The overall theological message or themes seen throughout the book of Exodus can be divided into four major identities. These four consists of liberation, law, covenant, and presence . Based off of these four themes, it is seen that God is supreme over all of the nations, but in particular Israel is his people, and God will continue to preserve them by actions expressed and appropriated generation to generation . This is expressed as seeing God as a god of history who comes into being through the Israelites with their enslavement in Egypt to liberation, and the events connecting these two . These events were not fortuitous or because of human endeavors, but the divine plan of YHWH in history. Exodus continues to deny any notion of a non-effective
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Each of these themes demonstrates God’s hand in dealing with the Israelites. With concerning liberation, it is apparent that this one is the most sought after. It was a transformation from one social situation of oppression to freedom . As Egypt’s resistance finally broke due to God, it established that God has absolute supremacy over history, and is the God of truth . As the Israelites moved from Egypt to their own sovereignty, laws where put in place at the meeting of Mount Sinai, where God announced his will for the aspects of Israelite life’s. The God who has the power over history refuses to only be seen as religion, but instead wants to claim rule over his creation . The inquisition of law now comes into play in the form of the Ten Commandments. As these commandments came from God himself, they are therefore God’s law, they order the world as judged as right by God. This is seen as an act of graciousness in the way of Israel not needing to guess how to follow God and his intentions, which will allow God’s will and purpose to be carried out . However, to know God it leaves man to depend on Moses, as he was the vessel for God’s demands during this time, and why Moses was so important for the Israelite people . With these laws innately comes the covenant between YHWH and Israel. It is a binding covenant, where YHWH and Israel are devoutly committed to each other purely based …show more content…
Historically, having a better understanding of the cause and effects of Exodus to better comprehend it is crucial. The text also talks about Moses, which is vastly agreed up as the main protagonist of Exodus. However, issues dealing with interpreting what the text says with literary devises are not widely agreed upon. There are many interpretations and many opinions of what the text actually says with the magical portions of the story. Some scholars believe these devises were the interpretations of peoples trying to explain their present reality of that time. Others are purely adamant of at least concerned about Exodus as a book, and take it as historically reliable. Their interest in studying Exodus comes from legitimation, whether biblical authorities, oral teachings, sacred texts, or human beings, who are acting as representatives of God, are true. Lastly, throughout Exodus it has been articulated that the main theological themes are deliverance, God’s chosen people to the Promise Land, Covenant, promise of God to his people, and the presence of God, where the glory of his presence will be with His
Each of these themes demonstrates God’s hand in dealing with the Israelites. With concerning liberation, it is apparent that this one is the most sought after. It was a transformation from one social situation of oppression to freedom . As Egypt’s resistance finally broke due to God, it established that God has absolute supremacy over history, and is the God of truth . As the Israelites moved from Egypt to their own sovereignty, laws where put in place at the meeting of Mount Sinai, where God announced his will for the aspects of Israelite life’s. The God who has the power over history refuses to only be seen as religion, but instead wants to claim rule over his creation . The inquisition of law now comes into play in the form of the Ten Commandments. As these commandments came from God himself, they are therefore God’s law, they order the world as judged as right by God. This is seen as an act of graciousness in the way of Israel not needing to guess how to follow God and his intentions, which will allow God’s will and purpose to be carried out . However, to know God it leaves man to depend on Moses, as he was the vessel for God’s demands during this time, and why Moses was so important for the Israelite people . With these laws innately comes the covenant between YHWH and Israel. It is a binding covenant, where YHWH and Israel are devoutly committed to each other purely based …show more content…
Historically, having a better understanding of the cause and effects of Exodus to better comprehend it is crucial. The text also talks about Moses, which is vastly agreed up as the main protagonist of Exodus. However, issues dealing with interpreting what the text says with literary devises are not widely agreed upon. There are many interpretations and many opinions of what the text actually says with the magical portions of the story. Some scholars believe these devises were the interpretations of peoples trying to explain their present reality of that time. Others are purely adamant of at least concerned about Exodus as a book, and take it as historically reliable. Their interest in studying Exodus comes from legitimation, whether biblical authorities, oral teachings, sacred texts, or human beings, who are acting as representatives of God, are true. Lastly, throughout Exodus it has been articulated that the main theological themes are deliverance, God’s chosen people to the Promise Land, Covenant, promise of God to his people, and the presence of God, where the glory of his presence will be with His