ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

Pulelulu Fepueli 24, 2021 

She named him Moses, “Because…I drew him out of the water.”

Na‘a ne fakahingoa ia ko Mōsese…“He na‘a ku toho mai ia mei he vai” 

‘Ekisoto 2 (Exodus 2)

(v. 10) When the child grew older, she brought him to Pharaoh’s daughter, and he became her son. She named him Moses, “Because,” she said, “I drew him out of the water.”

(v. 10) Pea ‘i he‘ene tupu ‘a e tamasi‘i, na‘a ne ‘ave ia ki he ‘Ōfefine ‘o Felo, pea na‘a ne tama ‘aki ia. Pea na‘a ne fakahingoa ia ko Mōsese (ko Toho-mai) he‘ene pehē, He na‘a ku toho mai ia mei he vai.

*Commentary: Matthew Henry*

Moses named. The Jews tell us that his father, at his circumcision, called him Joachim, but Pharaoh's daughter called him Moses, Drawn out of the water, so it signifies in the Egyptian language. The calling of the Jewish lawgiver by an Egyptian name is a happy omen to the Gentile world, and gives hopes of that day when it shall be said, Blessed be Egypt my people, Isa. 19:25. And his tuition at court was an earnest of the performance of that promise, Isa. 49:23, Kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and queens thy nursing mothers.

*Tohi Vete: Matiu Henelē*

Fakahingoa ‘o Moses. ‘Oku hiki ‘e he ngaahi fakamatala ‘a e kau Siu´, ‘o pehē tokua, ‘i he taimi hono kamu´, naʻe fakahingoa ia ‘e he ‘ene tamai´ ko Sioakimi, kae ui ia ‘e he ‘ofefine ‘o Felo´ ko Mosese, “toho mei he vai.” Ko ia ai, ko hono fakahingoa ‘o e foaki lao ‘a e kakai Siu´ ‘aki ‘a e hingoa ‘Isipite´, naʻe hoko ko ha fakaʻilonga lelei ki he mamani ‘o e kau Senitaile´, pea sio loloa ai ki he ‘aho ‘e tala ai, “...Ke ke monū‘ia koe, ‘a ‘Isipite ko hoku kakai...”(‘Aisea 19:25). Pea ko ‘ene ako mo hono tauhi ia ‘i he palasi´, ko e fakamelomelo ‘o e palomesi´, “Pea ‘e hoko ‘ani tu‘i ko e tauhi ‘o ho‘o fānau, pea ‘e fakahuhu kinautolu ‘e honau ngaahi kuini” (‘Aisea 49:23).

GOD IS . . . (KO E ‘OTUA, ‘OKU . . )

2        GOD IS SIMPLE

            Doctrine

          God's Simplicity Revealed in Christ's Death

Christ reveals God to both men and angels. The angels receive their knowledge of God through the Son of God, who created them. Indeed, when the angels witnessed Christ's crucifixion on the cross, where the Father deserted him, they learned more about God and his attributes than in all the previous actions he had performed. As Thomas Boston declares,

Again, the glory of one attribute is more seen in one work than in another: in some things there is more of His goodness, in other things more of His wisdom is seen, and in others more of His power. But in the work of redemption all His perfections and excellencies shine forth in their greatest glory.

2        GOD IS SIMPLE

            Doctrine

          God's Simplicity Revealed in Christ's Death

‘Oku fakahā ‘e Kalaisi ‘a e ‘Otua´ ki he tangata´ mo e kau ‘angelo´. ‘Oku maʻu ‘e he kau ‘angelo´ ‘a e ‘ilo fekauʻaki mo e ‘Otua´ mei he ‘Alo ‘o e ‘Otua´, ‘a ē naʻa ne fakatupu kinautolu´. Pea ‘i heʻene mamata ki he kalusefai ‘o Kalaisi ‘i he kolosi´, pea sītuʻa meiate Ia ‘a e Tamai´, naʻe lahi ange ‘a e meʻa naʻa nau ako fekauʻaki mo e ‘Otua´ mo hono ‘ulungaanga´, ‘i ha toe meʻa naʻe hoko kimuʻa. Hangē ko e lau ‘a Tomasi Positoni;

Ko e langilangi ‘o ha foʻi ‘ulungaanga ‘oku hā mahino ange ‘i he ngaue ‘e taha ‘o makehe atu mei ha ngaue ‘e taha: ‘i ha tuʻunga ‘e taha, ‘e lahi ange ‘a e hā mai ‘a e lelei´, pea ‘i ha tuʻunga ‘e taha ‘e lahi ange ‘a e poto´, pea ‘i ha tuʻunga ‘e taha ‘e lahi ange ‘a e malohi´. Ka ‘i he ngaue ‘o e huhuʻi´ (fakamoʻui´), ko e katokatoa ‘o ‘Ene haohaoa´ mo tumutumu ‘o ‘Ene lelei´, naʻe malama mai ‘i ha naunau faufaua!