Introduction A Review Timeline B Historical scope Exodus covers a period of 431 years C Setting Where are we at the end of Genesis D The Purpose of Exodus To demonstrate the creator Gods power to keep his word and ID: 277549
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Slide1
The Book of ExodusSlide2
Introduction
A. Review
Timeline
B. Historical scope
Exodus covers a period of
431
years
C. Setting
Where are we at the end of Genesis?
D. The Purpose of Exodus
To demonstrate the creator God’s power to keep his word and
redeem
his people, and to reveal His relentless desire to be in a
relationship
with His peopleSlide3
Introduction
E. Theological Overview of Exodus
God's
Redemption
of Israel from bondage in Egypt
“exodus” means
“a going out”
To redeem Israel
To display His Name before the nations
The covenant
which YHWH cut with Israel by which He became the King of that nation
The
Tabernacle
where God’s presence will dwell with His peopleSlide4
Israel in Slavery in Egypt (
Exod
1)
Exod
1:7
“But the sons of Israel were
fruitful
and swarmed greatly, and
multiplied
, and became exceedingly
numerous
and
filled
the land
”
(cf. 1:10, 12, 20)
Gen 1:28
“Be
fruitful
and
multiply
and
fill the land
…”
Gen 17:1-5
“I will
multiply
you exceedingly…you shall be a
multitude
of nations
Gen 22:17
“I will greatly
multiply
your descendents…”
How would you describe
the problem
theologically
?
Pharaoh and Egypt are trying to stop God from fulfilling his promise to make Abraham/Israel a mighty nation!Slide5
Moses called as the Deliverer (
Exod
2-4)
Overview
Significance of the name
Yahweh
?
verb “to be”
1) “he who causes to be (i.e. he creates), or 2) he who is (exists; cf. 3:14)
Yahweh is the “self-existent one;” his own category
The general point of the revelation of Yahweh to Moses is to assure Moses that the
presence of YHWH
will be with him.
“I will be with your mouth” (4:12)
“pillar of fire” and “cloud of glory” (
Exod
13:21)
Tabernacle (
Exod
25-31; 35-40)
Glory of God (
Exod
40)Slide6
Pharaoh, Moses, and the Ten Plagues (
Exod
5-12)
Theological point:
God is battling—and defeating!—
the gods
of Egypt
Exod
12:12
Numb 33:4
Some plagues correspond to various Egyptian gods:
Important to note
: the plagues are more than just God’s judgment on Egypt; they are God’s dramatic means of revealing his character and power to the nations:
Key phrase: “That they/you may know that I am the LORD” (Yahweh) (6:7; 7:5, 17; 8:22; 10:2; 14:4, 18). Slide7
Pharaoh, Moses, and the Ten Plagues (
Exod
5-12)
Theological point:
The hardening of Pharaoh’s heart
(in notes)
Two things to affirm:
God didn’t turn a nice Pharaoh into a mean Pharaoh; rather, he took a mean Pharaoh and ensured that he would remain that way.
God chose not to soften Pharaoh’s heart because bigger things were at stake: The disclosure of God’s name among the nations (Rom 9)Slide8
Passover and the Crossing of the Sea of Reeds (13-14)
Passover
Crossing the “Sea of Reeds”
The crossing of the Red Sea (or, “sea of reeds”) is the
apex
of God’s deliverance of his people.
The exodus as a whole, and the crossing of the Sea at its apex, becomes THE foundational event
vindicating God’s power
to save his people.
The paradigm of the
exodus
is picked up by
Isaiah in 40-55
and is used to speak of a future
“
2
nd
Exodus
;”
a future time when YHWH will once again
redeem
his people from the hand of a foreign power.Slide9
Passover and the Crossing of the Sea of Reeds (13-14)
Passover
Crossing the “Sea of Reeds”
NT: the “2
nd
Exodus,” or the future
redemption
is accomplished through
Jesus’ death and resurrection.
