Exodus, part 1

1. Exodus, part 1

2. “Abraham believed God, and because of his faith God accepted him as righteous.” (Romans 4:9 – GN) • “Abram put his trust in the LORD, and because of this the LORD was pleased with him and accepted him.” (Genesis 15:6 - GN) • “Thus Abraham believed in and adhered to and trusted in and relied on God, and it was reckoned and placed to his account and credited as righteousness” (Galatians 3:6 – Amplified)

4. - "Faith is believing what you want to believe, yet cannot prove." • “Faith is believing what you know ain't so.” • “Faith is a leap in the dark.”

5. Faith • “Now faith means that we are confident of what we hope for, convinced of what we do not see” (Hebrews 11:1 – Moffatt) • “The fundamental fact of existence is that this trust in God, this faith, is the firm foundation under everything that makes life worth living. It's our handle on what we can't see.” (Hebrews 11:1 – The Message)

6. “Abraham married another woman, whose name was Keturah. She bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah. (Genesis 25:1-2 – GN) • “Abraham left everything he owned to Isaac; but while he was still alive, he gave presents to the sons his other wives had borne him. Then he sent these sons to the land of the East, away from his son Isaac.” (Genesis 25:5-6 – GN)

7. Isaac and Rebecca • “Isaac preferred Esau, because he enjoyed eating the animals Esau killed, but Rebecca preferred Jacob.” (Genesis 25:28 – GN) • Jacob (Heal grabber, to deceive) • Esau married 2 Hittite women • “They made life miserable for Isaac and Rebecca” (Genesis 26:35 – GN)

9. “Then Jacob made a vow to the LORD: ‘If you will be with me and protect me on the journey I am making and give me food and clothing, and if I return safely to my father’s home, then you will be my God.’” (Genesis 28:20-23 – GN)

10. “Not until the next morning did Jacob discover that it was Leah.” (Genesis 29:25 – GN) • “Jacob had intercourse with Rachel also, and he loved her more than Leah.” (Genesis 29:30 – GN) • “Jacob deceived Laban by not letting him know that he was leaving.” (Genesis 31:20 – GN)

11. “Rachel had taken the household gods and put them in a camel's saddlebag and was sitting on them. Laban searched through the whole tent, but did not find them. Rachel said to her father, ‘Do not be angry with me, sir, but I am not able to stand up in your presence; I am having my monthly period.’ Laban searched but did not find his household gods.” (Genesis 31:34,35 – GN)

12. The rape of Dinah • “We cannot let our sister marry a man who is not circumcised; that would be a disgrace for us. We can agree only on the condition that you become like us by circumcising all your males.” (Genesis 34:14,15 – GN) • “Three days later, when the men were still sore from their circumcision, two of Jacob's sons, Simeon and Levi, the brothers of Dinah, took their swords, went into the city without arousing suspicion, and killed all the men…” (Genesis 34:25 – GN)

13. “While Jacob was living in that land, Reuben had sexual intercourse with Bilhah, one of his father’s concubines; Jacob heard about it and was furious.” (Genesis 35:22 - GN)

14. “Jacob loved Joseph more than any of his other children because Joseph had been born to him in his old age. So one day Jacob had a special gift made for Joseph—a beautiful robe.” (Genesis 37:3 – NLT)

16. Judah marries a Canaanite woman • “When Judah saw her, he thought that she was a prostitute, because she had her face covered. He went over to her at the side of the road and said, ‘All right, how much do you charge?’ (He did not know that she was his daughter-in-law.)” (Genesis 38:15,16 – GN) • “About three months later someone told Judah, ‘Your daughter-in-law Tamar has been acting like a whore, and now she is pregnant.’ Judah ordered, ‘Take her out and burn her to death.’” (Genesis 38:24,25 – GN)

17. “He sent his brothers off and as they left, he said to them, ‘Don’t quarrel on the way.’” (Genesis 45:24 – GN)

18. Where is God?

19. “He dreamed that he saw a stairway reaching from earth to heaven, with angels going up and coming down on it. And there was the Lord standing beside him. ‘I am the Lord, the God of Abraham and Isaac,’ he said. ‘I will give to you and to your descendants this land on which you are lying.’” (Genesis 28:12,13 – GN)

20. “You have struggled with God and with men, and you have won…” • “Jacob said, ‘I have seen God face to face, and I am still alive.’” (Genesis 32:28-30 – GN)

