1. Covenant

2. Introduction The story of the Hebrew people from slavery to freedom shares several “signposts” along a common road with our story. Covenant

3. 1. Hebrew People: SLAVES in Egypt Covenant

4. So they put slave masters over them to oppress them with forced labor, …But the more they were oppressed, the more they multiplied and spread; so the Egyptians came to dread the Israelites and worked them ruthlessly. BACK

5. They made their lives bitter with hard labor in brick and mortar and with all kinds of work in the fields; in all their hard labor the Egyptians used them ruthlessly. - Exodus 1:11-14 BACK

8. 2. Israel’s cry for help – God hears and remembers Covenant

9. During that long period, the king of Egypt died. The Israelites groaned in their slavery and cried out, and their cry for help because of their slavery went up to God. BACK

10. God heard their groaning and he remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac and with Jacob. So God looked on the Israelites and was concerned about them. - Exodus 2:23-25 BACK

11. KEY WORD: Covenant Covenant

12. Signpost #1 God made a COVENANT

13. Signpost #2 God sent a DELIVERER