We left off the story at the end of Genesis with Joseph’s coffin in Egypt and his words about God visiting his people in the future to bring them up from Egypt. In Exodus, we pick up the story some generations later when the Hebrews found themselves enslaved and calling out to God for rescue. He heard them and did indeed rescue them through the agency of a man named Moses. However, things did not go smoothly in the aftermath, which points to the fact that this visitation was not the ultimate one. Exodus points us forward to a greater visitation and a greater rescue.
The people could draw near to God only after the blood of the covenant was shed.
The mission of the church is dangerous, and Christians will not always agree on how best to accomplish it, but the Lord will accomplish...
The tenth plague was the death of the firstborn of Egypt, which was also the salvation of the people of Israel.
