Don Smith :: Gen; Exo; Out of Egypt

Portraits of Christ in Genesis
“Out of Egypt”

The Promise Doctrine

• The progressive revelation of God’s redemptive plan in history to send His Son.

• God Promised to Provide His Seed. (Genesis 3:15)

• “I will put [appoint] enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring [seed] and her offspring [seed]; he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel.”

• God Providentially Cared for Abraham and His Seed in Egypt.

• God’s covenant blessing was promised to Abraham. (Genesis 12:1-9)
• God’s covenant blessing saved the promised seed of Abraham. (Genesis 12:10-20)
  • God provided for His Seed in Egypt.
  • God protected His Seed by sending plagues on Egypt.
  • God prospered His Seed as they were delivered from Egypt by plagues.
• God promised His care of the Seed in Egypt. (Genesis 15:13-16)
  • God will provide for His Seed in Egypt.
  • God will send plagues on Egypt to deliver the Seed.
  • God will prosper His Seed as they are delivered from Egypt (4th generation).

• God Providentially Cared for Jacob and His Seed in Egypt.

• God in His good providence had Joseph sold into Egyptian slavery. (Genesis 37)
• God providentially protected and propagated His Seed in Egypt. (Genesis 45:4-8)

• God Providentially Cared for Israel and His Seed in Egypt.

• God heard the cry of His seed in Egypt. (Exodus 2:24)
• God called Moses to go to Egypt and deliver His people from Pharaoh. (Exodus 3)
• God promised to deliver His seed from Egypt as He promised Abraham. (Exodus 6:2-8)
• God sent plagues on Egypt to deliver His Seed. (Exodus 7-12)
• God fulfilled His promise to prosper His Seed out of Egypt after 430 years. (Exodus 12:36-40)

• God Providentially Cared for Israel and His Seed in the Wilderness.

• Balaam prophesied of a King coming through Jacob’s seed. (Numbers 23:19-24)
• Balaam prophesied of God’s providential care for His King. (Numbers 24:7-9, 17)

• God Providentially Cared for Israel and His Seed in Captivity.

• Hosea prophesied that as God called Israel out of Egypt, so He will call His son out of Egypt. (Hosea 11:1)

• God Providentially Cared for His Son in Egypt.

• God providentially directed Kings to His Son. (Matthew 2:1-6)
  • The King of the Jews was born in the City of David.
  • Kings from the east came to honor the King born of the Jews. (Numbers 24:17)
  • The king of the Romans, Herod, plotted to destroy the Christ even as the serpent with enmity sought to crush the heel of the Son.
  • Chief Priests remembered that out of Judah will come Israel’s Shepherd. (Micah 5:2)
• God provided treasure for His Seed from the king’s gifts. (Matthew 2:11-12)
• God protected His Seed in Egypt from the serpent’s King. (Matthew 2:13-18)
• God called His Son out of Egypt, as He once called Abraham and Jacob’s sons out of Egypt. Jesus lived in relative obscurity in Nazareth until His day had come. (Matthew 2:19-23; Hosea 11:1)