Exodus Introduction
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Exodus:
Introduction
Exodus 1:1-6
Basics
• Author: Moses – see Exodus 17:14; 24:4
• Date: 1446 BC
1. 1 Kings 6:1, “In the 480th year after the people of
Israel came out of the land of Egypt …”
2. Written after a 430 sojourn (see Exodus 12:40)
• Purpose: Exodus was written to demonstrate the
nature and character of Yahweh, the Almighty,
covenant-keeping Savior of His people.
A Book of Covenant Faithfulness
• 1:1 – begins with the word “And …”
• 2:24 – “God remembered His covenant …”
• 3:15 – “The God of your fathers … has sent me to
you.”
• 6:4 – “I also established my covenant with them to
give them the land of Canaan”
• 24:7 – Moses “took the Covenant and read it in the
hearing of the people. And they said, ‘All the LORD
has spoken, we will do.”
• 34:27 – After the Golden Calf incident, “I have made
a covenant with you [Moses] and with Israel.”
A Book of Divine Description
• “I am the LORD” occurs 14x
• Introduction of the Divine Name – see Exodus 3:1415 (the name, shrouded in mystery, conveys the
truth that God alone is capable of describing Himself
to us
• Ruler over Nature – “Who is the LORD that I should
obey his voice?” (Exodus 5:2)
• Sovereign over People’s Hearts – see Exodus 3:2122; Exodus 9:12
• Consuming Fire – see Exodus 24:17
• Jealously Monotheistic – see Exodus 34:14
A Book of Re-Creation
• The people of Israel “swarmed” upon the land
(see Exodus 1:7, 12, 20)
• Moses delivered through an “ark” floated upon
the waters – Exodus 2:3
• Nation passes through the water to emerge free
– Exodus 14:1ff)
• Covenant created (Exodus 20:1ff) and reaffirmed
(Exodus 34:1ff)
A Book of Divine Presence
• God comes down to deliver His people – Exodus
3:8
• The LORD remains before His people both day
and night – Exodus 13:21
• The LORD dwells with His people – Exodus 40:3435
A Book of Great Salvation
• God saves His people from bondage – Exodus
3:19
• God saves His people from starvation by
delivering daily bread – Exodus 16:31-35
• God saves His people from thirst – Exodus 15:25f;
17:1f
• God makes a path of atonement that delivers His
people from their sins – Exodus 29:1ff
• God saves His people from His burning anger
– Exodus 32:30
Conclusion
Ultimately, Exodus prepares us to meet Jesus.
• Exodus prepares us for the staggering claim that
Jesus is Yahweh in the flesh.
• Exodus pictures the tabernacling of God among
God’s people; Jesus promises the tabernacling of
God in God’s people.
• Exodus law and repetition prepare us for Jesus,
whose sacrifice completes and finishes it all.