Who is God?

3/19/25 Big Picture Pt. 18 Who’s on the Throne?/ Getting out of Egypt

Recap: Raising a Deliverer

ISRAEL in EGYPT—NOW PROBLEM

NEW PHARAOH—DOESN’T KNOW JOSEPH

ISRAEL = SLAVES

CRIED OUT to GOD

(Q) WHAT’D GOD DO?? RAISED UP a DELIVERER—MOSES.

BURNING BUSH— *REVELATION of GOD’S NAME**— “I AM” YAHWEH,, the PRESENT GOD.

Text ended:

Exodus 4:31 (ESV)

31 And the people believed; and when they heard that the Lord had visited the people of Israel and that he had seen their affliction, they bowed their heads and worshiped.

(T) PHARAOH’S GOING to LET THEM GO… RIGHT?? YAY!

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EX. CH. 5: Deliverance from Egypt:

READ (V1-9): 5:1 Afterward Moses and Aaron went and said to Pharaoh, “Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, ‘Let my people go, that they may hold a feast to me in the wilderness.’ ” 2 But Pharaoh said, “Who is the Lord, that I should obey his voice and let Israel go? I do not know the Lord, and moreover, I will not let Israel go.” 3 Then they said, “The God of the Hebrews has met with us. Please let us go a three days’ journey into the wilderness that we may sacrifice to the Lord our God, lest he fall upon us with pestilence or with the sword.” 4 But the king of Egypt said to them, “Moses and Aaron, why do you take the people away from their work? Get back to your burdens.” 5 And Pharaoh said, “Behold, the people of the land are now many, and you make them rest from their burdens!” 6 The same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters of the people and their foremen, 7 “You shall no longer give the people straw to make bricks, as in the past; let them go and gather straw for themselves. 8 But the number of bricks that they made in the past you shall impose on them, you shall by no means reduce it, for they are idle. Therefore they cry, ‘Let us go and offer sacrifice to our God.’ 9 Let heavier work be laid on the men that they may labor at it and pay no regard to lying words.”

MOSES & AARON OBEY— GOING to PHARAOH

(Q) WHAT’S PHARAOH’S RESPONSE? (V2) WHO is the LORD??

BACKGROUND: LORD—YHWH

YAHWEH?? NEVER HEARD of HIM...

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PHARAOH DETERMINES—PEOPLE = LAZY, IDLE

TOO MUCH TIME on HANDS?? WE’LL TAKE CARE of THAT.

SAME ## of BRICKS— NO HELP/SUPPLIES.

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WE WERE ALREADY TOLD: PHARAOH WOULDN’T LISTEN. (3:19-20; 4:21-22)

WE ALREADY KNEW IT WOULD TAKE a MIRACLE

(T) BIG PROBLEM:

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READ (V10-21) : 10 So the taskmasters and the foremen of the people went out and said to the people, “Thus says Pharaoh, ‘I will not give you straw. 11 Go and get your straw yourselves wherever you can find it, but your work will not be reduced in the least.’ ” 12 So the people were scattered throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble for straw. 13 The taskmasters were urgent, saying, “Complete your work, your daily task each day, as when there was straw.” 14 And the foremen of the people of Israel, whom Pharaoh’s taskmasters had set over them, were beaten and were asked, “Why have you not done all your task of making bricks today and yesterday, as in the past?”

READ: 15 Then the foremen of the people of Israel came and cried to Pharaoh, “Why do you treat your servants like this? 16 No straw is given to your servants, yet they say to us, ‘Make bricks!’ And behold, your servants are beaten; but the fault is in your own people.” 17 But he said, “You are idle, you are idle; that is why you say, ‘Let us go and sacrifice to the Lord.’ 18 Go now and work. No straw will be given you, but you must still deliver the same number of bricks.” 19 The foremen of the people of Israel saw that they were in trouble when they said, “You shall by no means reduce your number of bricks, your daily task each day.” 20 They met Moses and Aaron, who were waiting for them, as they came out from Pharaoh; 21 and they said to them, “The Lord look on you and judge, because you have made us stink in the sight of Pharaoh and his servants, and have put a sword in their hand to kill us.”

