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2 How Exodus comes 400 years after Genesis, yet never misses a beat of the song.How Exodus comes 400 years after Genesis, yet never misses a beat of the song. Why, when you find out what “Yahweh” really means, you can only say it in reverence.Why, when you find out what “Yahweh” really means, you can only say it in reverence. Why Moses never won “Husband of the year.”Why Moses never won “Husband of the year.” Why a recent survey of firstborns indicates a strong preference for pass “overs” versus pass “throughs”Why a recent survey of firstborns indicates a strong preference for pass “overs” versus pass “throughs”

3 Gen 50:26 Joseph was placed in a coffin in Egypt Exodus

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5 Flow of thought in Exodus

6 1A God Buys / Wins a People to Himself 1B God Introduces Himself and Separates a People from Egypt, B God Introduces Himself and Separates a People from Egypt, C The need for deliverance: 1:1-22 1C The need for deliverance: 1:1-22 Why would the nation want to stay in Egypt? Why would the nation want to stay in Egypt?

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8 1A God Buys / Wins a People to Himself 1B God Introduces Himself and Separates a People from Egypt, B God Introduces Himself and Separates a People from Egypt, C The need for deliverance: 1:1-22 1C The need for deliverance: 1:1-22 Why would the nation want to stay in Egypt? Why would the nation want to stay in Egypt? What things does God allow which make them want to leave? What things does God allow which make them want to leave? Slavery Slavery Death of baby boys Death of baby boys

9 2C The introduction of God to the deliverer, Moses, 2:1--4:31 English, “I AM” = Hebrew, “Jehovah” or better “Yahweh” Elohim = god El-Shaddai = God almighty Adonai = Lord, Master Yahweh = Personal name Generic titles Generic titles

10 “I AM” 1) Self-existent One, 3:14 1) Self-existent One, 3:14 as opposed to “I began” or “I came to be” as opposed to “I began” or “I came to be” I AM Who was Who is Who is to come 3:14 So God said to Moses, “I AM that I AM.” And he said, “You must say this to the Israelites, ‘I AM has sent me to you.’”

11 “I AM” 1) Self-existent One, 3:14 1) Self-existent One, 3:14 as opposed to “I began” or “I came to be” as opposed to “I began” or “I came to be” 2) I AM the God who keeps his promises to Abraham, Isaac & Jacob, 3:15 2) I AM the God who keeps his promises to Abraham, Isaac & Jacob, 3:15 For short: God is the For short: God is the 1) Powerful, 3:14 1) Powerful, 3:14 2) Promisekeeper, 3:15 2) Promisekeeper, 3:15 3:14 So God said to Moses, “I AM that I AM.” And he said, “You must say this to the Israelites, ‘I AM has sent me to you.’” 3:15 God also said to Moses, “You must say this to the Israelites, ‘The L ORD, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you. This is my name forever, and this is my memorial from generation to generation. 3:15 God also said to Moses, “You must say this to the Israelites, ‘The L ORD, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you. This is my name forever, and this is my memorial from generation to generation. also

12 4:1 Moses answered again, “And if they do not believe me or pay attention to me, but say, ‘The L ORD has not appeared to you’?” 4:2 And the L ORD said to him, “What is that in your hand?” He replied, “A rod.”... and it became a snake, and Moses fled from it. 4:4 But the L ORD said to Moses, “Put out your hand and grab it by the tail”—... 4:5 “that they may believe that the L ORD, the God of their fathers,... has appeared to you.” What is the purpose of miracles? A “badge” or sign of authority that the miracle worker speaks for / from God.

13 3C God Separates a people from Egypt, D The background 1D The background 5:2 6:2-8 7:5 5:2 6:2-8 7:5 5:2 But Pharaoh said, “Who is the L ORD that I should obey him by releasing Israel? I do not know the L ORD, and I will not release Israel.” I do not like green eggs and ham, Sam I am!

14 6:2 God spoke to Moses and said to him, “I am the L ORD, 6:3 and I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob as God Almighty, but by my name “the L ORD ” I was not known to them. 6:4 And I also established my covenant with them to give them the land of Canaan, in which they were living as resident aliens. 6:5 I have also heard the groaning of the Israelites, whom the Egyptians are enslaving, and I have remembered my covenant. 6:6 Therefore, say to the Israelites, ‘I am the L ORD, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will rescue you from their hard labor, and I will redeem you by my outstretched arm and with great judgments.

15 6:7 And I will take you to myself for a people, and I will become your God. Then you will know that I am the L ORD your God, who brought you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians. 6:8 And 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 L ORD !’” 6:7 And I will take you to myself for a people, and I will become your God. Then you will know that I am the L ORD your God, who brought you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians. 6:8 And 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 L ORD !’”

16 3C God Separates a people from Egypt, D The background 1D The background 5:2 6:2-8 7:5 5:2 6:2-8 7:5 2D God reveals Himself to Israel & Pharaoh 2D God reveals Himself to Israel & Pharaoh 7:5 Then the Egyptians will know that I am the L ORD, when I extend my hand over Egypt and bring out the Israelites from among them. :Nobody knows Yahweh!!

17 1 Blood4 Flies7 HailAM Warning 2 Frogs5 Cattle8 LocustsWarning 3 Gnats6 Boils9 DarknessNo Warning 10 Death of Firstborn 2D God reveals Himself to Israel & Pharaoh 2D God reveals Himself to Israel & Pharaoh

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19 1 Blood4 Flies7 HailAM Warning 2 Frogs5 Cattle8 LocustsWarning 3 Gnats6 Boils9 DarknessNo Warning 10 Death of Firstborn 2D God reveals Himself to Israel & Pharaoh 2D God reveals Himself to Israel & Pharaoh

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21 1 Blood4 Flies7 HailAM Warning 2 Frogs5 Cattle8 LocustsWarning 3 Gnats6 Boils9 DarknessNo Warning 10 Death of Firstborn 2D God reveals Himself to Israel & Pharoah 2D God reveals Himself to Israel & Pharoah

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23 1 Blood4 Flies7 HailAM Warning 2 Frogs5 Cattle8 LocustsWarning 3 Gnats6 Boils9 DarknessNo Warning 10 Death of Firstborn 2D God reveals Himself to Israel & Pharoah 2D God reveals Himself to Israel & Pharoah

24 2B God Redeems a People to Himself 1C God rescues a people from Judgment on the firstborn by blood, 12:1-15