Paul and the New Exodus People

The Exodus Way E11 — After Jesus’ death, resurrection, and ascension, his followers grew into a movement known simply as “The Way”—a new exodus people delivered from sin and death, following the narrow way of Jesus through the wilderness of our present world and awaiting entry into a promised new creation. The Apostle Paul is a central figure in this movement, commissioned by the risen Jesus to spread the good news of the new exodus to the nations. He planted churches in several Roman cities and wrote letters to congregations of Jewish and Gentile believers. Paul was a Jewish man steeped in Israel's Scriptures, which is why we see him infusing Exodus language and imagery into his letters to the early Church. In this episode, Jon and Tim explore Paul’s letters to the churches in Corinth, Galatia, and Rome, discovering how Paul saw the death and resurrection of Jesus, the life of the Christian, and the larger story of creation as a cosmic exodus.

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CHAPTERS

1. Recap of Where We’ve Been (0:00-3:01)
2. Exodus Imagery in 1 Corinthians 5 (3:01-14:03)
3. Exodus Language in Galatians (14:03-31:41)
4. The Cosmic Exodus in Romans 8 (31:41-44:33)

OFFICIAL EPISODE TRANSCRIPT

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REFERENCED RESOURCES

• The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on the Epistles of St. Paul to the Corinthians by John Chrysostom
• Paul and His Story: (Re)Interpreting the Exodus Tradition by Sylvia Keesmaat
• You can view annotations for this episode—plus our entire library of videos, podcasts, articles, and classes—in the BibleProject app, available for Android and iOS.
• Check out Tim’s extensive collection of recommended books here.

SHOW MUSIC

• “Lilo” by The Field Tapes & Middle School
• “Loving Someone You Lost” by The Field Tapes
• BibleProject theme song by TENTS

SHOW CREDITS

Production of today’s episode is by Lindsey Ponder, producer, and Cooper Peltz, managing producer. Tyler Bailey is our supervising engineer. Frank Garza and Aaron Olsen edited today’s episode. Aaron Olsen and Tyler Bailey provided the sound design and mix. JB Witty does our show notes, and Hannah Woo provides the annotations for our app. Our host and creative director is Jon Collins, and our lead scholar is Tim Mackie. 

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