Mark 1:2-3
quotes Isa 40, a “second exodus” text
Luke 9:31
“
who appeared in glory and spoke of his
departure
(=
exodus
), which he was about to accomplish at Jerusalem.”
e
. The
exodus is a paradigm of
sovereignty
and
grace
! Slide10
EXCURSUS: HISTORICAL PROBLEMS RELATED TO THE EXODUS
4 Issues:
The Historicity of the Exodus
Date of the Exodus
The Number of Israelites
Route of the ExodusSlide11
EXCURSUS: HISTORICAL PROBLEMS RELATED TO THE EXODUS
1. The Historicity of the Exodus: 2 million Israelites leave a major world empire…?
Nations recorded victories , not defeats
The BibleSlide12
EXCURSUS: HISTORICAL PROBLEMS RELATED TO THE EXODUS
The Date of the Exodus
1446 B.C.
1275(
ish
) B.C.
Arguments for early date
1 Kings 6:1
says that Solomon built the temple in the 4
th
year of his reign (966 B.C.), “480 years after the sons of Israel came out of the land of Egypt”
Judges 11:26
says that
Jephthah’s
day (1100 B.C.) was about 300 years after the exodus
1 Kings 6:1 AND Judges 11:26 BOTH place the exodus around 1400 B.C.Slide13
EXCURSUS: HISTORICAL PROBLEMS RELATED TO THE EXODUS
2. The Date of the Exodus
Meet Pharaoh Ramses IISlide14
EXCURSUS: HISTORICAL PROBLEMS RELATED TO THE EXODUS
2. The date of the exodus
Problems with an early date?
Archeological record
Dating of Jericho
“the land of
Rameses
” (Gen 47:11;
Exod
1:11) Slide15
EXCURSUS: HISTORICAL PROBLEMS RELATED TO THE EXODUS
3.
The Number of Israelites
(Statistics in notes)
2 million…really?
Problem: No historical or archaeological evidence supports this numberSlide16
EXCURSUS: HISTORICAL PROBLEMS RELATED TO THE EXODUS
4. The Route of the ExodusSlide17
3. The Beginnings of the wilderness wanderings (
Exod
15-18)
Theological point:
These events here foreshadow Israel’s dark history and God’s persistent grace. Israel grumbles, God provides, Israel continues to grumble, God continues to provide. Slide18
II. COVENANT: A National Covenant Given at Mt Sinai (19-34)
1. The Narrative Stops!
The narrative virtually stops at
Exod
19
, at the base of Sinai (but cf. 32-34). They don’t pick up camp and move until
Numb 10:11
. They will have been at the base of Sinai for
11 months
.Slide19
II. COVENANT: A National Covenant Given at Mt Sinai (19-34)
2.
The Mosaic Covenant (
Exod
19:5-6; 20-24)
i
.
It is
CONDITIONAL
Abrahamic
and Mosaic covenants
Exod 19:5-6ii. It is ETHNOCENTRICSlide20
II. COVENANT: A National Covenant Given at Mt Sinai (19-34)
The Ten Commandments (
Exod
20:1-21)
Case Law and the Book of the Covenant (
Exod
20:22-23:19)
Christians, Old Covenant, and the Law
It is no longer a
FUNCTIONAL
covenant
The
OT LAW
, as part of the Mosaic covenant, is no longer authoritative in the same way for NT believersSlide21
B. The Law Broken by the People, the Golden Calf, the Broken Tablets (32-34)
1.
Shows the utter propensity of the human heart toward
sin
and
idolatry
2. Shows the persistent desire of the Creator God to
be with his people
note the literary placement!Slide22
III. The
Tabernacle
A. Construction of the Tabernacle
Virtual tourSlide23
III. The
Tabernacle
B. Theology of the Tabernacle
Theologically
, the tabernacle enabled God, who is holy, to dwell with man, who
is sinful
.
The importance
of the tabernacle cannot be underestimated: it allowed God to dwell with man
.
Royal Tent
Holy Tent
Tent of Meeting
Tabernacle and the NT
Jesus and the temple/tabernacle (John 1:14; 2:21)
Jesus’ death (Matt 27:51; Rom 3:25)
The temple/tabernacle and the church (1
Cor
6:19; cf. 3:16-17; 2
Cor
6:16)