God is creating the nation

He does this by first obtaining a

people

…He will then select a leader to guide

them to the land.

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PeoplePeopleThe Book of ExodusThe Book of Exodus

The Multiplication of People Exodus 1:7

The Egyptians try to eliminate the Jewish Problem Exodus 1:8-

20

They used oppression and infanticide, but nothing worked.

God was at work!

Scene 3

Leader - Moses (Exodus 2-4)

God is going to provide Israel with a Leader

Exodus 2:5-10 (Moses is raised in Pharaoh’s house.)

How did God provide initial training

for Moses?

Scene 4

His education included: athletics, art, writing, music,

geometry, literature, law, astronomy, medicine, and

philosophy.

He could have chosen a career in: official life, literary life, or the life

of a soldier.

God was training His leader and using a pagan nation to

do so.

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Moses tries to take leadership but it is not in God’s timing. Exodus 2:11-15Compare with Acts 7:23-29:

“Now when he was forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brethren. And seeing one

of them suffer wrong, he defended and avenged him who was oppressed, and struck down the

Egyptian. For he supposed that his brethren would have understood that God would deliver them by

his hand, but they did not understand.

And the next day he appeared to two of them as they were fighting, and tried to reconcile them,

saying, ‘Men, you are brethren; why do you wrong one another?’ But he who did his neighbor wrong pushed him away, saying, ‘Who made you a ruler

and a judge over us? Do you want to kill me as you did the Egyptian yesterday?’ Then, at this saying,

Moses fled and became a dweller in the land of Midian, where he had two sons.

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God appears to Moses

40 years later. Exodus 2:11-15

God is going to deliver His people,

but He must have a man who will cooperate,

who will rule for God. Exodus 3:10

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Moses was a reluctant leader

“Who am I?” – Exodus 3:11-12

“What shall I say?” – Exodus 3:13-14

“They will not believe.” – Exodus 4:1-2

“I am not eloquent.” – Exodus 4:10-14

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God’s Plan for MosesConsider God’s training program for

Moses.

God’s Preparation for Leadership of Israel: 40 years as a

dignitary in Egypt 40 years as a desert

shepherd in Midian 40 years as a deliverer of Israel

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Deliverance from Egypt Exodus 5-15 (Redemption)

God told Abraham they would be in Egypt for 400 years and then come back into the promise land.

Genesis 15:13

The beginning of the process

Scene 5

Pharaoh afflicts the Israelites.Pharaoh afflicts the Israelites.

Exodus 1:8-17Exodus 1:8-17 Now there arose a new king over Egypt, who Now there arose a new king over Egypt, who

did not know Joseph. And he said to his people, did not know Joseph. And he said to his people, "Look, the people of the children of Israel are "Look, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we; come, let us deal more and mightier than we; come, let us deal shrewdly with them, lest they multiply, and it shrewdly with them, lest they multiply, and it happen, in the event of war, that they also join happen, in the event of war, that they also join our enemies and fight against us, and so go up our enemies and fight against us, and so go up out of the land." Therefore they set taskmasters out of the land." Therefore they set taskmasters over them to afflict them with their burdens. And over them to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh supply cities, Pithom and they built for Pharaoh supply cities, Pithom and Raamses. Raamses.

Pharaoh afflicts the Israelites.Pharaoh afflicts the Israelites.

But the more they afflicted them, the more But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and grew. And they were in they multiplied and grew. And they were in dread of the children of Israel. So the dread of the children of Israel. So the Egyptians made the children of Israel Egyptians made the children of Israel serve with rigor. And they made their lives serve with rigor. And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage--in mortar, in bitter with hard bondage--in mortar, in brick, and in all manner of service in the brick, and in all manner of service in the field. All their service in which they made field. All their service in which they made them serve was with rigor. them serve was with rigor.

Pharaoh afflicts the Israelites.Pharaoh afflicts the Israelites.

