Introduction
Explanation
• Leaving the Land (12:7; Heb. 11:13-16)
• Fear Instead of Faith (Rom. 4:16)
• Plagues & Rebuke (3:13; 4:10; 12:18)
• Exodus from Egypt (12:20; Ex. 3-11 שׁלח)
Exposition
“Know for certain that your offspring will be sojourners in a land that is not theirs and will be servants there, and they will be afflicted for four hundred years. But I will bring judgment on the nation that they serve, and afterward they shall come out with great possessions.” (Gen 15:13-14)
Matt. 1:1
Matt. 2:13-15
Matt. 3:1ff (w/1 Cor. 10:1-5)
Matt. 4:1ff
Lk. 9:31
Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith. (Heb. 12:1-2)
Application
…if we are faithless, He remains faithful—for He cannot deny Himself. (2 Tim. 2:13)