COURSE NAME:  Survey of Exodus  This entry-level course combines Bible study with practical theology.  It is ideal for those expecting to gain a fundamental understanding of the Book of Exodus and the practical spiritual lessons taught in this wonderful Book.

WELCOME TO A TUITION-FREE INDEPENDENT LEARNING COURSE.  It is not necessary to enroll at a student or pay tuition. You may begin this study immediately.  However, after you have completed the course, you may elect the option of receiving a Certificate of Recognition to officially document your learning experience.

Before you begin, please note:

• FIRST: This is a comprehensive tuition-free study. You may complete the entire course without cost. After completing the course of study, you will be given the option of receiving recognition.

• SECOND: This study is totally self-contained. You will only need your personal Bible.

• THIRD: This is an independent learning experience, and is therefore self-directed and self-paced.  Move through it the way you find most helpful.

• FOURTH: Even though it is free a free course, this is a serious study of the Bible.

Ten Instructions to Help Guide You

1. Begin each study with prayer. You need to understand what the Bible teaches. God has promised to help you. God keeps his promises. Pray with faith. Put John 16:13 to the test.

2. Utilize any method of study (time of day, place of study, etc.) that will produce good results.

3. First, read all the Underlined Statements but not the Scripture. This is the Subject you are studying.

4. Read carefully! Be sure you know the meaning of each word. Reading aloud may help.

5. Now, read all the Bible verses after the Underlined Statements. As you read, write down any thoughts that you want to add. Write a summary of what the Holy Spirit enables you to learn. Since there are no tests to complete, the more carefully you read, and the more completely you write your summary, the more you will learn.

6. Mark your Bible. Make notations in the margin if that is possible, or in the notes section of an electronic Bible.

7. Meditate! Continue to think about what the Bible teaches. Memorize some verses.

8. Live what the Bible teaches. Obey the Word of God. As you obey what you learn, God will teach you more.

9. Share what you learn. As you teach and tell others what you have learned, God will help you to understand more clearly. You will help others and strengthen yourself.

10. Never give up. With God's help you can be a more faithful and effective Christian witness and worker.

"Study to show thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth
not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth" (2 Timothy 2:15).

SURVEY OF EXODUS

Course Objectives: 
1. To trace the important sequence of events in the Exodus record.
2. To identify the major spiritual lessons in the events in the Exodus record.
3. To gain knowledge about each of the major characters in the Exodus record.
4. To gain a spiritual lesson from each of the major characters in the Exodus record.
5. To make comparisons with other Bible references.
6. To examine the major covenants, laws, building, and ceremonies in Exodus.
7. To test your ability to communicate the results of your study.

Lesson Procedures:
1. Get the "Big Picture" of Exodus.
a. Read the entire book. 
b. As you read make notes in the margin of the Bible or in a notebook.
c. After completing the book, review your notes.

2. Try to put these topics in their proper order with correct Scripture :
EXAMPLES
The Burning Bush Call
Ten Plagues
The Worship of the Golden Calf 
The Birth and Rescue of Moses
The Giving of the Ten Commandments
The Blue-print of the Tabernacle:25:1-31:18
The Appointment of the High Priest
Salvation at the Red Sea
The institution of the Sabbath
The slavery rigorous labor increased
The plagues on Egypt
Moses as a shepherd
The establishment of the Passover

3. Why is it important for Christians to understand the types in Exodus? 
Read 1 Corinthians 10:6,11.

4. Explain the meaning of "blood sacrifice."  Compare Exodus with...
Hebrews 9 and 10. Compare Exodus with Ephesians 1:7 and Colossians 1:14 and 
1 Peter 1:18,19 and 2 Peter 2:24 and Revelation 5:9. 

5. State in writing two spiritual lessons you learned by these comparisons:
1.
2. 

6. Do you agree or disagree with the following:
a. Exodus describes the formation of the nation of Israel
b. Moses was not called a prophet
c. Moses had no children
d. Blue is a symbol of the heavenly
e. Red is a symbol of anger
f. The priest entered into the Holy of Holies every month
g. The incense was a special blend 
h. No salt was permitted in the offerings
i. The priest wore linen britches
j. There were 16 precious stones on the High-priest
k. The manna tasted like oil and lasted one week

Using all your notes, speak a 5 minutes summary of Exodus to a mirror.
 

