God as a Liberator in Exodus

God as a Liberator in Exodus
“I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of
slavery.” (Ex 20:2) (please centre quote and put in box)

The book of Exodus is the story of God rescuing the children of Israel from Egypt and
making them His people.
The Story: (adapted from http://overviewbible.com/exodus/)
The young nation of Israel is in Egypt (they were invited by Joseph, the one with the
famous coat). A new Pharaoh notices the Israelites multiplying, and enslaves them.

Afraid of an uprising, he orders that all Hebrew sons should be cast into the Nile at birth.
But one son escapes this decree. Moses is hidden in a basket and set afloat in the Nile
- where Pharaoh’s daughter discovers him.

Moses grows up as her son. When an adult, Moses sees an Egyptian beating a
Hebrew; he kills the Egyptian and leaves the country to escape capital punishment.

Forty years later, God appears to Moses as a burning bush and sends him to deliver
Israel from the hand of Pharaoh. Moses, with the help of his brother Aaron, confronts
Pharaoh on God’s behalf: “Let My people go” (Ex 5:1).

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Pharaoh refuses, and so God sends ten plagues upon the Egyptians:

1. Water turns to blood.
2. Swarms of frogs cover the land.
3. Gnats infest the land.
4. Swarms of flies fill the air.
5. Egyptian cattle die.
6. Boils break out on Egyptians.
7. Hail and fire rain down.
8. Locusts consume Egyptian crops.
9. Darkness covers the land.
10. Every first born dies.

When the last plague kills Pharaoh’s son, he finally allows Israel to leave.

The sons of Israel leave Egypt and make their way to Mount Sinai, where God gives His
laws to Moses. God makes a covenant with the nation of Israel and the generations to
come: because He rescued them from Egypt, Israel is to observe His rules.