Welcome to BIBLE 2202 2302

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Welcome to BIBLE 2202 / 2302

• THE PENTATEUCH
• Lect. 15 Tues. 10/17-06

NO SLEEPING NO HEADS ON DESK

• NO BRKFAST EATING IN CLASS
• DRINK, SMALL TIDBIT o.k.
• Men remove headwear.

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Questions on the Last Lecture

• Known the names of the twelve tribes of Israel.
• 2. What is the sources of hatred between Jews
  and Arabs?
• 3. What did Rachel name her sons?
• 4. What happened when she gave birth to the
  second son?
• What did she name him? What did Jacob do when
  she died?
• How can Leahs emotions concerning her sister be
  detected?
• What was the meaning of Jacob? To what did God
  change it? Mean?
• Relate how Jacobs name was changed?
• What may the reader learn from Jacobs wrestling
  with the angel?
• What is Levirate marriage?
• Who was cheated regarding this kind of marriage?
  What did she do?

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Lecture 15
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The Story Turns to Joseph, First born by Rachel
An Explanation of the way Prophecy was fulfilled
concerning Israel becoming strangers in a foreign
land.. Joseph was to to go before them into Egypt
and become a protector for Israel, his family.
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Hatred and Envy in the Fulfillment of the Word

• 3. Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his
  children, because he was the son of his old age
  and he made him a coat of many colours.
• 4. And when his brethren saw that their father
  loved him more than all his brethren, they hated
  him, and could not speak peaceably unto him.
• 5. And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it
  his brethren and they hated him yet the more.

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Satan Would Destroy, Joseph, to be the Seeds
protector, But God says NO!

• Slay Him through family hatred. Possible source
  of this hatred?
• 3719. And they said one to another, Behold,
  this dreamer cometh.
• 20. Come now therefore, and let us slay him,
  and cast him into one of the pits, and we will
  say, And evil beast hath devoured him and we
  shall see what will become of his dreams.
• 21. And Reuben heard it, and delivered him out
  of their hand, and said, Let us not take his
  life.
• 22. And Reuben said unto them, Shed no blood
  cast him into this pit that is in the wilderness,
  but lay no hand upon him that he might deliver
  him out of their hand, to restore him to his
  father.
• 28. And there passed by Midianites, merchantmen
  and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the
  pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for
  twenty pieces of silver. And they brought Joseph
  into Egypt.
• 36. And the Midianites sold him into Egypt unto
  Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh's, the captain of
  the guard.

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Joseph is Spared when wrongfully Accused of a
Capital Crime

• 3912. And she caught him by his garment,
  saying, Lie with me and he left his garment in
  her hand, and fled, and got him out. 13. And
  it came to pass, when she saw that he had left
  his garment in her hand, and was fled forth,
  14. that she called unto the men of her house,
  and spake unto them, saying, See, he hath brought
  in a Hebrew unto us to mock us he came in unto
  me to lie with me, and I cried with a loud voice
  
• 15. and it came to pass, when he heard that I
  lifted up my voice and cried, that he left his
  garment by me, and fled, and got him out. 16.
  And she laid up his garment by her, until his
  master came

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Potiphar, capt. of the guard Gen. 3736

• 3920. And Joseph's master took him, and put him
  into the prison, the place where the king's
  prisoners were bound and he was there in the
  prison. 21. But Jehovah was with Joseph, and
  showed kindness unto him, and gave him favor in
  the sight of the keeper of the prison. 22. And
  the keeper of the prison committed to Joseph's
  hand all the prisoners that were in the prison
  and whatsoever they did there, he was the doer of
  it. 23. The keeper of the prison looked not
  to anything that was under his hand, because
  Jehovah was with him and that which he did,
  Jehovah made it prosper.
• Because of his character, and gift of dream
  interpretation, he eventual was made governor of
  Egypt and brought his family into Egypt where
  they thrived for 400 years.

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How Joseph Became governor of Egypt

• Gen. 40 2. And Pharaoh was wroth against his
  two officers, against the chief of the butlers,
  and against the chief of the bakers.
• 3. And he put them in ward in the house of the
  captain of the guard, into the prison, the place
  where Joseph was bound.
• 4. And the captain of the guard charged Joseph
  with them, and he ministered unto them and they
  continued a season in ward.
• 5. And they dreamed a dream both of them, each
  man his dream, in one night, each man according
  to the interpretation of his dream, the butler
  and the baker of the king of Egypt, who were
  bound in the prison.

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6. And Joseph came in unto them in the morning,
and saw them, and, behold, they were sad. 7.
And he asked Pharaoh's officers that were with
him in ward in his master's house, saying,
Wherefore look ye so sad to-day? 8. And they
said unto him, We have dreamed a dream, and there
is none that can interpret it. And Joseph said
unto them, Do not interpretations belong to God?
tell it me, I pray you. 9. And the chief
butler told his dream to Joseph, and said to him,
In my dream, behold, a vine was before me 10.
and in the vine were three branches and it was
as though it budded, and its blossoms shot forth
and the clusters thereof brought forth ripe
grapes 11. and Pharaoh's cup was in my hand
and I took the grapes, and pressed them into
Pharaoh's cup, and I gave the cup into Pharaoh's
hand.
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12. And Joseph said unto him, This is the
interpretation of it the three branches are
three days 13. within yet three days shall
Pharaoh lift up thy head, and restore thee unto
thine office and thou shalt give Pharaoh's cup
into his hand, after the former manner when thou
wast his butler. 14. But have me in thy
remembrance when it shall be well with thee, and
show kindness, I pray thee, unto me, and make
mention of me unto Pharaoh, and bring me out of
this house 15. for indeed I was stolen away
out of the land of the Hebrews and here also
have I done nothing that they should put me into
the dungeon.
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16. When the chief baker saw that the
interpretation was good, he said unto Joseph, I
also was in my dream, and, behold, three baskets
of white bread were on my head 17. and in the
uppermost basket there was of all manner of baked
food for Pharaoh and the birds did eat them out
of the basket upon my head. 18. And Joseph
answered and said, This is the interpretation
thereof the three baskets are three days 19.
within yet three days shall Pharaoh lift up thy
head from off thee, and shall hang thee on a
tree and the birds shall eat thy flesh from off
thee.
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Joseph Interprets Pharaohs Dream

• 411. And it came to pass at the end of two full
  years, that Pharaoh dreamed and, behold, he
  stood by the river.
• 2. And, behold, there came up out of the river
  seven kine, well-favored and fat-fleshed and
  they fed in the reed-grass.
• 3. And, behold, seven other kine came up after
  them out of the river, ill-favored and
  lean-fleshed, and stood by the other kine upon
  the brink of the river.
• 4. And the ill-favored and lean-fleshed kine
  did eat up the seven well-favored and fat kine.
  So Pharaoh awoke.
• 5. And he slept and dreamed a second time and,
  behold, seven ears of grain came up upon one
  stalk, rank and good.

