How important is it for a father to consistently model faith in Messiah Jesus?
Well, let's look at how the mentioning of the honored Patriarchs Abraham, Isaac,
and Jacob is treated in Exodus 3.
In the second and third mentions, in both Exodus 3:15 and Exodus 3:16, the Great
I Am is referred to as "The Lord God of your fathers"--then Abraham, Isaac,
and Jacob are mentioned. The order of citing first the fathers and then the Patriarchs
is enlightening and edifying. However, notice the slight variation in the first reference, in
Exodus 3:6: before mentioning the three Patriarchs, Moses writes of God saying, "I am the God
of your father". I speculate that Amram and his wife Jocabed planted sufficient seeds of
faith into their son Moses,^ so that Moses chose early on to be identified
with the Hebrews, rather than with their oppressors.^^
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^ Exodus 6:20
^^ Hebrews 11:24-26
Well, let's look at how the mentioning of the honored Patriarchs Abraham, Isaac,
and Jacob is treated in Exodus 3.
In the second and third mentions, in both Exodus 3:15 and Exodus 3:16, the Great
I Am is referred to as "The Lord God of your fathers"--then Abraham, Isaac,
and Jacob are mentioned. The order of citing first the fathers and then the Patriarchs
is enlightening and edifying. However, notice the slight variation in the first reference, in
Exodus 3:6: before mentioning the three Patriarchs, Moses writes of God saying, "I am the God
of your father". I speculate that Amram and his wife Jocabed planted sufficient seeds of
faith into their son Moses,^ so that Moses chose early on to be identified
with the Hebrews, rather than with their oppressors.^^
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^ Exodus 6:20
^^ Hebrews 11:24-26
