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Chapter 2 Big Promises

The document outlines God's promises to Abraham and the significant events involving Moses in the context of the Israelites' salvation. Key themes include God's judgment on Egypt, the establishment of a covenantal relationship with His people, and the fulfillment of His promises, including the granting of land and the law. It details the plagues of Egypt, the Passover, and the giving of the Ten Commandments as foundational elements of the Israelite faith.

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Chapter 2 Big Promises

The document outlines God's promises to Abraham and the significant events involving Moses in the context of the Israelites' salvation. Key themes include God's judgment on Egypt, the establishment of a covenantal relationship with His people, and the fulfillment of His promises, including the granting of land and the law. It details the plagues of Egypt, the Passover, and the giving of the Ten Commandments as foundational elements of the Israelite faith.

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- BIG PROMISES

Bible section: Genesis 12 – Deuteronomy


Events: God’s promises to Abraham, of Joseph, God’s promises to Moses, the plagues of
Egypt, the Passover, and the gift of God’s law.
Key themes: God’s judgement (on Egypt) and the rescue of his people, God’s desire
for a covenantal relationship with his people, God can be trusted to fulfil his promises.
God's promise to Abraham land and people.

BACKGROUND NOTES
THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE PROMISE TO ABRAHAM"
Abraham was the first biblical character to receive a detailed set of promises from God that
specifically laid the foundation for his plan of salvation.
The first of these promises relates to the granting of a land to Abraham and all of his
descendants. that land was Canaan.
The second promise relates to the first, and offers the guarantee that Abraham will be the
father of a mighty nation, who will settle in Canaan. Sarah, Abraham's wife, gave birth to
Isaac, whose son Jacob would become the father of
12 sons - the nucleus of the Israelite nation.
The third promise was of a more general nature: Abraham would be blessed, and would be
the means by which God would bless all nations.
This patriarch is referred to initially as Abram (cf Genesis 11:26-17:3), but God gave him his
new name, Abraham, in Genesis 17:5. In order to avoid confusion, we will refer to him as
Abraham throughout Finding your way.

MOSES: GOD'S CHOSEN DELIVERER


The story of Moses and his role in God's plan of salvation for his people is found in the first
half of the book of Exodus (chapters 1-24). When Moses emerged as the leader of his people,
the Israelites had been enslaved in Egypt for nearly 400 years. Moses was the one who would
lead them out of slavery.
One critical element of these narratives in the book of Exodus is that God's hand was clearly
at work, protecting his people and advancing his purposes. People such as Moses were
chosen by him and equipped for the task, he gave them. The key events in the Moses
narrative are as follows:
• A new pharaoh enslaved all Israelites living in Egypt.
• To prevent any further growth in Israelite numbers, Pharaoh ordered the slaughter of all new
born male babies. During this 'campaign' Moses was born, escaped death, and was adopted by
one of Pharaoh's daughters to be brought up in the royal household of Egypt (cf. Exodus 2:5-
10).
One day, Moses killed an Egyptian guard and fled into the desert to escape being executed by
Pharaoh. Here, Moses met God at the burning bush, where he was divinely commissioned to
lead the Israelites out of slavery
(Exodus 3).

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• Moses was given unique power and authority from God. This included being God's
messenger and agent in breaking Pharaoh's resistance via the 10 plagues. Only after the last
plague were the people of Israel finally
released (Exodus 4-12).

Genesis 12:1-9
God's promise had three parts:
i) Abraham's descendants would be a great nation.
ii) Abraham would be famous throughout the world, and all peoples would be blessed
because of him.
iii) God would give the land of Canaan to Abraham and his descendants forever.
Problem! Abraham and his wife Sarah were too old to have children. How would he father a
great nation?
God performed a biological miracle, and Sarah gave birth to a son, lsaac.
Abraham had to trust and obey God if these promises were to be realized.
God freed his people from slavery

In Exodus 1-13 God punished the Egyptians with a series of 10 plagues.


In order to escape the last terrifying plague, the Israelites carried out a sacrifice according to
God's strict instructions.
These are the Ten Plagues of Egypt:
1. water turning to blood, 2. frogs, 3. lice, 4. flies, 5. livestock pestilence, 6. boils, 7.
hail, 8. locusts, 9. darkness, and 10. the killing of firstborn children of all the
Egyptians.
These plagues were sent by God after Pharaoh refused to let the Israelites leave Egypt.
Exodus 7–10
In Exodus 5, the Lord gave Pharaoh the opportunity to simply let the children of Israel go,
but Pharaoh refused. Exodus 7 begins a series of confrontations Moses and Aaron had with
Pharaoh. Moses and Aaron asked Pharaoh to let the Israelites go, declaring that if he did not,
God would display His power by troubling or causing problems for Egypt. As a result, the
signs God sent are known as “the plagues of Egypt.” Exodus 7–10 records nine different
plagues. A tenth plague will be discussed in Exodus 11–13.
The fact that the Lord plagued Egypt so many times shows how merciful He is. Instead of
immediately destroying Pharaoh and the Egyptians, He gave them many chances to
acknowledge Him and His power. The Lord’s purpose is to have all of His children turn to
Him. Only after nine impressive displays of the Lord’s power and Pharaoh completely
hardening his heart did the Lord prepare the destructive tenth plague.

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To help you see this story as a whole, “Understanding the Scriptures” will help you with
words and phrases by chapter, and “Studying the Scriptures” will combine all four chapters
into one section.
This was known as the Passover, and through it, the Israelites were saved from death.
Through the miraculous parting of the Red Sea, the Israelite people were saved from the
Egyptians.
Moses brought God's law to his people
After saving the Israelites, God led his people to Mount Sinai and asked them to make an
agreement or covenant with him. God gave the people the Ten Commandments through
Moses.
God commanded his people to obey these fully.
The Ten Commandments are as famous as they are powerful: I am the LORD your God;
1. you shall not have strange or other gods before me.
2. You shall not make for yourself an image in the form of anything in heaven above or
on the earth beneath or in the waters below.
3. You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain.
4. Remember to keep holy the LORD’s Day or the sabbat day.
5. Honour your father and mother.
6. You shall not murder or kill.
7. You shall not commit adultery.
8. You shall not steal.
9. You shall not give false witness or testimony against your neighbour.
10. You shall not covet your neighbour’s house. You shall not covet your neighbour’s
wife, or his male or female servant, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your
neighbour.
Their obedience would demonstrate their reverence for God and show that they were his
people. The commandments of the LORD is for everyone and for the all world.

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