Yes — the book of Exodus is called the book of redemption because it records God buying His covenant people Israel back out of Egyptian slavery.
God had lost His covenant people to bondage in Egypt after the brothers' sin sold Joseph into Egypt, so He redeemed them. Exodus 6:6 records His own words: "I will redeem you with a stretched out arm, and with great judgments." Les Feldick consistently teaches that Exodus is the book of redemption because Israel was owned by God but lost, and God bought them back.
Exodus 6:6 — God explicitly promises to redeem the children of Israel out of Egypt — the verse that anchors the entire book to the theme of redemption.
Exodus records God's own promise to buy back His people. In Exodus 6:6, the LORD tells Moses to say to 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." This is the clearest scriptural statement that the Exodus is an act of redemption. Then in Exodus 6:7, God declares: "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." After deliverance, Israel sings in Exodus 15:13: "Thou in thy mercy hast led forth the people which thou hast redeemed: thou hast guided them in thy strength unto thy holy habitation." The book therefore presents God as the Redeemer who reclaims His people.
Les Feldick teaches that Exodus is the book of redemption because it shows God buying back His covenant people. He points out that Israel began as God's covenant people, but through the sin of the brothers who sold Joseph into Egypt, God lost them spiritually, and they ended up in Egyptian bondage — without an altar, without a sacrifice, without worship, totally alienated. So God had to buy them back. Les emphasizes that redemption always means the same thing: something was owned, then lost, and must be bought back. In Exodus, God does the redeeming while Israel is helpless — no armed forces, no economic or political clout, just slaves. God redeemed Israel through the blood of the Passover lamb, and the whole Exodus experience is a picture of believers being redeemed from the slave market of Satan.
Les explains that Israel were God's covenant people, but the brothers' sin in selling Joseph into Egypt separated the nation from God. Joseph ended up in Egypt, the other brethren were in rebellion, and for all practical purposes God lost His chosen people. They were out of the land of promise, in bondage, and out of God's control, so God had to redeem them — He had to buy them back.
God promised through Moses, "I will redeem you with a stretched out arm, and with great judgments" (Exodus 6:6). Les points out that God bought Israel back through the blood of the Passover lamb, and even the three days' journey out of Egypt is a picture of the resurrection. The whole book of Exodus shows God actively redeeming Israel out of Egypt.
Les teaches that God instituted a way to buy the human race back to Himself, and that is redemption. Just as Israel was purchased out of slavery in Egypt, believers are redeemed out of the slave market of Satan. We, as sons of Adam, were slaves of sin, and God will do everything He can to bring us out, but He cannot force us because He gave us free will.
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Exodus as the Book of Redemption
Les directly states that Exodus is the book of redemption because Israel had been separated from God after Joseph was sold into Egypt, so God had to buy His covenant people back.
God's Promise to Redeem in Exodus 6:6
Les shows that God explicitly speaks of redeeming the children of Israel out of Egypt, tying that to the same redemption believers have in Christ.
Israel Helpless and Moses as Deliverer
Les notes that Israel was helpless with no military or political clout, and that redemption in Exodus required a person, beginning with Moses, who was proven by sign miracles.
Lost Covenant People and the Meaning of Redemption
Les explains that when Israel ended up in Egypt, for all practical purposes God had lost His covenant people, and redemption always means buying back something that was owned and lost.
Bought Back by the Blood of the Passover Lamb
Les reiterates that Exodus is about God buying Israel back and that He did it through the blood of the Passover lamb, just as believers are bought back through Christ.
Redemption and the Slave Market of Satan
Les connects God's purchase of Israel from Egypt to the redemption of the human race from the slave market of Satan, while noting that free will means God cannot force anyone.
Exodus as a Picture of Believers' Redemption
Les treats the whole book of Exodus as a picture of redemption — Israel out of Egypt, believers out of the shackles of sin — with the three days pointing to the resurrection.
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:
This is God's direct promise to redeem Israel out of Egypt, giving the book its redemption theme.
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 declares that redemption restores Israel to Himself as His own people.
Exodus 12:13: And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where ye are: and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt.
The blood of the Passover lamb is the means by which God redeems Israel, a point Les highlights when saying God bought Israel back through that blood.
Exodus 15:13: Thou in thy mercy hast led forth the people which thou hast redeemed: thou hast guided them in thy strength unto thy holy habitation.
After the Exodus, Israel sings that God redeemed them and guided them in His strength.
Exodus is called the book of redemption because it records God buying back His covenant people Israel from slavery in Egypt. Les Feldick explains that Israel had been lost to God through the brothers' sin, so God redeemed them — He bought them back.
Redemption means buying back something that was owned and then lost. Israel belonged to God, but they were separated from Him and enslaved in Egypt, so God redeemed them as His people, using the blood of the Passover lamb.
Yes. Les teaches that the Exodus is a perfect picture of believers being redeemed from the shackles of sin and the slave market of Satan. The same buying-back idea runs throughout all of Scripture, culminating in redemption through Christ.
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