The Exodus Research Paper

Exodus: God and his Miraculous Significance
Exodus provides the religious background for the remainder of the Bible, whereas God chose Moses to execute his divine plan in the birth of a new Nation, Israel. As Exodus unfolds, God reveals himself and speaks of fulfilling prophesies he promised Abraham, convincing Moses reluctantly to follow him in trust at the burning bush. Also, the ten plagues and the parting of the Red Sea, which took take place in God’s revelation of his forbearing grace, which saved his people from sin to deliver them to the promised land of Canaan (Guzik). The miraculous significance in Exodus is God delivered and led his people from Egyptian slavery into freedom and redemption. "And I will take you to me for a people,

and I will be to you a God: and ye shall know that I am the LORD your God, which bringeth you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians” (6 Exod.: 7).
Initially, the importance of the miraculous burning bush was God’s revelation at Mount Sanai to Moses, later divulging the Ten Commandments.

God shows the Israelite’s his infinite power and mercy, including proving they are his chosen people for salvation. God is saying that all laws relate to him, which is the foundation of his beliefs and practices to follow strictly. In the law, God affirms that all law signifies him and nothing is outside of his dominion. “And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush: and he looked, and behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed. And Moses said, I will now turn aside, and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt. And when the LORD saw that he turned aside to see, God called unto him out of the midst of the bush, and said, Moses, Moses. And he said, here am I” (3

Exod.:2-4).
Furthermore, the ten plagues of God were to free the chosen people in bondage and oppression in Egypt after 400 years, with the leadership of Moses, was of great importance. The Pharaoh of Egypt and his people worshiped pagan gods, which God condemned. He is adamant about being the only God to worship! God wanted to show he was alive and worthy of worship to his people, the Israelites, yet a credible rival to the Egyptians with his infinite power. The tenth plague was unlike the others, taking the lives of the first-born sons of Egyptians, where only the Israelites were shown mercy by the blood of the Lamb on the door, through virtue and by being God’s destined people. This proved to be the deciding factor of freeing the Israelite’s, subsequently the Pharaoh lost his first-born son. The Egyptian’s bestowed many riches upon the Israelite’s, as God had promised (Guzik).
Lastly, the Red Sea parting was another miraculous feat of God that has deep meaning in teaching his adversaries, the Pharaoh, he is God.

He then utilizes this to speak to Egypt in their sinful ways in the slavery of his people. God furthers this to indicate his power, embodying belief of him in his people, through victory amidst prevailing humanity. Equally, his glorious promises were the saving salvation, yet reiterate belief in him to follow his ways for redemption (Guzik). “Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the LORD caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea into dry land, and the waters were divided. . So the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea on the dry ground, and the waters were a wall to them on their right hand and on their left. And the Egyptians pursued and went after them into the midst of the sea, all Pharaoh’s horses, his chariots, and his horsemen” (14 Exod.: 21-23). All the Egyptians and the Pharaoh perished by Moses’s guidance, and God’s wrath as the Red Sea devoured

them.
In summation of opinion, the book of Exodus advocates prophecy and miracles: the burning bush, the ten plagues, and the parting of the Red Sea, to name a few. God sent Moses to help his people find their way back to him in their strife of slavery from the Egyptians, and deliver them to the land of Canaan in their journey. Ultimately, it is about trusting God, believing in him, and following his Commandments. Similarly, Exodus is about God’s revelation to Moses and a covenant with his chosen Israelite's. Another belief instilled is that God Almighty inspired greater allegiance and devotion from the book of Exodus in the deliverance from bondage; however, it was imperative his people of Israel know the power of God, which all coincide into our relationship with God today.