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What did it really take place in Exodus 4:24-26? (Part 4)
Finally, why did the Creator act so harshly here?
Many people think that the chief problem here is the circumcision. If it was so, why didn’t we see the Creator, at no moment, chiding Moses for not carrying out the circumcision (or, at least, charging the fathers to do so) in the people that go out of Egypt:
• Jos 5:4-7 -> “And this is the reason why Joshua circumcised them: all the males of the people who came out of Egypt, all the men of war, had died in the wilderness on the way after they had come out of Egypt. Though all the people who came out had been circumcised, yet all the people who were born on the way in the wilderness after they had come out of Egypt had not been circumcised. For the people of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness, until all the nation, the men of war who came out of Egypt, perished, because they did not obey the voice of the LORD; the LORD swore to them that he would not let them see the land that the LORD had sworn to their fathers to give to us, a land flowing with milk and honey. So it was their children, whom he raised up in their place, that Joshua circumcised. For they were uncircumcised, because they had not been circumcised on the way.”.
Why did the Creator would get angry about the uncircumcision of Gershom and would look over the circumcision of thousands and thousand of men? This doesn’t add up.
The problem, here, is that Moses was being commissioned to be leader of Israel (as if they were their people – their children – see Exodus 32:7) and, thus, he never could try to please someone instead of the Creator:
• Joh 5:44 -> “How can you believe, when you receive glory from one another and do not seek the glory that comes from the only God?”.
• Gal 1:10 -> “For am I now seeking the approval of man, or of God? Or am I trying to please man? If I were still trying to please man, I would not be a servant of Christ.”.
It’s good to recollect that Adam fell because he listened to the voice of his wife (Gen 3:17) and the brothers of Thyatira were rebuked because they listened to the teachings of Jezebel (Rev 2:20).
So, Moses should be guided only by what the Creator said, regardless if His commandment would displease someone (including himself and his wife).
Have a nice day.
Finally, why did the Creator act so harshly here?
Many people think that the chief problem here is the circumcision. If it was so, why didn’t we see the Creator, at no moment, chiding Moses for not carrying out the circumcision (or, at least, charging the fathers to do so) in the people that go out of Egypt:
• Jos 5:4-7 -> “And this is the reason why Joshua circumcised them: all the males of the people who came out of Egypt, all the men of war, had died in the wilderness on the way after they had come out of Egypt. Though all the people who came out had been circumcised, yet all the people who were born on the way in the wilderness after they had come out of Egypt had not been circumcised. For the people of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness, until all the nation, the men of war who came out of Egypt, perished, because they did not obey the voice of the LORD; the LORD swore to them that he would not let them see the land that the LORD had sworn to their fathers to give to us, a land flowing with milk and honey. So it was their children, whom he raised up in their place, that Joshua circumcised. For they were uncircumcised, because they had not been circumcised on the way.”.
Why did the Creator would get angry about the uncircumcision of Gershom and would look over the circumcision of thousands and thousand of men? This doesn’t add up.
The problem, here, is that Moses was being commissioned to be leader of Israel (as if they were their people – their children – see Exodus 32:7) and, thus, he never could try to please someone instead of the Creator:
• Joh 5:44 -> “How can you believe, when you receive glory from one another and do not seek the glory that comes from the only God?”.
• Gal 1:10 -> “For am I now seeking the approval of man, or of God? Or am I trying to please man? If I were still trying to please man, I would not be a servant of Christ.”.
It’s good to recollect that Adam fell because he listened to the voice of his wife (Gen 3:17) and the brothers of Thyatira were rebuked because they listened to the teachings of Jezebel (Rev 2:20).
So, Moses should be guided only by what the Creator said, regardless if His commandment would displease someone (including himself and his wife).
Have a nice day.
