Week 23: Exodus Part 4

4. Feast and first-born The tenth plague was that every first-born boy in every Egyptian family would die. This was the pivotal plague to the whole drama. The tragedy would also happen to the Jews unless they followed God’s instructions. They were to paint the blood...

Week 22: Exodus Part 3

1. Multiplication and murder In this opening section we discover that the number of Hebrew slaves must have been around 2.5 million by the time the Exodus narrative starts. This may seem a large number given that they started with just the 12 sons of Jacob, their...

Week 21: Exodus Part 2

STRUCTURE As well as there being two halves to the book of Exodus, there are ten different portions within it: six sections in Chapters 1-18 and four in Chapters 19-40. They can be arranged as shown in the following table. Chapters 1-18 Chapters 19-40 (people mobile)...

Week 20: Exodus Part 1

Introduction Exodus is the story of the biggest escape in history. Over two million slaves escape from one of the most highly fortified nations in the entire world. It is humanly impossible, an extraordinary story, and it features a series of miracles, including some...

Week 19: Genesis Part 17

Jesus in Genesis Once we have seen that Joseph is a picture of Jesus, we can see Jesus in many other places throughout Genesis. Joseph is a model of God’s response to faith in him, and his story demonstrates how God can take a person’s life and use him to...