First Baptist Bible Study 8/3/21

Exodus 12:29-42

“Out of Egypt”

As we study this week’s lesson, let us remember that the long, cruel Egyptian bondage of God’s people was divinely designed. God had told Abraham that His people would experience a lengthy time of affliction (see Genesis 15:13-14). The Israelites had been waiting for hundreds of years for God to deliver them. Now that time of deliverance had finally arrived. No doubt, waiting can be wearisome to our souls, but one thing that we can be sure of is that the God we serve is a God of suddenness. When He acts, no one can deny that it was Him because everyone will be able to see it. 

free from bondage, but he had no intentions of doing so (see Exodus 7:14-16). As a result, the Lord sent nine plagues in judgment of the Egyptians (see Exodus 7:17-25; 8: 1-11, 16-17, 21-24, 25; 9:1-6, 8-10, 13, 22-26; 10:1, 5-6, 12-15, 21-23). Moses and Aaron appeared before Pharaoh after each plague demanding that Pharaoh let the Lord’s people go, but each time he refused (see Exodus 10:24-28). Finally, the Lord told Moses that He would bring one more plague upon Pharaoh and Egypt that would force him to let the Hebrews go (see Exodus 11:1).