These events form the very basic contours of Exodus and yet they continue to elude us.Can proper interpretation of the book proceed only after these basic questions are answered? In fact, the church has been deriving spiritual benefit from Exodus for a long time without such firm knowledge (25).The Biblical book of Exodus does not name the Pharaoh whom Moses encountered after his return from Sinai. The bibliographies in these sections are of more value than the discussions in the text, which adopts a very negative view on the historicity of the Exodus.This absence has provided the occasion for considerable controversy and speculation as to just who this Pharaoh was and when he ruled in Egypt. A strong picture has been made for the 19th Dynasty as the background for the Exodus in the work of K. Kitchen, to give a negative evaluation to the historicity of the Biblical account and that left him free to construct his theology unhampered by historical limitations (1962). Ernest Wright, on the other hand, held that theology must ultimately be rooted in history in his (1983).Continue reading The Exodus Problem Three main views have been proposed: (1) that he belonged to the 18th Dynasty and ruled in the 15th century, (2) that he belonged to the 19th Dynasty and ruled in the 13th century, and (3) that there was no Exodus and thus no Pharaoh of the Exodus, but it was only a literary creation of later Israelites. Three more specialized works on the Exodus and its Egyptian background have appeared quite recently. Unfortunately, any historicity of the Exodus is buried here beneath a welter of source criticism, anthropology, and mythology.The first view may be referred to as the early date for the Exodus, the second is the late date, and the third is the nonexistent Exodus. A conference on the subject was held at Brown University in 1992 and its proceedings were published as (Frerichs and Lesko 1997). The promise is made that the history involved will be treated in a second volume that will be published later.

Here we take a common interpretation that is not in conflict with historical events, or with observed events (reality) in today's world.This is also the common consensus of the Church Fathers and scholars throughout church history (4).The Gospels also record that the crucifixion occurred the day before the Passover festival (5).Jesus confirmed that there wil be a definite end to the present age when He told us to watch for certain signs.Bible prophecy adds many more signs to give a comprehensive view of the state of the world just before Christ returns.