MOSHE

MOSHE WAS ENTICED BY G-D TO GO ON A MISSION CLOSE TO HIS HEART-TO TAKE HIS BRETHREN OUT OF BONDAGE. YET AFTER 7 DAYS OF G-D'S ENCOURAGEMENT MOSHE IS ADAMANT. HE IS NOT A SPEAKER , SO WOULD G-D PLEASE CHOOSE SOMEONE ELSE FOR THE JOB!
HOW CAN THIS BE ? AFTER ALL, MOSHE RISKED HIS LIFE TO SAVE ONE ISRAELITE! WHY WOULDN'T HE RISK HIS LIFE FOR ALL THE PEOPLE ? THIS IS ESPECIALLY DIFFICULT AS G-D HAS CHOSEN HIM AND TOLD MOSHE HE WOULD BE WITH HIM. THIS IS A NO-BRAINER -ASSURED SUCCESS!
SO WHY DOES MOSHE REFUSE? WE MUST LOOK AT G-D'S ORDERS TO MOSHE . GO GATHER THE ELDERS AND SPEAK RESPECTFULLY TO PHARAOH THAT ISRAEL IS MY FIRSTBORN!
IN OTHER WORDS, MOSHE WAS TO TRY AND CONVINCE PHARAOH AND HIS PEOPLE OF THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF HIS QUEST TO LESSEN THE BURDENS OF THE PEOPLE.
MOSHE HAD GROWN UP IN THE PALACE AND WAS WELL AWARE OF THE EVIL AND CORRUPTION OF THE EGYPTIAN HIGH SOCIETY.THIS TWERP-THE PHARAOH ,THIS NOTHING WHO LIVES IN A WORLD OF SELF DECEPTION -THAT HE IS A MAN-g-d,MOSHE HAS TO RESPECT AND FAWN HONOR TO?
MOSHE SAID TO G-D "IF YOU WANT ME TO BE LIKE MATISYAHU WHO KILLS THE IDOLATER OFFERING A PIG ON G-D'S ALTAR ,I AM YOUR MAN -FOR G-D "I AM A MAN OF ACTION-I CANNOT BECOME A MAN OF WORDS,ESPECIALLY TOWARDS SO PATHETIC A CREATURE AS THIS PHARAOH IS"!
G-D'S ANSWER IS THE SUM TOTAL OF JEWISH FAITH-THE WORD OF G-D IS SPREAD BY THE POWER OF ITS' TRUTH NOT BY THE FIST OR THE SWORD! MOSHE MUST CHANGE HIS NATURE AND CONFORM TO G-D'S METHOD OF WINNING THE RELIGIOUS BATTLES.
THE TORAH IS NOT VINDICATED BY SUICIDE WARRIORS OR CROSS-BEARING MARTYRS.
RATHER , THE TORAH CONVINCES BY THE POWER OF ITS' PRINCIPLES , BY ITS' SIMPLE TRUTHS.
WE ARE TODAY IN A BATTLEFIELD DIFFERENT FROM A THOUSAND YEARS AGO. YES THERE ARE STILL SWORDS AND DEATHS. HOWEVER, THE TRUTH OF TORAS MOSHE WILL BE TRUMPETED BY THOSE WHO SPEAK IN G-D'S NAME FEARLESSLY, WITH RESPECT FOR EACH LISTENER!