Coming Out of Egypt

The Journey Out of Idolatry Begins

Stricker

• Publisher: Resource Publications
• Year: 2008
• eBook ISBN: 9781498277020
• Topic: Theologie & Religion
• Subtopic: Religion

Coming Out of Egypt is an exodus out of idolatry--the idolatry of ancient Egypt and the idolatry that permeates the church today. Its goal is to make the exodus come alive for the reader--not to just read about the exodus but to experience the exodus, not to just read about the Passover but to experience the Passover, to catapult the reader back through time like a time traveler entering a time portal. The goal of Coming Out of Egypt is to experience redemption, not just to read about redemption, to experience redemption from Pharaoh at the Reed Sea, and witness Yeshua's resurrection.

Preface

The story of the Exodus is more than words on paper, it is an experience. Our G-d gave us the Exodus story so that we might experience Him with all our senses. If you have the desire to see, hear, smell, taste, and touch the Word of G-d the Exodus experience is for you! The journey we are about to embark upon is not based on our own strength, but the strength G-d gives us every day through His word. The “Word of G-d” is known as the Torah, “And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth (John 1:14, NASB).

Coming Out of Egypt is an endeavor to bring the Torah to life by reviving the Jewish understanding of the story of the Exodus, intricately weaving it with the New Testament life of Yeshua the Messiah (Jesus). From the first page to the last, I will cover a wide range of subjects, many of them controversial. I will be sharing many years of teaching and knowledge recorded in many sources—all condensed into this one book. The information we cover is not meant to satisfy, but to whet the appetite for further study. The Jewish form of study is one of repetition. A person who learns new material upon the first impression possesses a photographic memory whereas the average person takes seven repetitions to learn new material. Our sages teach that “one who learns but does not review is like one who sows but does not reap.” Yalkut Shimoni, Joshua 1:6

I must exhort the reader not to become discouraged by the depth of information presented in this book. We will continue to review the Jewish understanding in a forthcoming book, Fifty Days Up to Horeb. Neither of these books should be considered an antidote for life’s confusion, just a place to begin; a collection of Jewish teachings which will stimulate minds to question. If we are able to question, we are able to learn and grow.

Every person dwells in the land of Egypt in some aspect or another and every year G-d calls each one of us personally out of Egypt into the wilderness to follow Him. In Jewish understanding, Egypt is synonymous with bondage and idolatry. Bondage and idolatry have existed throughout time: Abraham’s time, Moses’ time, Yeshua’s time, and our time. To aid us in our journey out of Egypt, we will walk in the footsteps of Moses the deliverer, the same footsteps Yeshua our deliverer walked in some 1500 years after the Exodus. As we hear the Voice of G-d calling us, it is our obligation to have hearts to follow and the will to journey forward.

This book, Coming Out of Egypt, is the piano G-d asked me to play. Please excuse me if at times I sound as if I am playing an un-tuned instrument—out of key, or even miss a note! My prayer is that the Great Conductor will help you to hear His music and not my own flawed playing.

I must emphasize, my aim is not to judge the ‘salvation’ of any individual! My aim is to expose the idolatrous foundation many beliefs have been built upon. At times the information I’m about to present will feel abrasive, like fingernails raked across a chalk board. My mother used to say, “If the teaching is too difficult to receive you can always put it on your shelf and take it down later for further inspection.” Some of the information I am presenting was at one time placed upon my shelf and taken back down on numerous occasions for more detailed inspections. During the course of my studies, there were times when I felt as if I had been run over by a semi-truck and my long-held beliefs were left behind, smeared on the pavement of false doctrine. There are always going to be a few things we have to pray through and ask G-d to reveal to us, and there are a few things He will reveal to us in the future. My mother would have said, “There are some things concerning G-d that are just too hard to wrap our minds around.” If we keep in mind that our G-d is a G-d of order and that He is the one Who created a specific set order, then we will not be so apt to reject His order! In other words, there is a person, place, and time, for everything under heaven, and if we confuse the person, place, time, or set order (Seder) of G-d, we end up creating our own religious system. The Passover Seder is the beginning of a journey out of idolatry, the “Season of our Freedom.”

If your child asks you tomorrow, saying,

“What are the testimonies and the decrees and the ordinances

that HaShem, our G-d, commanded you?”

You shall say to your child, “We were slaves to Pharaoh in Egypt,

and HaShem took us out of Egypt with a strong hand.

HaShem placed signs and wonders, great and harmful, against Egypt,

against Pharaoh and against his entire household, before our eyes.

And He took us out of there in order to bring us,

to give us the Land that He swore to our forefathers.

HaShem commanded us to perform all these decrees, to fear HaShem, our G-d,

for our good, all the days, to give us life, as this day.

And it will be a merit for us if we are careful to perform this entire commandment

before HaShem, our G-d, as He commanded us.”

Deuteronomy 6:20–25

The Artscroll Stone Edition Tanach

“In every generation, it is one’s duty to regard himself

as if he personally had gone out of Egypt.”

Mishnah Pesachim 10:5

Scripture Abbreviations

The Christian Bible / Old Testament

Genesis Gen. Song of Solomon Song

Exodus Exod. Isaiah Isa.

Leviticus Lev. Jeremiah Jer.

Numbers Num. Lamentations Lam.

Deuteronomy Deut. Ezekiel Ezek.

Joshua Josh. Daniel Dan

Judges Judg. Hosea Hos.

Ruth Joel

I–II Samuel Sam. Amos

I–II Kings Kgs. Obadiah Obad

I–II Chronicles Chr....

Table of contents

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• 09.stricker.biblio
• 10.stricker.index.subj