Meeting God in the Old Testament Chapter Four:  Redeemer   Throughout  the  book  of  Genesis,  God     Main Scripture  deals  largely  with  righteous  men  and      their families.  In Exodus, though, God Exodus 14   turns His attentions to an entire nation,   the  nation  of  Israel.    In  Exodus  1,  the   situation  looks  bleak—the  Israelites  are   the  slaves  of  the  Egyptians,  the  most   powerful  nation  on  earth.    However,   More Scriptures     God,  through  a  spectacular  display  of    power, frees the Israelites and proves to Exodus 3; Exodus 

-5; Exodus 15;   the  arrogant  Egyptians  that  He  is  God.    Psalm 107; Psalm 124  Let’s  look  at  this  story  to  see  what  it   means that God is a Redeemer.      Questions:  Exodus 14   1.   Explain the problem that the Israelites are facing in Exodus 14:5-9.     2.   According to Exodus 14:1-4, why did this problem come up in the first place?  What  The Big Question   does this tell us about God?      What does it mean to us that God is   a Redeemer?  3.   In what way is the Israelites’ complaint in Exodus 14:10-12 reasonable?  In what way is it unreasonable?  What can we learn from this?    4.   What does God tell Moses in Exodus 14:15-18?  Does this seem like a spur-of-the-moment improvisation by God?  Why is this significant?

160203 Lesson 5 - Meeting God in the Old Testament as Lawgiver IPad

Genesis 33:18, 20 reads:  “Now Jacob came safely to the city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Paddan-aram, and camped before the city. . .  Then he erected an altar there and called it El-Elohe-Israel.”Translated, the name of Jacob’s altar is “God, the God of Israel.”  When Jacob chooses this name for his new altar, he probably doesn’t intend to make a statement of huge Scriptural significance.  His new name is Israel, God is his God, and he’s quite happy about that.  However, the name that Jacob applies to his altar can  be  applied  equally  well  to  the  entire  Old  Testament.    Those  thirty-nine  books  of  the  Bible  are  about God and how He is defined by His relationship with His chosen people.  God is the hero of the story.Often,  when  we  study  the  Old  Law,  we  do  so  on  a  small  scale  as  we  become  entranced  by  the  stories  of godly  men  ranging  from Abraham  to  Nehemiah.    Although  these  stories  are  instructive  and  important, sometimes they distract us from understanding God.  This textbook aims to correct that mistaken focus.  It divides  the  history  of  God’s  ancient  dealings  with  mankind  into  twelve  segments and  describes  each segment in terms of the aspect of God’s cha