Exodus

Main Focus

• Old Testament – Christ in Prophecy
• Gospels – Christ in History
• Acts – Christ in the Church
• Epistles – Christ in Experience
• Apocalypse – Christ in coming Glory

 

Exodus: "Outgoing" in Hebrew
Written by: Moses
Chapters:40
Verses:1213

 

The Torah: The Five Books of Moses
Genesis The Book of Beginnings
Exodus The Birth of the Nation
Leviticus The Law of the Nation
Numbers The Wilderness Wanderings
Deuteronomy The Laws Reviewed

Exodus means "outgoing" in Hebrew 

 

Exodus a period of 1 Year

Leviticus a period of 1 month

Numbers a period of 39 Years

 

-----Exodus 1-----

  A New King v.8

 Till another king arose, which knew not Joseph.Acts 7:18,  

For thus saith the Lord God, My people went down aforetime into Egypt to sojourn there; and the Assyrian oppressed them without cause.Isaiah 52:4

Why no new name for Moses?

 Moses means “Drawn out” of the water.

Moses Mother was Jochabed

Don't know if I'll ever find an answer on this side of life, but I thought it interesting. With all of the name changes in the bible, why was Moses name never changed? He was given the name by Pharaoh's daughter.

The Midwives Shiphrah and Puah 

And the king of Egypt spake to the Hebrew midwives, of which the name of the one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah:
¹⁶ And he said, When ye do the office of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see them upon the stools; if it be a son, then ye shall kill him: but if it be a daughter, then she shall live.
¹⁷ But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the men children alive.
¹⁸ And the king of Egypt called for the midwives, and said unto them, Why have ye done this thing, and have saved the men children alive?
¹⁹ And the midwives said unto Pharaoh, Because the Hebrew women are not as the Egyptian women; for they are lively, and are delivered ere the midwives come in unto them.
²⁰ Therefore God dealt well with the midwives: and the people multiplied, and waxed very mighty.
²¹ And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that he made them houses.


"obey God rather than men". Acts 5:29
Often Midwives wear barren, God made them Houses (Families of their own) .

Romans 13:1-5

-----Exodus 2-----

 

Pharaoh's Daughter v.5  Only Daughter :Thermutus (According to Josephus writings) 

Ex 2:21 And Moses was content to dwell with the man: and he gave Moses Zipporah (means: Sparrow) his daughter.

Tools God gives you

1 Your ability – What’s in your hand (God uses what you have)

2 Your History what God has done for you

3 You’ve got to tell the Truth

-----Exodus 3-----

 (Un) Burning Bush

• Bush/Thorn bush  Representation of Sin (Gen 3)  [ in the Talmud we are told that the bush had thorns]
• Fire Representation of God (Hebrews 12:29)
• Not Devouring the Bush Representation of Grace (John 3:16)
  

It is by God's grace that he does not destroy us immediately because of our sin.

It was God’s grace that attracted him, Not God’s righteousness.
We need to remember that God’s Grace is what attracts us to Him.

3:12 And he said, Certainly I will be with thee; and this shall be a token unto thee, that I have sent thee: When thou hast brought forth the people out of Egypt, ye shall serve God upon this mountain. [Exodus 19]

 YHWH  -  (Tetragrammatron)

   Yahweh 

1^st time God identifies His name

v.14 And God said unto Moses, I Am That I Am: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I Am hath sent me unto you.

The Name is collated to the Nature.

If you pray anything in My Name (My Nature) I’ll do it.

I AM (what you need)

The Truth,

The Way,

The Light,

The Door,

The Good Shepherd,

The True Vine,

n      Jesus Christ filled in the Blank. [The nature of the Father]

-----Exodus 4-----

  I will harden his heart  v.21

7 Times Pharaoh harden his heart

7 Times God hardened Pharaohs heart.

I love the illustration that I heard once where you can have a ball of snow, and a ball of clay.
You can place both under the light and heat of the sun. One will melt, the other will harden.
When we are placed under the Light of God we will either "melt" or "harden" .

Circumcision was an outward sign of an inward belief system.

As a reminder to them that they have to deal with the flesh, a mark,

a reminder daily that they have to die to the flesh (cutting off of the flesh).

Intimacy, purity, sensitivity, to the Lord

A relationship that sets us apart Like Baptism in the New Testament.

An outward sign of an inward change.

Deuteronomy 6:4-9

⁴ Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord:
⁵ And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.
⁶ And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart:
⁷ And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
⁸ And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes.
⁹ And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and on thy gates.

