Welcome to the Bible Project podcast. Today we start a new series that we're calling

the Exodus Way. There is a way out of slavery, a way through the wilderness, and a way into the land

of inheritance. In this theme conversation, we'll discover that this is not just a journey that ancient Israel went on when they were rescued from slavery in Egypt, it's also the journey we're invited on.

In fact, what we'll find is that this is the journey the entire cosmos is on, the path from death into life, the highway through the wilderness, the Exodus way. This theme,

more than any other, ties the entire narrative of the Bible together. The Exodus story, that

liberation, rescue through the waters, through the wilderness into the promised land,

that story line is referenced, referred to more than any other story.

One of the key moments in the Exodus story is the night of Passover.

It's so important that it's celebrated every year for thousands of years with a ritual meal called Passover.

And so it isn't random that Jesus chose for his final days in Jerusalem to correspond with the week that leads up to Passover.

Why did Jesus choose Passover weekend and then explain the meaning of his life leading up to that point and of what was about to happen in his death in terms of that bread and the wine of the Passover meal.

The Exodus story gets to the core of what the Christian life is all about.

What does it mean to be redeemed by God? What does it mean to be saved?

The words, salvation and redemption, these are pretty important words.

And they appear first and are given their main

definitions in the Exodus story. Today, as we begin this new theme study, Timaki and I will set

the stage for how a life of faith is really a journey. That journey is what the Bible calls an

Exodus. Jesus saw himself on this journey, and he invites us into it as well.

It's the road out, or, as they say in Greek, ex-Hadas.

The messianic Jesus-inspired vision of human life and history, it's an exodus-shaped view of reality. Thanks for joining us. Here we go.

Hey, Tim. Hey, John. Hi. We are beginning a new theme series. Yeah, this is a great day. I love

these days. It's like... Wide open horizon. I've really only ever had the experience of sailing on a ship away from a dock once before, and it was with you, in fact.

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