Many of the Lord's promises are not for the present but for a few years or centuries from now. Look at what the Bible says about counting time for God: But, beloved, do not forget this one thing, that with the Lord one day is a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day (2 Peter 3.8). Refuse the lie of the devil, who says that everything will continue as it has been since creation. God may seem late, but He will come at the right time. Adjust yourself, and believe!

           God assured Moses that, by His mighty hand, He would bring the Hebrews out of slavery in Egypt, making Pharaoh let them go, and this happened as promised. First, the Lord commanded His servant to go and speak to the Egyptian ruler (Exodus 6.1-11). When this happened, the king was so furious that he probably ordered an increase in the quota of bricks produced by Jacob's sons. God addressed Moses, saying: [...] I am the LORD. Speak to Pharaoh king of Egypt all that I say to you (Exodus 6.29). The Most High did this to reassure His envoy, because there was only One who had power: He, the Lord!

           The Lord's revelations to men began little by little, because they didn't yet have the capacity to understand them in their entirety. Today, we don't have them completely either. Paul received beautiful revelations, but because of the apostle's lack of structure, God let an “offspring” of the devil accompany him: And lest I should be exalted above measure by the abundance of the revelations, a thorn in the flesh was given to me, a messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I be exalted above measure (2 Corinthians 12:7).

           God told Moses: I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, as God Almighty; but by My name, the LORD, I was not known to them (Exodus 6.3). This is the secret for us today: to know the Name of Jesus, through which evils must leave when our command is given with faith and authority (Luke 10.19). This Name allows us to enter the Father's presence, to take hold of His promises (Mark 16.17,18).

          The Lord also spoke about the Promised Land, Canaan, the land of the patriarchs' pilgrimage: I have also established My covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their pilgrimage, in which they were strangers (Exodus 6.4). What more did Moses need in order to go to Pharaoh and be bold before him? Nothing! When God heard Israel's groaning, God used Moses to be like Him in that land. The Almighty cast the plagues, and the people left.

           Moses was still trying to convince the Hebrews that they would be delivered. Read the Lord's final declaration: Therefore say to the children of Israel, 'I am the LORD; I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, I will rescue you from their bondage, and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with great judgments' (Exodus 6:6). Now, they had nothing more to complain about, because it was clear that Moses had the anointing to get them out of that horrible, evil place!

            To conclude the understanding of Moses and the people, God said: I will take you as My people, and I will be your God. Then you shall know that I am the LORD your God, who brings you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians. And I will bring you into the land, concerning which I swore to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; and I will give it to you as a heritage: I am the Lord (Exodus 6.7,8). Now you can take all the biblical statements and live them.

           In Christ, with love,

           R. R. Soares