Ex 6; Lk 9; Job 23; 1Co 10
Exodus 6:20 Amram married his father’s sister Jochebed, and she bore him Aaron and Moses. (The length of Amram’s life was 137 years.)
After recounting the geneology, the following seems to be a recounting of the calling of Moses (and Aaron, after Moses' complaint)
Exodus 6:26-30
26 It was the same Aaron and Moses to whom the Lord said, “Bring the Israelites out of the land of Egypt by their regiments.” 27 They were the men who were speaking to Pharaoh king of Egypt, in order to bring the Israelites out of Egypt. It was the same Moses and Aaron. 28 When the Lord spoke to Moses in the land of Egypt, 29 he said to him, “I am the Lord. Tell Pharaoh king of Egypt all that I am telling you.” 30 But Moses said before the Lord, “Since I speak with difficulty, why should Pharaoh listen to me?”
Luke 9:6 Then they departed and went throughout the villages, proclaiming the good news and healing people everywhere.
Note: This verse is similar to Luke 9:2, except for good news at this point. The change means that to “preach the kingdom” is to “preach the good news.” The ideas are interchangeable as summaries for the disciples’ message. They are combined in Luke 8:1.
Luke 9:24 For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life because of me will save it.
Note: The point of the saying whoever wants to save his life will lose it is that if one comes to Jesus then rejection by many will certainly follow. If self-protection is a key motivation, then one will not respond to Jesus and will not be saved. One who is willing to risk rejection will respond and find true life.
1 Cor. 10:1-4
1 For I do not want you to be unaware, brothers and sisters, that our fathers were all under the cloud and all passed through the sea, 2 and all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea, 3 and all ate the same spiritual food, 4 and all drank the same spiritual drink. For they were all drinking from the spiritual rock that followed them, and the rock was Christ.
1 Cor. 10:9 And let us not put Christ to the test, as some of them did, and were destroyed by snakes.
From Note: This text is also christologically significant, since the reading “Christ” makes an explicit claim to the preexistence of Christ. (The textual critic faces a similar dilemma in Jude 5.)
1 Cor. 10:14-15
14 So then, my dear friends, flee from idolatry. 15 I am speaking to thoughtful people. Consider what I say.
