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Exodus: God and his Miraculous Significance
Exodus provides the religious framework for the rest of the Bible, whereas God chose Moses to execute his divine plan in the birth of a new Nation, Israel. As Exodus unfolds, God reveals himself and speaks of fulfilling prophesies he promised Abraham, convincing Moses reluctantly to follow him in trust at the burning bush. One of many miracles, which took take place in God’s revelation of his forbearing grace, which saved his people from sin to deliver them to the promised land of Canaan (Guzik). The miraculous significance in Exodus is God delivered and led his people from Egyptian slavery into freedom and redemption. "And I will take you to me for a people, and I will be to you a God: and ye …show more content…

God shows us his infinite power and mercy for his chosen people for salvation. Saying that all laws relate to God, which is the foundation of his beliefs and practices to follow strictly. In the law, God states that all law relates to him and nothing is outside of his jurisdiction (Guzik). “And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush: and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed. And Moses said, I will now turn aside, and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt. And when the LORD saw that he turned aside to see, God called unto him out of the midst of the bush, and said, Moses, Moses. And he said, here am I” (Exodus …show more content…

God furthers this to indicate his power, instilling belief in him of his people, through victory amidst prevailing humanity. Equally, his glorious promises were the saving salvation, which reiterates our belief in him, following his ways for redemption. (Guzik) “ Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the LORD caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea into dry land, and the waters were divided. . So the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea on the dry ground, and the waters were a wall to them on their right hand and on their left. And the Egyptians pursued and went after them into the midst of the sea, all Pharaoh’s horses, his chariots, and his horsemen” (Exodus 14:21-23 KJV). All the Egyptians and the Pharaoh perished by Moses’s guidance and God’s wrath as The Red Sea swallowed

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