Exodus & Covenant
Out of Egypt, through the sea, to Sinai: redemption by blood, a covenant at the mountain, and life with a holy God among His people. Exodus through Deuteronomy.
Exodus & Covenant
What does the Exodus show us about God?
In the Exodus, God hears the cries of slaves, judges Egypt and its gods, redeems His people by blood, and brings them to Himself to be His own. It became the Old Testament's defining picture of salvation, and the Passover lamb points straight to Christ, our Passover sacrificed for us.
Exodus & Covenant
Why did God harden Pharaoh's heart?
Pharaoh's stubbornness was real: plague after plague, the text says he hardened his own heart. Yet God announced before Moses ever stood in court that He would harden it too, turning Egypt's defiance into the stage where His power and name would be known. Paul faces the objection head-on in Romans 9, and the warning reaches us, because a heart that keeps refusing to hear can lose the ability to hear.
Exodus & Covenant
Why did God give Israel the law at Sinai?
The law was not a ladder Israel climbed to earn God's favor; it was given to people God had already redeemed from Egypt. Spoken from the smoking mountain, it formed a rescued mob into a covenant nation and revealed the holy character of the God who saved them. Jesus did not abolish it but fulfilled it, and under the new covenant its deepest demand is written not on stone but on hearts.
Exodus & Covenant
What was the tabernacle for?
Fresh from Sinai's thunder, God asked for an offering and built a home: a sanctuary so He could dwell among the people He had rescued. Every board and curtain taught that access to Him is real but mediated, and the mercy seat sat above the tablets of the law. When the glory filled the finished tent, God moved in; and John says the Word became flesh and tabernacled among us.
Exodus & Covenant
What did the sacrificial system teach Israel?
The sacrifices taught Israel a hard lesson with every offering: sin costs a life, and the worshiper must own it, laying a hand on the victim's head before it dies in his place. Yet the same sacrifices repeated year after year proved they could never actually cleanse the conscience. The whole system was a shadow waiting for the once-for-all offering it pointed toward.