Jethro
Shepherd
Priest
Moses’s father in law
Intro of exodus
Ominous
“There arose a pharaoh who did not know Joseph”
Ex. 1:8
Precipitating Monet for Moses’s calling
Burning bush not consumed
MVP EXPERIENCE BETWEEN GOD AND HUMANITY
MOSES’S CALLING
Ex 3:1
Becomes model for calls
Calling flow
- Setting/precipitating moment
- Revelation of God
- Commission
- Excuses
3rd biblical tradition established by Moses’s calling
Deliverance
How does God with creation?
Through its suffering
“Yahweh”=
“I am”
How does God identity himself to Moses?
As God of fathers
NOT as creator God
Monotheism of Judaism/Christianity
God=
- God of creation
- God of fathers
- God of covenant
The plagues are essentially…
Creation gone wild
God= God of creation
God bigger than Moses AND Pharaoh
Exodus 19-24
Israel at mt. Sinai
Berit
An open ended
Law=
Covenantal response
Life
NOT A WAY TO EARN SALVATION
Theophany
A manifestation or appearance of God
Ex. Mt. Sinai
Major themes of the bible
- Creation
- Promise
- Deliverance
Covenantal nomism
- God elects Israel through grace
- Israel responds with law
- Repent and sacrifice
- Find forgiveness
Tabernacle
Moveable place of worship
Moveable= MVP because exile
Exodus 12
Passover and exodus
Exodus 13-18
Wilderness
Teddy’s post president vacay
Exodus 19-24
Law
Israel at mt. Sinai
Decapoint
10 commandments
Exodus 24-40
Tabernacle
Exodus 1-2
Moses’s birth and calling
