Digging Deeper Daily: By Daily Bible Reading PodcastSample

EXODUS 1:
Yesterday we wrapped up Genesis with Jacob's very prophetic blessings for each of his sons. Then we heard of the conclusion after Jacob was buried and finally Joseph died.

Exodus is clearly a continuation of the story of Genesis, since the first word in the Hebrew text is ‘And’. Tradition holds that Moses is the author. The name Exodus derives from the name that was given by the Septuagint translators— which is the translation of the OT into classical Greek made 300 years before Christ.

Here are two perceptive summary statements about Exodus— quotes by Durham (from Constable’s Notes):

“No other biblical book surfaces elsewhere in the OT as frequently as the
Book of Exodus does; in the NT only the Books of Psalms and Isaiah are cited
more, and that for the fairly obvious reasons of liturgy and messianism.”


“The story of the first half of Exodus, in broad summary, is Rescue. The
story of the second half, in equally broad summary, is Response, both
immediate response and continuing response. And binding together and
undergirding both Rescue and Response is Presence, the Presence of Yahweh
from whom both Rescue and Response ultimately derive.”

Here is a quote by J. Daniel Hays:

“The deliverance of Israel out of Egypt by Yahweh in the Old Testament is
parallel in importance to the resurrection of Christ in the New Testament.
The historicity of these events is a critical foundation for a proper
understanding of the rest of the Bible.”

And finally, Henrietta Mears in her handbooks says this:

“Exodus is connected to Genesis in much the same way that the New Testament
is connected to the Old Testament. Genesis tells of humanity’s failure under
every test and in every condition. Exodus is the thrilling epic of God
rushing to the rescue. It tells of the redeeming work of a sovereign God.”

JOB 31:
This is Job's third and final chapter of this long speech, where he makes his final protest that he is innocent. After this, Elihu struts his stuff.

1PETER 5:
Peter finished chapter 4 talking about proudly bearing the name of ‘Christ’— which is part of the word ‘Christian’, and being patient under suffering, if that is included in God's will for you.