Genesis and Exodus By Paul Gibson University of Louisville BCM 2013 Ive always felt life first as a storyand if there is a story there is a story teller GK Chesteron ID: 279375
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The Tale We’ve Fallen Into
Genesis and
Exodus
By Paul Gibson
University of Louisville BCM
2013Slide2
“
I’ve always felt life first as a story—and
if there is
a story there is a story teller
.”
G.K
Chesteron
,
Orthodoxy
Slide3
Where we left off
Adam and Eve are standing on the outside of the Garden of Eden. (Genesis 3.23)
“I wonder what sort of tale we’ve fallen into?”
Sam
,
The Lord of the Rings
The post-Garden tale of humanity begins.Slide4
A Google Maps ApproachZoomed Out—Zooming In
Outlines
Characters
Themes
A Story to highlight themesSlide5Slide6
Key Characters in Genesis
Adam and Eve
Noah
Abraham and Sarah Hagar
Issac
and
Rebekah Jacob and Rachel Bilhah
JosephSlide7
Key Verses in Genesis
1
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
Genesis 1:1 (NIV)
3
I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse; and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you."
Genesis 12:3 (NIV)
2
The LORD was with Joseph and he prospered, and he lived in the house of his Egyptian master.
Genesis 39:2 (NIV)
21
the LORD was with him; he showed him kindness and granted him favor in the eyes of the prison warden.
Genesis 39:21 (NIV)
20
You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives.
Genesis 50:20 (NIV) Slide8
Key Themes in Genesis
God’s Pursuit of humanity
God’s use of sinful people to fulfill his promise
Promise-Hopelessness-Fulfillment
Life-Death-Resurrection
New Name
Turning Away from God
Lying Spouse
Distrusting PromiseSlide9
The book of Genesis is God-Centric in
that
it is his pursuit
of
humanity
that
makes redemption possible. Slide10Slide11
Key Characters in Exodus
Moses
Aaron
Miriam
Joshua
Pharaoh
JethroZipporahSlide12
Key Verses in Exodus
14
God said to Moses, "I AM WHO I AM. This is what you are to say to the Israelites: 'I AM has sent me to you.'"
Exodus 3:14 (NIV
)
4
And I will harden Pharaoh's heart, and he will pursue them. But I will gain glory for myself through Pharaoh and all his army, and the Egyptians will know that I am the LORD." So the Israelites did this.
Exodus 14:4 (NIV)
6
So Moses and Aaron said to all the Israelites, "In the evening you will know that it was the LORD who brought you out of Egypt,
Exodus 16:6 (NIV)
5
Now if you obey me fully and keep my covenant, then out of all nations you will be my treasured possession. Although the whole earth is mine,
6
you will be for me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.' These are the words you are to speak to the Israelites."
Exodus 19:5-6 (NIV)
34
Then the cloud covered the Tent of Meeting, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.
35
Moses could not enter the Tent of Meeting because the cloud had settled upon it, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.
Exodus 40:34-35 (NIV) Slide13
Key Themes in ExodusDeliverance—Knowing the Deliverer
Sojurn
/Wilderness
Covenant
PresenceSlide14
God’s
passionate pursuit of humanity
settles
into the repeated pattern
of
affliction, deliverance,
wilderness,
covenant
, and presence. Slide15
The Story of Joseph
Promise-Life
5
Joseph had a dream, and when he told it to his brothers, they hated him all the more.
Genesis 37:5 (NIV)
Hopelessness-Death-Wilderness
19 When his master heard the story his wife told him, saying, "This is how your slave treated me," he burned with anger.
20
Joseph's master took him and put him in prison, the place where the king's prisoners were confined. But while Joseph was there in the prison,
Genesis 39:19-20 (NIV)
Fulfillment-Resurrection-Deliverance/Covenant/Presence
20
You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives.
Genesis 50:20 (NIV) Slide16
The Story of JosephSlide17
“The Lord was with Him…”
2
The LORD was with Joseph and he prospered, and he lived in the house of his Egyptian master.
Genesis 39:2 (NIV)
21
the LORD was with him; he showed him kindness and granted him favor in the eyes of the prison warden.
Genesis 39:21 (NIV) Slide18
The story is still being written and God continues
to
be with his current cast of characters; you and me!Slide19
Questions worth pondering…
Does your current situation resemble the
life/deliverance/promise
,
death/wilderness/hopelessness
, or
resurrection/fulfillment/presence theme of Genesis and Exodus?
2. Fill
in the blank by using your name and the proper pronoun…
21
the LORD was with ____________; he showed ________ kindness and granted ________ favor in the eyes of the prison warden.
Genesis 39:21 (NIV)
3. Does
it provide you any hope to know that the same God who was with Abraham, Sarah, Joseph, Moses, and the Children of Israel is the same God who is with you? Slide20
The Tale We’ve Fallen Into
“
I wonder what sort of
tale
we’ve fallen into
?”