Name: EXODUS
How does EXODUS apply to ME? INTRODUCTION Exodus in 13 words Beatings. Bush Plagues. Passover Water. Whingeing Father-in-law. Fear Case-law. Covenant Taber- Calf. Cleft -nacle The unashamed workman Paul wants Timothy to handle the word of truth correctly (2 Timothy 2:15) It is possible to handle it incorrectly Many mistakes arise from not going around the triangle
FROM THEN TO NOW: God is the same What s in a name? (Exodus 5:22 6:8) A problem of brand recognition (5:1-2; 5:22) What does God s name mean? (cf. 2:10; 2:22) Promise keeper (3:6, 15; 6:3, 8) Then you will know... (6:7) The purpose of the plagues Look up these verses in context 7:3-5, 17-18; 8:10-11; 9:13-16; 10:1-2 asking the following questions How does God reveal his name? To whom is this revelation directed?
The subject of the song (Exodus 15:1-21) What exactly is God praised for? God s bumper sticker (Exodus 34:6-7) A restricted view APPLICATION Praise his name! Going round the triangle God never changes Psalm 103:8; Psalm 145:8 Psalm 86:15 Joel 2:13 Jonah 4:2; Nahum 1:3 Numbers 14:18
A typological place the Tabernacle The tabernacle back in Exodus A dwelling place for God s glory (40:34-38; we ve seen the cloud before e.g. 13:21-22; 14:19-20; 19:16; 34:5-7) FROM THEN TO NOW: The Bible s Big Story 1 Does God have Alzheimers? The Open Theists would say so With blood everywhere! (30:10) Exodus 2:24 would say so? What casts the shadow? Exodus in the context of the Bible s Big Story The dwelling place (Hebrews 8:1-5) The blood (Hebrews 9:11-12, 19-26) What did God promise to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob? Genesis 12:1-3, 7; 13:14-17; 15:5, 18-21; 17:1-8; 22:17-18 Genesis 26:3-5, 24 Genesis 28:14-15 How do you read Exodus 1 differently through covenant spectacles? APPLICATION Going round the triangle
God is the behind-the-scenes promise keeper Exodus 1 A typological event the Passover Salvation through Judgement Exodus 2:1-10 Salvation from Judgment All are in danger Exodus 2:11-22 It looks like Moses ruins everything A substitutionary death But the New Testament doesn t think so (Acts 7:35; Hebrews 11:24-26) What casts the shadow? Mark 14:1, 12-25; John 13:1 Perhaps even here, God is announcing his plans! 2:11 3:7; 3:9 2:12 12:12; 12:29 2:17 14:30 2:19 3:8; 18:10 John 19:36 quoting Exodus 12:46 And if it still isn t obvious 1 Corinthians 5:7!
From then to now 3: TYPES AND SHADOWS APPLICATION Going round the triangle Who casts Moses shadow? Me? Hebrews 11:24-28 But beware the Moses-is-me syndrome! Denesh? But God does everything through Moses (who s holding the staff in 7:17?) Moses stands between God s anger and the people (32:11-14). And people are saved because of how pleased God is with Moses (33:17) Christ A childhood that rings a lot of bells (and not just in the Christmas Carol) John 1:17; Hebrews 3:3 What would you say to the following people? How do the lessons of Exodus help? Judy is 37 and still single. She longs to be Emma is 19 and has been married. She s prayed and prayed and diagnosed with bone cancer. It s an prayed for a husband, but God seems to aggressive kind, and now it s spread to her have been deaf to her requests. She s met lungs. The doctors have told her that she a nice guy at work who seems to be interested in her. He s not a Christian, and she her Mum s church have told her that God only has 3 months to live. Some friends at knows that it would be mad to marry someone who doesn t share the number one that her family just don t have enough definitely wants to heal her, and it must be thing in her life she seems to remember faith the Bible saying something about that too. But she figures, surely God doesn t want Thomas has been out of work for nearly a her to be unhappy and single forever? year now. He s struggled with depression as Surely it s best to take matters into her own a result. But more than that, he s struggled hands? Besides, she s beginning to fall in as a Christian. If God loves him, why is love life going so badly? He s just about ready to give up
FROM THEN TO NOW: The Bible s Big Story 2 The High Point (19:1 20:21) Rescued for relationship (19:4; 20:1-2; cf. 7:16; 8:1, 20; 9:1, 13; 10:3) The consequences are devastating The broken tablets The Levites The plague In the context of a healthy fear of God (20:20; cf. 1:17, 21; 9:20; 14:31; 18:21) APPLICATION Going round the triangle To keep his commandments (which reflect his character) The New Testament holds them up as an example BEWARE! The Low Point (32:1-33:6) Which commandment do they break? 1 Corinthians 10:1-14 Hebrews 3:7 4:11