Jan 26 (Exodus 13-15)

Exodus 13

In this chapter, we see God commanding the Jews to honor and remember what He did for them by the Passover, and now the Feast of Unleavened Bread. This doesn't make much sense to our kids at first, but if we explain that it points to Christ, they will see it.

Leaven is yeast...it puffs up the bread. We are puffed up when we have pride. Leaven is equated to sin and pride many times in the Bible.

So this feast is meant to point us to another time in the future, when a sinless and humble Man sacrificed Himself for us!!!

(v.21) I like to talk with my kids about how the LORD provided for His people in every way. Not only did He bring them out of slavery, but He is protecting them from evil. I remind my kids that Pharaoh is a type of Satan, so God is bringing the Jews (and us) out of slavery (to sin), and He's protecting us from Egypt (Satan).

I remind my kids that just because God is protecting us, it doesn't mean that we won't have bad things happen in our lives. We are in a fallen world, so sin and temptation will torment us. God uses our trials to uplift us and have us grow...by His power...not our own!

Exodus 14

We see the LORD guiding and providing for His people...like He does with us today. We may never see a great miracle like the Red Sea crossing, but God works miracles in us every day!

Recently, there has been a discovery of a submerged land bridge across the Strait of Tiran. Many Bible scholars today, believe that this is where God had the Jews cross. He blew the water to the sides of this land bridge, and swallowed up the Egyptians with water there. In fact, sea divers have discovered chariot wheels in this very area, half-buried and with vegetation on them! This supports the theory that Mt. Sinai is really in Saudi Arabia. Click below on a great resource for more about this:

http://www.baseinstitute.org/

Exodus 15

We see a common theme going now, where things happen in 3 days. This also points to Christ, since He was in the grave for 3 days!

Check out the videos and info on the link above to see more of these 12 wells and 70 palm trees. The number 12 always points to the 12 tribes of Israel, and the number 70 is used as typology of God's redemption.