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Module 4 · Exodus, Law, and the Presence of God · Lesson 1

Exodus: God Redeems a People

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Big idea

The Exodus reveals the LORD as the covenant God who hears, judges, delivers, and claims a people for Himself.

Learning objectives

  • Explain Exodus as redemption before law.
  • Describe Passover as judgment and deliverance.
  • Recognize Exodus as a pattern reused later in Scripture.
  • Trace Passover toward Christ.

Primary text

Exodus 3:7–15 — God hears Israel’s suffering, reveals His name, and commissions Moses.

Scaffolded Scriptures

  • Exodus 6:6–8 — God promises to bring out, redeem, take as His people, and bring into the land.
  • Exodus 12:1–14 — Passover combines judgment, substitution, blood, and deliverance.
  • Exodus 14:13–31 — God defeats Egypt and brings Israel through the sea.
  • 1 Corinthians 5:7 — Christ is identified as our Passover.
  • Luke 9:31 — Jesus’ coming death is described with exodus language.

Teaching movements

Movement 1

God Hears — Redemption begins with divine attention and covenant faithfulness.

Movement 2

God Reveals His Name — The Exodus is about who the LORD is as much as what He does.

Movement 3

God Judges Egypt — Deliverance includes judgment upon oppressive power and false gods.

Movement 4

Passover — Life is spared through God’s provided means of deliverance.

Movement 5

Through the Sea — Israel is liberated from Pharaoh’s rule and formed as God’s people.

Movement 6

Exodus Becomes a Pattern — Prophets later describe restoration as a new exodus.

Key terms / word study

Redeem / gaal
To reclaim or rescue, often with family/covenant overtones; Exodus becomes a defining redemptive pattern.

Christ at the center

Jesus fulfills and escalates Exodus imagery: He is Passover Lamb, liberating King, and the One through whom the deeper slavery of sin and death is defeated.

Reflect

  1. Why does redemption come before law?
  2. What does Passover reveal about judgment and mercy?
  3. How does Exodus become a reusable biblical pattern?

Practice

Trace the Exodus pattern through bondage, judgment, deliverance, covenant, presence, and journey. Then note where the New Testament reuses those categories.

Remember

God redeems a people before He commands a people.