224 pages
ISBN-10 : 0830855394
ISBN-13 : 978-0830855391
The book of Exodus is a book that we have only seen as a compilation of events that have to do with God, Moses and the people of Israel. Our reading is quite limited and we lose sight of the biblical richness that we can find in this book.
“Exodus Old and New”, is the second volume of the “Essential Studies in Biblical Theology (ESBT)” series (You can read here my brief review of the first volume), which not only guides us to better understand the book of Exodus but we can see how this book works as a central issue for the big story of the Bible. Dr. Michael Morales presents us in this book, a careful, deep and accessible study, in which the reader will find three main parts: a) the historical exodus from Egypt; b) the typological use of the Exodus by the prophets and c) the new exodus.
In the first part of the book, the author makes a overview of the book of Genesis, to then focus on Abraham. He writes: “The divine call to leave Ur was also a deliverance out of Ur, out of the plight of the nations’ exile. As the first human being to experience a reversal of the spiritual exile narrated in Genesis 11, Abraham himself stands as the firstfruits of an international deliverance—the call out of Ur was, in other words, an exodus.” Finally we see how Abraham's family lives in Egypt. From here starts an exhibition on the call of Moses, the plagues, the redemption of Israel and the inheritance. All this, prefiguring Jesus Christ, a new Moses, who will free His people.
The second part of the book tells us about the exodus that is to come, the people are still under slavery and need a liberator. The prophets announce this exodus. Finally, the author makes us see that Jesus Christ is the one who will free his people, who calls them to leave Egypt and will lead them to glory, because we will rise with Him. “The place of exile, the wilderness of the old creation, will be transformed into paradise, a new creation. By the Spirit, the whole cosmos will undergo the new exodus. Every fiber and molecule of the new creation will have been led through the passage of the crucifixion, burial, and resurrection of the Son—in whom they hold together—into new life.”
I think this series of books is a great contribution to those just beginning their understanding of biblical theology and will help them see how the accounts in Scripture are connected.
About the author: L. Michael Morales is professor of biblical studies at Greenville Presbyterian Theological Seminary in Taylors, South Carolina. Previously he was provost and professor of Old Testament at Reformation Bible College in Sanford, Florida. He is the author of The Tabernacle Pre-Figured: Cosmic Mountain Ideology in Genesis and Exodus.
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