-----Exodus 5-----

 

-----Exodus 6-----

 

-----Exodus 7-----

 

  1. The Plague of Blood v.14-24

An attack on their god hapi (god of the Nile)

-----Exodus 8-----

 

  2. The Plague of Frogs v.1-15

 

An attack on their god heqet (frogs were a symbol of life and fertility)

 

 

  3. The Plague of Gnats/Lice v.15-19

 

An attack on their god khepri (god of beetles and flies)

Beatles was often a sign of immortality in Egypt. 

 

Form this point on the magicians could not duplicate

 "Then the magicians said unto Pharaoh, This is the finger of God: and Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he hearkened not unto them; as the Lord had said".  Exodus 8:19

 

  4. The Plague of Flies v.20-32

 

An attack on their god khepri (god of beetles and flies)

 

-----Exodus 9-----

 

  5. The Plague on Livestock v.1-7

 

An attack on their god Apis (god/sacred bulls)

 

  6. The Plague of Boils v.8-12

 

An attack on their god Imhotep (physician god) and thoth (god of magic, healing)

 

  7. The Plague of Hail v.13-35

 

An attack on their god nut (sky goddess)

 

-----Exodus 10-----

 

  8. The Plague of Locust v.1-20

 

An attack on their god seth (god of crops)

 

 

9. The Plague of Darkness v.20-29

 

An attack on their god ra (sun god)

 

-----Exodus 11-----

 

10. The Plague on the Firstborn v.20-29

 

An attack on their Pharaoh (pharaoh often worshiped as a god)

 Pharaoh, meaning "Great House"

 

  Borrow

Speak now in the ears of the people, and let every man borrow of his neighbour, and every woman of her neighbour, jewels of silver and jewels of gold.  v.2

Borrow in this text is the Hebrew word “shaal” 168 times used in the Bible all but 6 times it doesn’t mean borrow, it means request or demand.

-----Exodus 12-----

A lamb for a man –  [Genesis  4]

A lamb for a family – Exodus (Passover)  [Exodus 12]

A lamb for a Nation – Leviticus (Day of Atonement)  [Exodus 29]

A Lamb for the World – John  [John 1:29]

The Passover

1 Corinthians 5:7 Christ is our Lamb

2 Chronicles 30:13-20 - Passover reinstated – They were all healed

Isaiah 53:5 - By His stripes we are healed.

No broken bones, Blood is made inside the bones (marrow), Signifying that there was no limitation to His Blood.

² This month shall be unto you the beginning of months: it shall be the first month of the year to you.


The Two Calendars

Months                 Old      New
Tishri, (Ethanim)        1          7    Sep-Oct
Cheshvan, (Bul)        2          8    Oct-Nov
Chisleu                     3          9    Nov-Dec
Tevet                        4        10    Dec-Jan
Sh'vat                       5        11    Jan-Feb
Adar                        6         12    Feb-Mar
Nisan, (Aviv)            7           1    Mar-Apr
Ilyar (Zif)                  8           2    Apr-May
Sivan                        9           3    May-Jun
Tammuz                  10          4    Jun-Jul
Av                           11          5    Jul-Aug
Elul                          12          6    Aug-Sep

-----Exodus 13-----

 

¹⁷ And it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that God led them not through the way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near; for God said, Lest peradventure the people repent when they see war, and they return to Egypt:
¹⁸ But God led the people about, through the way of the wilderness of the Red sea: and the children of Israel went up harnessed out of the land of Egypt.

God led them to a "dead end" so that they would trust in Him and be a witness to God's Power.

-----Exodus 14-----

 

-----Exodus 15-----

 

-----Exodus 16-----

 

 ²⁹ See, for that the Lord hath given you the sabbath, therefore he giveth you on the sixth day the bread of two days; abide ye every man in his place, let no man go out of his place on the seventh day.

^{Mark 2:27} And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath:

-----Exodus 17-----

 

-----Exodus 18-----

 

-----Exodus 19-----

 

-----Exodus 20-----

 

The 10 Commandments
The giving of the Law is an act of love

Exodus 20:1-17 (ESV)      Also found in Deuteronomy 5

1. You shall have no other gods before me

2. You shall not make for yourself a carved image


3. You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain


4. Remember the Sabbath day


5. Honor your father and your mother


6. You shall not murder


7. You shall not commit adultery


8. You shall not steal


9. You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor


10.You shall not covet



¹ And God spoke all these words, saying,
 ² “I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
³ “You shall have no other gods before me.

Notice that the Law was given to "The Chosen, the ones God called out of Egypt" Egypt in the Bible is always a type/picture of the world. We [those saved] are called out of this world. The Law was given to those chosen to be separate from the world and follow God, living under a Theocracy(Governed/ruled by God). We are to follow God and make Him the ruler of our lives. When we allow other things to occupy our minds they can become "gods" (in place of God) in our lives.(examples: Sports, Family, Work, Entertainment, etc..)