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6. And, behold, seven ears, thin and blasted
with the east wind, sprung up after them. 7.
And the thin ears swallowed up the seven rank and
full ears. And Pharaoh awoke, and, behold, it was
a dream. 8. And it came to pass in the morning
that his spirit was troubled and he sent and
called for all the magicians of Egypt, and all
the wise men thereof and Pharaoh told them his
dream but there was none that could interpret
them unto Pharaoh. 9. Then spake the chief
butler unto Pharaoh, saying, I do remember my
faults this day 10. Pharaoh was wroth with
his servants, and put me in ward in the house of
the captain of the guard, me and the chief baker
11. and we dreamed a dream in one night, I and
he we dreamed each man according to the
interpretation of his dream.
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12. And there was with us there a young man, a
Hebrew, servant to the captain of the guard and
we told him, and he interpreted to us our dreams
to each man according to his dream he did
interpret. 13. And it came to pass, as he
interpreted to us, so it was me he restored unto
mine office, and him he hanged. 14. Then
Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they brought
him hastily out of the dungeon and he shaved
himself, and changed his raiment, and came in
unto Pharaoh. 15. And Pharaoh said unto
Joseph, I have dreamed a dream, and there is none
that can interpret it and I have heard say of
thee, that when thou hearest a dream thou canst
interpret it.
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16. And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, It is
not in me God will give Pharaoh an answer of
peace. 17. And Pharaoh spake unto Joseph, In my
dream, behold, I stood upon the brink of the
river 18. and, behold, there came up out of the
river seven kine, fat-fleshed and well-favored
and they fed in the reed-grass 19. and, behold,
seven other kine came up after them, poor and
very ill-favored and lean-fleshed, such as I
never saw in all the land of Egypt for badness
20. and the lean and ill-favored kine did eat up
the first seven fat kine 21. and when they had
eaten them up, it could not be known that they
had eaten them but they were still ill-favored,
as at the beginning. So I awoke. 22. And I saw
in my dream, and, behold, seven ears came up upon
one stalk, full and good 23. and, behold,
seven ears, withered, thin, and blasted with the
east wind, sprung up after them 24. and the
thin ears swallowed up the seven good ears and I
told it unto the magicians but there was none
that could declare it to me.
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25. And Joseph said unto Pharaoh, The dream of
Pharaoh is one what God is about to do he hath
declared unto Pharaoh. 26. The seven good kine
are seven years and the seven good ears are
seven years the dream is one. 27. And the
seven lean and ill-favored kine that came up
after them are seven years, and also the seven
empty ears blasted with the east wind they shall
be seven years of famine. 28. That is the
thing which I spake unto Pharaoh what God is
about to do he hath showed unto Pharaoh. 29.
Behold, there come seven years of great plenty
throughout all the land of Egypt 30. and
there shall arise after them seven years of
famine and all the plenty shall be forgotten in
the land of Egypt and the famine shall consume
the land 31. and the plenty shall not be
known in the land by reason of that famine which
followeth for it shall be very grievous.
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32. And for that the dream was doubled unto
Pharaoh, it is because the thing is established
by God, and God will shortly bring it to pass.
33. Now therefore let Pharaoh look out a man
discreet and wise, and set him over the land of
Egypt. 34. Let Pharaoh do this, and let him
appoint overseers over the land, and take up the
fifth part of the land of Egypt in the seven
plenteous years. 35. And let them gather all
the food of these good years that come, and lay
up grain under the hand of Pharaoh for food in
the cities, and let them keep it. 36. And the
food shall be for a store to the land against the
seven years of famine, which shall be in the land
of Egypt that the land perish not through the
famine. 37. And the thing was good in the eyes
of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all his servants.
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42. And Pharaoh took off his signet ring from
his hand, and put it upon Joseph's hand, and
arrayed him in vestures of fine linen, and put a
gold chain about his neck 43. and he made him
to ride in the second chariot which he had and
they cried before him, Bow the knee and he set
him over all the land of Egypt. 44. And
Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I am Pharaoh, and
without thee shall no man lift up his hand or his
foot in all the land of Egypt. 45. And Pharaoh
called Joseph's name Zaphenath-paneah and he
gave him to wife Asenath, the daughter of
Poti-phera priest of On. And Joseph went out over
the land of Egypt. 46. And Joseph was thirty
years old when he stood before Pharaoh king of
Egypt. And Joseph went out from the presence of
Pharaoh, and went throughout all the land of
Egypt.
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After Joseph becomes Gov., A Famine Brings
Josephs Family into Egypt

• 42 6. And Joseph was the governor over the
  land, and he it was that sold to all the people
  of the land and Joseph's brethren came, and
  bowed down themselves before him with their faces
  to the earth.

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Genuine Repentance

• 4431. It shall come to pass, when he seeth that
  the lad is not with us, that he will die and thy
  servants shall bring down the gray hairs of thy
  servant our father with sorrow to the grave.
• 32. For thy servant became surety for the lad
  unto my father, saying, If I bring him not unto
  thee, then I shall bear the blame to my father
  for ever.
• 33. Now therefore, I pray thee, let thy servant
  abide instead of the lad a bondman to my lord
  and let the lad go up with his brethren.
• (Judah had saved Josephs life, 3726)
• 34. For how shall I go up to my father, and the
  lad be not with me? lest peradventure I see the
  evil that shall come on my father.

