The God Who Makes Himself Known (4 of 17)
Series: Exodus: Delivered to Dwell
Drew Hunter
Exodus 7-10
There is one question that is threaded through this whole story. It is this: Who is God?
That was the question that Pharaoh asked. Moses first came to him and said that Yahweh - Israel's God - demands that he let Israel go. And Pharaoh's first response was to say, ''Who is the Lord? Who is Yahweh?'' (Ex. 5:2). And now God is going to give him the answer.
But God is not just answering that question for Pharaoh. He is answering it for everyone.
For example:
- 7:5 (Egyptians): The Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord.
- 7:17 (Pharaoh): By this you shall know that I am the Lord.
- 9:16 (all the earth): So that my name may be proclaimed in all the earth
- 10:1-2 (future Israelites): That I may show these signs of mine among them, and that you may tell in the hearting of your son and of your grandson how I have dealt harshly with the Egyptians and what signs I have done among them that you may know that I am the Lord.
And we can make a distinction between the event that happened, and why this text is here before us. The event happed that Egypt, Pharaoh, and all the earth would know who God is. But this text is here for Israel. This text wasn't written for Pharaoh and Egypt. It was written after this event and given to Israel and for Israel; it was preserved for us. It is for God's people?
?Why? In order to accomplish what he says in 10:1-2. It is here to show us who God is. It is here to show God's own people who he is. So, this is our God.
And the story isn't over. It's now written and placed within the larger flow of history that leads to Jesus Christ. This first exodus, as we've been seeing, points forward to a new and greater exodus. The redemption of Israel points forward to the redemption of all who trust Christ.
Now, there may be an immediate barrier for some of us.
We are thinking people. We live in a modern world. ...
Series: Exodus: Delivered to Dwell
Drew Hunter
Exodus 7-10
There is one question that is threaded through this whole story. It is this: Who is God?
That was the question that Pharaoh asked. Moses first came to him and said that Yahweh - Israel's God - demands that he let Israel go. And Pharaoh's first response was to say, ''Who is the Lord? Who is Yahweh?'' (Ex. 5:2). And now God is going to give him the answer.
But God is not just answering that question for Pharaoh. He is answering it for everyone.
For example:
- 7:5 (Egyptians): The Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord.
- 7:17 (Pharaoh): By this you shall know that I am the Lord.
- 9:16 (all the earth): So that my name may be proclaimed in all the earth
- 10:1-2 (future Israelites): That I may show these signs of mine among them, and that you may tell in the hearting of your son and of your grandson how I have dealt harshly with the Egyptians and what signs I have done among them that you may know that I am the Lord.
And we can make a distinction between the event that happened, and why this text is here before us. The event happed that Egypt, Pharaoh, and all the earth would know who God is. But this text is here for Israel. This text wasn't written for Pharaoh and Egypt. It was written after this event and given to Israel and for Israel; it was preserved for us. It is for God's people?
?Why? In order to accomplish what he says in 10:1-2. It is here to show us who God is. It is here to show God's own people who he is. So, this is our God.
And the story isn't over. It's now written and placed within the larger flow of history that leads to Jesus Christ. This first exodus, as we've been seeing, points forward to a new and greater exodus. The redemption of Israel points forward to the redemption of all who trust Christ.
Now, there may be an immediate barrier for some of us.
We are thinking people. We live in a modern world. ...
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