The Kingdom Story
Exodus 6:2-9

God displays His sovereign glory by redeeming His people from bondage in Egypt, setting them on the road to the promised land.

Themes

Redemption

To be redeemed is to be set free.

Law

The law is what God commands (while grace is what God gives). Having redeemed His people, God gives the law to show what a redeemed life looks like: a life devoted to loving God and others.

Fulfillment in Christ

Jesus is the Passover lamb who redeems us from the slavery of sin and brings us into the kingdom of God (1 Corinthians 5:7).

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Exodus 6:2-9

God spoke to Moses and said to him, “I am the Lord. I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, as God Almighty, but by my name the Lord I did not make myself known to them. I also established my covenant with them to give them the land of Canaan, the land in which they lived as sojourners. Moreover, I have heard the groaning of the people of Israel whom the Egyptians hold as slaves, and I have remembered my covenant. Say therefore to the people of Israel, ‘I am the Lord, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will deliver you from slavery to them, and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with great acts of judgment. I will take you to be my people, and I will be your God, and you shall know that I am the Lord your God, who has brought you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians. I will bring you into the land that I swore to give to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob. I will give it to you for a possession. I am the Lord.’” Moses spoke thus to the people of Israel, but they did not listen to Moses, because of their broken spirit and harsh slavery.