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1.5 The Exodus
Christian Religious Education · Grade 10 · 8 lessons in the design
What this covers
- The call of Moses: Exodus 3:1-22
- The discourse between God and Moses, and the signs of Exodus 4:1-19
- The ten plagues: Exodus 7:14 to 11:10
- Attributes of God revealed in the plagues
- The Passover: Exodus 12:1-31
- The Passover and the atonement of Jesus Christ
- Ways God cared for the Israelites during the Exodus
What you will be able to do
- dramatize the call of Moses as guided by the Holy Scriptures
- elaborate the discourse between God and Moses
- restate the attributes of God from the ten plagues
- explain how the Passover foreshadows Jesus Christ's atonement
- summarise ways God cared for the Israelites during the Exodus
- recognise God's power and deliverance during the Exodus
Key questions
“Why is the Passover important to Christians today?”
“How did God demonstrate His power during the Exodus?”
Lessons
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The call of Moses and his discourse with God
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizThe burning bush, the commission, Moses' five objections and God's answers, and the signs given to him.
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The ten plagues and the attributes of God
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizThe ten plagues in order, the contest they represent, and what they reveal about God's character.
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The Passover, the atonement, and God's care in the wilderness
40 min · 2 practice tasks · quizThe Passover instructions, how Christians read it as pointing to Christ, and the ways God provided for Israel after the Exodus.
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Moses before Pharaoh: a hard heart and a contest begun
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizExodus 5 to 7: bricks without straw, Pharaoh's question Who is the LORD, Moses' complaint, the promise of redemption, and Aaron's staff.
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Crossing the sea: God's power to save
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizExodus 13 to 15: the pillar, the trap, the path through the water, the destruction of the army, and the song of Moses and Miriam.
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God providing in the wilderness
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizMarah, manna, water from the rock, and Amalek: each complaint met a provision, and trust still had to be learnt morning by morning.
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God's power and character in the Exodus
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizPower, faithfulness, mercy, holiness, presence and Redeemer - attributes drawn from call, plagues, sea and wilderness together.
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Dramatising the call, and living as a delivered people
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizThe curriculum role-play of Exodus 3 to 4, peer critique against the text, and why the Passover still matters to Christians today.