12. Who is the LORD?Exodus is the continuation of the narrative for God's people as the nation of Israel is born, so while the promise of nation has been fulfilled it has been fulfilled without the people experiencing a personal knowledge of the Lord. Exodus focuses on the significant attributes of the Lord that are necessary for Israel to experience intimate blessing and knowledge of the Lord. Thus Israel develops a special relationship with the Lord, established by the Lord himself as he takes the initiative in revealing himself through theophonies, signs and wonders providing Israel with the privilege of growing in the knowledge of the Lord. There is a focus on knowing God as he truly is and not how he is imagined to be, so that he may be properly worshiped. The New Testament implications of this intimate knowledge of the Lord can be found in the person and work of Jesus Christ as he provided an incarnate view of God himself, revealing signs and wonders and ultimately pointing us towards worshiping the true God truly in word and spirit.
13. The Passover
The Passover is a propitiatory event where both God's judgment is averted and the people of Israel are literally covered over by the blood of the lamb which provides salvation from judgment. The Israelites are instructed to keep this as a continual celebration through the reenactment of the Passover, keeping the fest of Unleavened Bread and by the consecration of the first born male. There participation in the Passover sanctified them and presented them as a holy nation to God as a true royal lineage. The New Testament implication is the propitiatory event that Jesus accomplished through his death as the perfect paschal lamb averting God's judgment, taking it upon himself and imputed his righteousness upon us by covering over our hearts with his redemptive blood.
14. The Covenant at Sinai
God engulfs Mount Sinai as a display of his transcendence, but also his immanence as he invites the people of Israel to encamp at the base of the mountain and furthermore invites their mediator, Moses, to the mountain to experience this display more fully so that he could bring back to Israel the very word of God. Again we see God initiating this covenant and inviting Israel to respond in obedience. God's word is set before them so that they may be a holy nation, preserving life and worshipping the Lord as he commanded them to do. The New Testament implication of God's law is that we must first and foremost love God and by implication we will then love our neighbor, as Jesus came to fulfill the law and inaugurate the new covenant through his death, resurrection and ascension.
15. The Tabernacle
Exodus concludes with the command to build the tabernacle and the Israelites obeying this command given to Moses to the very last detail. This was important because this would be where God would dwell among them, at the heart of their camp would be the tabernacle containing the holy dwelling place of the Lord before the people. This is where once again God and humanity would dwell together like in the Garden of Eden, but only certain men consecrated for this particular purpose would be allowed to enter and minister on behalf of the other tribes. The New Testament implication of the tabernacle is that all who are in Christ would be tabernacles and the place where God would dwell among his people.
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