EXODUS: The Deliverance of Israel, Week 1

This week, Pastor Bartley Sawatsky begins the next part of our study in the book of Exodus, with  EXODUS: The Deliverance of Israel, as he focuses on Exodus chapters 7:8-9:35.

These passages describe the first seven plagues that God sends upon Egypt in order to persuade Pharaoh to release the Israelites from slavery. Moses and Aaron, acting as messengers of God, perform various miraculous signs and wonders before Pharaoh and his magicians, turning the Nile river to blood, sending swarms of frogs, gnats, and flies, causing disease to afflict the livestock, and bringing hail, locusts, and darkness upon the land. Despite these demonstrations of God's power, Pharaoh refuses to release the Israelites, leading to further plagues and ultimately, the death of the firstborn of every Egyptian household. However, the Israelites are spared from this final plague by following God's instructions to mark their doorposts with the blood of a sacrificial lamb, leading to the establishment of the Passover holiday.

ABOUT THE SERIES
The book of Exodus is foundational to the story of God's relationship with humanity. The pivotal events recorded in the second book of the Bible demonstrate God's great love for His people by rescuing them from slavery in Egypt, forming them into a nation and establishing a covenant with them. In the first 7 chapters we’ll see how God chose Moses – an abandoned child in a dangerous time who later commits murder as an adult – and redeemed his life to make him into Israel's great prophet, emancipator and leader.

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