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Exodus - Structure. I. God Saves Israel From Egyptian Bondage(1:1-18:27) II. God Gives Israel His Law (19:1-24:18) III. God Commands Israel to Build the Tabernacle (25:1-40:38). God Saves Israel. Problem - A Pharaoh who did not know Joseph. The people of God become slaves.
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Exodus - Structure • I. God Saves Israel From Egyptian Bondage(1:1-18:27) • II. God Gives Israel His Law (19:1-24:18) • III. God Commands Israel to Build the Tabernacle (25:1-40:38)
God Saves Israel • Problem - A Pharaoh who did not know Joseph. The people of God become slaves. • Pharaoh - population control (1:18-22) • God- full of surprises as he works out salvation/ God saves Moses and places him in the house of Pharaoh • Chapters 3 and 4 - Moses pushed into wilderness and learns of God’s nature and plan.
God Saves Israel, cont. • Chapters 5-12 - Moses vs. Pharaoh = Yahweh vs. Pagan Deities (7:1ff) • Dual aspect of salvation - As God saves Israel, He is also judging the Egyptians • Plagues- Increasing intensity. Firstborn vs. Passover • Chapters 13:17-15:21 - Red Sea epitome of salvation and judgment
Theological Message • Exodus God’s greatest act of salvation in the OT • God remembers the covenant (2:23-4) • Irony - God is in control even though Pharaoh is king. (9:6) Moses is saved and preserved under the nose of Pharaoh himself.