Scripture Reading: Exo. 12:12-13, 51; 14:13, 22; 16:14-15; 17:6; 19:3-4, 20; 24:15, 18; 25:8-9; 40:34-35
Ⅰ
God's complete salvation for His chosen people includes the Passover, the exodus from Egypt, and the crossing of the Red Sea:
A
The Passover signifies redemption—Exo. 12:1-13.
B
The exodus signifies the going out of the world—5:1; 7:4-5; 12:31-32, 35-36, 41, 51.
C
The crossing of the Red Sea signifies baptism—14:13-31; 1 Cor. 10:1-2.
Ⅱ
In the wilderness the children of Israel experienced God's provision—the heavenly manna and the living water out of the cleft rock—Exo. 16:14-15; 17:6; 1 Cor. 10:3-4:
A
To partake of manna is to have a heavenly diet and to be reconstituted with a heavenly element:
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God's intention in His salvation is to work Himself into us and to change our constitution by feeding us with heavenly food.
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What helps us most in our daily living with the Lord is the eating of Christ as the heavenly manna—John 6:32-33, 35.
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Only those who have been reconstituted with Christ are qualified to build up the church as God's dwelling place today—Eph. 2:21-22.
B
Christ was smitten for us so that living water could flow out of Him to quench our thirst—Exo. 17:6; John 19:34; 7:37-39:
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The water of life we are drinking is the Triune God flowing out to be our life.
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The water of life is in resurrection; therefore, when we drink this water, we become people in resurrection.
C
As we eat and drink of Him, the Triune God works Himself into our being—Eph. 3:14-19.
Ⅲ
At the mountain of God (Mount Horeb), the children of Israel received a revelation concerning God and the tabernacle—Exo. 3:1; 24:13; 19:1-7; 20:1-3; 25:8-9:
A
The spiritual significance of the mountain of God is that it is the place of God's speaking with God's vision.
B
At the mountain of God, God's people saw a heavenly vision by which they came to know God Himself and to know the kind of living that is in accordance with God.
C
At the mountain of God, God's people saw the revelation of the desire of God's heart—to have a dwelling place on earth—Matt. 16:18; 1 Cor. 3:9b; Eph. 2:21-22; 4:16.
Ⅳ
The direction of the book of Exodus is toward the building of the tabernacle—Exo. 25:8-9; 40:1-2, 34-35:
A
What God desires to have is a corporate expression of Himself through His called and redeemed people.
B
Exodus is an account of how God saved His chosen people and gave them a heavenly vision so that they could build His dwelling place on earth:
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The purpose of Exodus is to reveal God's full salvation for the building up of His dwelling place.
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God's chosen people are saved all the way from their fallen condition to God's dwelling place—Eph. 2:1-22.
C
Exodus begins with slavery in Egypt and ends with the tabernacle covered by and filled with the glory of God on account of His redemption:
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The book of Exodus consummates with God's tabernacle, His dwelling place, filled with His glory.
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The entire Bible consummates in the New Jerusalem as the eternal tabernacle filled with God's glory—Rev. 21:2-3, 10-11.