1. We approach it biblically; that simply means that to understand Exodus we need to see it in relationship to the rest of the Bible. Right at the outset Exodus looks back to Genesis, because they are connected. When Jesus rose from the grave and walked on the road to Emmaus he explained how Moses and the Prophets pointed to him! So we want to see Exodus in the context of the entire Bible.

2. We approach it historically; Exodus has a historical intention. It reveals God and how he was at work among his people at a certain time. As we learn how God related to his people in history we understand more of how he is at work in our lives.

3. We approach it theologically; In Exodus we meet Moses, Pharaoh, Aaron, among others. But the real hero of Exodus is God himself! He is the Great I Am! To read Exodus is to encounter God! God hears their cry! God takes pity. God raises up a deliverer. God visits the plagues on Egypt. God divides the sea. God drowns Pharaoh’s army. God brings bread from heaven. God brings water from the rock. God gives the law. God fills His tent with His glory. In all of His mercy, justice, holiness, might and glory, Exodus shows us who God is!

4. We approach it Christological; Exodus finds its ultimate fulfillment and meaning in Jesus Christ. In one way or another the Bible is all about Jesus. The OT points to a Savior to come; the NT points to a Savior who has come and is coming again!

5. We approach it practically; there are spiritual lessons in Exodus to connect to our own daily walk with the Lord. “For I want you to know, brothers, that our fathers were all under the cloud, and all passed through the sea, and all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea, and all ate the same spiritual food, and all drank the same spiritual drink. For they drank from the spiritual Rock that followed them, and the Rock was Christ. Nevertheless, with most of them God was not pleased, for they were overthrown in the wilderness. Now these things took place as examples for us, that we might not desire evil as they did…Now these things happened to them as an example, but they were written for our instruction…” – 1 Corinthians 10:1-5, 11. As we read Exodus we will discover that we need in our lives exactly what the Israelites needed in theirs.