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ExodusFickle People – Steadfast God
Lesson 2 – Consequences of a Steadfast Faith
Migdol
MarahElim
1
2
3
4
250 miles
200 miles
Wilderness
Ex 3:15-Ex 40LeviticusNumbersDeuteronomy(123 chptrs)
MidianEgypt
430 years captivity
1794 BCJosephdies,
110 yrs old
Ex 1:1-6 Ex 1:7
People of Israel numbering approx
2 million
1486 BCMosesflees
Ex 2:15
1446 BCYear ofExodus
Middle Kingdom Second Intermediate New Kingdom
Ex 3-Ex 14The “Exodus”
(12 chptrs)
More than 250 yrs after Joseph and his generation die, “a new king arose”
Ex 1:8
(Thutmose III, Amenhotep II)
Dt 34:5-7
1406 BCMoses
dies
1876 BCJacob
(Israel)Arrives
Joseph approx38-40 years old
Jacob with 75 people
1526 BCMosesborn
Ex 2:2
• Joseph given the land of Goshen as a home• Israelites prospered…just as God had promised Abraham• Their great blessing eventually caused fear in Egypt• Leads to their ‘salvation’ by God…• …and a lot of lessons for us to learn from it
Joseph’s Example• Genesis 37-50
– Favored start, betrayed, slavery, rises, framed, imprisoned, rises, forgotten, remembered, rises…
• What were the consequences of Joseph’s faith, character, conduct, and work ethic?– What can we take from his work under Potipher, the Jailor, and
Pharaoh?
– What of his attitude especially given his path to his position?• …acts honorably, forgives, is honored, key actor in Israel’s history and
God’s plan
– What? No bitterness, despair, selfish ambition, vengeful attitude?
Israelites in Egypt: Good Times and Bad
• Exodus 1:1-21– 1:12 multiplied under affliction?– 1:15-21 courage from faith?• Risks vs Benefits?
– Part of a calculus?
• An extended run of ‘good living’ for 250-300 yrs– What can we take from long ‘good’ followed by
comparatively short ‘bad’?
Birth of Moses
• Ex 2:1-10– Baby saved by mother’s love
• Sister and Mother seize opportunity– 2:9 received material gain– 2:10 stayed true to agreement, – Insights from actions/belief of mother?
• God creates a path forward even in the most extreme adversity/implausible circumstances
Moses in Egypt – First 40 Years
• Ex 2:11-15
• His time as an Egyptian, raised in royal household– Relationship between Moses and ‘his brethren’?• Acted in compassion, from a presumed sense of justice…
yet what of the response?
• Thoughts about Pharaoh’s perspective, v15?
• Where is God in this?
Insights
• One cannot know how things will turn out…yet we can know to put our trust in God– Perseverance– Honorable living…ethical, moral– Courage…derived from?– Others?
• Theme: Steadfastness in Faith
Exodus: Fickle People—Steadfast God• July 19—Joseph to Moses: Consequences of a Steadfast Faith
• July 26—Moses: Prepared for the Task
• Aug 2—The Plagues, 1-9
• Aug 9—The Tenth Plague (Part 1)
• Aug 16—The Tenth Plague (Part 2)
• Aug 23—Exodus from Egypt
• Aug 30—Songs and Prayers
• Sep 6—Mount Sinai
• Sep 13—Priesthood and Tabernacle (Part 1)
• Sep 20—Priesthood and Tabernacle (Part 2)
• Sep 27—A Mighty Culmination…and Beginning
• Bonus – Odd things
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