AS PHARAOH COMMANDED: NO STRAW GIVEN

ISRAEL = UPSET… ACCUSING MOSES & AARON

(T) HOW’S MOSES RESPOND?

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READ (V22-23):22 Then Moses turned to the Lord and said, “O Lord, why have you done evil to this people? Why did you ever send me? 23 For since I came to Pharaoh to speak in your name, he has done evil to this people, and you have not delivered your people at all.”

MOSES TAKES COMPLAINT to GOD...

THINGS = WORSE!

GOD WHY ME!

“YOU HAVEN’T DELIVERED YOUR PEOPLE AT ALL”

(T) MOSES’ CONTENTION = TRUE… BUT STORY ISN’T OVER:

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Exodus 6: God Promises Deliverance

READ (6:1-9): 6:1 But the Lord said to Moses, “Now you shall see what I will do to Pharaoh; for with a strong hand he will send them out, and with a strong hand he will drive them out of his land.”

2 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 the Lord I did not make myself known to them. 4 I also established my covenant with them to give them the land of Canaan, the land in which they lived as sojourners. 5 Moreover, I have heard the groaning of the people of Israel whom the Egyptians hold as slaves, and I have remembered my covenant. 6 Say therefore to the people of Israel, ‘I am the Lord, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will deliver you from slavery to them, and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with great acts of judgment. 7 I will take you to be my people, and I will be your God, and you shall know that I am the Lord your God, who has brought you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians. 8 I will bring you into the land that I swore to give to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob. I will give it to you for a possession. I am the Lord.’ ” 9 Moses spoke thus to the people of Israel, but they did not listen to Moses, because of their broken spirit and harsh slavery.

**GOD DOESN’T DISAGREE W/ MOSES’ ASSESSMENT**

THE STORY’S NOT OVER.

(V1) WE WILL BE LEAVING—PHARAOH WILL SEND YOU OUT...

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(V2) I’M YAHWEH. (the LORD)

ESTABLISHED COVENANT

CANAAN-LAND = YOURS!

HEARD PEOPLE’S GROANING— REMEMBERING COVENANT

(V6-8) MSG to ISRAEL:

I’M YAHWEH.

GOD SAYS: I WILL:

BRING YOU OUT of EGYPT

DELIVER from SLAVERY

REDEEM YOU ((PAYING the PRICE))

TAKE YOU to BE MY PEOPLE

HE’S DELIVERING THEM FROM EGYPT—FOR HIMSELF.

(7B) YOU’LL KNOW I AM the LORD YOUR GOD....((**NOTE THEME!**))

I WILL BRING YOU to CANAAN-LAND

THESE = PROMISES from GOD…HE SAYS HE WILL...

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(Q) PEOPLE’S RESPONSE?? DIDN’T LISTEN/BELIEVE.

**CONTRAST** 4:31— THEY BELIEVED!

SOMETIMES WE’RE DISAPPOINTED WHEN GOD DOESN’T MEET OUR EXPECTATIONS...

BUT GOD KEEPS HIS PROMISES NONETHELESS.

(T) WHAT DO WE DO NOW?:

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READ (V10-13): 10 So the Lord said to Moses, 11 “Go in, tell Pharaoh king of Egypt to let the people of Israel go out of his land.” 12 But Moses said to the Lord, “Behold, the people of Israel have not listened to me. How then shall Pharaoh listen to me, for I am of uncircumcised lips?” 13 But the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron and gave them a charge about the people of Israel and about Pharaoh king of Egypt: to bring the people of Israel out of the land of Egypt.

MOSES DILEMMA:

NOT GOOD SPEAKER

SO FAR—SO BAD!

