In music the prologue is a carefully crafted introduction designed to guide you into the heart of the composition. The prologue sets the stage for the main event. It piques your curiosity, engages your interest, and gives a taste of what to expect. The prologue builds anticipation and creates a longing to be captivated by the story. The melody of the Bible is redemption. It is the song that we hear from Genesis 1 through Revelation 22. The crescendo of the song is Jesus Christ crucified and resurrected. It’s where redemption was accomplished. Exodus serves as the prologue to this redemptive crescendo. Exodus sets the stage for the main event. It builds anticipation as it foreshadows what’s to come. There are rhythms established in Exodus that we hear throughout the rest of the song of redemption. Join us as we study Exodus and in so doing get to know our Bibles better, get know God better, and understand our story better.
Bibliography
Pastors rely on a variety of resources including seminary lectures, commentaries, and the teaching they themselves sat under while preaching through the Bible. It’s not always possible to give credit to every influence that has gone into a sermon. However, in this series the thinking of our pastors where profoundly shaped by the following sources:
Word Biblical Commentary, Exodus, vol. 3, John I. Durham, 1987
Evangelical Exegetical Commentary, Exodus, vol. 1, Eugene Carpenter, 2016
The Story of God Bible Commentary, Exodus,Christopher J. H. Wright, ed. Tremper Longman III, 2021
Teach the Text Commentary Series, Exodus, T. Desmond Alexander, ed. John H. Walton, 2016
Exalting Jesus in Exodus, Tony Merida, 2014
Exodus: Saved for God’s Glory, Philip Graham Ryken and R. Kent Hughes, 2005
Echoes of Exodus: Tracing Themes of Redemption through Scripture, Alistair Roberts and Andrew Wilson, 2018