Exodus - Chapter 1-2
- Mimi Gabel
- Jan 6
- 3 min read
Updated: Jan 15
01/27/2025 Assignments
Hillsdale Online - Lesson 1 & 2: Read Chapter 1 thru 4 of Exodus (bible)
Agenda 01/13/2025
Roll Call - Connect with virtual participants - Mimi
Opening Prayer- Rotate each session
Open Discussion: Start with questions in course study guide
LESSON 1
Why do the Hebrew midwives call the babies hardy?
Why did Moses “look this way and that” before slaying the Egyptian who had struck a Hebrew slave?
What is the difference between references to the Hebrews and to the Israelites?
LESSON 2
Why is Moses hesitant to obey God and lead the Israelites out of bondage in Egypt?
How do we see Moses change by the end of Exodus?
What does God’s anger towards Moses look like when Moses complains that he is too heavy-tongued to speak for God?
Does Pharaoh hardening his heart differ from God hardening Pharaoh’s heart?
Closing Prayer
Next meeting and assignments
Supplemental Reading materials:
A COMPARISON OF GENESIS AND EXODUS*
A Coffin and a Tabernacle
As a concluding word to this Life-study, I would like to compare the books of Genesis and Exodus. Genesis begins with God’s creation (Gen. 1:1) and ends with a coffin in Egypt containing a dead body (Gen. 50:26). Exodus begins with slavery in Egypt (Exo. 1:11) and ends with the tabernacle covered by and filled with the glory of God on account of His redemption (Exo. 40:34-38). The book of Genesis does not have a glorious conclusion. At the end of that book we see a man dead, placed in a coffin in the world (Egypt), the very man created by God in His image for His expression and dominion. The last verse of Genesis says, “So Joseph died...and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.” In this verse we can see death, which is the result of sin, and also the world. This is the conclusion of Genesis.
How different is the conclusion of the book of Exodus! At the end of Exodus we do not have a coffin containing a dead body; we have a tabernacle containing the glorious God.
At the beginning of Exodus we have a continuation of the conclusion of Genesis. We have seen that the book of Genesis ends with a dead person in a coffin in Egypt. Exodus begins with a picture of God’s people serving as slaves in Egypt. As we consider the situation both at the end of Genesis and at [1955] the beginning of Exodus, we see that we were dead, on the one hand, and also slaves of Satan, typified by Pharaoh, on the other hand. We all were usurped by Satan and were enslaved to him. But Christ as our Passover has delivered us, released us, from this slavery. Christ’s redemption has brought us out of the satanic slavery in Egypt into a land of freedom (the wilderness). In the wilderness God’s further activity brings us to a glorified tabernacle. Here there is no death, no sin, no world. Instead, we have God with His presence and glory. No longer are we dead and in the world, but now we are part of a living and moving tabernacle for the accomplishment of God’s purpose on earth.
Angel Studios - The Promise Land https://www.angel.com/watch
When freedom from Egypt turns into 40 years of wandering, Moses finds himself less "fearless leader" and more "overwhelmed middle manager" in this comedic yet surprisingly reverent reimagining of Exodus.
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