CHAPTER ELEVEN

GOD’S HISTORY IN TIME
(FROM THE CREATION OF THE UNIVERSE
TO THE FINAL JUDGMENT
AT THE GREAT WHITE THRONE—
GENESIS 1:1—REVELATION 20:15)

(10)

WORKING ON HIS ELECT THROUGH MOSES

(1)

DELIVERING ISRAEL OUT OF EGYPT
AND
BRINGING THEM INTO THE WILDERNESS

Scripture Reading: Exo. 1:8-22; 3:8; 12:1-20; 15:22

OUTLINE

1. Coming down to deliver Israel out of Egypt—Exo. 3:8:
   1. Through Moses:
      1. From the Egyptian slavery and tyranny—1:8-22.
      2. Dealing with Pharaoh and smiting Egypt with ten plagues:
         1. All waters becoming blood—7:17-25.
         2. Waters bringing forth frogs—8:2-15.
         3. Dust becoming lice—vv. 16-19.
         4. Swarms of flies—vv. 20-24.
         5. Pestilence upon all the cattle—9:1-7.
         6. Boils upon man and beast—vv. 8-12.
         7. Hail, mingled with fire, upon the land—vv. 13-25.
         8. Locusts devouring the land—10:12-20.
         9. Thick darkness over all the land—vv. 21-24.
         10. Killing of their firstborn sons—11:4-6; 12:29-30.
   2. Through the passover—vv. 1-20:
      1. Redeeming them from the death-judgment by their striking the blood of the lamb—vv. 7, 13.
      2. Delivering them from the house of bondage (13:3, 14) by their eating the meat of the lamb with the unleavened bread and the bitter herbs—12:8-11.
   3. Through the Angel of Jehovah (Christ) and the pillar of cloud and of fire (the glory of God) over Israel to protect them from the front to the rear of their army—14:19-20.
   4. Through God’s mighty power to divide the Red Sea for Israel to go through and to close the sea over Pharaoh and his army to destroy them—vv. 6-8, 21-31.
2. Bringing them into the wilderness—3:18:
   1. Israel fallen into Egypt—the world of easy living and pleasure—for four hundred years.
   2. Predicted by God to Abraham—Gen. 15:13-14.
   3. Prohibited from serving God and suffering the affliction of the Egyptian tyranny—Exo. 1:15-22; Heb. 11:23.
   4. God bringing them into the wilderness—Exo. 15:22:
      1. Into a place outside the world, free from worldly occupations in anxiety of life, pleasures, persecution of religion, etc.
      2. Through three days’ journey—through the resurrection of Christ.
      3. To serve God with sacrifices—Christ as the offerings.