The story of the Exodus is one of the most well-known of all the Bible stories, partly because of the movie and partly because it is the historical history of the beginning of the Jewish nation.
But that doesn’t mean it’s without controversy—not only about the dates it occurred, but if it really happened at all and if it did, how does it apply to us today?
Today we’ll look at an introduction to the book of Exodus and the archeology and history behind the true story of God’s deliverance of his people.
The Egyptians left us massive amounts of information about their rulers--tombs, drawings, thousands of statues, and mummies. By careful analysis of the dates of the Exodus (as given in the Bible) and by comparing them with the dates of specific pharaohs in Egyptian history we can look at the faces of the Pharaoh of Joseph's time, the Egyptian princess who adopted Moses, (and learn some fascinating stories about her), and finally the Pharaoh Moses faced at the time of the Exodus.
This is a fascinating lesson that will increase your confidence that the God of the Bible is also the God in charge of human history.
For notes from the lesson, please go to www.bible805.com.
