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Seal of God vs. mark of the beast: How distressed are we about the hearts of humanity? (Exodus 1–5)

Seal of God vs. mark of the beast: How distressed are we about the hearts of humanity? (Exodus 1-5)

This study of Torah section שְׁמוֹת Shemot (“names,” Exodus 1:1–6:1) delves into the relevance of Moshe beyond Israel’s history, highlighting universal themes of crying out for deliverance and Heaven’s response. God hears enslaved Israel’s cries for liberation and ultimately delivers, irrespective of individuals’ goodness.

Adonai’s deliverance of Israel from the “house of bondage” (Joshua 24:17) parallels each of our salvation and is why the crucifixion of the ultimate Deliverer — Yeshua the Messiah (Jesus the Christ) took place on Pesach (Passover), the annual memorial of Israel’s freedom from Mitzraim (Egypt). This one of the “appointments of Adonai” (Leviticus 23:1) isn’t just for Jews. Rather, it’s part of Heaven’s unfolding reunion plan with humanity.

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Exodus 14:1–15:21: Seventh day of Unleavened Bread teaches repentance, salvation and righteousness

Crossing the sea in the 1956 movie "The Ten Commandments" (PARAMOUNT PICTURES)
Crossing the sea in the 1956 movie "The Ten Commandments" (PARAMOUNT PICTURES)

The seventh day of Chag Matzot (Feast of Unleavened Bread) is a memorial to the crossing of the Red Sea. It’s not only the zenith of most movies about Israel’s flight from Egypt but also a parable about every believer’s path to repentance, salvation and righteousness.

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Exodus 9-10: Plagues of locusts, darkness, death of first-born against Mitsraim

Richard Agee

The plague against the firstborn seems harsh because the innocent died because of the faults of the leadership of Mitsraim (Egypt). However, like with the life of Yosef (Joseph), that plague is a foreshadowing of the future death of an innocent Firstborn, Yeshua the Messiah.

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Exodus 1-2: Moshe arises as the fulfillment of God’s promise

Richard Agee

Try your best to ignore the cartoons and movies that purport to tell the account of Moshe (Moses). They take many liberties with the real record, imposing their own story lines on him. Important elements at the beginning of the book of שְׁמוֹת Shem’ot, also called Exodus, are God’s faithfulness to the promise made to Abraham that his descendants would face hardship but become a numerous people and blessing to the nations.

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Genesis 47-48: Ya’akob moves to Goshen; Yosef takes control via the famine; Yisra’el blesses Ephraim & Manasseh

Richard Agee

Ya’akob (Jacob) blessed pharaoh of Mitsraim (Egypt) upon arrival there. Ya’akob blessed the sons of Yosef (Joseph), Ephraim and Manasseh, as if they were his own elder sons. As we have noticed in past studies of the account of Yosef in Genesis, there are parallels between the roles of pharaoh, Yosef and Yisra’el (Israel), f.k.a. Ya’akob, and those of the Father, the Son and a people called Yisra’el.

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Genesis 45: Yosef reveals his secret to his brothers

Richard Agee

We see here that God caused and allowed many bad things to Yosef for the salvation of Yosef’s family, but He caused and allowed even worse things to happen to the Messiah Yeshua for our salvation.

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Genesis 41, part 2: Messianic connection between pharaoh and Yosef

Richard Agee

Messianic figures in the Bible aren’t one-to-one representations of the Messiah, but the messianic figures of the pharaoh of Mitsraim (Egypt) and Yosef (Joseph) do give us a glimpse of the relationship between the Father and the Messiah.