Fragen und Antworten BEGRIFFSERKLAERUNG
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Elberfelder 2023
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The Book of Exodus is one of the
foundational revelations of God’s ways with His people.
It begins in darkness, oppression, and hopeless bondage — and ends in glory,
order, and divine presence.
Exodus shows that God Himself takes the initiative: He remembers His covenant
and acts in sovereign grace.
The deliverance from Egypt is not merely history but a prophetic picture of
redemption in Christ.
Through the Passover Lamb, God redeems by blood; through the Red Sea, He redeems
by power.
The journey from slavery to worship reveals God’s purpose: to bring a people
into fellowship with Himself.
At Sinai, God reveals His holiness and gives His law — exposing the heart of
man.
Yet grace shines through the intercession of Moses, the mediator God has
appointed.
The failure with the golden calf highlights human inability under the law.
But God restores the covenant on the basis of mercy and truth.
The detailed instructions of the tabernacle unveil Christ in His person, His
work, and His glory.
Every vessel, every measurement, every material points prophetically to Him.
The priesthood reveals Christ as the perfect High Priest who represents His
people before God.
The daily service shows the believer’s calling to walk in holiness and
communion.
The cloud of glory that fills the completed tabernacle marks the climax of the
book.
God desires to dwell among His redeemed — this is His heart from Genesis to
Revelation.
Exodus therefore unites judgment, redemption, law, grace, worship, and divine
presence.
It is a book of transition: from bondage to freedom, from fear to fellowship,
from despair to glory.
Its message is fulfilled in Christ, the true Passover Lamb, Mediator, and
dwelling place of God with men.
Exodus teaches us the divine pattern: deliverance, cleansing, instruction, and
finally, God’s presence in glory.
The Book of Exodus is God’s great book of
deliverance and revelation.
It records the departure from Egypt – and spiritually, the redemption from the
power of sin.
Exodus shows how God leads His people out by blood and by power.
The beginning reveals man’s misery; the end reveals God’s presence.
Three main sections structure the book: deliverance, law, God’s dwelling.
Chapters
1–18: God delivers an enslaved
people – a picture of redemption in Christ.
Passover and the Red Sea are central typologies of the cross and resurrection.
In chapters 19–24 God gives His
law and makes a covenant.
Man recognizes his inability to meet God’s standard.
The “blood of the covenant” shows that only through atonement can God grant
fellowship.
Chapters 25–40 reveal the
tabernacle – God’s dwelling among the redeemed.
Every vessel points prophetically to Christ: light, bread, sacrifice,
intercession.
The priestly consecration and the incense show Christ as High Priest.
The golden calf exposes man’s failure under the law.
But Moses’ intercession brings grace – a picture of Jesus Christ, the perfect
Mediator.
With chapter 40 the book reaches its climax: God’s glory fills the tabernacle.
God dwells in the midst of His people – on the basis of blood, grace, and divine
order.
Exodus unites judgment, redemption, law, grace, and glory in perfect harmony.
It shows God’s way: deliverance, cleansing, instruction, and finally dwelling.
In Christ everything is fulfilled: the Passover, the way through the sea, the
Mediator, and the tabernacle.
“Exodus” = “going out, departure.”
Historical: Israel’s exodus from Egypt.
Spiritual: Redemption through the blood and power of God.
Typological: Salvation in Christ – from death to fellowship with God.
Deliverance of God’s People (chap.
1–18)
The Redeemer acts → God brings out.
Law and Covenant (chap. 19–24)
God reveals Himself → man recognizes his inability.
God’s Dwelling in the Midst of the
People (chap. 25–40)
God establishes His presence → Christ at the center.
These three sections correspond to the New
Testament:
Gospels (deliverance)
Galatians / Romans 7 (law)
Ephesians / Hebrews (God’s dwelling)
Israel multiplies, is threatened, and
enslaved.
Typologically: man under the power of sin.
Moses as a type of Christ:
preserved from the massacre
hidden for 40 years
prepared through trials
God reveals His name:
“I AM THAT I AM.”
The burning bush:
God in holiness, in the midst of a cursed condition, yet not consuming.
Judgment on Egypt and its gods.
God makes a distinction between Egypt and Israel.
The heart of Old Testament redemption.
Blood on the doorposts → atonement.
Judgment passes over.
Typology: Christ, the true Passover
Lamb (1 Cor 5:7).
God leads the people by cloud and fire.
The sea separates Israel forever from Egypt.
Typologically:
Passover = redemption by blood
Sea = redemption by power (Christ’s death & resurrection)
The first song in Scripture: praise for redemption.
Bread of life – Christ in His humiliation.
Rock → Christ smitten (1 Cor 10:4).
Amalek → the flesh opposing the Spirit.
Order in service.
Moses as intercessor.
God reveals His holiness.
Boundaries around the mountain → man cannot draw near.
Moses the mediator.
God speaks directly to the people.
God’s moral standard – reveals sin but gives no life.
Social, ceremonial, and civil regulations.
Justice and mercy in daily life.
Blood sprinkling (“blood of the covenant”).
Seventy elders behold God’s glory.
Moses on the mountain for 40 days.
Typology:
The blood of Christ as the basis of
the New Covenant.
From inside outward:
Ark – God’s throne, Christ as propitiation
Table of showbread – Christ as nourishment
Lampstand – Christ the light
Altar of burnt offering – Christ the sacrifice
Court – access by grace
Aaron as a picture of Christ our High
Priest.
His sons → priestly position of believers.
Incense altar → prayer
Laver → daily cleansing
Ransom → Christ, our price
Oil → Holy Spirit
Spirit-filled craftsmen.
Sabbath as covenant sign.
Idolatry.
Covenant broken immediately.
3,000 die.
Law = ministry of death.
God threatens to withdraw.
Moses intercedes → God’s presence remains.
Grace triumphs.
God reveals His name:
“merciful and gracious … yet will by
no means clear the guilty.”
Grace + truth (John 1:17).
The people give willingly.
All work in obedience.
Everything is done “as Jehovah had commanded.”
The glory of Jehovah fills the tabernacle.
Book’s conclusion:
“The glory of Jehovah filled the
tabernacle.” (40:34)
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1. Redemption by Blood (chap. 12)
Christ as the Passover Lamb.
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2. Redemption by Power (chap. 14)
Christ’s victory over death and Satan.
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3. Law vs. Grace (chap. 19–34)
Man fails under law.
Only intercession and grace save.
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4. Christ as the Center of the
Tabernacle (chap. 25–40)
Everything points to Him:
His person
His work
His priestly ministry
His glory
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5. God Dwelling Among Men (chap. 40)
A foretaste of:
John 1:14
Revelation 21:3
God redeems His people by blood and power, gives them His Word, reveals His
holiness, shows their inability, grants grace through a Mediator, and finally
dwells in glory in their midst.
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