JESUS IS THE NEW EXODUS- PART ONE (5 OF 32)
Scripture: John 6:1-33, John 6:35-40
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Jesus is the New Exodus- Part One (5 of 32)
Series: John
Patrick Edwards
John 6:1-40
Introduction
The book of Exodus, the second book of the Bible, tells the story of God rescuing His people from slavery in Egypt. The book begins with the Israelites in Egypt where they have been enslaved for four-hundred years. Though they had voluntarily come to Egypt during a famine and had enjoyed prosperity during their early years there, we read early on that a new king arose in Egypt who did not know and honor the agreement and relationship that Israel's forefathers had made with former Pharaohs. Thus, he takes advantage of their presence and conscripts them into forced labor.
God's people, under the burden and suffering of slavery, cry out to God for deliverance and salvation. God hears their groaning and in keeping with His promises to their forefathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, God sends them a deliverer. This deliverer is one of them, an Israelite by the name of Moses. Through Moses God tells Pharaoh to let the Israelites go or else He will send mighty plagues upon Egypt to show that He is the One true God and must be obeyed. Pharaoh refuses and so God sends ten plagues, the tenth being the absolute worst. In this tenth plague, God says that unless Pharaoh releases the Israelites that He will send His angel to kill every firstborn son in the land of Egypt. Pharaoh still refuses.
God tells His people, though, that if each household kills a lamb and spreads its blood over their doorposts then His angel will see that blood and pass over the house without killing the firstborn son there. He also tells the Israelites that they are to commemorate this day and to make it an annual memorial day so that they remember the time when a lamb's blood was shed and they were spared from death and delivered from bondage.
This final plague convinces Pharaoh that he cannot no longer stand against Israel's God and, thus, he releases the Israelites. The Israelites leav ...
Series: John
Patrick Edwards
John 6:1-40
Introduction
The book of Exodus, the second book of the Bible, tells the story of God rescuing His people from slavery in Egypt. The book begins with the Israelites in Egypt where they have been enslaved for four-hundred years. Though they had voluntarily come to Egypt during a famine and had enjoyed prosperity during their early years there, we read early on that a new king arose in Egypt who did not know and honor the agreement and relationship that Israel's forefathers had made with former Pharaohs. Thus, he takes advantage of their presence and conscripts them into forced labor.
God's people, under the burden and suffering of slavery, cry out to God for deliverance and salvation. God hears their groaning and in keeping with His promises to their forefathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, God sends them a deliverer. This deliverer is one of them, an Israelite by the name of Moses. Through Moses God tells Pharaoh to let the Israelites go or else He will send mighty plagues upon Egypt to show that He is the One true God and must be obeyed. Pharaoh refuses and so God sends ten plagues, the tenth being the absolute worst. In this tenth plague, God says that unless Pharaoh releases the Israelites that He will send His angel to kill every firstborn son in the land of Egypt. Pharaoh still refuses.
God tells His people, though, that if each household kills a lamb and spreads its blood over their doorposts then His angel will see that blood and pass over the house without killing the firstborn son there. He also tells the Israelites that they are to commemorate this day and to make it an annual memorial day so that they remember the time when a lamb's blood was shed and they were spared from death and delivered from bondage.
This final plague convinces Pharaoh that he cannot no longer stand against Israel's God and, thus, he releases the Israelites. The Israelites leav ...
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