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JOSEPHs VIEW OF ALL. Wants his bones moved to
Canaan
20. But as for you, ye thought evil against me
but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as
it is this day, to save much people alive. 21.
Now therefore fear ye not I will nourish you,
and your little ones. And he comforted them, and
spake kindly unto them. 22. And Joseph dwelt in
Egypt, he, and his father's house and Joseph
lived an hundred and ten years. 23. And Joseph
saw Ephraim's children of the third generation
the children also of Machir the son of Manasseh
were brought up upon Joseph's knees. 24. And
Joseph said unto his brethren, I die and God
will surely visit you, and bring you out of this
land unto the land which he sware to Abraham, to
Isaac, and to Jacob. 25. And Joseph took an oath
of the children of Israel, saying, God will
surely visit you, and ye shall carry up my bones
from hence. 26. So Joseph died, being an
hundred and ten years old and they embalmed him,
and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.
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Summary and Conclusion to Genesis Study
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How To Cope with Life's Cruelties
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Negative Examples
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How Gods People Cope With Lifes Cruelties

• Not like Sarah who left God out of her plans and
  persuaded her mate to do the same.
• People re-enact Sarahs sin when they design
  their own plans for
• The Way to Become a Christian
• The Way they prefer to Worship God
• The Way they want to organize the church
• The Life style they prefer to live

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How Gods People Cope With Lifes Cruelties

• Not like Isaac who was determined to bless the
  son of his choice over the son of Gods choice.
• People reenact Isaacs sin when they go directly
  against Gods will in
• Selecting a religion of their own choice over
  that which is revealed in the New Test.
• Personal preferences in baptism when the bible
  says there is one baptism.
• Praying to Icons, etc., etc.
• Calling preachers by high sounding titles Matt.
  239

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How Gods People Cope With Lifes Cruelties

• Not like Rebekah and Jacob who pursued Gods
  blessing in the wrong way.
• People reenact Rebekahs Isaacs sin when
  they
• Pervert a Scripture to convert a prospect
• (Isa. 5215 Ez. 3625) Luke 1816
• John 35 Amos 65
• Argue Scripture to win an argument

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How Gods People Cope With Lifes Cruelties

• Not like Esau who regarded fleshly values over
  spiritual values.
• People reenact Rebekahs Isaacs sin when
  they
• Betray their faith to fulfill their fleshly
  appetites.
• Forsake the assembly for a trifle.
• Desire spiritual blessings but walk after the
  flesh.

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Positive Examples
On How to Cope
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How Gods People Cope With Lifes Cruelties

• Like Joseph By Seeing the BIG Picture. God Can
  use You ---- Even in Trouble
• Gen. 455. Now therefore be not grieved, nor
  angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither
  for God did send me before you to preserve life.
  7. And God sent me before you to preserve you a
  posterity in the earth, and to save your lives by
  a great deliverance.
• 8. So now it was not you that sent me hither,
  but God

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How Gods People Cope With Lifes Cruelties

• LIKE JOSEPH Live so that if someone besmirches
  your character, good people wont believe it.
• What tempered the wrath of Potiphar, the Husband?
  Adultery was a capital offense.
• Is sparing Josephs life an indication of
  Potiphars suspicions of his wifes character?
• Did her flirtations only begin with Joseph?
• What stayed the slave owners wrath?

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How Gods People Cope With Lifes Cruelties

• LIKE THE WRITER OF HEBREWS
• They Believe that God allows Trouble in order to
  Make Them A Better Child of God.
• 1210. For they verily for a few days chastened
  us after their own pleasure but he for our
  profit, that we might be partakers of his
  holiness. 11. Now no chastening for the present
  seemeth to be joyous, but grievous nevertheless
  afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of
  righteousness unto them which are exercised
  thereby. 12. Wherefore lift up the hands which
  hang down,

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How Gods People Cope With Lifes Cruelties

• By Taking these Examples as straight from God to
  Us to save us from being Overcome. (Easier said
  than done, isnt it?)
• Rom. 15 4. For whatsoever things were written
  aforetime were written for our learning, that we
  through patience and comfort of the scriptures
  might have hope.
• I COR. 1011. Now all these things happened unto
  them for ensamples and they are written for our
  admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are
  come. 12. Wherefore let him that thinketh he
  standeth take heed lest he fall.

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Keep in Mind What is Going On!
Satan is trying to prevent God from being able
to fulfill His promise in Genesis 315. 1. He
tried by Sin and death of the family seed.
2. He tried by
universal sin.
3. He tried by a
united will of the people
4. He tried by
thwarting the marriage of Abraham Sarah

5. He tried by substituting the
eldest son through a Fathers pride.

6. He tried by attempting
to destroy Joseph
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He will now try by destroying the male Israelites

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GENESIS CLOSES WITH THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL
(JACOB) IN EGYPT.
READ EXODUS
EXODUS OPENS WITH A PHAROAH THAT FEARS THE GROWTH
OF THE ISRAELITES AND SEEKS TO DIMENISH IT BY
EXTERMINATING THE MALE POPULATION

ABRAHAM CA. 2100 B.C.
Jacobs
migration into Egypt 1870 B.C MOSES
WAS BORN ABOUT 1527 B.C. ISRAEL
430 years in Egypt
EXODUS ca. 1445
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EXODUS

• 1. The "path out" exit, departure
• 2. Theme How Israel became the covenant
  nation.
• 3. Moses Joshua are the chief characters
• 4. Chapter 1 _at_ 300 years
• 5. Chapters 2 - 19 _at_ 80 years and _at_ 800
  miles
• 6. God's faithfulness - Israel's fickleness
• 8. Ten commandments
• 9. Tabernacle

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Keeping the Dates in Mind
ABRAHAM ---ca. 2100 B.C. JACOBS move into Egypt
ca1870 B.C MOSES WAS BORN ca 1527
B.C. ISRAEL Was 430 years in
Egypt (Ex. 1240)
EXODUS occurred ca. 1445
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Another Way to Determine the Time

• I KGS. 61. And it came to pass in the four
  hundred and eightieth year after the children of
  Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the
  fourth year of Solomon's reign over Israel,
  (Began 965 B.C) in the month Ziv, which is the
  second month, that he began to build the house of
  Jehovah.
• 965 B.C. 4 961 480 1441 FOR EXODUS
• 1441 - 40 1401 WILDERNESS WANDERING
• 1441 40 1481 WHEN FLED EGYPT TO MIDIAN
• 1481 40 1521 B.C. FOR MOSES BIRTH

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Midian
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EXODUS 1 God Saves Moses, His chosen deliverer,
from Pharaohs law of Male Infanticide

• Ex. 116. And he said, When ye do the office of
  a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see them upon
  the stools if it be a son, then ye shall kill
  him but if it be a daughter, then she shall
  live.
• 17. But the midwives feared God, and did not as
  the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the
  men children alive.
• GOD MOCKS PHARAOH (SATAN) BY RAISING MOSES IN HIS
  HOUSE AND EDUCATING HIM.