Then the king of Egypt spoke to the Hebrew Then the king of Egypt spoke to the Hebrew midwives, … and he said, "When you do the midwives, … and he said, "When you do the duties of a midwife for the Hebrew women, and duties of a midwife for the Hebrew women, and see them on the birthstools, if it is a son, then see them on the birthstools, if it is a son, then you shall kill him; but if it is a daughter, then she you shall kill him; but if it is a daughter, then she shall live." shall live."

But the midwives feared God, and did not do as But the midwives feared God, and did not do as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the male children alive. the male children alive.

80 years.80 years.

80 years passes while the Israelites are 80 years passes while the Israelites are under this oppression of the Egyptians.under this oppression of the Egyptians.

Moses and the people are being prepared Moses and the people are being prepared by God, during this time, to depart from by God, during this time, to depart from Egypt.Egypt.

God Stands up to Deliver His God Stands up to Deliver His People.People.

Behold, the cry of the children of Israel has Behold, the cry of the children of Israel has come to Me, and I have also seen the come to Me, and I have also seen the oppression with which the Egyptians oppression with which the Egyptians oppress them. oppress them.

Come now, therefore, and I will send Come now, therefore, and I will send youyou to Pharaoh that you may bring My people, to Pharaoh that you may bring My people, the children of Israel, out of Egypt." the children of Israel, out of Egypt."

Exodus 3:9-10Exodus 3:9-10

God Stands up to Deliver His God Stands up to Deliver His People.People.

So I have come down to deliver them out So I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up from that land to a good and large them up from that land to a good and large land, to a land flowing with milk and honey, land, to a land flowing with milk and honey, to the place of the Canaanites and the to the place of the Canaanites and the Hittites and the Amorites and the Hittites and the Amorites and the Perizzites and the Hivites and the Perizzites and the Hivites and the Jebusites.Jebusites.

Exodus 3:9-10Exodus 3:9-10

“Let My People Go”

Moses repeatedly asks Pharaoh to let his people go.

Pharaoh repeatedly agrees, then

refuses.

God unleashes His awesome power in ten judgment blows

against Egypt.

How many of the 10 Plagues can you name?

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The Ten Plagues

* Water into Blood* Boils and Sores

* Frogs * Hail and Fire

* Lice or Gnats * Locusts

* Flies * Three Days of Darkness

* Death of Cattle * Death of First Born

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God attacked numerous objects of Egyptian worship, showing how powerless they really

were!

The Nile The Bull

The Frog The Atmosphere

The Sun Pharaoh Himself

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The Passover Exodus 12:13

Notice how the details of the Passover paralleled the events surrounding the death of Christ.

Passover ChristThe Sacrifice must be a Lamb Christ was the Lamb of God Exodus 12:3 1 Corinthians 5:7

The Lamb must be without spot Christ was without spot Exodus 12:5 1 Peter 1:18-19

The Lamb’s blood was shed that Christ’s blood was shed that Israel might have life Men might have life

Exodus 12:23 John 3:16

The Deliverance Exodus 12:31-15:27

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The Exodus from Egypt Exodus 12At the final plague: the death of the

first born…Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron by night, and said, "Rise, go out from among my people, both you and the children of Israel. And go, serve the Lord as you have said.

They were driven out of Egypt and could not wait…

-it came to pass that all the armies of the Lord went out from the land of Egypt.

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The Parting of the Red Sea So God led the people around by way of

the wilderness of the Red Sea. And the children of Israel went up in orderly

ranks out of the land of Egypt.

Now the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: "Speak to the children of Israel, that they

turn and camp before Pi Hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea, opposite

Baal Zephon; you shall camp before it by the sea.

And the Lord went before them by day in a pillar of cloud to lead the way, and by

night in a pillar of fire to give them light, so as to go by day and night.

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The Parting of the Red Sea Now the heart of Pharaoh and his

servants was turned against the people; and they said, "Why have we done this, that we have let Israel go from serving us?" So he made ready his chariot and

took his people with him.

And when Pharaoh drew near, the children of Israel lifted their eyes, and behold, the Egyptians marched after

them. So they were very afraid, and the children of Israel cried out to the Lord.

Then they said to Moses, "Because there were no graves in Egypt, have you taken

us away to die in the wilderness? Why have you so dealt with us, to bring us up

out of Egypt?

