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The Burning BushWetin We Can Learn From the Bible?
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LESSON 18
The Burning Bush
Moses live in Midian for 40 years. He get marry and born children. One day when he wor taking care of his sheep near Mount Sinai, he see something da wor wonderful. The thornbush wor on fire, but it wor not burning! When Moses go near to see what wor happening, he hear voice from inside the bush say: ‘Moses! Don’t come close. Take off your sandals because the ground you standing on holy.’ And da Jehovah wor talking through the angel.
Moses wor scare, so he cover his face. Then the voice say: ‘I na see the suffering the Israelite dem going through. I will save them from the Egyptians and bring them to good land. And da you will take my people from Egypt.’ You not think Moses wor surprise to hear this one?
Moses ask Jehovah say: ‘If the people ask me who send you, wetin I mon say?’ God tell Moses say: ‘Tell them da Jehovah, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob send you.’ Then Moses say: ‘In case the people not listen to me?’ Jehovah prove to Moses da He will help him. He tell Moses to throw his stick on the ground, then the stick turn to snake! When Moses hold the snake tail, it turn to stick again. Then Jehovah say: ‘When you perform this miracle, it will prove da I send you.’
Moses say: ‘I not know how to talk good.’ So Jehovah promise him say: ‘I will tell you what to say, and your brother Aaron will go with you to help you.’ Because Moses know da Jehovah wor with him, he take his wife and children dem and they go back to Egypt.
“Don’t worry about what you will say or how you will say it, because God will tell you what to say at da time.”—Matthew 10:19
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The First Three PunishmentsWetin We Can Learn From the Bible?
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LESSON 19
The First Three Punishments
The Israelite dem wor force to work hard because they wor slave. Jehovah send Moses and Aaron to Pharaoh with this message: ‘Let my people go so they can worship me in the wilderness.’ Pharaoh wor proud, so he say: ‘I not care about what Jehovah say, and I will not allow the Israelite dem to go.’ Then Pharaoh started forcing them to work hard more. Jehovah wor coming to teach Pharaoh lesson. You know how he do it? He bring Ten Punishments on the Egyptians. Jehovah tell Moses say: ‘Pharaoh not want listen to me. In the morning, he will be to the Nile River. So you mon go to him and tell him, because he not let my people go, the whole Nile River will turn to blood.’ Moses obey Jehovah and go to Pharaoh. Pharaoh wor there when Aaron put his stick in the Nile River, and the whole river turn to blood. Then the water start smelling, the fish dem die, and they wor not having good water to drink from the Nile River. But still, Pharaoh refuse to let the Israelite dem go.
After seven days, Jehovah send Moses back to Pharaoh with this message: ‘If you not let my people go, frogs will be all over in Egypt.’ Aaron lift up his stick, and frogs wor everywhere in Egypt. Frogs wor all in their house, on their bed, and in their dishes dem. The frog dem wor all over! Pharaoh tell Moses to beg Jehovah to stop the punishment. And he promise Moses da he will let the Israelite dem go. So Jehovah stop the punishment, and the Egyptians pack the frog dem da die. The whole country wor smelling stink. But again, Pharaoh not let Jehovah people go.
Then Jehovah tell Moses say: ‘Aaron mon hit the ground with his stick, and the dust will turn to gnats or small-small fly dem da can bite.’ Right away the fly dem wor all over. Some of Pharaoh own people started telling him say: ‘This punishment coming from God.’ But still, Pharaoh not let the Israelite dem go.
“I will make them know my power and my might, and they will have to know da my name is Jehovah.”—Jeremiah 16:21
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