Life-study of Exodus

Witness Lee

Jan 2026 · Life-study of the Bible (2nd edition) Book 2 · Living Stream Ministry

About this ebook

Throughout the New Testament, the apostles draw on the book of Exodus as a book of types concerning the believers' corporate experience of God's salvation. Paul speaks of "our Passover, Christ" (1 Cor. 5:7). He says that Israel was "baptized...in the sea", that Israel ate the "same spiritual food", and that Israel "drank of a spiritual rock which followed them", which rock "was Christ" (1 Cor. 5:7; 10:2-4). The Lord Jesus similarly says that He is "the living bread which came down out of heaven", the fulfillment of the manna in the wilderness (John 6:51). Furthermore, John says that "the Word became flesh and tabernacled among us" (1:14), and Paul says in Ephesians that the believers "are being built together into a dwelling place of God in spirit" (Eph. 2:22), indicating that the tabernacle in Exodus is a type of the union of God and man, first in Christ and then in the church.

The Life-study of Exodus presents a rich portrait of Christ and the church as the reality of all the types and figures in the book of Exodus. It presents Christ as the redemption, salvation, and supply of God's people and the means for them to worship and serve God so that in him they may be built up with God together for them and God to meet, communicate, and dwell mutually. The book of Exodus is not merely a historical account of God's people in Egypt and the wilderness; it is a book about the experience of Christ for the church life today.

About the author

Born in 1905 in northern China, Witness Lee was raised in a Christian family and educated in English-speaking schools. At the age of 19 he believed in the Lord Jesus Christ and consecrated himself to preach the gospel. Early in his service, Witness Lee met Watchman Nee and began to labor together with him. In 1949 Witness Lee was sent by Watchman Nee to Taiwan to ensure that the things delivered to them by the Lord would be preserved. In 1962 Witness Lee came to the United States and began to minister here. He ministered in weekly conferences, delivering several thousand spoken messages until 1997. He gave his last public conference in February 1997 at the age of 91. His major work, Life-Study of the Bible, comprises over 25,000 pages of commentary on every book of the Bible from the perspective of the believers' enjoyment and experience of God's divine life in Christ through the Spirit.