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Lesson #5 - Out of Egypt

A Deliverer

REVIEW

SELECT VERSES

EXODUS 1:6-22; 2:1-25; 3:1-22; 4:10-20, 27-27

TOPIC OVERVIEW

This is the story of Moses.  Most everyone has heard of Moses and the ten commandments, but few are aware of the details.  In this lesson we are able to once again see God reveal Himself to man.  Also we can see God pursuing His plan as He preserves and protects the nation He is building.

LESSON

ISRAEL IN EGYPT  EXODUS 1:6-22

God’s blessing on Israel  vs. 6-7

Time span is approx. 350 years after Joseph.

Israel favored for a time in Egypt.

1.   Initially the Pharaohs after Joseph’s time honored and helped the Israelites.

2.   God’s promise to Abraham that he would become a great nation is coming true.

Behind the scenes  vs. 8-11

1.   A new Pharaoh who did not know of Joseph is in power.

2.   He feared the Israelites.

3.   He abused the Israelites.

4.   But God protected them.  No one can ruin His plan.

5.   Is there more to this proposed destruction of Israel than the fear of a Pharaoh?

6.   If Israel is destroyed as a people what would become of the promised deliverer?

Kill the babies  vs. 12-21

1.   Another attempt is made on the Israelite nation.

2.   God protects the nation again.

MOSES  EXODUS 1:21; 2:1-25

Another attempt is made on the nation of Israel.  Ex.1:21

            With this third attack on the nation clearly something more than anti-semitism is involved.  Satan does not want this nation to succeed.

Moses birth.  Ex. 2:1-10

1.   Hidden by his parents.

2.   Discovered by Pharaoh daughter.  Name: Moses = “To draw out.”

3.   Nurtured by his enemies.  Look at the irony here, God even allows Moses mother to nurse him, and pays her to do it.

4.   God can take the most horrendous situation and convert it to suit his purpose.  He is over all.

God the only true deliverer.  Ex. 11-23

1.   Moses saw the Israelite’s need and wanted to deliver them from their bondage.

2.   Moses did not include God in his attempt to deliver them.  He did not trust God to help him.

3.   Moses failed miserably.  He ended up fleeing for his life.

4.   Does personal character have anything to do with public office?  The Israelites thought so. Ex.2: 13-14

Deliverers!  Who needs them?

1.   Just as the Israelites were captive to wicked powers that would not release them, so is man held captive by Satan.

2.   Everyone born outside the garden is born separated from God and under the dominion of Satan. 1 Jn. 5:19.

3.   Just as Moses was unable to deliver the Israelites from their bondage on his own, so we are unable to free ourselves from our bondage on our own.  As long as Moses left God out of the picture he was doomed for failure.  Deliverance had to come from God.

GOD COMMUNICATES WITH MOSES.  EXODUS 3:1-14

The burning bush.  Ex. 3:1-3

1.   Burning, yet not consumed.

2.   God preserved the bush in the midst of the fire.

3.   God uses this illustration to teach Moses that He will also preserve Israel in the midst of her troubles.

4.   Nobody can ruin God’s plan, not Satan, Pharaoh or anyone else.  He will fulfill His word.

Holiness/separation/difference.  Ex. 3:4-12

1.   Previously we have defined holiness as purity.  Purity from sin and defilement.  There is another area of meaning however, and that is separation.  Holiness means to be distinct from the profane.  Holiness is to be separate from the mundane.

2.   Moses was to remove his sandals because the ground he was standing on was separate and distinct from the other common ground surrounding it.  What made it so different was God’s presence. 

3.   God identified Himself with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

4.   3:7-10  God reveals His plan to Moses.

5.   Moses finally discovers who he is before Almighty God.  He feels he would be totally inadequate to do anything for God.  vs. 11

6.   God tells Moses the secret of success.  “I will be with you.”  vs.12

I am who I am.

1.   God is complete in Himself and reveals this in the name He tells Moses.

2.   Who could ever stand against God when He is the sum total of all that there is?  Hebrews 11:6 is the only response we can have.  “He is!”

GOD OUTLINES HIS PLAN TO MOSES.  EXODUS 3:15-22

The whole story is summed up in these verses.

1.   God shows that He already knows the hearts and responses of the Israelites and even of Pharaoh BEFORE Moses even confronts them.

