Themes in Exodus • Only God is mighty • God is holy

Themes in Exodus • Only God is mighty • God is holy • Salvation/deliverance from bondage

Themes in Exodus • Only God is mighty • God is holy • Salvation/deliverance from bondage • God’s (restricted) presence

Themes in Exodus • Only God is mighty • God is holy • Salvation/deliverance from bondage • God’s (restricted) presence • God’s covenant people

Themes in Exodus • Only God is mighty • God is holy • Salvation/deliverance from bondage • God’s (restricted) presence • God’s covenant people • God expects obedience

Themes in Exodus • Only God is mighty • God is holy • Salvation/deliverance from bondage • God’s (restricted) presence • God’s covenant people • God expects obedience • Hope

Themes in Exodus • Only God is mighty • God is holy • Salvation/deliverance from bondage • God’s (restricted) presence • God’s covenant people • God expects obedience • Hope • Perseverance

Outline of Exodus Exodus 1-18 Deliverance from Egypt God’s mighty deeds Exodus 19-40 Mount Sinai, Law and Tabernacle God’s holy presence

Moses Birth 1526 B.C. Becomes shepherd 1486 B.C. Leads Exodus Death 1406 B.C.

Exodus 6:6-8 (NET Bible) 6 “Therefore, tell the Israelites, ‘I am the LORD. I will bring you out from your enslavement to the Egyptians, I will rescue you from the hard labor they impose, and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with great judgments. 7 I will take you to myself for a people, and I will be your God. Then you will know that I am the LORD your God, who brought you out from your enslavement to the Egyptians. 8 I will bring you to the land I swore to give to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob – and I will give it to you as a possession. I am the LORD!’”

Forgotten In Egypt

After generations of prosperity in Egypt Forgotten In Egypt After generations of prosperity in Egypt

Genesis 47, 50 (NET Bible) 47:5 Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Your father and your brothers have come to you. 6 The land of Egypt is before you; settle your father and your brothers in the best region of the land. They may live in the land of Goshen. If you know of any highly capable men among them, put them in charge of my livestock.” 11 So Joseph settled his father and his brothers. He gave them territory in the land of Egypt, in the best region of the land, the land of Rameses, just as Pharaoh had commanded. 12 Joseph also provided food for his father, his brothers, and all his father’s household, according to the number of their little children.

Genesis 47, 50 (NET Bible) 50:24 Then Joseph said to his brothers, “I am about to die. But God will surely come to you and lead you up from this land to the land he swore on oath to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.” 25 Joseph made the sons of Israel swear an oath. He said, “God will surely come to you. Then you must carry my bones up from this place.” 26 So Joseph died at the age of 110. After they embalmed him, his body was placed in a coffin in Egypt.

Forgotten In Egypt Joseph

After generations of prosperity in Egypt Forgotten In Egypt After generations of prosperity in Egypt

After generations of prosperity in Egypt Israel is forgotten by God Forgotten In Egypt After generations of prosperity in Egypt Israel is forgotten by God

Exodus 1:1-8 (NET Bible) 1 These are the names of the sons of Israel who entered Egypt – each man with his household entered with Jacob: 2 Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, 3 Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin, 4 Dan and Naphtali, Gad and Asher. 5 All the people who were directly descended from Jacob numbered seventy. But Joseph was already in Egypt, 6 and in time Joseph and his brothers and all that generation died. 7 The Israelites, however, were fruitful, increased greatly, multiplied, and became extremely strong, so that the land was filled with them. 8 Then a new king, who did not know about Joseph, came to power over Egypt.

Forgotten In Egypt The twelve tribes of Israel = the twelve sons of Jacob and their descendants: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, [Joseph], Benjamin, Dan, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher

The Abrahamic Covenant is God’s promise to give Abraham: Forgotten In Egypt The Abrahamic Covenant is God’s promise to give Abraham: countless descendants land

After generations of prosperity in Egypt Israel is forgotten by God Forgotten In Egypt After generations of prosperity in Egypt Israel is forgotten by God

Forgotten In Egypt After generations of prosperity in Egypt Israel is forgotten by God In a hard and hopeless place

Exodus 1:8-14 (NET Bible) 8 Then a new king, who did not know about Joseph, came to power over Egypt. 9 He said to his people, “Look at the Israelite people, more numerous and stronger than we are! 10 Come, let’s deal wisely with them. Otherwise they will continue to multiply, and if a war breaks out, they will ally themselves with our enemies and fight against us and leave the country.” 11 So they put foremen over the Israelites to oppress them with hard labor.

Exodus 1:8-14 (NET Bible) As a result they built Pithom and Rameses as store cities for Pharaoh. 12 But the more the Egyptians oppressed them, the more they multiplied and spread. As a result the Egyptians loathed the Israelites, 13 and they made the Israelites serve rigorously. 14 They made their lives bitter by hard service with mortar and bricks and by all kinds of service in the fields. Every kind of service the Israelites were required to give was rigorous.

Forgotten In Egypt “The situation called for an extremely delicate balance: Pharaoh needed to maintain the Israelite presence as an economic asset without thereby jeopardizing Egypt’s national security.” –Frank Gaebelein

Forgotten In Egypt These verses provide “a summary of how the Israelites went from favor to disgrace, from a protected people with government connections at the highest level to a gang of slaves laboring under severe oppression.” –NAC