In addition
to seeing the glory and the power of God shining through the redemption of
Israel we see, in particular, three important things.
Firstly, we
see Christ in many forms. The figure of the Passover is none other than Christ
the Passover lamb. “And when I see the blood, I will Passover you.” It prefigured the blood of the lamb, a lamb
without spot or blemish, shed from the foundation of the world, also
figuratively, but eventually on the cross of Calvary, not only for Israel, but
for the entire world.
We see
Christ in Moses the servant of God, working at God’s direction, gathering,
teaching, leading the people through the wilderness, through the Red Sea, and chastising
them when they erred.
Secondly we see a historical
purpose. It tells us when and how a small family of seventy or so souls became
a nation so numerous that they caused Egypt to tremble and sought to diminish
them by subjecting them to harsh and inhuman treatment as slaves; and lays a
sure foundation for the term, people of God.
Thirdly we
see doctrine; in that we see redemption and deliverance, via the shedding of
blood and the great Red Sea experience; God not only delivers but redeems. We also see the doctrine of obedience and holiness
and the consequences; a holy nation or a holy people must be obedient to and
serve a holy God. In addition we see the
doctrine of faithfulness; God is faithful and keeps his promises. Accordingly
even when the children of Israel provoked him in the wilderness, he remembered
his promises to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob to give them and their descendants the
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