Christ in All the Scriptures by A.M. Hodgkin

• Title Page
• Introduction
• Christ in the Pentateuch
  • Genesis
  • Exodus
  • Leviticus
  • Numbers
  • Deuteronomy
• Christ in the Historical Books
• Christ in the Poetical Books
• Christ in the Prophets
• Christ in His Life on Earth
• Christ in Resurrection Power
• Christ in Future Glory

Exodus

Exodus is the Book of Redemption. The chosen people are in hopeless bondage in the land of Egypt, having no power to deliver themselves. But God says: “I have seen the affliction of My people, I have heard their cry, I know their sorrows, I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up unto a good land” (Exodus 3:7-8). It is a beautiful picture of the soul redeemed from the bondage of Egypt into the glorious liberty of the children of God. God is revealed to us as the Deliverer and Leader of His people, a God near at hand, dwelling among them, concerned with the affairs of their daily life.

His commission to Moses opens with the glorious vision of the Angel of Jehovah appearing in the Burning Bush. A common little thorn bush of the desert, ablaze with God! What a picture of the Incarnation. God manifesting Himself in a visible tangible form (I John 1:1). When Moses asks His Name He says, “I AM THAT I AM; say unto the children of Israel, I Am hath sent me unto you” (Exodus 3:14). Where do we find that Name again? Jesus said: “I am the Bread of Life; I am the Light of the World; I am the Door; I am the Good Shepherd; I am the Resurrection and the Life; I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life; I am the True Vine.” Again, in response to the words, “When Messias cometh, that is Christ,” He said, “I am He.” And once He applies that name to Himself in all its simple majesty: “Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I AM.” It was then that the Jews “took up stones to cast at Him.” Why? The answer comes out in the accusation of the Jews to Pilate, “We have a law, and by our law He ought to die, because He made Himself the Son of God.”

In the Passover Lamb we have a picture of the  Redemption that is in Christ Jesus. With many of the types we feel that we may not have interpreted them rightly, but with some we can have no doubt, for God has told us the meaning. It is so in this case, and in most of the types of Exodus. “Christ our Passover is sacrificed for us: therefore let us keep the feast” (I Corinthians 5:7-8).