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The Exodus

The Exodus. Exodus 1-18. Objectives. To help you grasp the basic storyline of the Old Testament as it develops in Exodus 1-18 To impress you with the reliability and power of God.

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The Exodus

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  1. The Exodus Exodus 1-18

  2. Objectives • To help you grasp the basic storyline of the Old Testament as it develops in Exodus 1-18 • To impress you with the reliability and power of God. • To help you understand that God’s greatest desire is for all people to know him and live in a close relationship him.

  3. Introduction • Welcoming of Visitors • Announcements • Prayer Requests • Beginning Prayer

  4. Review • What’s the story of Genesis? Before you answer, let’s break this question down. • What happened in Gen 1-2? • Good creation • What happened in Gen 3-11? • Sin • What happened in Gen 12-50? • God initiates a plan composed of 3 basic promises: • Great nation • Land • Bless the world through Abraham • And the end of Genesis, what’s the status of God’s plan to fix the crisis of sin?

  5. Setting the Stage • As we start reading Exodus, we discover that many years have gone by since the end of Genesis. • Let’s read Exodus 1:1-8 and find and list the new developments

  6. Exodus 1:1-8 • 1 These are the names of the sons of Israel who went to Egypt with Jacob, each with his family: • 2 Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah • 3 Issachar, Zebulun and Benjamin • 4 Dan and Naphtali; and Gad and Asher. • 5 The descendants of Jacob numbered seventy in all, Joseph was already in Egypt. • 6 Now Joseph and all his brothers and all that generation died • 7 but the Israelites were exceedingly fruitful; they multiplied greatly, increased in numbers and became so numerous that the land was filled with them. • 8 Then a new king, to whom Joseph meant nothing.

  7. What do We Know? • Joseph and his brothers have died (1:6) • The family has grown tremendously (1:7). God is keeping his promise to this family! • There’s a new Pharaoh who’s afraid of the Israelites • Why’s he afraid? • He fears their size and the chance of rebellion • Consequently, Pharaoh employs three strategies to check the expansion of Israeli and control them. • Pharaoh oppresses them with forced labor to curb their expansion (1:11-14). • But the more they’re oppressed, the more the Israelites increase • Pharoah initiates a secret plan involving midwives to kill the male Israelite babies to control the population and the threat of revolt • Again, the plan doesn’t work because the midwives respect God and refuse to cooperate • Pharoah orders all the people to throw Israelite male infants into the Nile. • The plan is no longer secretive, but is an open and public attack upon the people of Israel

  8. Situation is the beginning of Exodus is what? • Great Nation • They’ve become a numerous people, but aren’t yet a nation • Land • They’ve no land of their own. They’re oppressed slaves living in a foreign land. • Blessing • God’s chose instrument for blessing the world has great need of God’s blessing/salvation • Enter Stage Left: Moses

  9. Summary of Exodus 2:1-22 • Born an Israelite (meaning that he’s a descendant of Israel and member of the growing nation) • Saved from death in the Nile and adopted by a daughter of Pharaoh • Raised by Israelite parents • Trained by the Royal Court • Fails in an initial attempt to help his people and runs away. • He lives in the land of Midian, learns to live the wilderness, marries, and has children

  10. The Start of...Making Excuses??? • A long time passes, until one day God summons Moses to lead the people out of Egypt. • God gets Moses attention with a burning bush that doesn’t burn up • Then, God explains to Moses what He wants him to do. • Let’s read Exodus 3:7-10 to find that out.

  11. Exodus 3:7-10 • 7 Then the Lord said, “i’ve clearly seen my people oppressed in Egypt. I’ve heard their cry of injustice because of their slave masters. I know about their pain. • 8 I’ve come down to rescue them from the Egyptians in order to take them out of that land and bring them to a good and broad land, a land that’s full of milk and honey, a place where the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites all live. • 9 Now the Israelites’ cries of injustice have reached me. I’ve seen just how much the Egyptians have oppressed them. • 10 So get going. I’m sending you to Pharaoh to bring my people, the Israelites, out of Egypt.”

  12. 1st Excuse Exodus 3:11-12 • 11 But Moses said to God, “Who am I to go to Pharaoh and to bring the Israelites out of Egypt?” • 12 God said, “i’ll be with you. And this will show you that I’m the one who sent you. After you bring the people out of Egypt, you will come back here and worship God on this mountain • What’s excuse #1? • Who am I • God’s response • I will be with you. • The issue here isn’t “who you are” but “whose you are.”

