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Preaching from Exodus

Preaching from Exodus. Moses and the Burning Bush Marc Chagall Two Tips: Make a notebook. Use art—lots of images for Exodus. Preaching from Exodus. Three Challenges: The size of the book The scope of the book The depth of the book Opportunity for “imaginative seriousness,”

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Preaching from Exodus

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  1. Preaching from Exodus Moses and the Burning Bush Marc Chagall Two Tips: • Make a notebook. • Use art—lots of images for Exodus.

  2. Preaching from Exodus Three Challenges: • The size of the book • The scope of the book • The depth of the book Opportunity for “imaginative seriousness,” Briggs and Lohr, A Theological Introduction to the Pentateuch, p. 3

  3. Preaching from Exodus Themes: • Salvation/Redemption/Liberation • Covenant • Worship • Holiness • Creation • Divine initiative and human agency

  4. Preaching from Exodus Narrative: • Characters • Plot • Repetition • Theology—the power and presence of the Lord, A Theological Introduction to the Pentateuch, p. 54.

  5. ‘avad=serve (slave, worshiper) 112so the Egyptians came to dread the Israelites13 and worked them ruthlessly (‘avad).14 They made their lives bitter with harsh labor in brick and mortar and with all kinds of work in the fields; in all their harsh labor the Egyptians worked them ruthlessly. 422 Then say to Pharaoh, “Let my son go, so he may worship (‘avad) me.” 716 Then say to him, ‘The Lord, the God of the Hebrews, has sent me to say to you: Let my people go, so that they may worship (‘avad) me in the wilderness. 

  6. Preaching from Exodus Law/Legal Codes • Be aware of other law codes—Hammurabi • Torah/nomos distinction • Law keeping can cultivate the discipline of grateful obedience(Exodus 35-36)

  7. Preaching from Exodus Beginning in the middle: • Arrival at Sinai • Exodus 19-Numbers 10 encampment • Speaks to God’s relationship to Israel—God the liberator/redeemer/deliverer • Israel’s relationship to God and the nations (think in terms of a triangle—God, Israel, the nations.

  8. Exodus 19 4 ‘You yourselves have seen what I did to Egypt, and how I carried you on eagles’ wings and I brought youto myself. 5 Now if you obey me fully and keep my covenant, thenout of all nationsyou will be mytreasured possession. Although the whole earth is mine, 6 you will be for me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.’ These are the words you are to speak to the Israelites.”

  9. Preaching from Exodus Chain Reaction Exodus 1-2): God and verbs: • God hears Israel’s cries • God remembers His covenant with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob • God sees them • God took notice of them Hearing triggers memory; seeing triggers action

  10. Exodus 2:23-25 23 During that long period, the king of Egypt died. The Israelites groaned in their slavery and cried out, and their cry for help because of their slavery went up to God. 24 God heard their groaning and he remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac and with Jacob. 25 So God looked on the Israelites and was concerned about them.

  11. Preaching from Exodus What’s in a Name (Exodus 3-4): • The divine name Yahweh gets it start here with the phrase, “I am who I am” or “I will be who I will be.” Based on Hebrew verb of being hayah. • Fretheim, p. 63, suggests that this verbal form means, “I will be God for you. The force is not simply that God is or that God is present but that God will be faithfully God for them. God can be counted on to be who God is.”

  12. Preaching from Exodus Answer the Questions Please(Exodus 5-11)? • From 5:1-6:12, we are confronted with the question that the Pharaoh poses, “Who is he Lord?” • 5:4 “Why are you taking the people away from their work,”

  13. Preaching from Exodus The second level, 6:6-8, emphasizes liberating power of God to redeem Israel from bondage. The sequence of verbs begins and ends with “I am the Lord,” Pay attention to these verbs: • I will bring you out • I will free you • I will redeem you • I will take you • I will be your God • I will bring you to the land • I will give you the land as a possession.

  14. Exodus 6:6-8 6 “Therefore, say to the Israelites: ‘I am the Lord, and I will bring you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians. I will free you from being slaves to them, and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with mighty acts of judgment. 7 I will take you as my own people, and I will be your God. Then you will know that I am the Lord your God, who brought you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians. 8 And I will bring you to the land I swore with uplifted hand to give to Abraham, to Isaac and to Jacob. I will give it to you as a possession. I am the Lord.’”

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