Old Testament Survey - Exodus

Introduction

Alright, so where are we when Genesis ends...

Exodus 1:1-10.

Oppressed them so they wouldn’t multiply

Exodus 1:12 ESV

But the more they were oppressed, the more they multiplied and the more they spread abroad. And the Egyptians were in dread of the people of Israel.

PP - Burdens —> Growth

First time viewed as a nation “The People of Israel” - used a lot

PP - What if the people there were never persecuted? What if life remained good there?

Maybe wouldn’t have multiplied so greatly (as was promised)

Maybe would have intermarried with Egyptians and become a mixture

Maybe would have never left

1st ever bit of God-Glorifying Civil Disobedience

Ex 1:15-21.

Romans 13, 1 Pet 2.

Covid. - “Gov’t until it forbids what God commands or commands what God forbids” - meeting together?

Spheres. - 2 ways of stacking the authorities throughout history ( DMLJ - Papism, Erastianism)

Last Ex 1:22

Exodus 1:22 ESV

Then Pharaoh commanded all his people, “Every son that is born to the Hebrews you shall cast into the Nile, but you shall let every daughter live.”