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GOD USES PHARAOAH TO EDUCATE MOSES
Exodus 23. And when she could not longer hide
him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and
daubed it with slime and with pitch, and put the
child therein and she laid it in the flags by
the river's brink.
4. And his sister stood afar off, to wit what
would be done to him. 5. And the daughter of
Pharaoh came down to wash herself at the river
and her maidens walked along by the river's side
and when she saw the ark among the flags, she
sent her maid to fetch it. 6. And when she had
opened it, she saw the child and, behold, the
babe wept. And she had compassion on him, and
said, This is one of the Hebrews' children.
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MOSES MOTHER REARS HER CHILD IN PHAROAHS HOUSE
7. Then said his sister to Pharaoh's daughter,
Shall I go and call to thee a nurse of the Hebrew
women, that she may nurse the child for thee? 8.
And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, Go. And the
maid went and called the child's mother. 9. And
Pharaoh's daughter said unto her, Take this child
away, and nurse it for me, and I will give thee
thy wages. And the woman took the child, and
nursed it. 10. And the child grew, and she
brought him unto Pharaoh's daughter, and he
became her son. And she called his name Moses
and she said, Because I drew him out of the
water. 11. And it came to pass in those days,
when Moses was grown, that he went out unto his
brethren, and looked on their burdens and he
spied an Egyptian smiting an Hebrew, one of his
brethren. 12. And he looked this way and that
way, and when he saw that there was no man, he
slew the Egyptian, and hid him in the sand.
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EXODUS 2 13-16 AT 40, MOSES KILLS AN EGYPTIAN
FOR WHIPPING AN ISRAELITE AND FLEES FOR HIS
LIFE Goes to Midian and becomes a sheep herder
for Jethro who becomes his Father-in-law. Another
40 years pass and God is now ready to use him as
a deliverer for the children of Israel from
Egyptian slavery and form them into a nation
under God.
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Moses And the Burning Bush
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God Calls Moses
1. Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father
in law, the priest of Midian and he led the
flock to the backside of the desert, and came to
the mountain of God, even to Horeb.
2. And the angel of the Lord appeared unto him
in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush
and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with
fire, and the bush was not consumed. 3. And
Moses said, I will now turn aside, and see this
great sight, why the bush is not burnt. 4.
And when the Lord saw that he turned aside to
see, God called unto him out of the midst of the
bush, and said, Moses, Moses. And he said, Here
am I. 5. And he said, Draw not nigh hither put
off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place
whereon thou standest is holy ground.
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Lessons from the Burning Bush

• 1. The manner varies but the calling is always
  through the word!
• A. Heb. 11-2 God, who at sundry times and in
  divers manners spake in time past unto the
  fathers by the prophets, hath in these last days
  spoken unto us by his Son,
• B. 2 Thess. 214. Whereunto he called you by
  our gospel, to the obtaining of the glory of our
  Lord Jesus Christ.

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2. God Calls those Whom He has equipped

• 1. He equipped Moses with a formal education
• 2. Practical ed. 40 years of shepherding.
• Jesus educated his disciples (Acts 1)
• They waited for 40 days.
• Paul waited for 3 years (Gal. 117)

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Christians are called through education

• Mt. 28 19. Go ye therefore, and teach all
  nations, baptizing them in the name of the
  Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost
• 20. Teaching them to observe all things
  whatsoever I have commanded you and, lo, I am
  with you alway, even unto the end of the world.
  Amen.
• John 645 And they shall be all taught of God.
  Every man therefore that hath heard, and hath
  learned of the Father, cometh unto me.

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Christians Are Equipped for their Calling

• 16. All scripture is given by inspiration of
  God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof,
  for correction, for instruction in righteousness
• 17. That the man of God may be perfect,
  throughly furnished unto all good works.

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The Called are equipped According to their
Abilities

• Matthew 2515. And unto one he gave five
  talents, to another two, and to another one to
  every man according to his several ability

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God Calls Busy people

• Moses was at work
• The disciples were at work.
• Lydia a traveling business lady
• The lazy need not apply.

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MOSES EXCUSES ARE STILL AROUND TODAY Ex. 3-4

• 1. WHO AM I (AGAINST PHARAOH?)
• 2. WHAT SHALL I SAY WHEN THEY ASK QUESTIONS?
• 3. THEY WONT BELIEVE ME
• 4. IM NOT ELOQUENT
• 5. GET SOMEONE ELSE
• A GOOD SOUNDING REASON IS NOT ALWAYS A GOOD
  SOUND REASON.

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Qualifications for Hearing the Call of God as at
the Burning Bush

• 1. Keep your distance. (N.T. says to draw nigh,
  but this means having no intermediary)
• (Eccl. 1212)
• 2. If you want Gods Word- remove your shoes
• 3. Humility Moses hid his face.
• Nu. 122 Matt. 5 3
• 4. Here am I Yield to the Word, whatever.
  Example of Mary.

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The bush still burns when the heart burns to
receive the word

• 1. Lord, What wilt Thou have me to do?
• 2. What are you going to do with my me and my
  life.
• 3. Help me learn and use the rod of thy power.

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The Great I Am Sends Moses TO Pharaoh
EX. 313. And Moses said unto God, Behold, when
I come unto the children of Israel, and shall say
unto them, The God of your fathers hath sent me
unto you and they shall say to me, What is his
name? what shall I say unto them? 14. And God
said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM and he said,
Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel,
I AM hath sent me unto you.
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Jesus claimed this identification for Himself
John 858. Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily,
I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.
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Moses Confronts Pharaoh With the Rod of God

• 1. And afterward Moses and Aaron went in, and
  told Pharaoh, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel,
  Let my people go, that they may hold a feast unto
  me in the wilderness.
• 2. And Pharaoh said, Who is the Lord, that I
  should obey his voice to let Israel go? I know
  not the Lord, neither will I let Israel go.

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The Test of Serpents
EX. 78. And the Lord spake unto Moses and unto
Aaron, saying, 9. When Pharaoh shall speak unto
you, saying, Shew a miracle for you then thou
shalt say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and cast it
before Pharaoh, and it shall become a serpent.
10. And Moses and Aaron went in unto Pharaoh,
and they did so as the Lord had commanded and
Aaron cast down his rod before Pharaoh, and
before his servants, and it became a serpent.
11. Then Pharaoh also called the wise men and
the sorcerers now the magicians of Egypt, they
also did in like manner with their enchantments.
12. For they cast down every man his rod, and
they became serpents but Aaron's rod swallowed
up their rods. 13. And he hardened Pharaoh's
heart, that he hearkened not unto them as the
Lord had said.
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The Rod of Gods Power was in Moses Hand Learn

• Every person has something to give.
• Often little things we give can make a big
  difference!
• Often what we give looks so small compared to the
  great need.
• Often we are asked to give when its not
  convenient!
• Often we are asked to give the very thing we
  need.
• The rod of God is in your hand! Are you using it?

