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The Gospel of the Old Testament
Sunday, January 3, 2021
Pastor Jojo Ma
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Exodus 1:1-7
That’s what we have in the book of Exodus. It is truly, fantastically, powerfully an epic story.
Exodus is going to show us Jesus. The greatest thing about Exodus, the reason it is ultimately epic is because it points us tothe redemption we have in Christ.
1 These are the names of the sons of Israel who came to Egypt with Jacob, each with his household: 2 Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, 3 Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin, 4 Dan and Naphtali, Gad and Asher. 5 All the descendants of Jacob were seventy persons; Joseph was already in Egypt. 6 Then Joseph died, and all his brothers and all that generation. 7 But the people of Israel were fruitful and increased greatly; they multiplied and grew exceedingly strong, so that the land was filled with them.
I. Exodus and the Bible
II. Exodus and the People of Israel
III. Exodus and the Glory of God
I. Exodus and the Bible
First, the word “Exodus” means “exit”.
The second thing about Exodus is its author was Moses.
The third point about the Exodus is that it probably happened during the 15th century, around 1450 BC.
The fourth observation about the book of Exodus is this: The hero isn’t Moses, it’s God.
Exodus is like show and tell: Showing and telling of the glorious character of God.
Exodus more specifically shows us Jesus and the redemption we have in Christ. Exodus is not only theological, it is Christological. We not only see God generally, we see Christ specifically.
Exodus finds its deepest, its ultimate, its final meaning in the person and work of Jesus the Son of God.
Jude 1:5 Now I want to remind you, although you once fully knew it, that Jesus, who saved a people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed those who did not believe.
Lk 24:27 And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he interpreted to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning himself.
II. Exodus and the People of Israel
1 These are the names of the sons of Israel who came to Egypt with Jacob, each with his household: 2 Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, 3 Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin, 4 Dan and Naphtali, Gad and Asher. 5 All the descendants of Jacob were seventy persons; Joseph was already in Egypt.
6 Then Joseph died, and all his brothers and all that generation. 7 But the people of Israel were fruitful and increased greatly; they multiplied and grew exceedingly strong, so that the land was filled with them.
Israel’s history is one of failure and forgetfulness; ours is no different. But like Israel of the Old Testament, we today have the same God and Savior who is faithful to His promises.
III. Exodus and the Glory of God
Ps 106:7-8 Our fathers, when they were in Egypt, did not consider Your wondrous works; they did not remember the abundance of Your steadfast love, but rebelled by the sea, at the Red Sea. Yet He saved them for His name's sake, that He might make known His mighty power.
God saves His people for His glory. Exodus will remind us of this again and again. He delivered the Israelites from the bondage of Egypt and He delivers us from our own slavery to sin through Jesus. And He does this for His name’s sake, for His praise and honor and glory.