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Summarize: The Genealogy of Moses and Aaron (v14-30)

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Exodus 7: Moses and Aaron Before Pharaoh

READ (7:1-7): 7:1 And the Lord said to Moses, “See, I have made you like God to Pharaoh, and your brother Aaron shall be your prophet. 2 You shall speak all that I command you, and your brother Aaron shall tell Pharaoh to let the people of Israel go out of his land. 3 But I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and though I multiply my signs and wonders in the land of Egypt, 4 Pharaoh will not listen to you. Then I will lay my hand on Egypt and bring my hosts, my people the children of Israel, out of the land of Egypt by great acts of judgment. 5 The Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord, when I stretch out my hand against Egypt and bring out the people of Israel from among them.” 6 Moses and Aaron did so; they did just as the Lord commanded them. 7 Now Moses was eighty years old, and Aaron eighty-three years old, when they spoke to Pharaoh.

MESSAGES WILL GO to PHARAOH…BUT HE WON’T LISTEN.

HARDENED HEART—REVISIT THIS SHORTLY

(Q) EARLIER WHAT DID PHARAOH SAY CONCERNING GOD? NEVER HEARD of HIM.

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(V5) DO YOU SEE WHAT GOD SAYS NOW?? THEY’LL KNOW I’M YAHWEH.

PROBLEMS COMING for EGYPT

GOD WILL DELIVER ISRAEL

(T) STAFF EPISODE & FAMOUS 10 PLAGUES:

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Summarize Ch. 7-10 & Plagues

PLAGUES/WONDERS = GOD’S PROOF of WHO HE IS… INTRODUCING PHARAOH to YAHWEH

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Background:

EGYPTIAN CULTURE— PHARAOH’S RESPONSIBILITY to MAINTAIN PEACE & ORDER...

PHARAOH SEEN as DIVINE

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PLAGUES = GOD’S SHOWING OFF—PROVING THAT PHARAOH = NO god… & HELPLESS!

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MOSES & AARON GO W/ MESSAGE: “Thus says Yahweh… Let my people go.”

pattern:

PHARAOH DOESN’T LISTEN/HARDENS HEART

YAHWEH RESPONDS W/ PLAGUE

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1. Water Turned to Blood

a. NILE RIVER & EVERYWHERE.

b. Magicians duplicate w/ secret arts

c. 7:17

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2. Frogs

a. Magicians could duplicate w/ secret arts—last time they’re able to duplicate.

i. Staff to snake.

ii. Water and blood.

iii. Frogs.

b. 8:10; 9:14

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3. Gnats

a. Magicians could not duplicate… “this is the finger of God” (8:19).

i. HELPLESS BEFORE YAHWEH! TRUE GOD!

EGYPT HAD APPROX, 1,500 gods...

NONE COULD STAND...

YAHWEH, HE is GOD!

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4. Flies

DIVISION BETWEEN ISRAEL (GOSHEN) & EGYPT!:

Exodus 8:22–23 (ESV)

22 But on that day I will set apart the land of Goshen, where my people dwell, so that no swarms of flies shall be there, that you may know that I am the Lord in the midst of the earth.

23 Thus I will put a division between my people and your people. Tomorrow this sign shall happen.” ’ ”

GOD = SHOWCASING— ISRAEL = MY PEOPLE. b. Division between people of Israel and Egypt.

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5. Plague on Egyptian Livestock

a. Again, DISTINCTION... between Israel and Egypt

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6. Boils

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7. Hail

PLAGUES GOT INCREASINGLY DESTRUCTIVE...

WATER ISSUES & FROGS = INCONVENIENT...

HAIL = DESTROYS CROPS & HURTS PEOPLE & ANIMALS OUTSIDE.

Exodus 9:14 (ESV)

14 For this time I will send all my plagues on you yourself, and on your servants and your people, so that you may know that there is none like me in all the earth.

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GOD SHOWING OFF HIS POWER—MAKING HIMSELF KNOWN...

(V15) HE COULD’VE GOT RID of PHARAOH--

INSTEAD:. “But for this purpose I have raised you up, to show you my power, so that my name may be proclaimed in all the earth” (Ex. 9:16).

JUST ABOUT EVERYONE’S HEARD the STORY of the EXODUS/RED SEA...