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Gods Calls are Extremely Difficult and Unsettling

Moses, a shepherd, was called to face the
unequalled power of Pharaohthe most difficult
task he could ever fathom.
Esther went in to petition the king when her was
at stake
The disciples were asked to return to Jerusalem,
where the crucifixion took place.
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WHY THE PLAGUES?
Ex. 52 I know not the Lord, neither will I let
Israel go. 717In this thou shalt know that I am
the Lord (First plague) 510 that thou mayest
know that there is none like unto the Lord our
God. (2nd plague) 822 to the end thou mayest
know that I am the Lord (4th Plague Repeated
after the 7th (929) the 8th (102) the 10th
(117) and at the Red Sea destruction of
Pharaohs army 144, 18).
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The Ten Plagues Ex. 7-11

• Water to blood.
• 2. Swarms of frogs
  
• 3. Gnats or lice
  
• 4. Swarms of flies (Hebrews spared)
  
• 5. Plague upon Cattle with Hebrew stock spared
• 6. Boils on man and beast
  
• 7. Hail, thunder, lightening, except in Hebrew
  Goshen
• 8. Plague of locusts
  
• 9. 3 Days of thick darkness
  
• 10. Death of the first born in Egypt, people
  cattle.
• Hebrews exempted if made sacrificial
  preparations

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The Purpose of the Plagues
EX. 1212 and against all the gods of Egypt I
will execute judgment I am the Lord. Hek was the
frog goddess of fruitfulness Khepera was a god in
the form of a beetle (fly) Hathor a cow headed
goddess Nut, the sky goddess protector of the
dead. Serapia, the protector from locusts Re the
sun God, king of gods Hapi was the god of the
Nile Taurt, goddess of maternity
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After the Plagues, the eternal principle of
blessing and Cursing is apparent

• The wages of sin (rejection and transgression of
  Gods word) is death (Rom. 623)
• But the gift of God (grace) is eternal life
  through Jesus Christ our Lord (Rom. 623)
• (the Lamb of God John 129)

65
An Angel---Salvation is in Obedience to the word
and the Blood of A Lamb121-1316
EX. 1213 And the blood shall be to you for a
token upon the houses where ye are and when I
see the blood, I will pass over you, and the
plague shall not be upon you to destroy you, when
I smite the land of Egypt. 14. And this day
shall be unto you for a memorial and ye shall
keep it a feast to the Lord throughout your
generations ye shall keep it a feast by an
ordinance for ever
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Christ is our Passover I Cor. 57

• Christ is the blood sacrifice that enables God to
  Pass over our sins and not destroy us with the
  world of unbelievers.
• Instituted at the last Passover of Jesus on earth
  this, too, is a memorial for Christians to be
  observed on every first day of the week, Lk.
  2219 I Cor. 1124
• Salvation is in the blood of the Lamb.

67
Testimony of John the Baptist Concerning Jesus
as the Passover Lamb

• John 129
• The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him,
  and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh
  away the sin of the world.

68

• I Pet. 118. Forasmuch as ye know that ye were
  not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver
  and gold, from your vain conversation received by
  tradition from your fathers
• 19. But with the precious blood of Christ, as
  of a lamb without blemish and without spot
• 20. Who verily was foreordained before the
  foundation of the world, but was manifest in
  these last times for you,

69
Trust and Obey the Word

• REV. 2012. And I saw the dead, small and great,
  stand before God and the books were opened and
  another book was opened, which is the book of
  life and the dead were judged out of those
  things which were written in the books, according
  to their works.

70
The Passover is Established 121-1316
13. And the blood shall be to you for a token
upon the houses where ye are and when I see the
blood, I will pass over you, and the plague shall
not be upon you to destroy you, when I smite the
land of Egypt. 14. And this day shall be unto
you for a memorial and ye shall keep it a feast
to the Lord throughout your generations ye shall
keep it a feast by an ordinance for ever
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7 Days of festivities followed
Ex. 1215. Seven days shall ye eat unleavened
bread even the first day ye shall put away
leaven out of your houses for whosoever eateth
leavened bread from the first day until the
seventh day, that soul shall be cut off from
Israel. 16. And in the first day there shall be
an holy convocation, and in the seventh day there
shall be an holy convocation to you no manner of
work shall be done in them, save that which every
man must eat, that only may be done of you.
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The Passover and the feast of unleavened bread
Began on the 14th of Nisan (Abid)
Ex. 1217. And ye shall observe the feast of
unleavened bread for in this selfsame day have I
brought your armies out of the land of Egypt
therefore shall ye observe this day in your
generations by an ordinance for ever. 18. In the
first month, on the fourteenth day of the month
at even, ye shall eat unleavened bread, until the
one and twentieth day of the month at even. 19.
Seven days shall there be no leaven found in your
houses for whosoever eateth that which is
leavened, even that soul shall be cut off from
the congregation of Israel, whether he be a
stranger, or born in the land. 20. Ye shall eat
nothing leavened in all your habitations shall
ye eat unleavened bread.
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The Shadow of the Feast of Unleavened Bread

• After Deliverance by the Lamb of God, a life of
  purity should follow.
• I Pet. 224. Who his own self bare our sins in
  his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to
  sins, should live unto righteousness by whose
  stripes ye were healed.
• Be ye holy, for I myself am holy. Lev. 207
• I Pet. 15. But as he which hath called you is
  holy, so be ye holy in all manner of
  conversation 16. Because it is written, Be ye
  holy for I am holy.

