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Exodus
T H E R E A R E T I M E S when you want to get away from it all, get out
from under it, get away! You feel trapped, caught in a web of circumstances that has you imprisoned. If only you could go to a new place,
be freed from the oppression of the here and now. If only you could
start a new life. If you ever feel this way, Exodus is for you.
Exodus—the story of escape from slavery, getting
What you will be
reading about
out from under it all, going away, leaving miserable circumstances. But that’s just part of the
1:1–7:13
God chooses Moses
story. Exodus is also a story of moving into new
adventures, new freedoms, new experiences,
7:14 –11:10
new life, new challenges, new expectations, new
The ten plagues
demands. This is perhaps the more significant
12:1–15:21
part of the story because it explores what hapThe Passover and the
exodus from Egypt
pens after the getting away.
The early part of the book of Exodus, a little
15:22–18:27
Journey to Mount Sinai
over a third, is about deliverance from. God
remembers his people and sets them free from
19:1– 31:18
God gives the Law
slavery. It is the story of getting away from it all,
getting out from under the burdens of bondage.
32:1–33:11
The people make a golden
It is also a reminder to us of so much that we long
calf idol
to be released from. Life has become our prison,
33:12– 34:35
and we long to be free from our jobs, our marMoses asks to see God
riages, personal problems, health problems, or
35:1– 40:38
just the oppressive routines of everyday living. If
The Tabernacle is built
only we could be free. But remember, this is less
than half the story.
The last two-thirds of Exodus is the story of deliverance to. Exodus becomes
a foreshadowing of the New Testament—the story of the way Christ frees us
from the bondage of sin and the bondage of the ordinary to a life of devotion
to a new master, the Lord God himself. He will lead us to the joy of true fulfillment and the joy of service, through the delights of a journey that leads to his
eternal home.
Exodus, therefore, is the story of deliverance from bondage in Egypt, crossing the Red Sea, and the songs of joy when the Israelites could sing of their freedom at last. A long journey still lay before them, filled with disappointments
and hardships, but at the end—the Promised Land. In between, there were the
disciplines of learning to be God’s people, following his commands, finding
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