A thesis for the church
The people of God are being called out again.
The Exodus was not a single event. It was a pattern — oppression, cry, deliverance, wilderness, covenant. The evidence suggests we are inside that pattern right now. This site exists to help the church see it clearly, and respond faithfully.
The numbers behind the thesis
M2 Money Supply
Since Jan 2020
The Fed expanded the money supply by 40% in two years — the fastest in modern history. Prices followed.
Source: Federal Reserve
Purchasing Power
USD, 2000–2024
A dollar today buys what 70 cents bought in 2000. The slow erosion of ordinary savings.
Source: BLS CPI-U
CPI (All Items)
2020–2024 cumulative
Official inflation since the pandemic. Shelter, food, and energy have run significantly higher.
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics
What is the Modern Exodus thesis?
The Exodus narrative in Scripture is more than history. It is a paradigm — the shape of how God moves when his people are trapped under oppressive systems. Brueggemann called it the "core testimony" of Israel's faith.
The thesis is that present-day conditions — economic extraction, institutional decay, the slow erosion of the commons — map onto the Exodus pattern with striking precision. We are in a moment of structured oppression. The question is whether the church will recognize the season.
Exodus 6:9 records that the people could not hear Moses because of their "broken spirit and cruel slavery." Harsh labor had eaten their capacity for hope. The same dynamic operates today. This site exists to restore that capacity — through data, analysis, and theological reflection.
Key Scripture
"They did not listen to Moses, because of their broken spirit and harsh slavery."
Exodus 6:9
The Pattern
- 01Oppression
- 02Cry
- 03Deliverance
- 04Wilderness
- 05Covenant
Recent articles
All articles →The Pharaoh Economy: Extraction, Inflation, and the Commons
How modern monetary policy functions as a form of systemic extraction — and what the Exodus narrative has to say about it.
Coming soonBroken Spirits: Why the Church Isn't Hearing
The Exodus 6:9 problem. When people are ground down enough, even the word of liberation falls on deaf ears.
Coming soonWhat Does Wilderness Look Like Now?
Wilderness in the Exodus was not punishment — it was the necessary in-between. The place where a people is formed.
Coming soon