2.   Compare Psalms 139 and Hebrews 4:13

God gives Moses a helper.  Ex. 4:10-17

Moses returns to Egypt.  Ex. 4:18-20, 27-31

1.   Moses and Aaron link up.

2.   The Israelites are ready to follow.

3.   The stage is set for the next act in God’s divine plan.

 

God vs. Pharaoh: The Passover

REVIEW

SELECT VERSES

EXODUS 5:1-2; 6:1-8; 7:4-5; 8:22-23; 12:1-7,12-14,22,28-30

TOPIC OVERVIEW

With Abraham God began a new aspect in the “Unfolding Drama of Redemption.”  God called Abraham to become the father of a nation.  That nation is the nation of Israel and it was God’s intent to use that nation to reveal Himself, His plan of redemption, as well as the long promised deliverer.Now Israel is in Egypt, enslaved and oppressed by the king.  But God still desires to use Israel as the channel through which the promised deliverer will come. Observe how God, the Almighty One, uses men and nations in carrying out His will.

LESSON

MOSES AND PHARAOH

A.   The Challenge  Ex. 5:1-2

1.   “Thus says the Lord”...He declares Himself to the King.

2.   “The God of Israel”...He separates Israel from Egypt in their allegiance.  The king was familiar with gods, even to thinking of himself as one.

3.   “Let My people go”...He confronts the king with the main issue.  They are not yours, but mine.

4.   Read Ex. 7:4-5  All of Egypt would know the God of Israel.  To attempt to fight against God is absurd.  He will neither win nor escape judgement.

B.   The war.  Exodus 7:14-10:29 (Read on their own)

1.   When Pharaoh refused to let the Israelites go, (Ex. 5:2) God began to deal with Egypt and their god/king.

2.   God would send nine plagues upon Egypt.  “These plagues were something more than devices to reduce Pharaoh’s power of resistance; they were attacks upon the religion of the Egyptians, and upon their many gods.”  See the chart.  Scroggie pg.144

3.   There is a distinct pattern that develops with each of the plagues God sends on the Egyptians.

a.   Moses warns Pharaoh, Pharaoh rejects the warning.

b.   The judgement falls and Pharaoh begs Moses to have God remove it stating he now will agree with God and obey His will.

c.   When God shows mercy and removes the plague Pharaoh immediately returns to his former position and hardens himself against God.

C.   The decisive stroke.  Exodus  11:1,4-7

1.   The final plaque God sent on Egypt was the destruction of the first born in all of Egypt.

2.   God is longsuffering.  He is patient.  But as in the days of Noah and in the time of Lot there is a limit to His patience.  A time when He lets the just judgement fall.  Pharaoh had rebelled against God far too long.

3.   This last plaque was decisive in that it would kill the heir apparent.  Pharaoh was thought of and worshipped as a god.  God clearly states in this act of judgement that there is no god but Jehovah, the God of Israel.

GOD AND ISRAEL 

A.   God declares Himself to Israel  Ex. 6:1-8

1.   “I am the Lord”...He declares Himself as their master.

2.   Yahweh = To be. God declares Himself to Israel now as He had to Moses as “I AM!”

3.   Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob...God reveals Himself as the God of their fathers.

4.   “My covenant”...He declares Himself to be the covenant God and thereby links Himself directly to all the promises given to Abraham and especially the promise of a Deliverer.

B.   Israel was protected throughout the war.  Ex. 8:22-23

1.   God pronounced Israel separate from the Egyptians based on their relationship to Him.

2.   The plagues would not touch the Israelites.  See Ex. 9:4,6,26; 10:23; 11:7

3.   Israel is holy.  They are set apart as belonging to Yahweh.  No one can harm them or hold them.  They will be free by virtue of their relationship with God.

THE PASSOVER LAMB...DESTRUCTION OR DELIVERANCE

A.   Deliverance.  Ex.12:1-7,12-14,22

1.   God’s final act of judgement is about to fall on Pharaoh and the Egyptians, death.  But He has prepared a deliverance for His own.

2.   His instructions are explicit:

·          Take a lamb, a male, unblemished, kill it, use the blood of the lamb as a sign on the door of their homes.

3.   The blood of the lamb will be a sign.  Death will passover them.  THEY WILL ESCAPE THE JUDGEMENT OF GOD BY THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB.

B.   Faith precedes obedience.  Ex.12:28

1.   God provided the way of deliverance for the Israelites. He clearly laid out what they had to do.  All that remained was for them to act upon God’s way of deliverance.

2.   Remember:  Cain and Abel, Noah, Lot, all of these examples show God in His mercy warning and providing a way out.  But without faith it is impossible to please God.  Obedience is the proof of the faith which precedes it.

