Transcript Jonah Takes to the Sea (1:1-10)

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Exodus
Week
Date
Topic
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10 Mar 10 Exodus – Transitions: An Introduction
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17 Mar 10 God’s Preparation of Israel: Exodus 1-4
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24 Mar 10 God’s Sovereignty: Exodus 5-11
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31 Mar 10 God’s Redemption: Exodus 12:1-13:16
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07 Apr10 God’s Completion: Exodus 13:17-15:21
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14 Apr 10 God’s Instructions to Israel: Exodus 15:22-18:27
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21 Apr 10 Mosaic Covenant: Exodus 19:1-24:11
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28 Apr 10 Dwelling Among His People: Exodus 24:12-31:18
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05 May 10 Breaking/Renewing the Covenant: Exodus 32-34
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12 May 10 Senior Blessing Night – No classes
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19 May 10 Israel’s Worship: Exodus 35-40
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26 May 10 New Testament Implications
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02 Jun 10 Exodus – Transitions: A Summary
Today’s Objectives
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Review key points of Exodus
Review the timeline of Exodus
Review a map of Moses’ birth and travels
Learn about the Pharaoh’s of Moses’ time
Learn about the Israelite’s bondage in Egypt
Learn the circumstances of Moses' birth and family
life
• Learn why Moses' flees to Midian and what happens
while he is in Midian
• Learn about Moses' commission from God and his
reaction to it
Last week
• Provided a review of last week’s lesson
• Text
Key Points of Exodus
• God’s grace towards His people
• Delivery from the bonds of slavery
• Deliverance to the freedom of a covenant
relationship and fellowship with him
• No other biblical book surfaces elsewhere in the OT
as frequently as the Book of Exodus does; in the NT
only the Books of Psalms and Isaiah are cited more
• Acts 7 is a key companion to Exodus and a quick
read
Timeline
• Moses lived from approximately 1525-1405 BC
– Completed writing of Exodus after 1445 BC
– Exodus covers approximately 431 years of history
– Arrival of Jacob and his family in Egypt to the
construction of the Tabernacle in Sinai in 1445 BC
• Israelites lived in Egypt for 430 years (Gen 12:40)
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Time of oppression was 400 years (Gen 15:13)
Transition time in Egypt
Egyptians had expelled the Hyskos rulers of the time
Egyptians formed a world power of which there was no
match
Rulers of Egypt in Exodus 1-4
• Ahmose I (1570-1548 BC)
– Founder of the New Kingdom after the expulsion of the
Hyksos rulers, consolidated borders
– Initiated temple building projects
• Amenhotep (1548-~1528)
• Thutmose I (~1528-1518 BC)
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Meaning “Born of Thoth”
Thoth the Egyptian god of wisdom
Moses’ early childhood
Therefore Moses would be Egyptian “Born of” and Mu
meaning water
Rulers of Egypt in Exodus 1-4
• Thutmose II (1518-1504)
– Moses from about age 8 until 21
• Thutmose III (1504-1450)
– Queen Hatshepsut (1498-1483, co-regency)
– He created the largest empire Egypt had ever seen
– Moses kills Egyptian; identifies with his brethren (Heb.
11:24-26) then leaves Egypt (1486 BC, Ex 2:11-15)
– Moses dwells in Midian 40 years (Acts 7:30)
• Notes
– Archaeologists give us great detail on the Pharaohs of
Moses’ time
– Mummies have been found for each of the Pharaohs
Ahmose I
Thutmose I and II
Hatshepsut
Thutmose III
Thutmose III Wrapped Mummy
Thutmose III Burial Chamber
Thutmose III Burial Chamber
Thutmose III Unwrapped Mummy
Chapter 1-4 Outline
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Growth of Jacob’s Family (1:1-7)
Israelite’s bondage in Egypt (1:8-22)
Moses' birth and education (2:1-10)
Moses' flees Midian (2:11-15)
Moses' life in Midian (2:16-25)
Moses' commission from God (3:1—4:18)
Moses' return to Egypt (4:19-31)
Growth of Jacob’s Family (1:1-7)
• Introduction to the Israelites that traveled to Egypt
with Jacob (Israel)
– 70 traveled with him
– Joseph was already in Egypt, why?
