Session 5

Power Revealed

Exodus 14:19-31

Memory Verse: Exodus 14:13

God displays His power.

The Greek word exodos appears about fifty times in the Greek Old Testament
and three times in the New Testament.
While it could refer to an exit or the end of something,
such as a play or life itself,
the Israelites saw it as the season when God demonstrated His unmatched power (Deut. 7:19).

But it was more than that.
The exodus represents a foundational moment in the Bible and points toward the message of the gospel.
It is essential to God’s salvific work.
Without the language of the exodus narrative, the rest of the Bible, especially the New Testament, would be very different.

For us, the spotlight of the exodus falls on Jesus, the final Passover Lamb.
Through Him, we enjoy freedom from the bondage of sin and death.

FIRST THOUGHTS

Alfred Hitchcock was a master of suspense and was known for his groundbreaking special effects.
One of his better-known effects was in the movie Foreign Correspondent.
He sent a camera ever closer to the surface of the ocean, then he rear-projected that ocean scene onto a screen in a room set up like a cockpit.
The effect gave the illusion the plane had crashed into the ocean. (PSG, p. 46)

• What movie do you remember profoundly impressing you with its special effects?
• What were the effects, and what did you feel when seeing them?

ENGAGE

Introduction:

Share that the film, the 10 Commandments,
received seven Academy Award nominations in 1957
and won for “Best Special Effects.”
Note that the scene where God parts the Red Sea was groundbreaking at that time.

Transition:

Hollywood has spent millions of dollars showing events in the Bible.
But God performed miracles without special effects,
including an event that crippled a world power and saved a nation just finding its footing as a people.