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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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  1. The call of Moses and his discourse with God
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    The burning bush, the commission, Moses' five objections and God's answers, and the signs given to him.
  2. The ten plagues and the attributes of God
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    The ten plagues in order, the contest they represent, and what they reveal about God's character.
  3. The Passover, the atonement, and God's care in the wilderness
    40 min · 2 practice tasks · quiz
    The Passover instructions, how Christians read it as pointing to Christ, and the ways God provided for Israel after the Exodus.
  4. Moses before Pharaoh: a hard heart and a contest begun
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Exodus 5 to 7: bricks without straw, Pharaoh's question Who is the LORD, Moses' complaint, the promise of redemption, and Aaron's staff.
  5. Crossing the sea: God's power to save
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Exodus 13 to 15: the pillar, the trap, the path through the water, the destruction of the army, and the song of Moses and Miriam.
  6. God providing in the wilderness
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Marah, manna, water from the rock, and Amalek: each complaint met a provision, and trust still had to be learnt morning by morning.
  7. God's power and character in the Exodus
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Power, faithfulness, mercy, holiness, presence and Redeemer - attributes drawn from call, plagues, sea and wilderness together.
  8. Dramatising the call, and living as a delivered people
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    The curriculum role-play of Exodus 3 to 4, peer critique against the text, and why the Passover still matters to Christians today.