Individually Read Exodus Ex 12:33- ch.14 write down any questions and observations that you note. Look for repeated words, and phrases or situations that sound familiar.
As a group Answer these questions (15 min)
2. Many people like the idea of a God who saves but are uncomfortable with a God who judges. Yet the reality is that God saves through judgment. What do you think the phrase “salvation through judgment” means, and where are some places you see this pattern in Scripture?
3. What interesting item did Moses take with him when they exited Egypt? What was its significance to the story?
4. What reason did God give for taking the Israelites the long way around to the Promised Land (verses 17-18a)? What does this same about the human heart?
After Lesson
Father God we know your ‘desert’ – less as land, than pain within:
when you take away our comforts to release us.
You begin by this training, so to teach us how to live more free of sin.
In this ‘desert’ you command us when to act and when to rest.
You break down our suppositions, which assume that we know best.
For our holiness and wholeness you give us this ‘desert’ test.
Lord, we like to know your presence; feel you close – as if by right.
But to deepen faith not feelingsyou may give our souls ‘dark night’.
When your hand is not apparent - keep us safe, and hold us tight.
This experience of learning is, for many, years, not days.
It takes time to break, remake us in your image and your ways.
Feed us, therefore, guide us, heal us, so through all - it ends in praise.
—John Richards, “Hymn: The Wilderness”
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