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  Big Story - Act 3 - Scene 2 - the LORD reveals himself with Roger Kirby The next major action in the Biblical story is the return from Egypt of all the descendants of Jacob/Israel 400 years after Joseph took them there. What are most interesting are not the details of their history but the way in which God, the LORD, reveals himself to them. He does this in 3 ways: he tells them his name; he carries out many overt acts demonstrating the power of his activity on their behalf; he stations himself in the middle of his people to travel with them. That is knowledge, action and presence. 1. Knowledge. When Moses, seeking authority for what he had just been commanded to do, asks what God’s name is he gets 3 answers. In Exodus 3: 13 – 15 we read: “Moses said to God, ‘Suppose I go to the Israelites and say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ and they ask me, ‘What is his name? ’ Then what shall I tell them?’. God said to M