its inception with Abraham. Stephen gives a quick blurb in verse 22 of how Moses was "educated in all wisdom of the Egyptians and was powerful in speech and action".

[@altinokz]

Jonathan Dupuis I highly recommend that you take the book of Acts and just burn it. But before doing so please read the entire Genesis page by page straight from a Hebrew Bible not a corrupt KJV or NIV ones where the words are mistranslated and flat out twisted. I read the book of Acts after your message. It’s nearly criminal how it talks about Abraham, Jacob and Moses. My eyes felt dirty after reading it

[@altinokz]

Emily Ross Hi Emily I know all of that.My question was why he said “Moses tried to free his people himself and he couldn’t “. That’s the part I didn’t remember

[@sosassteelstrings9623]

Why are you watching a video on a Exodus passage from a Christian explanation if you your self are not Christian? (To: PinkPeones)

[@juanadiaz7387]

This story about Moses to me is more about letting it know that Israel or Hebrews were preferred over Egiptians.

[@foreverwood1963]

Apparently God had no issue with the name and neither should you. Careful not to step on God's toes names meant a lot.

[@flemmingfamily7477]

I cringed hearing him make the statement about her name. I have a friend named Zipporah. We sing together on the worship team at church. She's really nice and she didn't pick her name. That comment was very unnecessary.

[@rc....]

What's wrong with the name zipporah

[@michaelanderson3247]

Excellent commentary on why GOD tried to kill Moses

[@michaelanderson3247]

Even an NIV translation didn't clarify why GOD sought to kill Moses

[@toydigger]

My understanding, and many with me is that Moses forgot the circumcision. This was the requirement for being able to protected by the Lord against Satan. Same thing as with the plagues: those who obeyed would not fall victim. Even some Jews fell victim for not taking heed of the message

[@toydigger]

@J H Circumcision went into effect with Abraham. Moses parents were Hebrew, from the tribe of Levi. The reason why the Jews were in captivity was because of the sins of the brothers of Josef. Moses biological mother was allowed to nurse him. He never forgot that he was called to be the deliverer of his people from his mother, even though he later got an Egyptian education. This education could be given from the age of 7, the common school age at that time. Moses never forgot his early education even though he got a secular one. Proverbs 22:6 Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

[@toydigger]

@J H Scripture itself shows that he did know what had to be done regarding circumcision. You said he wasn't a Hebrew and couldn't have known anything about the covenant etc. That Moses punishment was unjust.That's I why I responded This is why Moses was pointing his

[@princet1492]

Circumcision counts for nothing as stated in the Bible, if you allow yourself to be circumcised Christ will he at no value to you as said in the Bible. He did not circumcise his son because his wife did not want to do it, because well it is a cruel thing to do to a child.

[@toydigger]

@@princet1492 At that point in time it was circumcision that was important for this was a way to make a covenant. This was God's commandment. Only at Jesus first coming this was changed in to Baptism for man and women. Circumcision was only to be done by the male. As any rabbi

[@leefury7]

There is only one other passage in scripture that is more obscure. Yep. Gen 6. So any interpretation of this passage is an opinion. But some opinions are better than other. If you understand "father-in-law" in v.18 to mean "circumciser". Some records show the Median tradition that it was performed by the bridegrooms father before the wedding. If there was no father, then the father-in-law would perform it. Zipporah opposed Mose's circumcising 8 day old sons. Moses' was keeping home peace and didn't perform the circumcision of his son. We don't know which one. Also it isn't "seeking to kill" but rather as in Jacob's case, "putting in a death grip." And as such, Moses was not able to circumcise his son so Zipporah did and she cast it at the One "embracing" Moses. i.e. LORD

[@forever_evolving_5312]

That was a distasteful joke you made about Moses’ wife’s name “Zipporah”. Not sure why you felt the need to make it during a serious topic. Very disrespectful.

The guy never wanted to go. God could easily have discerned it in Moses heart. 😂 Then Moses be like OK OK I'll go I'll go. That was just by the way...