74
Number in the Exodus
The Exodus
1237 And the children of Israel journeyed from
Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand on
foot that were men, beside children. Women and
children not counted in the census Over 2 million
would have been in the exodus.
75
Years in Egypt
1241. And it came to pass at the end of the
four hundred and thirty years, even the selfsame
day it came to pass, that all the hosts of the
Lord went out from the land of Egypt.
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God Makes a Covenant with the New Nation Ex. 19-24
3 MONTHS TO SINAI---The Covenant Made (191) 4.
Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyptians, and
how I bare you on eagles' wings, and brought you
unto myself. 5. Now therefore, if ye will obey
my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye
shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all
people for all the earth is mine 6. And ye
shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an
holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt
speak unto the children of Israel. 7. And Moses
came and called for the elders of the people, and
laid before their faces all these words which the
Lord commanded him. 8. And all the people
answered together, and said, All that the Lord
hath spoken we will do. And Moses returned the
words of the people unto the Lord.
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Our Covenant is made after our deliverance at the
cross of Jesus

• Heb. 1224. You have come to Jesus the
  mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of
  sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that
  of Abel.
• 25. See that ye refuse not him that speaketh.
  For if they escaped not who refused him that
  spake on earth, much more shall not we escape, if
  we turn away from him that speaketh from heaven
• I Pet. 29. But ye are a chosen generation, a
  royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar
  people

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THEIR COVENANT WAS THE DECALOGUE
EXODUS
201-20

• 1. Thou shalt have no other gods before me. (who
  to worship)
• 2. You shall not make for yourself a graven
  image. (Images of God are outlawed)
• 3. You shall not take the name of the Lord your
  God in vain. (not just cursingfrivolously)
• 4 Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy.
• 5. Honor your father and your mother
• 6. You shall not kill (murder)
• 7. You shall not commit adultery.
• 8. You shall not steal.
• 9. You shall not bear false witness.
• 10 You shall not covet.

GOD MAN
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Our Covenant is in Christ

• Jer. 31. Behold, the days come, saith Jehovah,
  that I will make a new covenant with the house of
  Israel, and with the house of Judah
• Heb 12 24. You have come to Jesus the
  mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of
  sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that
  of Abel.
• The old covenant was sealed by the blood of an
  animal and sprinkled upon the contents of the
  temple. The blood of Jesus is sprinkled upon the
  contents of the inner man.

80
The Tabernacle Its makeup
and meaning Exodus 25 26
81
The Tabernacle A Shadow of Jesus and the K.O.H.
Holy of Holies
ARK and mercy seat Gods throne and dwelling place
Lamp stand Light
Table of Show Bread Gods presence and sustenance

• Hebrews 101. For the law having a shadow of
  good things to come, and not the very image of
  the things, can never with those sacrifices which
  they offered year by year continually make the
  comers thereunto perfect.

Holy Place
Altar
Blood atonement
Laver
Washing/cleansing
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Furnishings of the Tabernacle

• Here are possible spiritual
  applications of the
  furniture
• The ark of the covenant Ex. 2510-22
• A box approx. 39 long X 23 wide high
• Overlaid with pure gold.inside was placed the
  tables of stone (Ex. 2516) A jar of manna (Ex.
  16 33-34) and Aarons rod that budded (Nu.
  174-10)
• On top was the mercy seat of pure gold 39 X
  23. Pure gold (Ex. 2517)
• On either end were two cherubim of pure gold
  facing each other with wing covering the mercy
  seat and their tips touching.
• Here God promised to meet Israel. (Ex. 2518ff
  Nu. 789)
• The H. Priest only entered here once a year.

83
Meaning of the Ark of the Covenant

• The ark seems to have symbolized the throne of
  God
• Ps. 801 thou that leadest Joseph like a flock
  thou that dwellest between the cherubims, shine
  forth.
• Ps. 991 The Lord reigneth let the people
  tremble he sitteth between the Cherubims

84
A symbol of Atonement for Sins

• 1614. And he shall take of the blood of the
  bullock, and sprinkle it with his finger upon
  the mercy seat eastward and before the
  mercy seat shall he sprinkle of the blood with
  his finger seven times.
• Lev. 1630. For on that day shall the priest
  make an atonement for you, to cleanse you, that
  ye may be clean from all your sins before the
  Lord.
• 1634. And this shall be an everlasting statute
  unto you, to make an atonement for the children
  of Israel for all their sins once a year. And
  he did as the Lord commanded Moses.

85
But was formality enough?
What about Mercy/grace?

• Hos. 6 6. For I desired mercy, and not
  sacrifice and the knowledge of God more than
  burnt offerings.
• Matt. 913. But go ye and learn what that
  meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice
  for I am not come to call the righteous, but
  sinners to repentance.
• Matt. 12 7. But if ye had known what this
  meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice, ye
  would not have condemned the guiltless.
• Never worship as a mere ritual. The right
  attitude of heart is indispensable to acceptable
  worship.

86
Jesus alone was the fulfillment of the true
meaning of the Ark of the Covenant

• He is Gods covenant to man, his mercy, his
  atonement, his acceptable sacrifice, his just
  requirement.
• Rom. 83. For what the law could not do, in
  that it was weak through the flesh, God sending
  his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and
  for sin, condemned sin in the flesh
• 4. That the righteousness of the law might be
  fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh,
  but after the Spirit.
• 5. For they that are after the flesh do mind
  the things of the flesh but they that are after
  the Spirit the things of the Spirit.
• 6. For to be carnally minded is death but to
  be spiritually minded is life and peace.
• Let our prayers rise from humility of heart
  realizing that the atonement at the ark was but a
  shadow of Jesus to come.

87
The Table of Showbread

• Instructions are found in Ex. 2523ff. The
  construction in Ex. 3710ff. It was 3 feet long,
  1-1/2 feet wide by 2-1/3 feet high overlaid with
  pure gold.
• 12 loaves were set (6X6) upon the table with
  dishes and incense holders (Le. 245dff)
• Eaten every Sababth by Aaron sons.
• New loaves and incense were placed there weekly.

88
Meaning of the Showbread

• Not for form. A preparation for the coming
  Messiah. As some of the manna from heaven was
  placed in the ark for remembrance by future
  generations, so the loaves were on the table
  continually. It was called the bread of the
  Presence (Ex. 164,33). God was ever caring and
  providing for His people. He was always present
  (Dt. 32. Is. 4010-11, I Cor. 103).
• Jesus was born in Bethlehem (house of bread)
  significant of the heavenly bread. Jesus said he
  was the bread of life. (John 635)

89
The Lampstand

• The golden lampstand (not candlestick) was to be
  of pure gold (Ex. 2531ff).
• It had a stem and six branches, three on each
  side, making seven. The cups on each branch
  burned with pure olive oil from evening til
  morning. (Ex. 2720ff) They were cleaned each
  morning and kept in immaculate condition.

90
Meaning of the Lampstand

• It is obviously connected with light. There
  meaning was far beyond formality. As the light
  penetrated ever part of the holy place, so does
  God. Jesus said that He (His teaching) is light
  in the worlds darkness (Jn. 812) To receive
  Jesus into the heart is to receive the love of
  his teaching concerning what to do to be saved,
  how to worship, and how to live a holy acceptable
  life.
• Jesus said we are the light of the world
  (reflective of the light of his teaching (Mt.
  514).
• Light is a servant and never served, so are his
  disciples. Never should the Christian life
  become a dull routine.
• Mt. 516 Let your light so shine.