NOT ALL BELIEVE—BUT GOD’S NAME HAS GONE OUT!

GOD SPARED HIM— OFFERING HIM OPPORTUNITY,, BUT HE NEVER RESPONDS…INSTEAD GOD MAGNIFIES HIS NAME...

RESPONSE to HAIL:

“20 Then whoever feared the word of the Lord among the servants of Pharaoh hurried his slaves and his livestock into the houses, 21 but whoever did not pay attention to the word of the Lord left his slaves and his livestock in the field” (Ex. 9:20-21).

ii. No hail in the land of Goshen (v26).

iii. Signs prove that the earth belongs to Yahweh (v29):

Exodus 9:29 (ESV)

29 Moses said to him, “As soon as I have gone out of the city, I will stretch out my hands to the Lord. The thunder will cease, and there will be no more hail, so that you may know that the earth is the Lord’s.

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8. Locusts

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9. Darkness

Background:

The Egyptian SUN GOD... — PROBABLY MOST FAMOUS of EGYPT’S gods...

YAHWEH TURNS OFF the LIGHTS!

AGAIN—ISRAEL HAS LIGHT in GOSHEN...

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9 PLAGUES SO FAR

CONTINUAL PATTERN...

(Q) WHAT DO WE MAKE of PHARAOH’S HARD HEART??

AT TIMES SCRIPTURE SAYS GOD HARDENED HIS HEART

OTHER TIMES PHARAOH HARDENS HIS OWN HEART

OTHER TIMES “IT WAS HARDENED”

ANYTIME SOMEONE HEARS GOD’S WORD— THERE’S an OPPORTUNITY for RESPONSE...

· “‘Hardening’ thus signifies the encounter of the rebellious human being with the word of God in judgment” (Commentary on the New Testament Use of the Old Testament, Seifrid, p. 644)

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HELPFUL ILLUSTRATION:

SUN— MELTS WAX. HARDENS CLAY.

EACH MATERIAL RESPONDS DIFFERENTLY

IN ONE SENSE— GOD STRENGTHENS (HARDENS) PHARAOH’S HEART— TO DO WHAT PHARAOH HIMSELF HAD PURPOSED in REBELLION to DO...

MYSTERY of DIVINE SOVEREIGNTY & HUMAN RESPONSIBILITY

JUDAS & CHRIST

JEWISH LEADERS

FULFILLED GOD’S SOVEREIGN PLAN & WERE CULPABLE.

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SOME RESPOND to GOD’S WORD W/ HUMILITY & FAITH

OTHERS RESPOND W/ ARROGANCE & UNBELIEF

IT’S HAPPENED THIS WAY—THOUSANDS of YEARS...

GOSPEL = MESSAGE of SALVATION & DAMNATION— DEPENDING on HUMAN RESPONSE

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Exodus 11: A Final Plague Threatened

READ (11:1-10): 11:1 The Lord said to Moses, “Yet one plague more I will bring upon Pharaoh and upon Egypt. Afterward he will let you go from here. When he lets you go, he will drive you away completely. 2 Speak now in the hearing of the people, that they ask, every man of his neighbor and every woman of her neighbor, for silver and gold jewelry.” 3 And the Lord gave the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians. Moreover, the man Moses was very great in the land of Egypt, in the sight of Pharaoh’s servants and in the sight of the people.

4 So Moses said, “Thus says the Lord: ‘About midnight I will go out in the midst of Egypt, 5 and every firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sits on his throne, even to the firstborn of the slave girl who is behind the handmill, and all the firstborn of the cattle. 6 There shall be a great cry throughout all the land of Egypt, such as there has never been, nor ever will be again. 7 But not a dog shall growl against any of the people of Israel, either man or beast, that you may know that the Lord makes a distinction between Egypt and Israel.’ 8 And all these your servants shall come down to me and bow down to me, saying, ‘Get out, you and all the people who follow you.’ And after that I will go out.” And he went out from Pharaoh in hot anger. 9 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Pharaoh will not listen to you, that my wonders may be multiplied in the land of Egypt.”

