Exodus 33-35

Exodus 33 The Tent of Meeting

Exodus 34 The New Stone Tablets

Exodus 35 Materials for the Tabernacle

Exodus 30-32

Exodus 30 The Altar of Incense

Exodus 31 The Sabbath

Exodus 32 The Golden Calf

Exodus 28-29

Exodus 25-27

Exodus 22-24

Exodus 19-21

The Law and the Land
Having delivered his people from Egypt, God continued to guide them. When they reached Mt. Sinai, God spoke to them and gave them the Ten Commandments to shape their worship and their relationships. This would set them apart to be his special people, "a kingdom of priests and a holy nation." But the people disobeyed God's ways and had to spend forty years wandering in the wilderness before reaching the border of the Promised Land. Moses was allowed to see it but not go in. Joshua led the people across the Jordan River and into the land God had promised them. God was with them every step of the way. 

Purpose: To see how God wants his people to live and act as those called to be holy and live in close relationship with him.

Exodus 19

Exodus 20

Exodus 21

Not taking the LORD’s name is vain

You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain. (Exodus 20.7; Deuteronomy 5.11 ESV)

Untwisting Scripture: Taking the LORD’s name in vain edition

Exodus 16-18

Exodus 13-15

Exodus 13

Exodus 14

 

Exodus 15

Exodus 10-12

 Exodus 10 

 Exodus 11 

 Exodus 12 The Passover

#The Passover (12:1-51)

The major festival associated with the Exodus does not celebrate political independence, but deliverance from death. Israel's main enemy was not bondage to Egypt but bondage to death, as it is for all people. The most fundamental problem facing humans is not political, but spiritual. Of course, only the death of the firstborn was prevented in Egypt. So was death really conquered? Furthermore, why did the Passover require that the Israelites apply blood to their doorposts? They were not required to perform such a ritual to escape harm in any of the other plagues.

These questions highlight the significance of Jesus' death and resurrection as associated with the Passover season. Death is the effect of sin (1 Cor 15:56). Passover shows that we can be delivered from death only by means of a sacrifice that takes our place. The Passover lamb took the place of the firstborn son of every family of Israel (12:12-13, 23; 13:2, 11-16). The Passover symbolizes the reality that would come later in Jesus Christ, who gave his life as "a ransom for many" (Matt 20:28; Mark 10:45) and became "the Lamb of God that takes away the sin of the world" (John 1:29). Jesus says to his disciples, "this is my blood, which confirms the covenant.… It is poured out as a sacrifice to forgive the sins of many" (Matt 26:28). He brings to reality the truths that were first symbolized in the Passover celebration: Through his sacrifice, sin and death were fully and finally defeated (see also Isa 25:7-8).

Lev 23:4-8
Num 9:1-14; 28:16-25
Deut 16:1-7
Matt 26:17-30
Luke 22:15-20
1 Cor 5:6-8

Exodus 7-9

Exodus 7-9



10 Plagues

#Plagues

The Plagues (Exodus 7:14–11:10)

Exod 7:3–5; 12:28–33; 32:35

Gen 12:15–20; 20:1–18

Num 11:33; 12:1–15; 16:43–50

1 Kgs 13:4

2 Kgs 2:24

2 Chr 26:16–21

Acts 5:1–11

    Rescuing the Hebrew people from oppression by the Egyptians was not the main purpose of the plagues. If that had been the case, one climactic miracle would have been sufficient. The real purpose of the plagues was to communicate who God is—to Israel, to Egypt, and to the surrounding nations.

The Israelites did not know who the Lord was. They had lived for hundreds of years in Egypt, one of the most polytheistic religious environments the world has ever known. Whatever they may have believed about God when they arrived in Egypt, it is certain that they were infected with the prevailing pagan views during their sojourn there (see ch 32).

    The plagues revealed the Lord’s absolute superiority over everything in creation. These cataclysmic events were specifically aimed at elements the Egyptians particularly revered and worshiped, such as the Nile River (plague one, 7:14–25), amphibians (plague two, 8:1–15), insects (plagues three and four, 8:16–32), animals (plagues five and six, 9:1–12), plants (plagues seven and eight, 9:13–10:20), the sun (plague nine, 10:21–29), and life itself (plague ten, 11:1–10; 12:29–32). Thus Yahweh demonstrated to both the Egyptians and the Israelites that he alone is God.

    The plagues are often referred to as “signs,” just as Jesus’ miracles were (e.g., 7:3; 10:1–2; John 2:23; 4:48; 12:37). The plagues show that worship of the created order brings God’s judgment. Jesus’ miracles, on the other hand, show that with the Lord, all that is deadly in creation—illness, the demonic, nature run amok, and even death itself—can be overcome by life.

New Living Translation Study Bible. (2008). Carol Stream, IL: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

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Exodus 4-6

 

#Jehovah

#yahweh

#yhwh

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https://www.biblegateway.com

Exodus 1-3

 

Exodus Introduction

Exodus helps us answer the question, "Who is God?" What we find is that God is the God who shows up and saves. This is most fully achieved in the person of Jesus, who showed up in human flesh to offer a new and better salvation. 

