Back to Basics - The Book of Exodus

Genesis and Exodus are so readable because they have the momentum of a continuing narrative which began hundreds of years before humans had the ability to record history in written documents (it is called pre-history) and they retained it by means of orality in the corporate memory of their people, remembered and repeated by their clan or tribe after which it was written down and eventually incorporated in our Bible. Exodus is autobiographical and in Moses we discover a chosen servant of the Lord who was an outstanding leader, responsible for leading God’s people out of slavery, sustaining them in the wilderness for 40 years and preparing them to enter the Promise Land. He actually forged them into a nation and gave to them the entire Mosaic system of worship which included the Law, the tabernacle and their priesthood/sacrifices. He was outstanding in his spirituality and this was affirmed by God Himself. Amazingly, he also wrote Scripture, the first 5 books in the Bible.