10 Moses and Aaron did all these wonders before Pharaoh, and the Lord hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he did not let the people of Israel go out of his land.

(V1) HEADS UP: FINAL PLAGUE COMING…THEN WE LEAVE.

FIRSTBORN MALE of ALL PEOPLE & ANIMALS in EGYPT WILL DIE.

(V7) DISTINCTION BETWEEN ISRAEL & EYGPT

(T) SEE THIS PLAY OUT:

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Exodus 12: The Passover

READ (12:1-13) 12:1 The Lord said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, 2 “This month shall be for you the beginning of months. It shall be the first month of the year for you. 3 Tell all the congregation of Israel that on the tenth day of this month every man shall take a lamb according to their fathers’ houses, a lamb for a household. 4 And if the household is too small for a lamb, then he and his nearest neighbor shall take according to the number of persons; according to what each can eat you shall make your count for the lamb. 5 Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male a year old. You may take it from the sheep or from the goats, 6 and you shall keep it until the fourteenth day of this month, when the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill their lambs at twilight.

7 “Then they shall take some of the blood and put it on the two doorposts and the lintel of the houses in which they eat it. 8 They shall eat the flesh that night, roasted on the fire; with unleavened bread and bitter herbs they shall eat it. 9 Do not eat any of it raw or boiled in water, but roasted, its head with its legs and its inner parts. 10 And you shall let none of it remain until the morning; anything that remains until the morning you shall burn. 11 In this manner you shall eat it: with your belt fastened, your sandals on your feet, and your staff in your hand. And you shall eat it in haste. It is the Lord’s Passover. 12 For I will pass through the land of Egypt that night, and I will strike all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and on all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgments: I am the Lord. 13 The blood shall be a sign for you, on the houses where you are. And when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and no plague will befall you to destroy you, when I strike the land of Egypt.

10TH DAY of MONTH— FIND a LAMB WITHOUT BLEMISH, A YEAR OLD.

(V6) 14TH DAY of MONTH— KILL @ TWILIGHT

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(V7) BRUSH BLOOD on DOORS

SIDE POSTS

TOP POST

(V12) PASS THROUGH— STRIKING FIRSTBORN— EXECUTING (FINAL) JUDGMENTS on EGYPT’S gods...

(V13) WHEN I SEE the BLOOD— I’LL “PASS-OVER”

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READ (V14-20): 14 “This day shall be for you a memorial day, and you shall keep it as a feast to the Lord; throughout your generations, as a statute forever, you shall keep it as a feast. 15 Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread. On the first day you shall remove leaven out of your houses, for if anyone eats what is leavened, from the first day until the seventh day, that person shall be cut off from Israel. 16 On the first day you shall hold a holy assembly, and on the seventh day a holy assembly. No work shall be done on those days. But what everyone needs to eat, that alone may be prepared by you. 17 And you shall observe the Feast of Unleavened Bread, for on this very day I brought your hosts out of the land of Egypt. Therefore you shall observe this day, throughout your generations, as a statute forever. 18 In the first month, from the fourteenth day of the month at evening, you shall eat unleavened bread until the twenty-first day of the month at evening. 19 For seven days no leaven is to be found in your houses. If anyone eats what is leavened, that person will be cut off from the congregation of Israel, whether he is a sojourner or a native of the land. 20 You shall eat nothing leavened; in all your dwelling places you shall eat unleavened bread.”

NOT JUST ONCE & DONE… A PERPETUAL FEAST & REMEMBRANCE in ISRAEL… ASSOCIATED W/ FEAST of UNLEAVENED BREAD (HASTY EXIT??)

FIRST INSTANCE—LOOKING FORWARD… ANTICIPATION of SALVATION

REMEMBERED FOREVER— LOOKING BACKWARD… CELEBRATING SALVATION.

