The Lord promises deliverance from Pharaoh to Moses once again, and then he reveals a new name for himself. Depending on what version you are reading that name can be different. Never one for particulars I care less about the actual name, and more about what it means that He is revealing a new name for himself. Later in the in the chapter the bible lists the ancestors of Moses and Aaron. Taking these two things into account, plus reading some commentaries, my take on it is that the new name was to say that He had not forgotten His promises to their ancestors and that He was going to fulfill it through them. God is the same yesterday, today and forever, yet there is a time and a season for everything. To their ancestors He was who made a promise and gave them purpose. To this generation He was the God who would fulfill that promise. Same God, same promise, but a different role, hence a different name.
God tells Moses to pass the message along to Pharaoh. Moses still protests that he cannot, he is too clumsy of a speaker. God still has work to do in Moses. This is a reminder that even though Moses has been chosen, is currently committed to the role, and has gotten himself in so deep that there is no way of going back...he is still doubting and God is still molding. The great Moses is still a work in progress when he is in this deep. And yet we know how mightily God used him. That tells me that there is hope for us!
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