1-6-15. Exodus 12:31-42. God Keeps His Promises-my devotional
God Keeps His Promises
Exodus 12:31-42 Kevin E. Jesmer 1-6-15
Exodus 12: 31-42, “31 During the night Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and said, “Up! Leave my people, you and the Israelites! Go, worship the Lord as you have requested. 32 Take your flocks and herds, as you have said, and go. And also bless me.” 33 The Egyptians urged the people to hurry and leave the country. “For otherwise,” they said, “we will all die!” 34 So the people took their dough before the yeast was added, and carried it on their shoulders in kneading troughs wrapped in clothing. 35 The Israelites did as Moses instructed and asked the Egyptians for articles of silver and gold and for clothing. 36 The Lord had made the Egyptians favorably disposed toward the people, and they gave them what they asked for; so they plundered the Egyptians. 37 The Israelites journeyed from Rameses to Sukkoth. There were about six hundred thousand men on foot, besides women and children. 38 Many other people went up with them, and also large droves of livestock, both flocks and herds. 39 With the dough the Israelites had brought from Egypt, they baked loaves of unleavened bread. The dough was without yeast because they had been driven out of Egypt and did not have time to prepare food for themselves. 40 Now the length of time the Israelite people lived in Egypt was 430 years. 41 At the end of the 430 years, to the very day, all the Lord’s divisions left Egypt. 42 Because the Lord kept vigil that night to bring them out of Egypt, on this night all the Israelites are to keep vigil to honor the Lord for the generations to come.”
Pharaoh’s son died. So he summoned Moses and Aaron that night and ordered the Israelites to leave Egypt. The Egyptians feared what God could do next. They urged the Israelites to hurry up and leave. God worked in the Egyptians’ hearts and they were willing give up all their valuables when asked. So they left Egypt, 600,000 men on foot, besides the women and children and large droves of livestock. Many other people who had faith in God left with them. They were to eat the Passover meal with their cloaks tucked in their belts, sandals on their feet and staff in hand–ready to travel. They left in such a hurry that there was no time for bread to rise, so they took bread without yeast to eat in the desert. And so it came to pass. Look at verse 40-42, “Now the length of time the Israelite people lived in Egypt was 430 years. 41 At the end of the 430 years, to the very day, all the Lord’s divisions left Egypt. 42 Because the Lord kept vigil that night to bring them out of Egypt, on this night all the Israelites are to keep vigil to honor the Lord for the generations to come.”
This was fulfilling God’s promise to Abraham found in Genesis 15:14 in great detail. The promise reads, “But I will punish the nation they serve as slaves, and afterward they will come out with great possessions.” (NIV) This promise was given around 1800 BC.
Our God is faithful to fulfill all of his promises to us. This is one aspect of the God of the Bible, he makes prophecies and promises in his word that become fulfilling. He is faithful and powerful to keep the promises. The truth of God and his word in the Bible is embedded in historical fact. Archeologists are digging sites up in the Middle East all the time, that support the authenticity of the Bible and how God has fulfilled so many of his promises. I have heard that there are over 300 fulfilled prophecies about Jesus and his ministry and what he will accomplish in the Old Testament.
There are a couple of promises that I hold onto that are yet to be fulfilled. This is the Resurrection, the Second Coming of Jesus, and eternal life, seeing Jesus face to face, forever in the Kingdom of God. His promise to be with me on my life’s journey in this world will also be fulfilled. I know that these will be fulfilled in God’s right time. If 99% of his promises have already been fulfilled over the last few thousand years, why not these? Jesus died and rose from the dead. This confirms what has in store for all believers in the future. Our hearts long for eternal life in the Kingdom of God. This longing is also of God. I trust our faithful God. Nothing can shake his great and wonderful promises.
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