Similarities between the Exodus
And the Events of Revelation

Please understand that the following discussion simply suggests close parallels to scriptures and events. It is not meant to be promoted as established truth or doctrine, and is open to modification and input from readers.

If there are any parallels between the events that preceded and followed the exodus of Israel from Egypt (c. 1513-B.C.E.) and to the ‘Last Days’ which are spoken of throughout the Bible, then perhaps we should consider those ancient events to see what can be learned about things that might soon happen.

Who Was Israel?

At the time when Israel was leaving Egypt, we must recognize that the only Sacred Agreement (Covenant) the Israelites had with God came through an ancient man of faith, their common forefather Abraham. And in this Agreement with Abraham, God promised that Abraham would become the ‘father of a multitude,’ his seed would inherit the land of Canaan, He (Jehovah) would be their God, and that nations and kings would descend from him (Genesis 17:1-14).

Also, something would be required of Abraham and his descendants to fulfill their part of the Agreement. It is that all the males who were over eight-days old and lived with him had to be circumcised.

There were no other agreements or laws at that time, and Israel was just a rag-tag family of Egyptian slaves. So the question is: Does this set of circumstances fit our day?

Who Was Moses?

Moses was a man who was obviously chosen by God to deliver Israel. Like Jesus he had been miraculously saved from death as a child (Exodus 1:15-2:10 and Matthew 2:1-12), and as was true of Moses, Jesus spent his early years in Egypt (Matthew 2:13-15). Also, like Moses, Jesus became the mediator of God’s Sacred Agreement with His people. So, it appears as though Moses in the Exodus pictured Jesus, both during his brief lifetime on earth and during a coming deliverance of God’s people.

Who is Modern-Day Israel?

Since Israel didn’t have their own Sacred Agreement (which consisted of Laws from God) prior to their exodus from Egypt (all they has was God’s Agreement with Abraham), nor did they have a Tent of worship or a Priesthood, they were just the children of a promise at that time. And who are the children of a promise today? Paul (the Apostle) wrote at Galatians 3:26-29: ‘The fact is; you’re all sons of God because of your faith in the Anointed One, Jesus. All who were baptized into the Anointed One have put on the Anointed One. So, there aren’t any Jews or Greeks, slaves or freemen, males or females, because you’re all united in the Anointed One, Jesus. And if you’re [part] of the Anointed One, you’re really the seed of Abraham and heirs of the promise.’

So, all Christians, regardless of race, status, or gender, are the seed of Abraham and heirs to the promise that was given to him. And such modern-day Christians were apparently pictured by Israel just prior to the exodus. Yet, like ancient Israel in the desert, the vast majorities are proving faithless and worthy of destruction by God.

The Coming of Moses and Jesus

Does the ancient coming of Moses to Egypt picture the modern (second) coming of Jesus? Well, there are similarities. For example: Moses and Aaron poured out ten plagues upon the land of Egypt prior to Pharaoh letting God’s people go. And the Revelation speaks of several plagues that are also poured out (though the numbers differ) before the fall of something called ‘Babylon the Great,’ and God’s people are then told to come out of her. Is there some similarity between this exodus and that of Moses’ time?

Also, the destruction of the armies of Egypt and the miraculous delivery of Israel through the Red Sea does seem to picture the battle of Armageddon spoken of at Revelation 16:13-16, for as in the destruction of Pharaoh and his army, Armageddon seems to be fought just against ‘all the kings of the earth.’ It doesn’t seem to be a destruction of all wicked people, or the end of the world, as many religions claim.

The Blood of the Lamb

After witnessing nine of the great ten plagues that God brought upon Egypt, Israel surely had reason for faith. So when they were told to sacrifice a lamb, splatter its blood on their door posts, then to eat the lamb and not leave their homes until God’s destroying messenger (angel) had passed them by, they did as they were told, which saved the lives of their firstborn (Exodus 12:1-23). So, as today, faith in the shed blood of the lamb was required (1 Peter 1:18, 19).

The Firstborn

However, the saving of the firstborn came with a price, for in their salvation all the firstborn thereafter belonged to God (Exodus 13:1, 2). And we also find the same sort of salvation is to be brought to a modern class of ‘firstborn,’ for we are told at Hebrews 12: 22-24: ‘But what you’ve approached is Mount Zion; the City of the Living God. It’s Heavenly Jerusalem, where there are millions of [God’s] messengers attending a convention… the gathering of the firstborn whose names have been written in the heavens… and God is the judge over them all. [You’ve approached] the unseen force of those who are righteous and who have been made perfect; and [you’ve approached] Jesus, the mediator of a New Sacred Agreement, whose sacrificial blood speaks out better than Abel’s.’