Genesis - Final Summary of Genesis

Final Summary of Genesis

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In this last lesson Mike will wrap up this long study by sharing three key lessons taught to us by Genesis.

Genesis 48-50

Jacob's Prophecies

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At the end of his life Jacob gives each of his sons a prophecy concerning their future. This event along with the death of both Jacob and Joseph will close out the Genesis record.

Genesis 46-47

Reunion and Reconciliation

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Read Genesis 47

After reuniting with his brothers after a separation of 20 years, Joseph lays a plan that will determine if a reconciliation will be possible (Genesis 45:1 - 46:27).



Family Reunion

This lesson describes the final episode in Joseph's story where Jacob, Joseph and their families are reunited and settled in Egypt.

Genesis 43-45

Reunion and Reconciliation

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After reuniting with his brothers after a separation of 20 years, Joseph lays a plan that will determine if a reconciliation will be possible (Genesis 45:1 - 46:27).


#Reconciliation

Genesis 41-42

From Prison to Prince

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After languishing in prison for several years Joseph is called upon to interpret Pharaoh's dreams and in doing so successfully is transformed from being a prisoner to becoming a prince of Egypt. (Genesis 41:1-57)





Confrontation

Joseph finally confronts his brothers who initially sold him into slavery (Genesis 42:1-44:34).

Biblical Examples of Enemies Being Blessings in Disguise
“Cherish your enemies; they may be blessings in disguise.” – Woodrow Kroll

Devotional: 3 Biblical Examples of Enemies Being Blessings in Disguise

Meant for Evil

When Joseph’s brothers despised him and sold him into slavery, they were actually doing Joseph a favor because he ended up being second in command next to Pharaoh (Gen 41:37-45). By his prudent planning, he saved all of Egypt and all the known world in the Middle East from starvation (Gen 41:53-57). Joseph’s enemies, his own brothers in this case, meant it for evil, but it turned out for everyone’s good (Gen 50:20), and their evil deed was actually part of God’s sovereign plan to save Joseph, his brothers, and what would later be the whole nation of Israel.

The Blood of the Martyrs

Saul was perhaps the greatest persecutor of the Christians during the 1st century. He was good at what he did in breathing out threats and murder of the believers in the early church (Acts 9:1-2), but the primary persecutor of the church would later become possibly the church’s greatest missionary. The man who was greatly responsible for persecuting the church and was the church’s chief enemy caused the church to spread due to the persecution, and instead of destroying the church, persecution actually spread the gospel message throughout Judea (Acts 8:3-4). The enemies of the church did what the church itself couldn’t do or wouldn’t do on its own–that is to spread the message of Jesus Christ far and wide. The saying that the blood of the martyrs is the seed of the Church has proven true time and time again over the centuries.

Judas’ Evil for our Good

When Judas betrayed Jesus for thirty pieces of silver (Matt 27:3), he was doing exactly what had been prophesied for centuries (Zech 11:13), and when Jesus’ own friend betrayed Him (Psalm 41:9), God was not caught by surprise. Nothing ever just occurs to God. God knew this would be so, and Judas’ evil and the evil done by the Jewish leaders and even Pilate and the Roman soldiers fulfilled what was long ago prophesied (Psalm 22; Isaiah 53). These men’s evil deeds, as the enemies of Christ, were used by God to bring the greatest blessing that anyone could ever know–that Jesus died on the cross for our sins so that we might be saved. This Satan-inspired evil was the downfall of the very one who inspired it, and Jesus’ death on the cross brought victory for those who would believe in Jesus and sealed Satan’s fate that very day at Calvary.

Conclusion

Martin Luther was right when he said even the Devil is God’s Devil and the evil he does fulfills God’s purposes, so the next time your enemies do you harm, see them as a blessing in disguise because God can bring good out of the worst of evil.

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Genesis 38-40

Judah and Tamar

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The story of Jacob's family focuses in on one particular son, Judah, through whom the Messiah would eventually come, and examines his unusual relationship with his daughter-in-law Tamar.






Joseph's Story

After explaining Judah's connection to the coming Messiah, the Genesis writers finish their narrative with the telling of Joseph's story. (Genesis 39:1-40;23)

Genesis 35-37

On The Run Again

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After a long period of silence Jacob's story picks up again as his sons cause trouble and we see Jacob in the familiar role of being on the run.






The Beginning of the End

This lesson begins the story of Joseph, Jacob's son with Rachel, who will become the bridge for the family's travel to and 400 year settlement in Egypt.

Genesis 32-34

Jacob & Esau - Round 2

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After gathering his wives and children and leaving Laban behind, Jacob faces the dangerous confrontation with his brother Esau who had vowed to kill him because of his deception in the matter of the blessing from Isaac. (Genesis 32:1-33:20)

Genesis 30-31

Jacob Leaves Laban

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After 20 years of service Jacob prepares for his departure from Laban by offering him a potentially lucrative proposal.