“40 Now the sojourn of the children of Israel who lived in Egypt was 430 years. 41 And it came to pass at the end of the 430 years-on that very same day-it came to pass that all the armies of the Lord went out from the Land of Egypt.” Exodus 12:40-41
the great escape of Exodus was not a random event, but a prophetic declarative promise for our own salvation
“12 But the more they (Egyptians) afflicted them, the more they (Israelites) multiplied and grew”. Exodus
1:12
Moses was born in a time when the powers at be (Pharaoh) tried to extinguish God’s promised people by killing every male infant (Exodus
1:15)
Like Moses, Jesus was born in a time when the powers at be (King Herod) tried to extinguish the promised messiah by killing every male infant (Matthew 2:13-16)
“11Now it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown, that he went out to his brethren and looked at their burdens. And he saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew, one of his brethren. 12 So he looked this way and that way and when he saw no one, he killed the Egyptian and hid him in the sand.” Exodus 2:11-12
“24 By faith Moses, when he became of age, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter, 25 choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God than to enjoy the passing pleasures of sin, 26 esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt; for he looked to the reward.” Hebrews 11:24-26
Who being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage; 7 rather, he made himself nothing by taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness. 8 And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to death-even death on a cross!” Phil 2:6-8
“Moses tried to do the Lord’s work in man’s wisdom and power and it didn’t work”- David Guzik
“23Now when he was forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brethren, the children of Israel. 24 And seeing one of them suffer wrong he defended and avenged him who was oppressed, and struck down the Egyptian. 25 For he supposed that his brethren would have understood that God would deliver them by his hand, but they did not understand.” Acts 7:23-25
“In Egypt, Moses learned to be somebody; In Midian, Moses learned to be nobody”- David Guzik.
“23Now it happened in the process of time that the king of Egypt died. Then the children of Israel groaned because of the bondage, and they cried out; and their cry came up to God because of the bondage. 24 So God heard their groaning, and God remembered His covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob. 25 And God acknowledged them.” Exodus 2:23-25
“6Moreover He said, ‘I am the God of your father-the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’ And Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look upon God. 7 And the Lord said: ‘I have surely seen the oppression of My people who are in Egypt, and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters, for I know their sorrows. 8 So I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up from that land to a good and large land, to a land flowing with milk and honey…9 Now therefore, behold, the cry of the children of Israel has come to Me, and I have also seen the oppression with which the Egyptians oppress them.10 Come now, therefore, and I will send you to Pharaoh that you may bring My people, the children of Israel, out of Egypt.’” Exodus 3:6-10
“1Then the LORD said to Moses, ‘Now you shall see what I will do to Pharaoh. For with a strong hand he will let them go, and with a strong hand he will drive them out of his land.’ 2 And God spoke to Moses and said to him: ‘I am the LORD. 3 I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, as God Almighty, but by My name LORD I was not known to them….6 Therefore say to the children of Israel: I am the LORD; I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, I will rescue you from their bondage, and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with great judgments. 7 I will take you as My people and I will be your God. Then you shall know that I am the LORD your God who brings you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians.’” Exodus 6:1-2,6-7
“Outstretched arms” means God’s sovereign involvement to bring a complete deliverance and redemption
“The plagues God brought against Egypt has a definite strategy and purpose. Each of them confronts and attacks a prized Egyptian deity. Not only did they bring punishment against Egypt, the plagues also answered Pharaoh’s original question: Who is the Lord, that I should obey His voice to let Israel go? God used this series of plagues to glorify Himself (especially above the gods, of the Egyptians) and to give Pharaoh a chance to repent.”- David Guzik
“An inscription by a Pharaoh on an ancient Egyptian temple gives the idea: ‘I am that which was, and is, and shall be, and no man has lifted my veil’. Pharaoh believed himself to be more than a man he considered himself a god, and the Egyptians agreed.”- David Guzik
“ ‘I am the Alpha and the Omega’, says the Lord God, ‘who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty.’” Rev 1:8
PLAGUES vs EGYPTAIN GODS
1)Water turned to blood - Hapi (God of Nile)
2)Frogs from the Nile - Heket (goddess of fertility; head of frog)
3)Lice from dust of earth - Geb (god over dust of the earth)
4)Swarms of flies - Khepri (god of creation; head of fly)
5)Death of cattle and livestock - Hathor (goddess of love; head of cow)
6)Ashes turned to boils and sores - Isis (goddess of medicine and peace)
7)Hail rained down in form of fire - Nut (goddess of the sky)
8)Locusts sent from the sky - Seth (god of storms and disorder)
9)3 days of complete/felt darkness - Ra (the sun god)
10)death of the firstborn - Pharaoh (ultimate power of Egypt)
“Pharaoh is grieved at the consequences of sin, but not sin itself”- David Guzik
In this Passover, “The blood of the lamb was essential to what God required. If an Israelite home didn’t believe in the power of the blood of the lamb, they could sacrifice the lamb and eat it, but they would still be visited by judgement. If an Egyptian home did believe in the power of the blood of the lamb, and made a proper Passover sacrifice, they would be spared the judgement. An intellectual agreement with what God said about the blood was not enough; they actually had to do what God said must be done with the blood.” -David Guzik
“God was manifest in the flesh…” 1 Tim
3:16
“For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only son, so that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have everlasting life” John
3:16
“40Now the sojourn of the children of Israel who lived in Egypt was 430 years.41 And it came to pass at the end of the 430 years-on that very same day- it came to pass that all the armies of the Lord went out from the Land of Egypt.” Exodus 12:40-41
“And from Jesus Christ the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings on earth. To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood.” Rev 1:5
“For by the blood of Christ we are set free, that is our sins are forgiven. How great is the grace of God.” Romans
6:23