[@davidbrand1648]

Lots of errors here not sure where to start. You assume that Moses mother and father were not godly believing people and did not circumcize Moses second you assume he thought he was righteous.i am not here to beat you up please do some more studying

[@davidndee794]

Moses lost the chosen people of the Lord creator for he has looked eye to eye with the Lord creator and saw his face and body and they gave burnt offering and false idols 2 satan that was in the tent with the Tabernacle and was hiding his face and when Lord the Creator came down and said who has a Sabbath on my Sabbath and Satan took the name God and the Tabernacle and the ark of the covenant he left with the Jews but if you look at the Israeli flag it is not the Star of David that star is the star that was on Solomon's Ring did he summon demons with the Jewish people live by the ten commandments they believe are they say that Jesus was a prophet Islam says that Jesus was a prophet if I'm right and from all the research I've done I'm feeling pretty good about this decision that why would Lord the Creator send his messenger yahshua to Moses and tell him to do away with the burnt offerings and the Sabbath is no more to go back to the commandments that were given to Noah and I don't believe that Israel is God's chosen people for they have not came back to Lord the Creator and I don't think that he would give something for nothing when Lord the Creator in Genesis if you notice that the first part is says God and then it repeats it again with Lord but in Genesis the first part it says that Jesus was there with in the time of when creation was made but when Lord the Creator explains Genesis he does not say that anybody is next to him and he says that he is the only guy he's the alpha the Omega I don't think he sent a savior look at the Roman Catholic Church Jesus said I will build my church on you talking to Peter Peter's buried underneath the Vatican they pray to idols the pope thinks that he is anointed by God I think the people really need to start doing research because I'm starting to find a lot of discrepancy one of them for instant is you cannot have love for the world I love the father to and then it says the guide so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son how can they be talking about the same god people are being played

[@gigic9526]

Jesus is God.

[@maryterrell4621]

I don't think that he knew the answer. Moses apparently had not obeyed GOD and Moses was on the verge of death(v.24). If not for Ziporah's quick actions(v.25)... No more Moses. In addition, I am sure you could do a bit of research and find the answer to your question of Why would Moses marry a women with the name of Ziporah( probably because her name befitted a Midianite.

[@fikanuryahati9816]

I thought God allowed Moses to be raised by his own mother?

[@inkymation4985]

Wait isn't circumcision means u have a covenant eith god

[@amandalemeau5974]

Todd is a crazy name too 🙄

[@trizanzor]

I'm a little too late, I was circumcised at the age of 16. The culture than I was brought up to, being uncircumcised is mocked.

[@AlrightDave]

Don't worry about it, God looks at your heart

[@marcuskurze9759]

@@AlrightDave Ah yes?And why does it need rituals like this in the first place when He already knows everything?

[@phantomdragon3893]

thank you I read Exodus 4 many times I don't understand. I felt it was whiplash, I guess I just don't understand.

[@mikhite5711]

This is why I have a problem with the Bible. Just skimming through the comments I noticed almost every other person has a different interpretation of what the passage "really" means. God is said to not be the author of confusion and yet He couldn't be bothered to make the meaning clear so there would be no dispute as to what he was trying to convey with this story?

[@mesimply2505]

The Bible isn't the problem; people's own interpretations are. In order to read and study the Bible successfully, one needs to be saved by God & led of His Spirit. He will teach us all things, and that which we may still have a hard time grasping, He will reveal in time, typically through a faithful teacher. The explanation given in this video is a poor one, which is likely why much confusion has come about. To put it simply, Moses hadn't obeyed the commandment of the Lord to circumcise his son on the eighth day (the circumcision was representative of God's covenant with His people). His wife obviously wasn't on board with the idea of circumcision (which can be seen through reading the text), and this could have been the reasoning behind Moses shirking his responsibility. Moses was to lead God's people, but had to first be right with God himself. Because of his disobedience to God's commandment, he would be put to death (as will we if we don't submit to Christ as Lord and Savior). Seeing the angel up ahead, sent to kill Moses, Zipporah, reluctantly and with much anger, complied and circumcised the child, saving Moses from death.

[@deenice1362]

Aaron didn't get enough credit

[@maddymae6716]

Woah that vitamin K fact is really cool

[@honestlyspeaking4738]

Not a great answer

[@SuperBeetox]

Why seek when he can just his push off Moses life button, Knowing that he is ever powerful God?

[@hypnotichealer8863]

Yah good point

[@sylviaa.3859]

Check your biases! The comment about Zipporah was ignorant and in poor taste. Leaders in the church must be more conscious of words and comments that are biased, prejudice and racist! Ignorance can cloud the message because it sullies the character of the person conveying the instruction.

[@shreku123]

It sounds so ridiculous yet people still try to find a way to defend this barbaric tale and find higher meaning for this nonsense

[@pennyg1195]

God asked Moses to speak to the rock and ask for water. Instead he struck it and blood came out. He didn't have faith in God.

[@rupertsalas7068]

God sought to kill moses because he did not circumsize his son. He disobeyed the covenant.

[@princet1492]

Quite petty if you ask me.

[@napachick100]

God is evil. He calls for killing but then is all loving? I so get confused

[@hypnotichealer8863]

And he even can automatically kill all people with a push button or snap of the fingers.