Readings
- Exodus 1:1–6:1
- Isaiah 27:6–28:13
- Jeremiah 1:1–2:3
Apostolic Writings (Matthew–Revelation)
- Gift of tongues is for foreigners, of prophecy is for Israel: 1Corinthians 14:13–25
- ‘God of Abraham, God of Isaac and God of Jacob’: Matthew 22:23–33, 41-46; Mark 12:18–27, 35–37; Luke 20:27–44
- Shemot from an apostolic perspective: Acts 7:17–36; Hebrews 11:23–26
- Yosef, Moshe and Yeshua as rejected saviors: Acts 3:12–15; 5:27–32
- Rebellion against Heaven’s messengers: Acts 22:12–16; 24:14–16
- YHWH, “Who was, Who is and Who is to come”: Revelation 4:8; 1:4, 8
Outline of Shemot
- Exodus 1: Multiplied like stars in the heavens and sand on the seashore
- Exodus 1:1–7: From 70 to many
- Exodus 1:8–14: Freaked new pharaoh enslaves Yisra’el
- Exodus 1:15–22: Failing at infanticide by midwife, pharaoh employs the Nile
- Exodus 2: Deliverer arrives in the fullness of time
- Exodus 2:1–10: ‘Good’ generation of Mitzraim descent saved by Pharaoh’s daughter
- Exodus 2:11–15: Moshe tries to lessen oppression by force then flees to Midian
- Exodus 2:16–22: Moshe the ‘ger sham’ settles in Midian with Zipporah
- Exodus 2:23–25: Pharaoh dies. Yisra’el cries. HaShem knows.
- Exodus 3–4: Foreshadowing of Immanuel (Elohim with us)
- Exodus 3:1–4:17: Moshe meets the LORD at the burning bush
- Exodus 4:18–20: Moshe tells Yitro he’s returning to Mitzraim
- Exodus 4:21–23: ‘Yisra’el is My son, My first-born’
- Exodus 4:24–26: ‘Bridegroom of blood’
- Exodus 4:27–31: Aharon is sent to meet Moshe. They present the signs to the elders of Yisra’el
- Exodus 5:1–6:1: Counting the cost of faith and freedom
- Exodus 5:1–14: Moshe/Aharon vs. pharaoh — round 1
- Exodus 5:15–21: Leaders of Yisra’el balk at the cost of faith in the LORD
- Exodus 5:22–6:1: Moshe carries Yisra’el’s cries to the LORD; freedom will come ‘by a strong hand’
Studies
The following are notes and recordings of studies by Hallel Fellowship teachers on passages related to Shemot.
Seal of God vs. mark of the beast: How distressed are we about the hearts of humanity? (Exodus 1–5)
Trust the One Who lives up to His name (Exodus 3–4)
‘You will call His name Immanuel’: Heaven’s desire has always been to be with us
Learning to see over the horizon gives us insight for today (Exodus 3)
How to be a righteous leader (Exodus 1:1–6:1)
Those who try to erase history may end up repeating it (Exodus 1–5)
God humbled a superpower to free His people from slavery (Exodus 1–5)
Moshe foreshadows Mashiakh the Deliverer (Exodus 1:1–6:1)
God reiterated His call of Moshe, Aharon; Levi, Reuben, Shimon noted as leaders of Israel (Exodus 6)
Moshe returned to Mitsraim with Aharon; Tzipporah does emergency circumcision; Pharaoh rejects the first request for Yisrael to leave (Exodus 4–5)
Moses’ first 80 years (Exodus 1–3)
You want to be one of God’s firstfruits
Exodus recap: From dwelling in bondage to dwelling with God
If we can choose just one word to summarize the book of Exodus, it’s reconciliation. God used Moshe (Moses) to bring the descendants of Israel out of Egypt to be His people.
Even after the golden calf was made, God still wanted to reconcile to His people Israel, and Israel wanted to reconcile to Him. The people of Israel were willing to give much to be reconciled to Him to the point that Moshe had to tell the children of Israel to stop giving because the coffers were overflowing with gifts. They wanted Him to dwell with them.
God said through Paul that He began a good work in us. God will complete the good work. We are to be living stones. We will surround the Creator of Heaven and Earth and His Son, Yeshua (Jesus) the Mashiakh (Messiah). There will be no temple there, because the temple will be there all the time. The only temple will be the people He saved.
God ultimately used the Messiah to reconcile the world to Himself, no longer recognizing their transgressions. A clean slate, it’s all new. He doesn’t pay attention to our sins, transgressions and iniquities. We are to be ambassadors to reconcile people to God.
Exodus 1–6 recap
We need to look back on what we have learned in Exodus 1–6. Exodus is the most powerful book in the Bible because it reveals many aspects of God’s character.
One of the lessons of the Book of Exodus is that often, the good deeds of great men are “seldom remembered” while the memory of “men who do great harm” live on. This was true of both Joseph and Moses. As far as Egyptian history is concerned, both of these great men were rejected because of the arrogance of the Pharaoh.
We are blessed by God that we have the Torah from God Himself, who made sure their deeds is recorded for us. God has not kept His will a secret. It’s all in the Bible.
- Jean-Jacques Rousseau, “Du contrat social ou Principes du droit politique” (“Of the Social Contract”), 1762. ↩
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