91
The Golden Altar of Incense

• 1-1/2 feet square by 3 feet high.
• Aaron was to burn incense each time he cleaned
  the lampstand (Ex. 307-8).
• On the day of the atonement he was to sprinkle
  blood on the horns of the table. (Ex.
  303,10).

92
The Meaning of the Altar of Incense

• It seems to symbolize a communion with God
  through prayer and daily holiness of life.
• The Jews associated prayer with the altar of
  incense.
• Amos 521. I hate, I despise your feast days,
  and I will not smell in your solemn assemblies.
• Luke 110 And the whole multitude of the people
  were praying without at the time of incense.
• Rev. 84. And the smoke of the incense, which
  came with the prayers of the saints, ascended up
  before God out of the angel's hand.
• Prayer is not a ritual to be said at set
  intervals. It is a privilegethe heart communing
  with God in deep reverence

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The Altar Ex. 271-8, 381-7

• 7.5 feet square x 4.5 feet high
• Made of acacia wood overlaid with bronze.
• All utensils were bronze. Here the sacrifices
  were burned . There were daily offerings as well
  as offering on special occasions.

94
The Meaning of the Altar of Sacrifice

• The killings and blood cleansing offering were
  done over and over for centuries. Without a deep
  spiritual mind one can see how that the priests
  could become bored, even disgusted. To the deep
  spiritual mind who sought to penetrate the
  reasons, it would become evident with an
  increasing awareness of the principle of the
  innocent being sacrificed for the guilty. This
  should have been evident in the offering of Jesus
  , and was to many like Paul (I Cor. 57)

95
The Great Tragedy

• The Priests missed the spiritual implications of
  the tabernacle and temple worship system. They
  became mercenary with the sacrifices and turned
  the temple into a den of thieves.
• Christ was the sanctuary of God on earth, the
  mercy, the altar atonement, light, life, bread,
  and communion of God with men.
• So sad, that many have apparently turned worship
  into entertainment. For many the singing,
  praying, the Lords supper, giving and preaching
  seem to have become mechanical acts of ritualism

96
Disrespect for Worship as God Would Have it
Idolatry Emerges Read Exodus 32-34

• Moses was forty days in the Mt. Receiving Gods
  Word.
• Aaron bows to pressure from the people to make a
  golden calf.
• Moses returns, in anger breaks the ten
  commandments,

97

• All things pointed to the coming of Jesus, His
  church, and to final salvation in heaven.

98
Shadows of the Heart as the True Temple of God
Christians glory-light Mt. 514,16
Heaven glory-light Rev. 21-23
Tabernacle glory/fire
Jesus glory/light
Most Holy
naos
naos
naos ETERNAL HEAVENLY Rev. 2122
TEMP. EARTHLY Ex. 2633
TEMP. EARTHLY- HEAVENLY Jn. 2. 20-21
TEMP. EARTHLY- HEAVENLY 1 Cr. 619
heiron
heiron
99
Pentecost Lev. 239-12 Num. 2826-31
Passover Unleavened Bread Pentecost,
Booths/Tabernacles

• 239. The Feast of Pentecost (50) or Feast of
  Weeks (7 weeks 1). That as the first fruits of
  harvest were offered to God, then He should be
  first in ones life because of great gratitude
  for His sustenance in life.
• Jesus was the first fruits and Christians are the
  latter harvest that follows. As Jesus offered
  Himself to God, should we follow His example.

100
Putting it All together What the Shadows Portray

• 1. Pharaoh --- A shadow of Satan 2. Egypt ---
  as shadow of slavery to sin 3. The death angel
  wages of sin is death
• 4. The Passover. Depicts the death of the Lamb of
  God, deliverance from Pharaoh and Egypt, viz.
  Satan and the bondage of sin. Jesus is our
  Passover (I Cor. 57) 5. The Crossing fo the Red
  Sea. The separation from sin at baptism and from
  the old life of slavery.
• 6. The song of deliverance. The joy of
  deliverance from sin. (Ex. 1515 Cp. Acts 239
  839) 7. The feast of Unleavened Bread. The
  clean/holy life to be lived after afterward.
• 8. The Feast of Pentecost or Feast of Weeks.
  Give God the first fruits. 9. Annual Atonement
  This was a fast day. 10 of Tishri
• 9. The wilderness of Wandering. The trials of
  life that test faithfulness between conversion
  and death
• 10. Feast of the Booths (Tabernacles) Joy of
  faithful life. 15th of Tishri (7 days in 7th
  month)
• 11. Crossing Jordantransition into the promised
  land(Heaven for us!)

101
10. . Annual Atonement Lev. 16 23 Num. 29
(10th day of the 7th monthTishri)

• Besides other animals such as a bull for a sin
  offering for the high priest, two goats were
  offered.
• 1. The goat for Jehovah.. The atoning sacrifice
  for the peoples sin
• 2. The goat for Azazel (removal) The putting away
  of sin in their lives

102
Feast of Booths- Harvest Last Feast of the year.
7 joyous days -14th to 21st Day of Tishri
Sept./Oct. Lev. 2343
DAY BULLS RAMS LAMBS GOATS 1st 13 2
14 1 2ND 12 2 14 1 3RD 11 2 14 1 4TH 10
2 14 1 5th 9 2 14 1 6th 8 2 14 1 7th 7
2 14 1 Total 70 14 98 7 8th 1 1 7 1
103
THE SABBATH SYSTEM
104
The Pyramidical Sabbatical system

• There was the weekly Sabbath celebrated each 7th
  day because God rested from creation on the 7th
  dayGen. 22-3 Ex. 1622-30 208-11
• HOW WERE THE JEWS SUPPOSED TO KEEP THE WEEKLY
  SABBATH? WHY?
• 1. 2 male lambs were sacrificed as burnt
  offerings, along with cereal and drink offerings.
• 1. No work was to be done.. They were to cook
  sufficiently on the 6th day for the next. No
  traveling was to be done (Ex. 1623-30).
• 2. Penalty for breaking the Sabbath was death
  (Ex. 3115 Nu, 1532)
• WHAT WERE THE JEWS SUPPOSED TO LEARN FROM THIS?

