The Exodus in the New Testament

Abstract

"The escape of a number of Hebrew Slaves from Egypt, probably at some date in the early thirteenth century BC, was not an event which appeared to have far-reaching repercussions at the time, despite the loss of the Egyptian chariots which had been pursuing them. Nor would many secular historians of today or any other day be likely to record it as one of the most important happenings in the history of the world. But when history and religion are seen to be closely related, when men believe that there is a God who orders and disposes the affairs of the human race according to His own good pleasure, the Exodus stands out as the most significant of His mighty acts until His own entry into the world in the Person of Jesus Christ. In the Old Testament the Exodus has pride of place even over the Creation. "