God’s Story
Deliverance and the Law
Redemption out of Egypt, and a people shaped at Sinai
Genesis leaves us with a family grown into a nation — but enslaved in Egypt. Deliverance is the account of how God rescues that nation and binds it to Himself, from the great escape of the Exodus to the covenant given at Sinai (the binding promise that made them His people) and the worship that flows from it.
These books are far more than ancient legislation. Exodus is the story of redemption; Leviticus is the New Testament in seed form, showing how a holy God can dwell among an unholy people; Numbers and Deuteronomy trace the wilderness journey and the call to remember. Read together, they map the same road every believer walks: brought out of bondage, met by God, and formed into a people who bear His name.
What you will find in this section
- Exodus — The book of God's redemption — delivered from Egypt to worship at Sinai
- Exit from Egypt — The Passover, the route from Egypt to Sinai, and the covenant sealed at the mountain
- Parallels to the Journey of Faith — Israel's deliverance from Egypt as a map of every believer's walk with God
- Covenant Name: The Healer — Yahweh Rapha — the God who makes bitter water sweet
- Covenant Name: God the Intercessor — Yahweh Nissi — the LORD is my banner, the One who fights for me
- Leviticus — A God who has opinions about your dinner, your clothes, and your quarrel with your neighbour
- The Day of Atonement — One day a year, one man goes in — and the whole book is explained by what he does
- Numbers — A detour of faith — and forty years summed up in five chapters
- Deuteronomy — Moses’ last three sermons, on the plains of Moab, to a generation about to cross without him
Begin with Exodus.
