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To complete the type of Christ set forth in the life of Joseph we need to `add' the picture
of Benjamin, the Son of the Right Hand, as in Psa. 110: 1, "Sit Thou at My right hand" or
as it is reiterated in Hebrews (Heb. 1: 3, 13; 8: 1; 10: 12; 12: 2). The type of Joseph
ends with death in Gen. 50: 26, a coffin in Egypt. We cannot stop here, for a risen Christ
is essential for redemption and the final fulfillment of God's purpose, so Benjamin
completes the picture by portraying the Christ Jesus of resurrection--"Son of My right
hand".
The Twofoldness of the Book of Exodus.
The second book of the Bible is written around two sacrificial types of the work of
Christ, namely the Passover and the Mercy Seat. In the N.T. two words are used to bring
these two aspects of truth into prominence, the words exodus and eisodus. The former
will be familiar to us as the title of the second book of Moses and means `a way out'.
The other word eisodus means the opposite, `a way in'. While all Gospel preaching if it
is to be faithful must stress the great work of deliverance or redemption as set forth in the
Passover, a picture of the offering of the Lamb of God on Calvary's cross, it is a mistake
to stop there. While redemption sets us gloriously free, we need to be able to come into
the presence of a thrice holy God and so need atonement and this is based just as securely
on the finished work of the Lord Jesus.
We find the word exodus in Luke's record of the Transfiguration:
". . . . . Moses and Elijah, who appeared in glory and spake of His decease (exodus)
which He should accomplish at Jerusalem" (Luke 9: 30, 31).
Both Moses (Exod. 14:) and Elijah (II Kings 2: 14) are associated with a miraculous
parting of the waters, either of the Red Sea or of the Jordan, and there, on the Mount as
representatives of the law and the prophets they both speak of His `exodus' of which
theirs were but foreshadowings.
The eisodus, or `the way in', is found in the epistle to the Hebrews:
"Having therefore, brethren, boldness of the eisodus (boldness to enter) into the
holiest by the blood of Jesus" (Heb. 10: 19).
The two aspects of Christ's finished work are indicated in Exodus 3: 7, 8, 10 and
6: 6, 7:
"I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them
up out of that land unto . . . . . a land flowing with milk and honey; unto the place of the
Canaanites . . . . . that thou mayest bring forth My people the children of Israel out of
Egypt."
"I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will rid you out of
their bondage, and I will redeem you . . . . . I will take you to Me for a people."
The Passover is the great type of the real exodus the Lord accomplished at Calvary.
After Israel had crossed the Red Sea and were in the wilderness, the Tabernacle was
erected with all its typical furniture and offerings. These complement the Passover with