Route 66: Exodus

Summary of Events:

• Israel in Egypt
  • slavery in Egypt
  • God chooses Moses
  • God sends Moses to Pharaoh
  • Plagues
  • The Passover
• Israel in the Wilderness
  • The Exodus
  • Crossing the sea
  • complaining in the wilderness
• Israel at Sinai
  • giving the law
  • tabernacle instructions
  • breaking the law
  • tabernacle construction

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So where is Jesus?

• A few Wednesdays ago we talked about the passover, 
• I want to recap a bit on that
  • God gave clear instructions on how to avoid death (passover) Exodus 11
    
    The substitute for death was...
    1. Get a PURE lamb —Jesus was without sin
    2. Take the lamb into your house for 4 days and make it your PERSONAL pet — Jesus has to be your personal savior
    3. After 4 days KILL the lamb  — Jesus was killed for our sins
    4. Take the bolded of the lamb and APPLY it to the door and door frames — we need to be covered in Jesus blood for God to forgive us
    5. Roast the lamb and COMPLETELY devour it and whatever is leftover, burn it the next morning — we need to accept Jesus sacrifice COMPLETELY and not just take forgiveness just when we feel we need it
       • it was one and done
• One of the main themes that we see in the book of exodus is the theme of redemption.
• God had a plan
• He had a plan to redeem us today even back when he was trying to get the Israelites out of Egypt
• Think of everything he went through with them: (he could have given up)
  • plagues
  • complaining
  • worshiping other God's
  • he could have given up on them like he wanted to do with Noah
    • summary of Noah
• God is a God of second chances
• no matter what we do, God will always try to get us back
• Exodus 19-23 lists various laws
  • in Exodus 24 the people of Israel accept these laws
  • “we will do everything the Lord has commanded” Ex. 24:3
  • Ex. 32 they are worshiping a golden calf
  • New Covenant
• This covenant they made is like the one we make when we ourselves enter into a relationship with God.
  • We know the rules
  • we know the goal (to strive to be more like Jesus)
• So where is Jesus?
  • the lamb
  • the covenant we make with God through accepting the forgiveness of our sins through Jesus’ death
• Takeaway: It’s okay to make mistakes. God is a God of second chances