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