105
The New Moon Monthly Sabbath

• 1. Offering of 2 young bulls
• 2. One ram and 7 male lambs a year old without
  blemish.
• 3. Flour, oil and wine were also offered
• 4. A male goat was sacrificed as a sin offering.
• All theses offering were in addition to the
  regular daily and Sabbath offerings.
• Num. 2811-15

106
The Seventh Sabbatical Month

• 1. At the beginning of the month trumpets were
  blown signifying the beginning of a holy day
  (Lev. 2323-25 Nu. 291)
• 2. One young bull, one ram, seven male lambs a
  year old without blemish accompanied with cereal
  offerings were offered as a pleasing odor to the
  Lord (Num. 292-6)
• 3. According to the Jews observance of the New
  Moon Sabbath was symbolic of surrender to the
  Lord. This was called a day of gladness as
  trumpets were blown over the burnt and peace
  offerings. (Num. 1010)
• 4. What were they to do and learn from the
  monthly sabbath?
• 4. The Jews gradually drifted from the spiritual
  significance of the Sabbaths. Amos 84-6) Says
  that they were glad when they were ovcer so they
  could sell grain.

107
The 7th or Sabbatical year

• For additional emphasis God prescribed the
  observance of a Sabbatic year for Israel (Ex.
  2310-11 Lev. 252-7) Deut. 151-18 3110-13).
• In the seventh year the land was left unplowed,
  unsown, and unharvested by the owner. Any crops
  which germinated naturally were for the slaves to
  gather and the animals to eat (Lev. 252-7)

108
Jubilee or 50th Year Sabbath

• In order for Israel to reach a pinnacle height of
  spiritual observance twice each century, God gave
  the year of Jubilee (5oth). The land was to be
  left unplowed and the people ceased from all
  physical work (Lev. 258-34 2717-24 Num.
  364).
• The year began on the annual Atonement Day (Lev.
  1629, 259) on the 10th day of Tishra (7th
  month). It began with trumpet blowing (Lev.
  259) and with Jubilee (loud shouting). Since it
  was preceded by a sabbatical year (49th), God
  said if they were faithful He would provide an
  abundant crop year in the 6th and 48th year (Lev.
  258) and with fruit for three years Lev. 2521).
• All land was to be returned to the original
  owner, and all indentured servants freed and
  debts forgiven (Lev. 2513-55).

109
Note the Accumulations of Sabbaths, special days
and years leading to the 50th year.

• 1. Approx. 2,184 regular Sabbaths plus special
  Sabbaths (feasts). All Sabbath days in the 7th
  year and in the year of Jubilee were omitted
  because the entire year was a Sabbath of
  cessation of laborious work.
• 2. Each year the 7th months was observed as a
  Sabbatic month.
• 3. The 7th, 14th, 21st, 28th, 35th, 42nd, and
  49th were Sabbatic years
• 4. The 50th year followed the 49th which meant
  two Sabbath years in a row twice per century were
  to eb observed. God would provide for them (Lev.
  2519-22).

110

• THE SPIRITUAL APPLICATION
• The Sabbath, seventh month, Sabbatic year, and
  Jubilee year all were joined in principle and
  should have portrayed increasingly for the
  Israelite the supremacy of the SPIRITUAL over the
  PHYSICAL.Every seventh day, he was re minded in
  cessation from labor that it was God ordained. As
  God ceased from creation (Gen. 22-3), so man
  ceased his daily work which was a means in
  contemplation of the end eternal life. Because
  of sin, the joy and blessings of God's original
  creation were lost in toil, sweat, and labor. But
  each Sabbath was a reminder that God would
  eventually redeem man. Thus, every seven days he
  should have appreciated anew God's pledge of
  eternal blessing when man enters his True
  Restfellowship with God apart from sin.

111
The Seventh month was inaugurated by the special
holy day and blowing of trumpets. It introduced
the month in which the annual atonement and feast
of the tabernacles was celebrated. It should have
reminded the rulers, priests and nation that God
had blessed them, through the year and had
providentially met their every need. Therefore,
with the harvest complete, they were prepared in
an attitude of thanksgiving and humility to seek
His mercy in atonement despite their sin and to
prepare as a joyous nation to dwell in booths.
In like manner, the Sabbatic year was to more
deeply impress upon the spiritual man that God
would provide throughout the year SPIRITUALLY as
He most certainly had PHYSICALLY. Thus, man's
sowing and reaping each year was not an end, but
simply a means until redemption was complete.
112
The cessation every seven years for a YEAR (not
just a day as on the Sabbath) could not help but
deepen insight into the mercy, grace and love of
God for man. Separated from material pursuits, he
could cultivate the spiritual by meditation and
thanksgiving. It foreshadowed an eternal rest
from the physical and simultaneously depicted
eternal spiritual service to His blessed
Lord. The Jubilee year climaxed God's covenant of
redemption. Although there is no record of
national reaction in the Bible to its observance,
it should have enabled the spiritual Israelite
to perceive the eventual eternal bliss with God.
After 48 years of weekly Sabbaths, interspersed
with 48 seventh months' introducing atonement and
the feast of the tabernacles, and six sabbatic
years, the 49th year as a seventh sabbatic year
was followed by the jubilee year.
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Thus for two consecutive years every fifty years,
the Israelite should have been made deeply
conscious of the SPIRITUAL and how trivial and
inconsequential were the material means of life.
God completely provided for his every need during
the three yearsa period of gracethe two while
he was devoting himself WHOLLY TO HIS CREATOR,
and during the sowing and growing of a crop in
the 51st year (Lev. 2521). Such a life for the
period must have enabled the man of faith to draw
as close to God as possible on earth in realizing
the future glory of the heavenly realm. Also, the
return of land and the freeing of slaves should
have impressed indelibly upon the individual soul
the concept that all of the earth is a means to
the end of serving God TOTALLY, ABSOLUTELY AND
COMPLETELY.
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All here was transitory, not eternal. It would
serve its purpose until salvation was fully
accomplished. When redemption was realized, the
land or property which he might have thought as
valuable was gone forever the service from his
fellow manno longer needed or wanted. ALL MEN
were to serve GOD WHO ALONE WAS THEIR MASTER. To
convince the doubter, who might withhold from the
needy because the jubilee was approaching that he
was not a master but a servant, the Lord said, "
To me the people of Israel are servants, they are
my servants whom I brought forth out of the land
of Egypt I am the Lord your God". (Lev. 2517,
51-55). What a marvelous provision by the Lord!
Therefore, two years of meditation, appreciation
and spiritual communion with God unhindered by
toil in the field, etc. should have made everyone
GOD CONSCIOUS and fervently desirous of eternal
life with God.
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