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READ (V21-27) 21 Then Moses called all the elders of Israel and said to them, “Go and select lambs for yourselves according to your clans, and kill the Passover lamb. 22 Take a bunch of hyssop and dip it in the blood that is in the basin, and touch the lintel and the two doorposts with the blood that is in the basin. None of you shall go out of the door of his house until the morning. 23 For the Lord will pass through to strike the Egyptians, and when he sees the blood on the lintel and on the two doorposts, the Lord will pass over the door and will not allow the destroyer to enter your houses to strike you. 24 You shall observe this rite as a statute for you and for your sons forever. 25 And when you come to the land that the Lord will give you, as he has promised, you shall keep this service. 26 And when your children say to you, ‘What do you mean by this service?’ 27 you shall say, ‘It is the sacrifice of the Lord’s Passover, for he passed over the houses of the people of Israel in Egypt, when he struck the Egyptians but spared our houses.’ ” And the people bowed their heads and worshiped.

MOSES TAKES GOD’S COMMAND to PEOPLE...

(V27) THEY RESPOND in WORSHIP

(Q) WOULD YOU BELIEVE IT?

BLOOD on MY DOOR & I’LL BE OKAY?

MATTER of FAITH…RIGHT?

(Q) WOULD YOU DO IT?

MOSES WAS HESITANT to OBEY

PHARAOH ABSOLUTELY REFUSED

ISRAEL’S HARDSHIPS HAD ONLY GROWN WORSE...

MATTER of FAITH...

WILL YOU TAKE GOD’S WORD for IT??

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(T) HOW DO PEOPLE RESPOND?

READ: 28 Then the people of Israel went and did so; as the Lord had commanded Moses and Aaron, so they did.

PEOPLE FOLLOW THROUGH on THEIR END...

(T) WILL GOD FOLLOW THROUGH on HIS?::

The Tenth Plague: Death of the Firstborn

READ (V29-51) : 29 At midnight the Lord struck down all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sat on his throne to the firstborn of the captive who was in the dungeon, and all the firstborn of the livestock. 30 And Pharaoh rose up in the night, he and all his servants and all the Egyptians. And there was a great cry in Egypt, for there was not a house where someone was not dead. 31 Then he summoned Moses and Aaron by night and said, “Up, go out from among my people, both you and the people of Israel; and go, serve the Lord, as you have said. 32 Take your flocks and your herds, as you have said, and be gone, and bless me also!”

The Exodus

READ: 33 The Egyptians were urgent with the people to send them out of the land in haste. For they said, “We shall all be dead.” 34 So the people took their dough before it was leavened, their kneading bowls being bound up in their cloaks on their shoulders. 35 The people of Israel had also done as Moses told them, for they had asked the Egyptians for silver and gold jewelry and for clothing. 36 And the Lord had given the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians, so that they let them have what they asked. Thus they plundered the Egyptians.

37 And the people of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand men on foot, besides women and children. 38 A mixed multitude also went up with them, and very much livestock, both flocks and herds. 39 And they baked unleavened cakes of the dough that they had brought out of Egypt, for it was not leavened, because they were thrust out of Egypt and could not wait, nor had they prepared any provisions for themselves.

40 The time that the people of Israel lived in Egypt was 430 years. 41 At the end of 430 years, on that very day, all the hosts of the Lord went out from the land of Egypt. 42 It was a night of watching by the Lord, to bring them out of the land of Egypt; so this same night is a night of watching kept to the Lord by all the people of Israel throughout their generations.

Institution of the Passover

READ: 43 And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, “This is the statute of the Passover: no foreigner shall eat of it, 44 but every slave that is bought for money may eat of it after you have circumcised him. 45 No foreigner or hired worker may eat of it. 46 It shall be eaten in one house; you shall not take any of the flesh outside the house, and you shall not break any of its bones. 47 All the congregation of Israel shall keep it. 48 If a stranger shall sojourn with you and would keep the Passover to the Lord, let all his males be circumcised. Then he may come near and keep it; he shall be as a native of the land. But no uncircumcised person shall eat of it. 49 There shall be one law for the native and for the stranger who sojourns among you.”

50 All the people of Israel did just as the Lord commanded Moses and Aaron. 51 And on that very day the Lord brought the people of Israel out of the land of Egypt by their hosts.