21. “This is the list of the ancestors of Jesus Christ, a descendant of David, who was a descendant of Abraham. From Abraham to King David, the following ancestors are listed: Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Judah and his brothers; then Perez and Zerah (their mother was Tamar), Hezron, Ram, Amminadab, Nahshon, Salmon, Boaz (his mother was Rahab), Obed (his mother was Ruth), Jesse, and King David.” (Matthew 1:1-2 – GN)

22. “From David to the time when the people of Israel were taken into exile in Babylon, the following ancestors are listed: David, Solomon (his mother was the woman who had been Uriah's wife), Rehoboam, Abijah, Asa, Jehoshaphat, Jehoram, Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, Hezekiah, Manasseh, Amon, Josiah, and Jehoiachin and his brothers.” (Matthew 1:7 – GN)

23. “And I was told that the number of those who were marked with God’s seal on their foreheads was 144,000. They were from the twelve tribes of Israel, twelve thousand from each tribe: Judah, Reuben, Gad, Asher, Naphtali, Manasseh, Simeon, Levi, Issachar, Zebulun, Joseph, and Benjamin.” (Revelation 7:4-5 – GN)

24. “The people of Israel are as stubborn as mules. How can I feed them like lambs in a meadow?” (Hosea 4:16 – GN)

25. “So the Egyptians made the Israelites their slaves.” (Exodus 1:11 – GN)

26. Moses at the burning bush • “Moses was shepherding the flock of Jethro, his father-in-law, the priest of Midian….The angel of GOD appeared to him in flames of fire blazing out of the middle of a bush. He looked. The bush was blazing away but it didn’t burn up. Moses said, ‘What's going on here? I can’t believe this! Amazing! Why doesn't the bush burn up?’ • GOD saw that he had stopped to look. God called to him from out of the bush, ‘Moses! Moses!’ He said, ‘Yes? I'm right here!’ God said, ‘Don't come any closer. Remove your sandals from your feet. You’re standing on holy ground.’ Then he said, ‘I am the God of your father: The God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, the God of Jacob.’ Moses hid his face, afraid to look at God.” (Exodus 3:1-6 – The Message)

27. Moses at the burning bush • “But Moses replied, ‘When I go to the Israelites and say to them, The God of your ancestors sent me to you, they will ask me, What is his name? So what can I tell them?’” God said, ‘I am who I am. You must tell them: 'The one who is called I AM has sent me to you. Tell the Israelites that I, the LORD, the God of their ancestors, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, have sent you to them. This is my name forever; this is what all future generations are to call me.’” (Exodus 3:13-15 – GN)

28. “And you will die in your sins if you do not believe that ‘I Am Who I Am’…When you lift up the Son of Man, you will know that ‘I Am Who I Am’…I am telling you the truth,’ Jesus replied. ‘Before Abraham was born, ‘I Am’. Then they picked up stones to throw at him, but Jesus hid himself and left the Temple.” (John 8:24,28,58,59 – GN)

29. “I want you to remember, my friends, what happened to our ancestors who followed Moses. They were all under the protection of the cloud, and all passed safely through the Red Sea. In the cloud and in the sea they were all baptized as followers of Moses. All ate the same spiritual bread and drank the same spiritual drink. They drank from the spiritual rock that went with them; and that rock was Christ himself.” (1 Corinthians 10:1-4 – GN)

30. God’s condescension • God • “I am a God who is everywhere and not in one place only. No one can hide where I cannot see them. Do you not know that I am everywhere in heaven and on earth?” (Jeremiah 23:23,24 - GN)

31. Angel of the Lord • Hagar, Jacob, Moses, Gideon • Man of Nazareth • “Can anything good come from Nazareth?” (John 1:46 – GN) • Nothing • “The greatest love you can have for your friends is to give your life for them.” (John 15:13)

32. Why choose Moses? • “Then you will be like God, telling him what to say.” (Exodus 4:16 – GN) • “The LORD said, ‘I am going to make you like God to the king, and your brother Aaron will speak to him as your prophet.’” (Exodus 7:1 – GN) • “He will send you a prophet like me from among your own people” (Deuteronomy 18:15 - GN) • “Moses was a humble man, more humble than anyone else on earth” (Numbers 12:3 - GN)

