Alistair Roberts identifies ten truths that you should know about the Exodus here. This is a list of the tend but do read the fuller discussion using the link.
1. The deliverance from Egypt is not the first example of the exodus pattern in the Bible.
2. The exodus is a pattern that can be broken down into many stages.
3. It is an event in which God discloses his identity.
4. The exodus is institutionalized and made foundational for the future self-understanding of the people of God.
5. The exodus and the exodus pattern help us to understand the meaning of and connections between events.
6. The exodus is a basis for prophetic expectation.
7. The exodus provides us with a framework within which to understand the work of Christ.
8. The exodus reveals the unity of Scripture and of the work of redemption to which it bears witness.
9. Both Baptism and the Lord’s Supper draw upon an exodus pattern.
10. The exodus gives us a sense of our place in God’s work of redemption.
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