When we discussed God’s name – “I am who I am” – we suggested its primary applicability was to Israel – 3:15-16.
Now let’s look at Exodus 6:3. How did God not make Himself known to the Patriarchs as “LORD”? The name is found 166 times in Genesis. Eve actually uses the “LORD’s” name in 4:1. In verse 26, of the same chapter, the descendants of Seth begin to call on the name of the “LORD.”
The last time the name is used in Genesis is by Jacob on his death bed – Genesis 49:18 – “I wait for your salvation, O LORD.” Isn’t that what Israel was waiting for while in Egypt? The salvation of the LORD?
So what does God mean in Exodus 6:3 that He did not make Himself known to the Patriarchs by the name “LORD”? Let’s read the following verses – 6:4-8.
The center/heart of this commission is found in verse 7. The exodus from Egypt is the focus. The LORD is defining Himself by bringing Israel out of slavery. In fact, throughout the rest of the Old Testament, the exodus becomes the defining moment in the identity of Israel as God’s people.
What is new now is that God is going to bring Israel out of Egypt. He will be their redeemer. Obviously, God could not have done that during the time of Genesis, although He did predict it in Genesis 15:13-14.
In other words, in the exodus, God will make Himself known – notice the words in 6:6: “The One who brings out,” the “One who delivers,” the One who “redeems.” Redeemer! Relative to man, God is, above all else, our Redeemer.
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All of these have to do with the death of the firstborn: The Passover – the Lord’s protecting Israel (12:23); Unleavened Bread – the hasty flight from Egypt (12:17); Consecration – memorializes the Lord’s killing the firstborn in Egypt (13:14-15).
Also, each feast serves as a memorial for future generations. The Lord gives explicit directions that the purpose of the feast was to be explained to the next generation. As a part of each memorial, the slaying of the firstborn is explicit in two and the deliverance by the LORD is explicit in two.
Finally, in each memorial, the Israelites are intended to re-enact the events in the night of the exodus. In the Passover, they were to eat the lamb in haste; Unleavened Bread, they were to eat the bread without leaven because of their haste in leaving Egypt; Consecration, sacrifice or redemption of their own firstborn.
All these memorials bring together the past and the present in order to stabilize future generations in the name of the LORD.
Now, how do baptism and the Lord’s Supper serve the same purpose for us today – to continually remind us of the goodness of the Lord?
–Paul Holland
