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Oppressed and Restored. Exodus. Bible Rewind. Creation to Noah Abram and Sarai God’s Covenant with Abram LOB – Land Offspring Blessing Joseph Dreamer Jealous Brothers Slavery. Bible Rewind. Joseph (cont.) Potiphar and his wife Pharaoh has dreams 7 Years of Abundance
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Oppressed and Restored Exodus
Bible Rewind • Creation to Noah • Abram and Sarai • God’s Covenant with Abram • LOB – Land Offspring Blessing • Joseph • Dreamer • Jealous Brothers • Slavery
Bible Rewind • Joseph (cont.) • Potiphar and his wife • Pharaoh has dreams • 7 Years of Abundance • 7 Years of Famine • Deputy Pharaoh/Prime Minister • Brothers show up • Things seem OK • Jacob (dad) shows up and later dies • Brothers worried • Joseph reassures them • Joseph dies
Bible Rewind • So now what? • All of Israel is in Egypt because of Joseph and his former position • New pharaoh in power
Oppression • Exodus 1:8-14 • Exodus 1:15-22 • Why did God reward the midwives? Was there anything wrong with them lying about the babies? • Have you ever been asked to do something that you know to be sinful? How did you feel?
Moses • Birth, Nile, Discovered, and Adopted • Moses does something surprising • Exodus 2:11-14 • Pharaoh dies – change in leadership! • God remembers… • Exodus 2:24-25
A Sight to See • Moses tending his flock and sees a burning bush that wasn’t being consumed by the flames • He approaches and God speaks to him • Moses questions God – Who am I to go? • Moses questions again – Who should I say sent me? • Exodus 3:13-15
The Exodus • Exodus 12:35-36 • Exodus 13:17, 21-22 • Exodus 14:4-5 • Exodus 14:10-14 • Did God have a plan? Have you ever had an experience where you felt abandoned by God? What were your thoughts and feelings?
Parting of the…. • Pepper Water?
Joy! • Exodus 15:1, 13, 18 • They’ve just been saved from oppression and what’s the first thing they do? • COMPLAIN! • Exodus 15:24-26
10 Commandments • You shall have no other gods. • You shall not misuse the name of the Lord your God. • Remember the Sabbath Day by keeping it holy. • Honor your father and your mother. • You shall not murder. • You shall not commit adultery. • You shall not steal. • You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor. • You shall not covet neighbor’s house. • You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his manservant or maidservant, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.
Covenant Fulfilled • Exodus 15:3, 12
Talk about it! • Why did God allow things to be so difficult for the Israelites? Why are things difficult in our lives? • The Passover was important to the Israelites because it celebrated how God saved them. Why is the Passover important for us today? • What was God trying to teach the Israelites by allowing Pharaoh to go chase after them? • What are some things that God has taught you, but sometimes you still have to be reminded of them?