The Exodus is the book of redemption: God bought His lost covenant people out of Egyptian bondage through the blood of the Passover lamb.
Les Feldick teaches that Israel had been God's covenant people, but because of Joseph's brothers' sin and their bondage in Egypt, God had lost control of them. He had to buy them back, and the Exodus shows Him doing exactly that—first by the Passover blood, then by leading them through the Red Sea.
Exodus 6:6 — God directly states He will redeem Israel from Egyptian bondage, making the Exodus His redemptive act.
Exodus 14:13 — Shows the crisis at the Red Sea and the call to stand still and see God's salvation.
Scripture records God's own announcement of what the Exodus would accomplish. In Exodus 6:6-8 God tells Israel: 'I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will rid you out of their bondage, and I will redeem you with a stretched out arm, and with great judgments... And I will take you to me for a people, and I will be to you a God... And I will bring you in unto the land, concerning the which I did swear to give it to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.' The Bible therefore presents the Exodus as God's promised redemption of Israel.
Les teaches that the book of Exodus is 'the book of redemption.' He grounds this in the situation Israel was in: Joseph's brothers sold him into Egypt, and while he was there the other brethren rebelled, so for all practical purposes God 'lost His covenant people.' Once Israel was in Egypt, they had lost fellowship with Abraham's God and were in bondage, mortgaged to the pagan heathen Egyptians. Since they were slaves, God would have to buy them back and pay the price to set them free.
Exodus 6:6-8 records God's promise to bring Israel out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, to rid them out of their bondage, to redeem them, to take them to Himself as a people, and to bring them into the land promised to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. At the Red Sea, Moses told the people, 'Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the LORD.' The biblical text itself shows the Exodus as God's redemptive act.
Les teaches that redemption means buying back something you have lost control over, like mortgaging a paid-for home to get cash. Israel was God's covenant people, but the brothers' sin sent Joseph into Egypt and God lost His chosen people. The book of Exodus is the book of redemption because God bought His covenant people out of the slave market of Egypt—through the blood of the Passover lamb.
Israel was trapped with the Red Sea in front, Egyptian chariots behind, mountains on one side, and populated areas on the other. Humanly speaking, everything seemed hopeless. Yet Moses said, 'Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the LORD.' Les sees this as evidence that the deliverance was not an ordinary event but a demonstration of God's miracle-working power.
Les teaches that the three days' journey out of Egypt pictures the resurrection, which is the only thing that separates a person from slavery. He says the whole book of Exodus is a perfect picture of a believer being redeemed out of the shackles of sin. He also notes that Paul and other writers of Scripture speak of our redemption in the same way.
Israel Trapped at the Red Sea
Les describes Israel trapped between the Red Sea, Egyptian chariots, mountains, and populated areas, showing that only God's miracle-working power could save them.
Israel in Bondage
Les explains that Israel lost fellowship with Abraham's God and became mortgaged to pagan Egyptians, so God had to buy them back, beginning with the Passover blood on the doorpost.
How Israel Got to Egypt
Les shows how Joseph's brothers' rejection of him led Israel to end up in Egypt, outside God's control and in a place of national death, making Exodus a book of redemption.
God Promises to Redeem Israel
Les directs attention to Exodus 6:6-8 where God says He will redeem Israel and take them as His people, connecting the Exodus to the Abrahamic covenant.
The Three-Day Journey and Resurrection
Les teaches that the three days' journey out of Egypt points to the resurrection and pictures our redemption from the shackles of sin.
Redemption Through the Passover Lamb
Les explains that Israel was God's covenant people until the brothers' sin, and because God lost His chosen people, He bought them back through the blood of the Passover lamb.
What Redemption Means
Les defines redemption as buying back something lost, using the illustration of mortgaging a paid-for home, and calls Exodus the book of redemption because God bought Israel out of Egypt's slave market.
God's Covenant With Israel
Les reads Exodus 6:6 as the I AM Jehovah saying 'I will redeem you,' and stresses that God still holds His covenants with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob as uppermost.
Exodus 6:6: Wherefore say unto the children of Israel, I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will rid you out of their bondage, and I will redeem you with a stretched out arm, and with great judgments:
God tells Israel what the Exodus will accomplish: bringing them out, ridding them of bondage, and redeeming them.
Exodus 6:7: And I will take you to me for a people, and I will be to you a God: and ye shall know that I am the LORD your God, which bringeth you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians.
God's goal in redemption is a covenant relationship: Israel would be His people and He would be their God.
Exodus 6:8: And I will bring you in unto the land, concerning the which I did swear to give it to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; and I will give it you for an heritage: I am the LORD.
The redemption out of Egypt leads to the promised land sworn to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
Exodus 14:13: And Moses said unto the people, Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the LORD, which he will shew to you to day: for the Egyptians whom ye have seen to day, ye shall see them again no more for ever.
At the Red Sea, Israel is told to stand still and see the LORD's salvation.
Les Feldick teaches that the book of Exodus is the book of redemption. Redemption means buying back something that has been lost, and in the Exodus God bought His covenant people out of the slave market of Egypt.
The blood of the Passover lamb placed on the doorpost was the starting point of Israel's redemption. Through that blood, God bought His people back from bondage in Egypt.
Les teaches that the Exodus is a perfect picture of the believer being redeemed out of the shackles of sin. The three days' journey out of Egypt points to the resurrection.
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