7. Write as briefly as possible what you think is the theme of Exodus.

8. Review your notes and mark 7 passages that would make good sermons.

9. Review your notes and mark 10 verses you will memorize.

10. How does Exodus 20 relate to God's Plan of Salvation? 

11. Why is Exodus called the Book of the Law?

12. Discuss what you have learned with two people and make notes of their 
reaction.

13. Study the following for types: 
a. The blood on the door, Exodus 12:7-13
b. The Passover lamb, Exodus 12:3-5 
c. The pillar of cloud, Exodus 14: 19,20
d. The pillar of fire, Exodus 13:21,22
e. The manna, Exodus 16: 4,5, 13-15, 15-36
f.  The sign of the Sabbath, Exodus 31:12-18
g. The tabernacle, Exodus 25:8,9, 22
h. The shew-bread, Exodus 25:30; 35:13; Hebrews 9:2
i.  The lamp stand, Exodus 25:31-40; 37:17-24; Revelation 1: 12-20
j.  The alter of incense, Exodus 30:1-10; Psalm 141:2; Revelation 5:8
k. The ark, Exodus 25:10-16
l.  The seat above the ark, Exodus 25:17-22
m.The Rock, Exodus 17:1-7
n. The burning bush, Exodus 3:1-22
o. The crossing of the Red sea, Exodus14:10-31; 1 Corinthians 10:1-11
p. Jethro's plan, Exodus 18:5-27 ; Ephesians 4: 11-16
q. Silver coin, Exodus 30:11-16; 1 Corinthians 3:12

READ THE FOLLOWING ADDITIONAL INSIGHTS 
FOR THE STUDY OF THE BOOK OF EXODUS

AUTHOR: God used Moses to write this second book of the Pentateuch.

SPECIAL PERSONS: Moses, the Liberator; Pharaoh, the Oppressor; Aaron, the Priest; Caleb, the Truth teller; Joshua, the future Leader.

MAIN SECTIONS:
1. Growing severity in slavery to Egypt
    a. Birth of Moses, the future Deliverer
    b. Failure of Moses in human attempt to deliver

2. God's call to Moses and Aaron.

3. God's ten plagues of judgment upon Egypt.

4. God's Passover and Deliverance.

5. God's Covenant and Laws.

6. God's Tabernacle Provision for Israel.

VERSES TO MEMORIZE (Optional but strongly recommended):
1. Promise of Deliverance, 14:13,14.
2. Ten Commandments, 20:2 17.
3. God's Way of dwelling among Israel, 25:8.

SOME IMPORTANT TYPES:
1. Egypt and its bondage is a type of sin and the condition of the unsaved.
2. Moses, as God's appointed Deliverer, is a type of Christ in delivering the sinner from the bondage of sin.
3. The Exodus and especially the crossing of the Red Sea is a type of the deliverance God works for the unsaved in delivering them from sin. It is a divine gift rather than a human accomplishment.
4. The Passover Lamb is a type of Jesus Christ, the Lamb of God that taketh away the sins of the world.
5. The Pillar (cloud and fire) is a type of the presence of God with God's people. Now the Holy Spirit is not only with us but in the Christian.
6. The mixed multitude is a type of the worldly fringe in the contemporary church.
7. The Manna is a type of Jesus Christ, who is the true Bread from Heaven.
8. The water from the Rock is the type of the Water of Life in Jesus Christ, the Savior.
9. The tabernacle is full of types concerning Christ and the Christian life. For example study the precious stones on the breastplate of the High Priest (28:6 29) as a type of intercessory prayer. Compare with the precious stones in 1Corinthians 3:12.

....end of course

CONGRATULATIONS!

If you have completed the course as instructed, you have achieved an extremely important milestone in your walk with the Lord.  We rejoice with you, and trust that God will use you in an even greater way to minister to a world that is in desperate need of the life-changing Gospel of our Risen Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.  May the Holy Spirit go before you and make every crooked place straight!  (Isaiah 45:2)

YOU CAN NOW APPLY FOR THE OPTIONAL CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION.

Now that you have completed this course,  you have the option of receiving official recognition.   You can receive a Ten Unit Certificate of Recognition (CR), by affirming that you completed the course as instructed, and by paying a $20.00 processing fee.  Continuing education is always recommended by ministry organizations as a means of assuring that team members are keeping up with self-improvement.  Even more common is the Biblical teaching that every Christian ought to be a life-long student of the Word of God.

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