After Egypt Part 1 - Delivered Into God’s Presence

April 16, 2023

• Egypt represents the

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  of the sin of the world.

• In Exodus 12, we learned about the power of the

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  of the Lamb of God, Jesus Christ, as illustrated in the Passover lamb

And they shall take some of the blood and put it on the two doorposts and on the lintel of the houses where they eat it. —Exodus 12:7

12 ‘For I will pass through the land of Egypt on that night, and will strike all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: I am the Lord. 13 Now the blood shall be a sign for you on the houses where you are. And when I see the blood, I will pass over you; and the plague shall not be on you to destroy you when I strike the land of Egypt. —Exodus 12:12-13

• The Passover speaks of
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  . We pass from death to life because of faith in Jesus.

Most assuredly, I say to you, he who hears My word and believes in Him Who sent Me has everlasting life, and shall not come into judgment, but has passed from death into life. —John 5:24

That if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. —Romans 10:9

• Saved - sozo. Saved, healed,
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  ; to make whole. To protect.
• Salvation is not just forgiveness of sin, but it is
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  from sin.
• Salvation is not just justification, being made right with God. It’s transformation, becoming
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  because of God’s Presence.

1. Passover is not where the story ends, it’s where the story

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And thus you shall eat it: with a belt on your waist, your sandals on your feet, and your staff in your hand. So you shall eat it in haste. It is the Lord’s Passover. —Exodus 12:11

The Israelites’ journey out of Egypt and through the wilderness is an illustration of believers:
- learning to walk in

with Jesus.
- stepping into healing, identity, and purpose.
- engaging in the

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of life-change and discipleship.

• God brought the Israelites out of Egypt, but then he worked to get Egypt out of the Israelites.
• Change is what we experience on the
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  (new place, new circumstance, new surroundings, new house).
• Transformation is what we experience on the
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  in order to live in the new.

2. The Israelites journey from Egypt was specially written as an

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for end-time believers.

These things happened to them as examples for us. They were written down to warn us who live at the end of the age. —1 Corinthians 10:11

Now these things happened to them as an example and warning [to us]; they were written for our instruction [to admonish and equip us], upon whom the ends of the ages have come. —1 Corinthians 10:11 AMP

• To warn, nouthesia - warning, exhortation, encouragement, to
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  our understanding with an encounter with the truth.

3. God has a unique

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for every individual, and every generation.

I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. —Exodus 20:2

I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End,” says the Lord, “who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.” —Revelation 1:8

4. It’s all about His

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. The Lord prioritized relational connection between Himself and His people.

• They weren’t just saved, but they were delivered. And they weren’t just delivered, but they were delivered into God’s Presence! This was their new
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  .

‘You have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and how I bore you on eagles’ wings and brought you to Myself. —Exodus 19:4

• Exodus 5:3 tells us that Mt. Horeb was a 3-Day journey from Egypt.

• Deuteronomy 1:2 says that It is eleven days’ journey from Horeb by way of Mount Seir to Kadesh Barnea.

• The Lord wasn’t trying to bring them there fast. He was focused on bringing His people to Himself.

“Thus says the Lord God of Israel: ‘Let My people go, that they may hold a feast to Me in the wilderness. —Exodus 5:1

• Wilderness: midbar. It also means mouth, or the place of His voice! This is connection.

18 So God led the people around by way of the wilderness of the Red Sea. And the children of Israel went up in orderly ranks (armed, in battle array) out of the land of Egypt.
19 And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him, for he had placed the children of Israel under solemn oath, saying, “God will surely visit you, and you shall carry up my bones from here with you.”
20 So they took their journey from Succoth and camped in Etham at the edge of the wilderness. 
21 And the Lord went before them by day in a pillar of cloud to lead the way, and by night in a pillar of fire to give them light, so as to go by day and night. —Exodus 13:18-20

Then Joseph took an oath from the children of Israel, saying, “God will surely visit you, and you shall carry up my bones from here.” —Genesis 50:25

• God’s presence was with them in a way they had never known. This is something that every believer needs to know.

I am with you always, even to the end of the age. —Matthew 28:20

Let your conduct be without covetousness; be content with such things as you have. For He Himself has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.” —Hebrews 13:5

for He has said, “I will never [under any circumstances] desert you [nor give you up nor leave you without support, nor will I in any degree leave you helpless], nor will I forsake or let you down or relax My hold on you [assuredly not]!” —Hebrews 13:5 AMP