33. Moses and Pharaoh • “Then Moses and Aaron went to the king of Egypt and said, ‘The LORD, the God of Israel, says, Let my people go, so that they can hold a festival in the desert to honor me.’ • “Who is the LORD?’ the king demanded. ‘Why should I listen to him and let Israel go? I do not know the LORD; and I will not let Israel go...’ • ‘What do you mean by making the people neglect their work? Get those slaves back to work! You people have become more numerous than the Egyptians. And now you want to stop working!’” (Exodus 5:1,2,4,5 – GN)

34. “The foremen realized that they were in trouble when they were told that they had to make the same number of bricks every day as they had made before. As they were leaving, they met Moses and Aaron, who were waiting for them. They said to Moses and Aaron, ‘The LORD has seen what you have done and will punish you for making the king and his officers hate us. You have given them an excuse to kill us.’ Then Moses turned to the LORD again and said, ‘Lord, why do you mistreat your people? Why did you send me here? Ever since I went to the king to speak for you, he has treated them cruelly. And you have done nothing to help them!’” (Exodus 5:19-23 – GN) • God’s reply: • “Then the LORD said to Moses, ‘Now you will see what I will do to Pharaoh. I will show him my power, and he will let my people go. I will show him my power, and he will throw them out of his country.’” (Exodus 6:1 – GODS WORD)*

35. The plagues • Blood • Frogs • Gnats • Flies • Death of the animals • Boils • Hail • Locusts • Darkness • Passover

36. The plagues • Blood – Hapi, the god of the Nile who was thought to bring water and life to Egypt • Frogs – Heka, the ‘toad goddess’, a symbol of resurrection • Gnats – Geb, the god of earth and vegetation • Flies – Khepri, the god of insects • Death of the animals – Apis, the god of cattle • Boils – Thoth, the god of medicine and wisdom. They would sacrifice humans and burn them alive on high alters and then spread their ashes into the air as a blessing to heal people • Hail – Nut, the ‘sky goddess’ of harvest • Locusts – Anubis, the god of the fields • Darkness – Ra, the ‘sun god’ believed to the physical father of all pharaohs • Passover – “On that night I will go through the land…punishing all the gods of Egypt” (Exodus 12:12 - GN)

37. “And when Pharaoh saw that the rain, the hail, and the thunder had ceased, he sinned yet more; and he hardened his heart, he and his servants. So the heart of Pharaoh was hard; neither would he let the children of Israel go, as the LORD had spoken by Moses. Now the LORD said to Moses, ‘Go in to Pharaoh; for I have hardened his heart and the hearts of his servants…’” (Exodus 9:34-10:1 – NKJV)

38. “The LORD was angry at Israel again, and he made David think it would be a good idea to count the people in Israel and Judah.” (2 Samuel 24:1 – GN) • “Satan wanted to bring trouble on the people of Israel, so he made David decide to take a census.” (1 Chronicles 21:1)

39. “By the living LORD,’ David continued, ‘I know that the LORD himself will kill Saul, either when his time comes to die a natural death or when he dies in battle.’” (1 Samuel 26:10 – GN) • “So the LORD killed him…” (1 Chronicles 10:14 – GN)

40. “I bring punishment on those who hate me and on their descendants down to the third and fourth generation.” (Exodus 20:5 – GN)

41. “God has blinded their eyes and closed their minds, so that their eyes would not see, and their minds would not understand, and they would not turn to me, says God, for me to heal them.” (John 12:40 – GN)

42. “The fire of God fell from the sky and burned up the sheep and the servants, and I am the only one who has escaped to tell you!” (Job 1:16 – NIV)

43. “What is NOT covered: • Acts of God (including but not limited to flood, hurricane, and earthquake), or consequential losses resulting from any other Act of God.”

44. “Then the LORD sent poisonous snakes among the people, and many Israelites were bitten and died.” (Numbers 21:5) • “If with all these tokens of His love the people still continued to complain, the Lord would withdraw His protection until they should be led to appreciate His merciful care, and return to Him with repentance and humiliation. Because they had been shielded by divine power they had not realized the countless dangers by which they were continually surrounded…The poisonous serpents that infested the wilderness were called fiery serpents, on account of the terrible effects produced by their sting, it causing violent inflammation and speedy death. As the protecting hand of God was removed from Israel, great numbers of the people were attacked by these venomous creatures. (PP, 428,429)