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The Parting of the Red SeaAnd Moses said to the people,

"Do not be afraid. Stand still, and see the salvation of the

Lord, which He will accomplish for you today. For the Egyptians whom you see today, you shall see again no more forever. The Lord will fight for you, and you

shall hold your peace."

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The Parting of the Red Sea

Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the Lord caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea into dry land, and the waters were divided. So the children of

Israel went into the midst of the sea on the dry ground, and the waters were a wall to them on their right

hand and on their left.

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The Parting of the Red SeaThe Egyptians pursued and went after

them into the midst of the sea, all Pharaoh's horses, his chariots, and his horsemen.

Then the Lord said to Moses, "Stretch out your hand over the sea, that the waters may come back upon the Egyptians, on their chariots, and on their horsemen." And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and when the morning appeared, the sea returned to its full depth, while the Egyptians were fleeing into it. So the Lord overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea.

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The Parting of the Red Sea

So the Lord saved Israel that day out of the hand of the

Egyptians, and Israel saw the Egyptians dead on the

seashore.

Thus Israel saw the great work which the Lord had done in

Egypt; so the people feared the Lord, and believed the Lord and

His servant Moses.

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Constitution for the Nation Exodus 20,

DeuteronomyGod Gives the Law

No other nation had a constitution like this one.

Scene 6

Constitution for the Nation

God Gave The Moral Law

God Gave The Judicial Law

God Gave The Ceremonial Law

God Gave The Dietary Law

Scene 6

Psalm 147:19-20He declares His word to Jacob,

His statutes and His judgments to Israel.

He has not dealt thus with any nation;

And as for His judgments, they have not known them. Praise the Lord!

Now God Has A People

God has given His People

A Leader,

And A Constitution.

Things are well under way!

• Jesus condensed the 10 commandments into 2

commandments Mt.22:37-40

• Love God with all your heart, soul, mind.

• Love your neighbor as yourself.

Observations Concerning The Observations Concerning The LawLaw

• The Law sets forth two things…

– a standard

–and a penalty.

• God’s law is a yardstick for man.

• “By the law is the knowledge of sin.”

What does the Law ultimately teach What does the Law ultimately teach mankind?mankind?

Answer:• We know that whatever the law says,

it says to those who are under the law, that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God. Therefore by the deeds of the law no flesh will be justified in His sight, for by the law is the knowledge of sin.

Romans 3:19-20

We need a Savior!We need a Savior!

• But the Scripture has confined all under sin, that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe. But before faith came, we were kept under guard by the law, kept for the faith which would afterward be revealed. Therefore the law was our tutor to bring us to Christ, that we might be justified by faith.

Galatians 3:22-24

Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believeseveryone who believes..

Rom 10.4Rom 10.4

Romans 3:21-24 But now the righteousness of God apart from the law is revealed, being witnessed

by the Law and the Prophets even the righteousness of God, through faith in

Jesus Christ, to all and on all who believe. For there is no difference; for all have sinned

and fall short of the glory of God, being justified freely by His grace through the

redemption that is in Christ Jesus,

The Law is Holy, Just, GoodThe Law is Holy, Just, Good..

• The problem is not with the law of God,

but with our ability to keep it.

• Jesus kept the Law perfectly.

As Christians, we As Christians, we nownow have have the ability to fulfill the law the ability to fulfill the law through the through the powerpower ofof thethe

SpiritSpirit..Romans 8:3-4

For what the law could not do in that it was weak through the flesh, God did by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, on account

of sin: He condemned sin in the flesh, that the righteous

requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us who do not walk

according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.

Act 1: God is Building a Act 1: God is Building a Nation.Nation.(review) (review)

• Gen 1-11 God is setting the stage.• Lost man is in need of redemption.

• God develops the nation of Israel.• Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, 12 tribes. (2,000

BC)• 12 Tribes multiply in Egypt numbering

around three million people.• The Exodus from Egypt. (1,445 BC)

• Moses is the leader.• Israel receives the Law of God.