I will free you from being slaves to them, and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with mighty acts of judgment

Exodus 6:1-13

Then the Lord said to Moses, “Now you will see what I will do to Pharaoh: Because of my mighty hand he will let them go; because of my mighty hand he will drive them out of his country.”

God also said to Moses, “I am the Lord. I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac and to Jacob as God Almighty, but by my name the Lord I did not make myself fully known to them. I also established my covenant with them to give them the land of Canaan, where they resided as foreigners. Moreover, I have heard the groaning of the Israelites, whom the Egyptians are enslaving, and I have remembered my covenant.

“Therefore, say to the Israelites: ‘I am the Lord, and I will bring you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians. I will free you from being slaves to them, and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with mighty acts of judgment. I will take you as my own people, and I will be your God. Then you will know that I am the Lord your God, who brought you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians. And I will bring you to the land I swore with uplifted hand to give to Abraham, to Isaac and to Jacob. I will give it to you as a possession. I am the Lord.’”

Then the Lord said to Moses,  “Go, tell Pharaoh king of Egypt to let the Israelites go out of his country.”

But Moses said to the Lord, “If the Israelites will not listen to me, why would Pharaoh listen to me, since I speak with faltering lips.

Now the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron about the Israelites and Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he commanded them to bring the Israelites out of Egypt.

The name YHWH is used in Genesis from 2:4 on, but of course, it was known to those who later wrote the stories down.

Why?

Moses has lost faith to say to Israelites and Pharoah for they don't listen to him. 

God's word sometimes is not welcome to people, because they see the phenomenon now, but they don't have a vision of the future. 

God is with us, which doesn't mean we are welcome by everyone and everything goes smoothly. We are having trouble on the way, but God is with us, so we can face the difficulty. 

Such as I'm working for IoT research, I have prayed to the Lord many times, I've experienced many difficulties, but recently it looks like getting better. Because I never give up. I believe God is helping me. 

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法老為何任意法老的心剛硬，是神在做事，在營造做事的局勢，不是法老德政，也不是摩西的能力。這裏有很大的篇幅，神重申神的應許，堅定他的盟約。讓以色列人及埃及人認識神的名！耶和華的名是自有永有，自存性、永存性，不受環境的影響。不要因為法老加給你們的而灰心，神的應許永不改變。

只是他們因苦工愁煩……我的苦難最重要，神的應許，計劃不重要。我聽不進去，只想快脫離苦難。神的期望與我的願望那個重要?摩西也灰心，以色列人不聽，埃及人怎麼會聽?沒有成果又得到負評。我是在做神的工作，還是做我的工作。而且這是神預告了，這是在神計劃中的。我們在事奉中不求掌聲，不求成就感。神要我們順服，是否有成果是神的責任。被人質疑，被人厭棄，也是神要去負責的，要我們去經歷的。不能失去動力，我們的動力來自神的使命，神的應許。服事不是因為成果，因為我們樂意與主同工。不要把屬世的觀點放入服事中。因這些挫折，神要顯出神的大能。神的榮耀、作為才是重點的。使命出埃及以外，神要彰顯祂的榮耀。

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How?

My God is mighty, with the Lord I am not fear, for I following the way of the Lord.