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Exodus Old and New

Reading one of Morales's books on Scripture is like going on a walk with a friend down a forest path that you've travelled many times and having that friend more than once point to something and say, "Did you ever notice this?"

Written by Keith Mathison | Tuesday, August 4, 2020

My friend, Michael Morales, has published a new book titledExodus Old and New: A Biblical Theology of Redemption. I have been eagerly awaiting this one for some time, and I was not disappointed. The exodus event is the paradigmatic redemptive event in the Old Testament, shaping the way the biblical authors talk about redemption throughout Scripture. It is this theme that Morales’s new book addresses.

 

I should probably recuse myself from reviewing any books by Michael Morales. He and I worked and taught together for a number of years at Reformation Bible College before he took a position at Greenville Presbyterian Theological Seminary. He remains a very dear friend. I worked with him day in and day out for years, and I can testify without hesitation that he exemplifies a deep love for the Lord, a brilliant scholarly mind, and true humility. Every student at RBC who took one or more of his classes would stand in line to say the same.

He and I have had many opportunities over the years to discuss biblical and theological topics, so I have been abundantly blessed to benefit from his wisdom and insight into Scripture. I am thankful that he is writings books that are helping many around the world who cannot attend his lectures. In addition to his academic articles and monographs, in 2015 he published Who Shall Ascend the Mountain of the Lord? A Biblical Theology of the Book of Leviticus. If you have ever started reading through the Bible only to become bogged down in Leviticus, and then skipped over it, then you most definitely need to read this because you are missing the heart of the Pentateuch, which is the heart of the Old Testament, and which is necessary to understand fully the Person and Work of Jesus.

Now, my friend has published a new book titled Exodus Old and New: A Biblical Theology of Redemption. I have been eagerly awaiting this one for some time, and I was not disappointed. The exodus event is the paradigmatic redemptive event in the Old Testament, shaping the way the biblical authors talk about redemption throughout Scripture. It is this theme that Morales’s new book addresses.

[Editor’s note: This article is incomplete. The source for this document was originally published on keithmathison.org—however, the link (URL) to the original article is unavailable and has been removed.]

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