GOD KEEPS HIS WORD.

BROUGHT JUDGMENT UPON EGYPT

BROUGHT SALVATION to ISRAEL.

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Takeaways:

1. GOD HAS REVEALED HIMSELF—MADE HIMSELF KNOWN.

WHAT a BLESSING THAT HE’S REVEALED HIMSELF to US

YOU’LL KNOW “THAT I’M the LORD”

Habakkuk 2:14 (ESV)

14 For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord as the waters cover the sea.

END of STORY— PHARAOH KNEW WHO YAHWEH WAS...

TRUE & LIVING GOD—MORE POWERFUL THAN ALL gods in EGYPT!!

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2. THE IMPORTANCE of the HEART

Proverbs 4:23 (ESV)

23 Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life.

IF WE CONTINUE in SINFUL WAYS—OUR HEARTS WILL BECOME CALLOUSED.

BUSTING MORAL COMPASS...

ALEC MOTYER,, CONCERNING HARDNESS of HEART: § “With these words we are forcefully reminded that choices are the privilege and price of being human.

Our privilege is that of being responsible beings, recognizing moral values, called to make responsible choices, and given the opportunity and obligation to live in the light of the foreseeable consequences of our actions.

The price we pay is that every choice, for good or ill, goes to fashioning our characters, and whether in the long or short term—or both—makes us answerable to the Judge of all the earth.”[4]

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3. BEST NEWS of ALL— WE HAVE OUR OWN PASSOVER LAMB.

1 Corinthians 5:7 (ESV)

7 Cleanse out the old leaven that you may be a new lump, as you really are unleavened. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed.

1 Peter 1:18–19 (ESV)

18 knowing that you were ransomed from the futile ways inherited from your forefathers, not with perishable things such as silver or gold,

19 but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of a lamb without blemish or spot.

HE’S the FIRSTBORN of ALL CREATION (COL. 1:15)....

WHO DIED on PASSOVER??

GOD SACRIFICED HIS “FIRST-BORN” (PREEMINENT ONE)//LAMB of GOD...FOR US… SO THAT WE COULD BE SPARED FROM HIS JUDGMENT...

CONSIDER:

LAST SUPPER (ANTICIPATION)

COMMUNION (REMEMBRANCE)

JUST LIKE PASSOVER… WHICH WAS the CELEBRATED FEAST @ LAST SUPPER...

WHEN GOD SEES “THE BLOOD” HE PASSES OVER US in JUDGMENT...

I THANK GOD for MERCY TODAY...

QUESTION for US— AS IT WAS FOR ISRAEL:

DO WE BELIEVE?

ARE WE UNDER the BLOOD?

?? CLOSING QUESTIONS??

Close in PRAYER

ADDITIONAL QUOTES/THOUGHTS:

“One is the story of Pharaoh’s moral choices, whereby his heart became increasingly ‘set in its ways’, committed more and more irretrievably to a course of genocide regarding Israel. The other is a mere statement that from the perspective of the Lord as moral ruler of his world, the point of no return had been reached and the hardness of Pharaoh’s heart must now be judgmentally imposed on him as the justly due consequence of what his own choices had made him”[3]

[1]Alec Motyer, The Message of Exodus: The Days of Our Pilgrimage, ed. Alec Motyer and Derek Tidball, The Bible Speaks Today (Nottingham, England: Inter-Varsity Press, 2005), 105. [2]John H Walton, Zondervan Illustrated Bible Backgrounds Commentary (Old Testament): Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2009), 195. [3]Alec Motyer, The Message of Exodus: The Days of Our Pilgrimage, ed. Alec Motyer and Derek Tidball, The Bible Speaks Today (Nottingham, England: Inter-Varsity Press, 2005), 122. [4]Alec Motyer, The Message of Exodus: The Days of Our Pilgrimage, ed. Alec Motyer and Derek Tidball, The Bible Speaks Today (Nottingham, England: Inter-Varsity Press, 2005), 122.