⁴ “You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. ⁵ You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I the Lord your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and the fourth generation of those who hate me, ⁶ but showing steadfast love to thousands of those who love me and keep my commandments.

 Too often people worship creation rather than the Creator. We all know the story of Shadrach Meshach and Abednego (Daniel 3) The only exception I've ever found in the Bible of someone bowing down to a false god while maintaining a pure heart is Naaman in 2 Kings 5:18
"In this matter may the Lord pardon your servant: when my master goes into the house of Rimmon to worship there, leaning on my arm, and I bow myself in the house of Rimmon, when I bow myself in the house of Rimmon, the Lord pardon your servant in this matter.” 


⁷ “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.

O.K. so maybe you don't think you take God's Name in vain, but have you ever stopped to consider that if we are calling ourselves "Christians" (Christ like) yet we are not living like Him to the point where others see Jesus in us than we are using His name in vain. Ouch!!!  Another interesting perspective to consider is all the hype that the words "In God We Trust" that is on the currency in the USA should or shouldn't be removed. Well, most of my life I always with those that would fight to keep it on the money, but after really studying this the other day I came to the conclusion that since as a nation we are NOT placing our TRUST in GOD, then we probably shouldn't use it that way on the money, or we are using it in vain, while often at the same time putting the god (money) in place of the LORD.



⁸ “Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. ⁹ Six days you shall labor, and do all your work, ¹⁰ but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God. On it you shall not do any work, you, or your son, or your daughter, your male servant, or your female servant, or your livestock, or the sojourner who is within your gates. ¹¹ For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested on the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.



¹² “Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.


¹³ “You shall not murder.


¹⁴ “You shall not commit adultery.


¹⁵ “You shall not steal.


¹⁶ “You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.


¹⁷ “You shall not covet your neighbor's house; you shall not covet your neighbor's wife, or his male servant, or his female servant, or his ox, or his donkey, or anything that is your neighbor's.”






 God in the darkness? 

1 John 1:5. This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.

Exodus 20:21 And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God was.

I gave these verses some thought today, and came to the conclusion that the darkness in Exodus was acting more as a veil.

 -----Exodus 21-----

 

 If this verse were applied as law to human sex trafficking there would be a lot less of that going on in this world. 

 

  ¹⁶ “Kidnappers must be put to death, whether they are caught in possession of their victims or have already sold them as slaves.

 -----Exodus 22-----

 

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 -----Exodus 25-----

 

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 -----Exodus 28-----

 

 -----Exodus 29-----

A lamb for a man –  [Genesis  4]

A lamb for a family – Exodus (Passover)  [Exodus 12]

A lamb for a Nation – Leviticus (Day of Atonement)  [Exodus 29]

A Lamb for the World – John  [John 1:29]

 -----Exodus 30-----

 

 -----Exodus 31-----

 

 -----Exodus 32-----

 

 -----Exodus 33-----

Show me Your Glory

 ¹⁸ Moses said, “Please show me your glory.” [ESV]

How do you see His Glory?

¹⁷ And the Lord said to Moses, “This very thing that you have spoken I will do, for you have found favor in my sight, and I know you by name.” ¹⁸ Moses said, “Please show me your glory.” ¹⁹ And he said, “I will make all my goodness pass before you and will proclaim before you my name ‘The Lord.’ And I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show mercy on whom I will show mercy. ²⁰ But,” he said, “you cannot see my face, for man shall not see me and live.” ²¹ And the Lord said, “Behold, there is a place by me where you shall stand on the rock, ²² and while my glory passes by I will put you in a cleft of the rock, and I will cover you with my hand until I have passed by. ²³ Then I will take away my hand, and you shall see my back, but my face shall not be seen.” [ESV]

  
1. "My Goodness pass before you"  God's Goodness recognized

2. "Proclaim before you My name"   God's Name proclaimed


A glimps of His glory is revealed to us when
God's goodness is recognized 
and when
God's name is proclaimed 

When your are saved you experience God's goodness [mercy/love].
When you are saved you cannot help but proclaim His name.


I find it interesting how it seems like you cannot have one without the other.

If you truly experience God's goodness
you will proclaim His name because of what you have witnessed.

If you proclaim His name in honor and respect
you will start to witness His goodness.



Revelation 4:11
“Worthy are you, our Lord and God,
    to receive glory and honor and power,
for you created all things,    and by your will they existed and were created.”  [ESV]


^Acts1:8
But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.” [ESV]

 

 Matthew 5:14a   "You are the light of the world......"

 

 

 -----Exodus 34-----

 

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 -----Exodus 40-----