Welcome to Bible Project Podcast. We are discussing the theme of the Exodus Way. This is the way out of slavery, the way through the wilderness, and the way into the land of inheritance and blessing. It's the deliverance that ancient Israel experienced when God rescued them from Egypt. And it's what every new generation of Israel

is called to experience, whether they're in the land or not. The biblical story is about how

everyone, in fact, the entire cosmos is stuck in slavery, but God provides a way out. Today we get

to Jesus, and we see how the gospel authors portray Jesus as a new Moses,

calling us out of our cosmic slavery. And this includes the importance of the baptism of Jesus

through the waters. All four gospels feature John the Baptist at the beginning. It's a way to introduce

Jesus. Now here's John saying, let's name our sins and go through the Jordan River again.

The Jordan River was super important in the Exodus storyline.

It's the mirror image of the deliverance through the waters from Pharaoh.

We'll also look at the time of testing that Jesus has in the wilderness.

Jesus is led into the wilderness by the spirit where he was tested by the slanderer.

Jesus responds by quoting from,

speeches of Moses where Moses is recounting the wilderness journeys of the 40 years.

So it's really clear.

We'll look at the ministry of Jesus going through the land, announcing the arrival of God's

kingdom.

He heals people of diseases and sets them free from cosmic tyrants.

What Jesus is doing is referred to by the gospel authors as a rescue, often translated as

salvation.

The Greek word used in all of those cases is the word sozo to be saved. To talk about

the healing of someone's body as salvation, it actually assumes a cosmic exodus frame. Jesus is like

a new Moses and Joshua leading us into a new promised land and the kingdom of God is here.

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