3.   What if an Israelite said, “I believe that God wants us to do what Moses said, but I’m just going to tie up my lamb and lay him on the steps.  Why kill a perfectly good lamb?”  Would that person be passed over?

C.   Destruction.  Ex. 12:29-30

1.   God does not lie.  His word is true.  He had warned Pharaoh, and He had shown throughout nine previous plagues His word is true.  Read Ex.12:29-30.

2.   God always punishes sin.  There was no way of escape except God’s way.

3.   The Egyptians did not believe God and therefore they did not obey Him, resulting in their judgement.

D.   Deliverance  Ex. 12:31-36 

1.   God’s word is true.  He delivered the Israelites from destruction, but He also would deliver them from bondage.  cp. Gen 15:13-16.

2.   Read Ex. 12:31-36  Finally God’s full deliverance came to the Israelites.  Just as He foretold Abraham hundreds of years before.

3.   God is the same today as He was then.  He is the great “I AM” and He does not change.  He still requires us to believe Him and to obey Him.  He still judges sin.  He still keeps His promises.  God will destroy all who fight against Him, but He will rescue all those who trust and obey Him.

 

The Red Sea:  Deliverance and Provision

REVIEW

SELECT VERSES

Numbers 27:15-23; Deuteronomy 34:4-9; Joshua 1:1,2; 11:23; Judges 2:1-19

TOPIC OVERVIEW

All those who had failed to believe that God would give them the land of Canaan were now dead.  The time had come for God’s people to enter the Promised Land. God was fulfilling His promise to Abraham that his offspring would possess this land, a land flowing with milk and honey.  God is true to His word.  This lesson describes Israel’s response to God’s promise.

LESSON

JOSHUA SUCCEEDS MOSES

A.   Joshua commissioned. Numbers 27:15-23

1.   Earlier, Joshua and Caleb were the only two men who reported back to Moses and said, “We should take possession of the land.”  Now Joshua was to take over the leadership of the nation of Israel.

2.   He was gradually given authority over the Israelites.  This would help ease the transition of leadership from Moses to himself.

 

B.   Moses Dies. Deuteronomy 34:4-9

1.   Because Moses disobeyed God at the waters of Meribah he would not enter the promised land.

2.   Moses dies in Moab.

3.   The Israelites now looked to Joshua as their leader and listened to his instruction.

C.   Israel led into Canaan  Joshua 1:1,2; 11:23

1.   Joshua prepared the people to cross over the Jordan River into the land God had promised to give to Abraham and his descendants.

2.   Although the Israelites had doubted God many times along the way, God still protected them from the Egyptian army, led them safely through the Red Sea, provided them food and water for forty years while they wandered in the wilderness and spared many lives from the deadly bites of poisonous snakes.  God is faithful to keep His promises.

3.   The entire land was occupied by Israel and divided up among the twelve tribes.

ISRAEL UNDER THE JUDGES.

A.   Israel’s Idolatry.  Judges 2:1-15

1.   God ahd clearly warned the Israelites to not allow the Canaanites to live in the land   (Exodus 23:31b-33).

2.   The Israelites disobeyed God and allowed some of the idolatrous Canaanites to live in the land.

3.   God told them they would adopt some of their neighbors evil proctices and worship other Gods.

4.   The Israelites, however, followed God while Joshua was alive.

5.   After Joshua’s death, the new generation of Israelites quickly forgot about God and turned to idol worship.

6.   God punished them for worshiping other gods.  He “handed them over” to the surrounding nations and they were continually defeated in battle.

            (Numbers 33:51-53, 55-56; Deuteronomy 30:17,18)

7.   God had warned them on several occasions that this would happen and now He was keeping His to His promise.

B.   God Appoints Judges.  Judges 2:16-19

1.   God raised up judges to save the people from the hands of their enemies.

2.   Though the people didn’t deserve God’s kindness, He showed compassion on them as they groaned under their enemies’ affliction.

3.   The people would not listen to the judges and they continued to worship other gods.

4.   God would save the people from their enemies as long as the judges lived, but when the judge died, the people would return to even more corrupt practices and forms of idolatry.

 

TOPIC WRAP UP

1.   Who was the leader of Israel after Moses died?

2.   Did God give Abraham’s desecdants the land which He had promised them?

3.   Who deceives people so they worship idols and other created things?

4.   What was the warning God clearly gave the Israelites concerning the people of Canaan and entering that land?

5.   How did God punish the Israelites for worshiping idols?

6.   What were the people chosen by God to lead Israel and save them from their enemies called?

7.   What do the judges tell us about God?