We read of a similar calling out of a group from among Israel at Revelation 7:1-4, which says: ‘After that, I saw four messengers who were standing at the four corners of the earth. They were hanging onto the four winds of the earth so the winds wouldn’t blow on the earth, the sea, or the trees. Then I saw another messenger who was coming up from the sunrise. He had the seal of the living God, and he shouted aloud to the four messengers who were allowed to harm the earth and sea, saying, Don’t harm the earth, the sea, or the trees, until after we’ve sealed the slaves of our God in their foreheads. And I heard how many of them had been sealed: a hundred and forty-four thousand from among every tribe of the sons of Israel.’

So, as you can see, a specific number (144,000) will be chosen from among modern symbolic Israel, and they as ‘firstborn’ will belong to God in the heavens, for Revelation 14:1-5 seems to be speaking of this same group when it says: ‘Then I saw {Look!} the Lamb standing on Mount Zion, and with him a hundred and forty-four thousand who had his name and his Father’s Name written on their foreheads. And I heard noise coming from heaven that sounded like a lot of water and loud thunder. Well, the sound that I heard was that of people who were all playing harps and singing. They were singing a new song in front of the throne and in front of the four animals and the older ones, and nobody could learn that song but the hundred and forty-four thousand who were purchased from the earth. These didn’t dirty themselves with women. In fact, they are virgins who keep following the Lamb no matter where he goes. They were bought from mankind [and offered] as the first fruitage to God and to the Lamb. No lies are found in their mouths and they don’t have any defects.’

The ‘Great Crowd’

So, in the above verses we find two distinct groups:

1. Israel

2. Those ‘firstborn’ who are chosen from among them.

But notice that a third group is thereafter discussed at Revelation 7:9, 10, where we read: ‘After all this, I saw {Look!} a crowd so large that nobody could count them. They came from all countries, nationalities, ethnic groups, and languages; and they were standing in front of the throne and in front of the Lamb. They were all wearing white robes, they carried palm branches in their hands, and they were shouting, We owe our salvation to our God who is sitting on the throne, and to the Lamb.’

Thereafter, Revelation 7:14-17 says this of them: ‘Then he told me, They are the ones that have come out of the great time of difficulty. They’ve washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. That is why they’re in front of the throne of God and worshiping Him day and night in His Holy Abode. He who is sitting on the throne will then spread His tent over them, and they won’t be hungry or thirsty anymore, nor will the sun won’t beat down on them with blistering heat, because the Lamb who is in the midst of the throne will shepherd them. He will guide them to the fountains of waters of life, and God will wipe all the tears from their eyes.’

So notice that this large crowd is not spoken of as Israel, but we read that they have survived the ‘great time of difficulty,’ and they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the lamb. So this is definitely a group that lives in the Last Days, and they too have been saved by the blood of the Lamb. Is there a similar group mentioned in the Exodus?

Yes there is, for at Numbers 11:4 we read of a large number of gentiles who left Egypt along with the Israelites, and who had surely put faith in Jacob’s God and taken advantage of the blood of the Passover lamb. So, it appears as though this great crowd of gentiles who left Egypt with the Israelites pictured the great crowd of non-Israelites who survive the great time of difficulty, and who thus must be made up of non-Christian peoples who see the wonders of the coming of Jesus, and then ‘wash their robes in the blood of the Lamb’ in order to be saved.

The Flight and then the Destruction of Pharaoh and His Army

Notice that after Pharaoh had released the Israelites, he then went to attack them as they were leaving, but God protected them and none of Israel was harmed. If these actions have a modern parallel, we can see the events that will lead up to Armageddon. For, there will be an attack against God’s people (both ‘Israel’ and the ‘great crowd), and when all seems lost, God will then bring Armageddon and destroy the attacking armies and their kings or leaders.

But will the time thereafter become one when a New Sacred Agreement is made, and will there then be a time of testing and cleansing, as happened to Israel during their 40-year trek in the desert? Also, will this time after Armageddon be the period when the Priesthood (possibly the 144,000) is chosen from among Israel? While many men have come up with their answers and doctrines, we will probably only know if we are there.

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