– He had been sold to Midian traders
• Joseph and his generation had died
• Israelites continued to multiply, filling the land of
Egypt
– 360 years pass between Genesis and Exodus
Israelite’s Bondage in Egypt (1:8-22)
• New king did not know the story of Joseph
– Probably a series of Pharaohs, but Ahmose was a key
figure and he re-established native Egyptian rule
– Also, Thutmose I
• Fearing the growth of the Israelite people, wanted to
make sure that a foreign population did not cause
future trouble – three part plan (v. 10)
– Greater oppression upon the enslaved Israelites (v. 12)
– Midwives to kill all the male Hebrew babies (v. 16)
– Throw all male Hebrew babies into the Nile river (v. 22)
• Remember the importance of the Nile river – worshipped it
Moses' Birth and Education (2:1-10)
• Amram and Jochebed of the Levi tribe give birth to
Moses (v. 2 and 6:20)
– During the time of the Pharaoh’s command to throw all
new-born male Hebrew babies into the Nile
– They hide Moses, Josephus states God spoke to Amram
• Later placed him in a basket an put him in the river
– Ultimately, Pharaoh Thutmose I daughter finds the baby,
possibly Hatshepsut, who would later be co-regent
– Identifies him as one of the Hebrew babies
– Ironically returns the baby to Jochebed (v. 8) who raised
him for some period of time (likely through infancy)
– Child is returned to Pharaoh’s daughter, named Moses
Moses' Flees To Midian (2:11-15)
• Moses is approaching age 40 (Acts 7:23)
– Takes a stand for the Hebrew nation
– Egyptian is beating a Hebrew, Moses kills the Egyptian
– Pharaoh Thutmose III (likely) finds out and tries to have
Moses kille
– Moses flees to Midian
• Notes on the Midians
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Joseph is sold by his brothers to Midianites
Midian was where Moses spent the forty years in exile
Moses daughter of Jethro, the priest of Midian
God instructs Moses to destroy Midian
Moses' Life in Midian (2:16-25)
• Moses travels to Midian
– Meets the seven daughters of the priest at a well
– Rescues them from a group of shepherds
– The girls tell their father, Reuel (Jethro), the story
• Reuel asks Moses to stay after hearing the story
– Moses agrees, remains 40 years (Acts 7:30)
– His daughter Zipporah marries Moses
– Gives birth to a son named Gershom (alien in the land)
• Pharaoh Thutmose III (likely) dies
– Israelites are undergoing extreme oppression and cry out
to God for help, God hears them
Moses' Commission from God (3:1—4:18)
• Angel of the Lord appears to Moses within a bush
– The bush is on fire, Moses goes to see the strange sight
– God calls out to Moses (v. 3:4)
• God wants to rescue the Israelites (3:8)
– To a good and spacious land, flowing with milk and
honey
– Bring them to the land of the Caanites, Hittites
– God directs Moses to rescue them and carry them to the
new land
• Moses doubts his ability to accomplish the mission
(v. 3:11)
Moses' Commission from God (3:1—4:18)
• God reminds Moses that He will be with him
• God states that when the Israelites ask who He is,
tell them “I am who I am” what does this mean?
– God will reveal Himself through His actions
• God gives further instructions to Moses
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Specially what to say (v. 16-17)
Whom to say it to, Elders (v. 16)
Results, they will listen (v. 18)
Take the Elders to the king of Egypt and tell the Pharaoh
(Amenhotep II) to let the Israelites go (v. 18)
– But the Pharaoh will not let them go (v. 19)
Moses' Commission from God (3:1—4:18)
• Pharaoh Amenotep II will likely not let them go
– However, God will compel him through actions
• Moses still doubts, God gives him signs of His
power
– A staff forms into a snake (v. 3)
– Moses’ hand becomes leprous (v. 6)
– Nile water will turn into blood on the ground (v. 8)
• Then Moses expresses his ability to speak (v. 10)
– God becomes angry with Moses (v. 14)
– Gives him Aaron to speak for him (v. 16)
Moses' return to Egypt (4:19-31)
• God tells Moses that all the men in Egypt who
wanted to kill Moses are dead
• Moses travels back to Egypt
– God instructs him to perform all the miracles in front of
Pharaoh Amenhotep II
– God will harden Pharaoh Amenhotep II’s heart to the
point that God will kill his first-born son since he refused
to let God’s first-born son go (Israel) (v. 23)
• Evidently God was going to kill Moses for failure
to circumcise his son, but Zipporah did it for him
• Moses and Aaron meet with Elders and share what
God had told him (v. 29-31)
Review
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Reviewed key points of Exodus
Reviewed the timeline of Exodus
Reviewed a map of Moses’ birth and travels
Learned about the Pharaoh’s of Moses’ time
Learned about the Israelite’s bondage in Egypt
Learned the circumstances of Moses' birth and
family life
• Learned that Moses flees to Midian after Pharaoh
learned he had killed an Egyptian
• Moses marries while in Midian and receives his
commission to free the Israelites from bondage
• Next week: God’s Sovereignty: Exodus 5-11