“Moses protested, ‘If I go to the people of Israel and tell them, ‘The God of your ancestors has sent me to you,’ they will ask me, ‘What is his name?’ Then what should I tell them?’ God replied to Moses, ‘I AM WHO I AM. Say this to the people of Israel: I AM has sent me to you.’ God also said to Moses, “Say this to the people of Israel: Yahweh, the God of your ancestors-the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob-has sent me to you.” - Exodus 3:13-15

Genesis introduced us to the world and to ourselves. Exodus, the second book of the Old Testament of the Bible, does more to introduce us to God – to he who was, and is, and is to come. To a God so eternal that he identifies himself as I AM, but also a God so personal that he also chooses to identify himself in relation to people – the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. Exodus is a book of movement, propelling the true story of God and his people forward in such a way that sets forth not just the rest of the Biblical narrative, but human history up to where we are today. It is in Exodus that we see the baby in the basket, the burning bush, the ten plagues, the first Passover, the parting of the Red Sea, the 10 commandments, and so much more. 

To introduce us to the book of Exodus, host Jason Wieland is joined by Dr. Carmen Joy Imes. Dr. Imes is an Associate Professor of Old Testament at Talbot School of Theology, author of the books Being God’s Image and Bearing God’s Name, and is currently working on a commentary of Exodus. 

Navigating the Bible is a special podcast series, part of the Doable Discipleship Podcast. 

Doable Discipleship is a Saddleback Church podcast produced and hosted by Jason Wieland. It premiered in 2017 and now offers more than 380 episodes. Episodes release every Tuesday on your favorite podcast app and on the Saddleback Church YouTube Channel (https://www.youtube.com/saddleback).

Resources Related to This Episode:
Being God's Image - https://www.amazon.com/Being-Gods-Image-Creation-Matters-ebook/dp/B0BLD43TVC

Bearing God's Name - https://www.amazon.com/Bearing-Gods-Name-Sinai-Matters-ebook/dp/B07V6ZW9C1

From Dr. Imes:
Torah Tuesday - https://www.youtube.com/c/CarmenJoyImesPhD
Exodus Classroom for Bible Project - https://bibleproject.com/classroom/exodus-overview-carmen-imes/
Exodus Class for Biblical Training - https://www.biblicaltraining.org/learn/institute/exodus-imes

Related Doable Discipleship Episodes: 
Navigating the Bible: Genesis - https://youtu.be/ddhjMfOoasA
Navigating the Bible: The Pentateuch - https://youtu.be/mmChxhfsLq0
What Does it Mean to be Made in God's Image - https://youtu.be/S12S7rjsgCw

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