Exalting Jesus in Exodus

A clear application emerges for us. We can approach God because He has initiated a relationship with us by His grace. We come because He is merciful. We are only able to approach Him by grace through faith in Christ by the power of the Holy Spirit. He has also revealed Himself to us in the Scriptures. We do not worship the god of our imagination bu

This table was set up in the holy place. The table, however, was hop not the most important; what the table was was to hold 12 loaves of bread, symbolizing God's people Israel. There was one loaf for each of the 12 tribes. The bread served as a reminder that every tribe played a role in God's family. Each tribe had a seat at the table (Ryken, Exodu

This light later came to live among us as the light of men in Jesus (John 1:4). But we also know that the light of men was also life. Light is often related to life. David tells us in Psalm 36:9, "For with You is life's fountain. In Your light we will see light." God is both light and life. He created life and light, He sustains life and

There is a pattern set forth showing some common emphases in the ten plagues. That pattern includes four parts (Ryken, Exodus, 203):

• The Obedience of Moses and Aaron


• God's superior power over Egypt's gods


• Satan's counterfeits


• The perpetual hardening of Pharaoh's heart

The book of Acts explains that Moses spent 40 years in Midian. Someone said, "Moses was 40 years in Egypt learning something; 40 years in the desert learning to be nothing; and 40 years in the wilderness proving God to be everything" (in James Boice, Ordinary Men, 59).