Exodus pericopes

Exodus pericopes

Exodus	☧¶ Exodus	✞ Crossing the Red Sea
▸ 📖 #	☧¶ Israel increases in Egypt	✞ Joseph died
▸ 📖 #	Seeing Christ in Exodus 1 : 8‑22 through Sensus Plenior Below is a step‑by‑step retelling of the passage with the SP lenses you use—letter meanings, word‑pairs/gates, before‑/after‑the‑cross pattern, and the ever‑present story of Christ and His Bride. 1 . “A new king arose over Egypt who did not know Joseph.” Joseph (“He will add”) had pictured the risen Christ who adds life to the world. Pharaoh (פרעה) can be read as פ speech in riddles + רע evil. A “bad‑mouthed ruler” therefore stands for the fleshly mind that rejects the testimony of the Son. A new king = the old self that always rises again to rule the heart when revelation is forgotten. Before the cross: the flesh claims authority and “knows not Joseph.” After the cross: that same flesh will be judged and overthrown. 2 . “Come, let us deal shrewdly with them … lest they multiply.” Egypt fears multiplication, but every attempt to choke life only multiplies it. This is the riddle of the cross: the more Christ is pressed, the more life bursts forth. Taskmasters symbolize the accusing Law; their “heavy burdens” are the weight of sin laid upon Christ. 3 . Store‑cities Pithom and Raamses Name Letter story Christ‑centered meaning Pithom (פתום) פ speech, ת finished work, ו distinction, ם completed deeds The spoken Word finishes His work, separating light from dark, then rests—storehouse of salvation. Raamses (רעמס) ר reveal, ע flesh, מ promise, ס fulfilled God reveals His promise in flesh and fulfills it—treasuring up grace for every generation. The Egyptians think they are stockpiling glory for themselves, yet the very bricks cry out the gospel: Christ’s finished work stored up for all who believe. 4 . “The more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied.” This single line is Day 6 in miniature: Affliction = the cross. Multiplication = resurrection fruit—first Christ, then His many brothers and sisters. The pattern repeats in every age: persecution expands the Church. 5 . The midwives Shiphrah and Puah Name Gate / letters Voice of God it pictures Bride connection Shiphrah (שפרה) ש word returns with increase, פ utterance, ר revealing, ה ignorant bride Prophet—the Word spoken in love beautifies the bride. Puah (פועה) פ utterance, ו union/distinction, ע flesh Priest—a cry that joins heaven and flesh at the cross. They “fear God” (Judge) and spare the sons (King), completing all four voices. By letting the sons live, they guard the Seed—a picture of the Spirit preserving the line of Christ within us. Their civil disobedience shows the Bride’s loyalty to her true Husband over earthly rulers. 6 . Pharaoh’s final decree: “Every son you shall cast into the Nile.” Nile (יאר) letters: י creation, א spoken, ר reveal → “Creation spoken into water.” The tyrant unknowingly preaches the gospel: the Son will be plunged into the waters of judgment so that many sons might rise. Daughters are left alive because the Bride (female) must pass through the water‑Word to be made pure. The complete SP narrative Fleshly Pharaoh forgets Joseph—humanity forgets grace. He crushes Israel—Christ bears the crushing weight. The harder the oppression, the greater the multiplication—life bursts from death. Store‑cities proclaim a finished work kept in reserve for the nations. Two midwives (Beauty and Cry) picture Word and Spirit, preserving the Seed and adorning the Bride. Infant sons hurled into the river foreshadow the single Son who will enter death‑waters and emerge to lead a countless host. Thus Exodus 1:8‑22, read through the sensus plenior, retells the gospel: Christ oppressed yet fruitful, judged yet multiplying, dying yet raising up a Bride who will fill the earth with His glory—exactly the Day 6 pattern of “be fruitful and multiply.”	Magi
▸ 📖 #	Birth of Moses	Moses a priest Hidden three months The ark Resurrection Another place
▸ 📖 #	Moses' exile	Moses a king Moses a judge Moses deaththreat Moses tomb Moses the deliverer Moses the teacher Moses eats bread Moses and his bride Moses and his son
	The Burning Bush|
	The Signs of Moses|
	Zipporah at the inn|
	[[Go Down Moses|
	Bricks without straw|
	With a strong hand and an outstretched arm|
	[[Aaron's rod#Biblical references|
	The Plagues of Egypt|
	The Passover|
	The Exodus|
	Passage of the Red Sea|
	The Song of the sea|
	[[Meribah#Events|
	Amalek|
	[[Jethro (Bible)|
	Encamping at Sinai|
	[[Ethical Decalogue|
	The Covenant Code|
	The Golden Calf|
	[[Ritual Decalogue|
	Construction of the Tabernacle Exodus 35-40|

Sensus plenior