Exodus Flashcards
(20 cards)
Author of Exodus
Moses
not directly stated, but there is evidence from Ex 34:27 and Mark 12:26
OT evidence from Exodus that Moses is author of Exodus
And the Lord said to Moses, “___ these words, for in accordance with these words I have made a ___ with you and with Israel.”
Exodus 34:27
And the Lord said to Moses, “Write these words, for in accordance with these words I have made a covenant with you and with Israel.”
NT evidence that Moses is the author of Exodus
Words of Jesus:
And as for the dead being raised, have you not read in the ___ of ___, in the passage about the bush, how God spoke to him, saying, ‘I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’?
Mark 12:26
And as for the dead being raised, have you not read in the book of Moses, in the passage about the bush, how God spoke to him, saying, ‘I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’?
Date of Exodus
~mid-1400 BC
- similar to Genesis - time of Moses!
Exodus in 10 words or less
God delivers His people, the Israelites, from slavery in Egypt
Tally:
Genesis: God creates, man sins, God chooses
Exodus, God delivers
What is the family lineage in relationship to God’s chosen people as Israelites and how does this tie in w/Genesis?
In Genesis, God chooses Abram as patriarch of the Israelites (specially blessed and chosen people of God - setting up the story of redemption)
Abram has a son Isaac, a grandson Jacob –> Jacob has a son Joseph (Abram’s great grandson)
(Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph)
Joseph (via miraculous chain of events) in the end of Genesis, becomes second in command of Egypt
Israelites prosper in Egypt via Joseph’s leadership (who entered the country as a slave and rose to second in command)
Joseph later dies, a new pharoah sees the flourishing family of Joseph as a threat –> makes the Israelites his slave…on to the next card
Exodus: Joseph dies, new pharaoah sees his flourishing family as a threat, makes them his slaves…
Israelites cry out to God…God hears their cry, remembering “His ___ with ___, Isaac, and ___ (Exodus 2:24)
“His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob
God hears the cry of the Israelites and raises up ___ as his leader to deliver ___ from Egypt by speaking through the ___ bush
Moses, Israel; burning
How does God break pharoah’s will?
sends ten plagues on Egypt, ending with the death of every firstborn child, except those of the Israelites
How were the first born of Israelite children saved from death in Exodus?
placing sacrificial blood on their doorposts, causing the angel of death to “pass over” their homes (Exodus 12:13)
pharoah finally allows the Israelites to leave the country (“the ___”) and God parts the ___ ___
“The Exodus”
“Red Sea”
What does God deliver at Mount Sinai?
These are the ___ for worship and ___ to change the family into a ___
The Ten Commandments
rules for worship and laws to change the family into a nation
What happens when Moses delays on the Mount of Sinai during the reception of The Ten Commandments? And what does this result in?
people begin worshipping a golden calf, bringing a plague upon themselves
Moses delays on the mountain, people worship the golden calf, bring a plague on themselves…
then Moses comes down, restores order, and Exodus ends with the people continuing their journey to the __ __ of Canaan, following God’s “pillar of ___” by day, and “pillar of ___” by night
journey to the “promised land” of Canaan
pillar of cloud by day
pillar of fire by night
where is the promised land?
Canaan
Exodus 3:14 says
God said to Moses, “I ___ who I ___.” And he said, “Say this to the people of Israel, ‘I ___ has sent me to you.’
God said to Moses, “I am who I am.” And he said, “Say this to the people of Israel, ‘I am has sent me to you.’
What verse tells of God saying, “Let my people go”?
Then the Lord said to Moses, Ex 8:1
“Go in to Pharaoh and say to him, ‘Thus says the Lord, “Let my people go, that they may serve me.
Thou shall have no other ___ before ___
and name the verse
gods; me
Exodus 20:3
Unique and unusual about Exodus:
The “___”
God told the Israelites to celebrate the ___ w/a special meal of ___ made sans ___
3000 yrs later, Jewish people still commemorate the event
The Passover
celebrate with bread made sans yeast
So what? of Exodus
and how does this relate to Jesus, giving a specific Scripture that points to it
Story of Redemption
- God rescues His people from their slavery in Egypt
In the same way, Jesus breaks our bonds of sin (Hebrews 2:14-15)
