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• A Major step forward toward Eden.

• Why boasting can be a very unselfish thing to do.

• How we know Israelites love Kelloggs cereals

• Why Jesus may have sensed déjà vu at the Last Supper!

Preview for Exodus 13-40

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2C God rescues a people to Himself from the bondage of the enemy 13-15 14:4 And I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and he will pursue them. But I will gain glory for myself through Pharaoh and all his army, and the Egyptians will know that I am the LORDI will strengthen Pharaoh by taking away his fears so he can do what he really wants to do down deep in his heart

But I will gain glory for myself through Pharaoh and all his army, and the Egyptians will know that I am the LORD

1 Samuel 30:6 “But David strengthened himself in the Lord his God”

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3C God rescues a people to Himself from their selfish cravings, 15-18

Note the geography:

16:15 When the Israelites saw it, they said to each other, “Manna (what is it?)” For they did not know what it was.

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2A God Constitutes His People into a Nation through a Suzerain/Vassal Covenant Suzerain: Conquering nation Vassal: Defeated nationFirst, a familiar analogy:

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Exodus

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1B God’s Offer of a Covenant with the People, 19:1-8 Note : God’s offer, 19:5b-6 You’ll be a “Kingdom of priests” and a holy nation Note the condition: 19:5a IF you obey me and keep my covenant

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The Law

(Mosaic Covenant)

The Law

(Mosaic Covenant)

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So what’s the connection?• God will still unconditionally fulfill his promise to Abraham; the law doesn’t

change this.• The Law simply serves as a barometer for each generation’s relationship to

the Abrahamic promises.• By obedience to Moses, each generation shows their faith to Abraham; by

disobedience they show unbelief.

• The Law does not MAKE one Righteous• It only EVIDENCES Righteousness. Only Faith (in the promises)

MAKES one Righteous.

13G R A C EG R A C EF A I T HF A I T H

“Good works”Baptism

Circumcision

Basis

Means

Evidence

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Exodus 19:6, “I will make you into a “kingdom of priests.”

Priest

NationOther Nations,i.e. the whole world!

To tell them about . . .

of Priests

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1B God’s Offer of a Covenant with the People, 19:1-8 Note : God’s offer, 19:5b-6 You’ll be a “Kingdom of priests” and a holy nationNote: their response, 19:7-819:7 So Moses came and summoned the elders of Israel. He set before them all these words which the Lord had commanded him. 19:8 And all the people answered together and said, “All that the Lord has commanded we will do.

God’s counter-response: “Well, not so fast, let me explain to you what you’re getting yourselves in to”

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2B The Essence of the Covenant, 19-233B The Ratification of the Covenant, 24First: What is “ratification”?“Official enacting of a covenant”Second: How is it done? by BLOOD, 24:5-8 by a MEAL with the leadership, 24:9-11 by WRITING on tablets, 24:12

2B The Essence of the Covenant, 19-233B The Ratification of the Covenant, 24First: What is “ratification”?“Official enacting of a covenant”Second: How is it done? by BLOOD, 24:5-8 by a MEAL with the leadership, 24:9-11 by WRITING on tablets, 24:1224:5 And he sent young Israelite men, and they offered burnt offerings and sacrificed young bulls for peace offerings to the Lord. 24:6 And Moses took half of the blood and put it in bowls, and half of the blood he dashed against the altar. 24:7 And he took the Book of the Covenant and read it in the hearing of the people; and they said, “We are willing to do and obey all that the Lord has spoken.” 24:8 So Moses took the blood and sprinkled it over the people and said, “This is the blood of the covenant that the Lord has made with you in accordance with all these words.”

24:9 Moses and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and the seventy elders of Israel went up, 24:10 and they saw the God of Israel; and there was under his feet something like a pavement made of sapphire, and clear like the heaven itself.24:11 But he did not lay a hand on the leaders of the Israelites, so they saw God, and they ate and they drank.

24:12 And the Lord said to Moses, “Come up to me to the mountain and be there, and I will give to you stone tablets, namely the law and the commandments that I have written, so that you may teach them. . . . 24:18 And Moses went into the midst of the cloud when he went up to the mountain; and Moses was on the mountain forty days and forty nights.

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2B The Essence of the Covenant, 19-233B The Ratification of the Covenant, 24First: What is “ratification”?“Official enacting of a covenant”Second: How is it done? by BLOOD, 24:5-8 by a MEAL with the leadership, 24:9-11 by WRITING on tablets, 24:12

Luke 22:20 And in the same way he took the cup after they had eaten, saying, “This cup that is poured out for you is the new covenant in my blood.

22:14 Now when the hour came, Jesus took his place at the table and the apostles joined him. 22:15 And he said to them, “I have earnestly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer.

“Hebrews 8:10 “For this is the new covenant that I will establish. I will put my laws in their minds and I will inscribe them on their hearts. And I will be their God and they will be my people.

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3A God Establishes Himself ...as King 1B The Plans Outlined 1C The Revelation of the tabernacle

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3A God Establishes Himself ...as King 1B The Plans Outlined 1C The Revelation of the tabernacle

Stone tablets inside

Atonement lidor Mercy seat

Body-guards

God’s presence

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3A God Establishes Himself ...as King 1B The Plans Outlined 1C The Revelation of the tabernacle2B Historical Interlude & Re-establishment of the Relationship 32-34 3B The Construction Accomplished, 35-40

32:7 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Go down, because your people, whom you brought up out of Egypt, have become corrupt.

32:11 But Moses said, “Lord,” he said, “why should your anger burn against your people, whom you brought out of Egypt with great power and a mighty hand?

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The flow of thought

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19-24

25-40

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Exodus

I pledge allegiance to the covenant

And to the promises for which it stands

“One nation, Under God,

Incorrigible,

With Leader and Land for all.