  13. 2nd Excuse: Exodus 3:13-15 • 13 But Moses said to God, “If I now come to the Israelites and say to them, ‘The God of your ancestors has sent me to you,’ they are going to ask me, ‘What’s this God’s name?’ What am I supposed to say to them?” • 14 God said to Moses, “I Am Who I Am. So say to the Israelites, ‘I Am has sent me to you.’” • 15 God continued, “Say to the Israelites, ‘The Lord, the God of your ancestors, Abraham’s God, Isaac’s God, and Jacob’s God, has sent me to you.’ This is my name forever; this is how all generations will remember me. • What’s excuse #2? • Who are you? • God’s Response • Revelation of the divine name of “The Lord”

  14. 3rd Excuse: Exodus 4:1 • 1 Then Moses replied, “But what if they don’t believe me or pay attention to me? They might say to me, ‘The Lord didn’t appear to you!’” • What’s excuse #3 • What if they don’t believe me. • Exodus 4:2-9 talks about 3 signs that will occur • Moses’ staff turns into a snake • Moses’ hand turns leprous • Moses is instructed to turn the water into Blood

  15. 4th Excuse: Exodus 4:10-12 • 10 But Moses said to the Lord, “My Lord, I’ve never been able to speak well, not yesterday, not the day before, and certainly not now since you’ve been talking to your servant. I have a slow mouth and a thick tongue.” • 11 Then the Lord said to him, “Who gives people the ability to speak? Who’s responsible for making them unable to speak or hard of hearing, sighted or blind? Isn’t it I, the Lord? • 12 Now go! I’ll help you speak, and I’ll teach you what you should say.” • What’s excuse #4? • I can’t speak well. • God’s Response • I made your mouth and I will teach you what to say.

  16. 5th Excuse: Exodus 4:13-16 • 13 But Moses said, “Please, my Lord, just send someone else.” • 14 Then the Lord got angry at Moses and said, “What about your brother Aaron the Levite? I know he can speak very well. He’s on his way out to meet you now, and he’s looking forward to seeing you. • 15 Speak to him and tell him what he’s supposed to say. I’ll help both of you speak, and I’ll teach both of you what to do. • 16 Aaron will speak for you to the people. He’ll be a spokesperson for you, and you will be like God for him. • What’s excuse #5? • Send someone else. • God’s response • God’s now angry with Moses, but agrees to send Aaron as a helper

  17. Aftermath • So, to make a long story short, Moses heads out for Egypt to lead the people out of slavery and to the “promised” land. • As one might expect, the Pharaoh wasn’t too excited about letting the Israelite workforce leave the country! Consequently, the Lord performs ten “plagues” against Egypt to persuade Pharaoh to let the people go? • What does he use ten plagues? • Any reason you can think of. • These chapter suggest 4 important reasons the Lord used plagues to deliver his people • When Moses first approaches Pharaoh, the Pharaoh asks Moses a key question in Exodus 5:2

  18. Exodus 5:2 • 2 But Pharaoh said, “Who is this Lord whom I’m supposed to obey by letting Israel go? I don’t know this Lord, and I certainly won’t let Israel go.” • What does the Pharaoh ask? • “Who is the Lord?

  19. Exodus 9:13-15 • 13 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Get up early in the morning and confront Pharaoh. Say to him, This is what the Lord, the God of Hebrews says: Let my people go so that they can worship me. • 14 This time I’m going to send all my plagues on you, your officials, and your people so that you will know that there’s no one like me in the whole world. • 15 By now I could have used my power to strike you and your people with a deadly disease so that you would have disappeared from the earth. • Why does the Lord send plagues against Egypt? • So that Pharaoh will know the Lord is the only true God.

  20. Exodus 7:5; 14:4 • 7:5 The Egyptians will come to know that I am the Lord, when I act against Egypt, and bring the Israelites out from among them.” • 14:4 I’ll make Pharaoh stubborn, and he’ll chase them. I’ll gain honor at the expense of Pharaoh and all his army, and the Egyptians will know that I am the Lord. And they did exactly that. • What is the second reason that God sends plagues? • So that the Egyptians will know.

  21. Exodus 10:1-2 • 1 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh. I’ve made him and his officials stubborn so that I can show them my signs • 2 and so that you can tell your children and grandchildren how I overpowered the Egyptians with the signs I did among them. You will know that I am the Lord.” • What is the 3rd reason that God sends plagues? • So that Israel may know that the Lord is the true God.

  22. Exodus 9:16 • 16 But I’ve left you standing for this reason: in order to show you my power and in order to make my name in the whole world. • What is the fourth reason that God sends plagues? • So that the world make know that the Lord is God.

  23. Summary • God used plagues, not to be cruel to Egypt, but in an attempt to reach out to Egypt and the whole world. • Recall the promise of Gen 12:3 • Clearly God is working through Israel to bless and bring the world back to Him. • Some in fact, respond and “convert” because of the plagues

  24. Applications • Moses is a reluctant servant. He does not want the task of leadership, but God is determined that he will lead the people out of slavery. • When is the last time it seemed that God was determined for you to do a job that you really did not want? How did you respond? What excuses did you make? What do you think God would say in response? • God clearly wants to do more than just deliver the Israelites out of slavery. God wants the whole world to know him, including Pharaoh and the Egyptians. • Does God have the same desires today? What should be our role in teaching the world about God? Are we doing this? Why or why not? • God is reliable and powerful enough to keep his promises.. • Do you think the Israelites wandered about God’s love and concern for them? Why do we sometimes struggle with believing that God loves us?

  25. Assignment and Closing Prayer • Read Exodus 20:1-21 • Pray for: • Thanks that God is being true to his promises - in the past and in the present • Acknowledges our struggle to trust God • Asks God to help us trust thim and teach the world about his love.

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