God’s purpose starts in dark places - EP01
Exodus 1:1–2:10
Every great rescue story has a moment when the hero steps in—but the story never starts there.
Exodus starts with conjunction, “AND”
"וְאֵלֶּה שְׁמוֹת" — "And these are the names…"
That little "And" is not a grammatical accident. In Hebrew narrative style, starting with “And” is a way of signaling continuity with the story that came before—in this case, Genesis.
So the opening line is basically saying:
“The story’s not over. What you read in Genesis is directly connected to what’s about to happen in Exodus.”
It always begins in the shadows… in the moments no one would choose, in the places no one wants to be.
For Israel, that place was Egypt—400 years, half of those years deep in slavery, their identity stripped, their future suffocated. No one was looking for a hero anymore. Hope had been downgraded to mere survival.
And that’s where God begins.
Before the Red Sea splits… before the plagues… before Moses stands before Pharaoh—there’s a cradle in the reeds, a crying baby, and a God who still hears.
Today we launch our new series on the life of Moses: “THE WAY OUT.”
My prayer for you is bold: that in this series you would experience liberation—real, tangible freedom—from whatever has its grip on you.
Because before Moses could lead anyone out, God had to lead Moses out—out of past trauma, crushed confidence, and spiritual complacency. And maybe this is where your way out begins too.