Exodus 1-2

Book: Exodus

Sep 17

The book is about a prophet that God brings forth to lead His people from Satan’s Gentile dominion through the forgiveness of sins (Passover Lamb) and equip them uniquely with His Presence (Dwelling in the Tabernacle) and the Holiness standard required to represent Him (The Law). The literary movement is as follows.

Setting: Israel in Egypt being blessed

Conflict: Satan moves through Pharaoh to execute the Seed and to enslave the nation by executing the male babies and oppressing the nation.

Philosophy: From Genesis 3:15, God will provide a Deliverer, Moses, and a sacrifice (the Passover Lamb) that will deliver them from the Gentile power to establish the Abrahamic Covenant. Note that the Ruler and the Sacrifice are in two different modes now. The Ruler will not be the Sacrifice (nor the Priest) until Jesus appears. It will be predicted, however, in many places such as Zechariah 6 (Joshua the High Priest crowned, Isaiah 53: the Servant Ruler sacrifices Himself, Psalm 110: The Melchizedekian Priest-King, the Davidic Ruler).

Rising Action: God brings forth His Deliverer, Moses, who delivers them through the Passover Lamb, equips them to Represent Him and dwells with them as their ultimate Source of deliverance.

Internal Conflict: Though the Gentiles have been defeated, Satan attacks Israel itself as they reject the dwelling of God with them in the episode of the Golden calf. God judges Israel and then delays rather than destroying them as He did with Pharaoh (and Cain), promising ultimately to separate the wicked from the righteous (looking for that judgment in the Seed of the Woman of Genesis 3:15, the “strike on the head” of Satan and his followers).

Validation: Ultimate victory still waits, but the deliverance through the Red Sea is their indication that they will ultimately be delivered from the Gentiles, since only Egypt was conquered, not all the Gentile nations.

Denouement: They now are under God’s care and may live without fear of Gentile dominion as they move toward the ultimate deliverance as God demonstrates His presence by dwelling with them in the Tabernacle.