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Through the Bible with Les Feldick
LESSON 1 * PART 1 * BOOK 8
RED SEA EXPERIENCE: A PICTURE OF OUR SALVATION
Exodus 10-15
I have always tried to take that approach, even if people don't agree with me. Let's go back to Chapter 10 of Exodus for a few moments, because the last time we taught, we had gotten to the place where Pharaoh was obstinately refusing to let the children of Israel go, and so, consequently, God was bringing in plagues. Always remember, if you don't have any problems with the plagues in Egypt, then you shouldn't have any problems with the Book of Revelation. Now, that's exactly how Satan deals with the lost person. Exodus 10:28
Moses knew because God had told him at the very beginning, that the last plague was going to be super special. When Pharaoh makes this statement now, Moses just comes right back in verse 29 and says:
Exodus 10:29a
"And Moses said, `Thou hast spoken well,...'" (Pharaoh, you have just said a mouthful. When we get into Chapter 1, God encourages Moses by telling him:
Exodus 11:1a
"And the LORD said unto Moses, `Yet will I bring one plague more upon Pharaoh, and upon Egypt; afterwards he will let you go...'"
Then in verse 5, Moses said:
Exodus 11:5-7
"And all the firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sitteth upon his throne, even unto the firstborn of the maidservant that is behind the mill; and all the firstborn of beasts.
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Now, all through Israel's history, beginning with Abraham, God is constantly reminding them they are not like everyone else on earth, but they are different. They are his Covenant people and they were never to intermarry with anyone but those of the nation of Israel. I always like to emphasize, and this shocks people, never did God instruct the Jew to go out and proselyte the Gentiles. Who in the world has the right to go to those pagan Gentiles? Peter went right back to that old mentality that after all Jews could not fellowship with Gentiles. Now, Moses continues:
Exodus 11:8-10
Exodus 12:1,2
I don't like to use the word religious, but this time it fits. Now, verse 3 and 4, and the LORD is still speaking:
Exodus 12:3,4
"Speak ye unto all the congregation of Israel, saying `In the tenth day of this month they shall take to them every man a lamb, according to the house of their fathers, a lamb for an house: And if the household be too little for the lamb, let him and his neighbour next unto his house take it according to the number of the souls; every man according to his eating shall make your count for the lamb.'"
Exodus 12:5,6a
The Lord Jesus. Now, after they had proved the lamb:
Exodus 12:7-9a
"And they shall take of the blood, and strike it on the two side posts and on the upper door post of the houses, wherein they shall eat it. And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roast with fire,.... It was the place where sin was being judged. The Book of Judges is the account of Israel's rise and fall. Judges 21:25
It was a spiritual famine and Israel was destitute. Let's come back to Exodus once again. Exodus 12:11
Again, let's get a brief picture of the Jews now. Exodus 12:12
"For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and will smite all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: I am the LORD."
Every one of the plagues were directed at the gods of Egypt. In other words, God just proved that their pagan worship had nothing to do with Him whatsoever. I've stressed it ever since we started our study back in Genesis, that ever since the Tower of Babel the whole human race until Abraham was saturated in paganism, in polytheism (that's the worship of many gods) and so when Israel comes on the scene as His separated, different, Covenant people they are the only people on earth who did not worship many gods. On the night of the Passover, the death angel is passing throughout Egypt and is killing the firstborn of man and beast, but verse 13 God says to the Nation of Israel:
Exodus 12:13
If you don't mind marking in your Bible, underline "When I see the blood" because that's the crucial point. Now, if you can picture in your mind for just a little bit, the gross darkness that has come upon the land of Egypt. And yet up there in Goshen every Jewish family has put the blood on the door posts as instructed.
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