Old Testament Survey: Course OT2 The Exodus and the Law

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1 Answer Key for Students Old Testament Survey: Course OT2 The Exodus and the Law MOUNT ZION BIBLE INSTITUTE You have been encouraged to use your own words while formulating answers from the reading text. We are looking for your own thoughts and words in order to demonstrate your understanding of what you have read. In this answer key, we have often quoted from the text directly, in order to have an accurate standard of comparison for your answers in your own words. Therefore, your answers are acceptable whenever they are in general agreement with the text; we do not require or want an exact match with our answers provided herein. Some questions ask for a personal response. We suggest you review these with your pastor or other mature Christian that you know. Answers or words not from the reading text are set in brackets. Lesson 5 The Covenant People Delivered: Exodus, Part 1 1. Exodus is intended to show a) how God redeems His people, and b) how He organized of the covenant nation. 2. There was a threefold promise to Abrtaham of 1) a land to be received, 2) a nation to be formed, and 3) a blessing to be bestowed upon all men through Abraham. In Exodus we see 2) the seed of Abraham formed into a great nation. 3. a. The first is the Exodus itself. The second is the establishment of the National Covenant at Mount Sinai. b. 1) The Exodus: What God did for them in those three days was enough to obligate them to Him for the rest of their lives. ming sacrifice. 2) The National Covenant: Israel beience with God. 4. God hones in on some key events by greatly slowing down the narrative, so that we might notice the importance. 5. a. they became very numerous. He determined to reduce them to a state where they could never rebel or aid any invader. b. To this end he placed them in bondage. 6. The bondage itself symbolized that cruel captivity in which man is kept by sin. 7. Moses ming His people from Egyptian bondage. 8. n- cerned with His covenant. Thus they indicate that He is the One Who is faithful to keep all His covenant promises. 9. [Because] he lived in the lap of luxury and was pampered at every turn. He had the best opportunities through personal contact with the most important people on earth. The royal court was rich to his intellect and senses. All the pride of Egypt told him how great he But just because of these things, Moses was not ready to be a spiritual leader. 10. message was this: it was all of God God had given Moses all his talents, education, and contacts then God by-passed it all! In 40 years of leading Israel, Moses learned that everything depended upon God. 11. multiple beneficial results simultaneously ) For the Hebrews: create a lasting negative impression of Egypt, so that they might never want to go back. 2) For the Hebrews: God makes Himself known to that generation, so that they would know who He is. 3) For the Hebrews: know the j 4) For the Egyptians: that they might know God. 5). 6) Preparation for the future among the inhabitants (Jos 2:9-10) ) The goal is true Fellowship with God; 4) It leads to true Freedom from the bondage of sin; 5) It is a Continual relationship to God. 14. Sin must be removed by sacrifice if the punishment of sin is to be avoided. How clearly this points to Christ, our Passover Lamb 15. a. It was only in the blood of the lamb. It was either on the doorposts, or it was not. b. because there was a moral problem that had to be dealt with: the sin of the people. Their sin separated them from the perfect and holy God. God could not accept their sin without a sacrifice; if He were to do so, He would no longer be holy. 16. The Passover meal shows that expiation (i.e., taking away of sin) is followed by fellowship with God. It is like the peace offer- 17. Today, Christians enjoy true freedom from the penalty and power of sin: these were destroyed at the cross of Jesus. Old Testament Survey, Course OT2: Student Answer Key as of 6/15/2016 1

2 18. [1) His rod was turned into a snake, and became a rod again (4:2ff.) 2) His hand became leprous, and then was made whole again (4:6ff.) 3) The promise of turning water into blood when needed to show the Hebrews that he was sent from God (4:9).] 19. [Their plight worsened: they had to gather their own straw, while making the same number of bricks (5:7).] 20. a. -12) 1) The river Nile was turned into blood (7:19-22) 2) Frogs (8:1-8) 3) Lice (8:16-19) 4) Flies upon the Egyptians only (8:21-24) 5) Death of the cattle upon the Egyptians only (9:1-7 6) Boils upon the Egyptians only (9:8-12) 7) Hail upon the Egyptians only (9:18-29) 8) Locusts upon the Egyptians only (10:1-11) 9) Complete darkness upon the Egyptians only (10:21-29) 10) Death of the all first born, upon the Egyptians only (12:29-30).] b. [Plagues 4-10.] 21 [Without blemish; male; one year old (12:5).] 22. [It was to be killed at the appointed time, its blood spread on the doorposts, roasted, and completely eaten by all at the house.] 23. [Manna was a bread like substance that appeared with the dew on six mornings of each week.] 24. a. Red Sea (Exo 14) [The Hebrews crossed on dry land in a great miracle, and the Egyptian army was destroyed.] b. Marah (Exo 15) [The waters were bitter, the people complained, and God miraculously made them sweet and drinkable.] c. Wilderness of Sin (Exo 16), the Lord miraculously gave quail in the evening and began giving manna each morning.] d. Rephidim (Exo 17) [There was no water; the people sinfully complained, and God miraculously gave water from the rock. And them Amalek attacked the Hebrews, and God gave a miraculous victory.] 25. [Because His bringing them out was their redemption from bondage. They owed allegiance to Him because He had bought them; they were His people.] 26. [1) To clearly show that He alone was God, and unlike any other pagan god, and 2) to give His authority to Moses.] 27. [Rameses, Succoth, Marah, Elim, Wilderness of Sin, Rephidim, Mount Sinai.] 28. I. Israel is delivered from Egyptian bondage Exodus 1-18 II. Israel receives the covenant at Sinai Exodus III. Israel receives its sanctuary for worship Exodus the plague shall not be upon you to destroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt Lesson 6 The Covenant Nation Organized: Exodus, Part 2 1. the formal procedure by which Israel becomes the theocratic nation. 2. Israel is organized into a nation. Israel was to be a God-centered nation. She would be a theocracy, a nation ruled by God. 3. If they agree to the covenant, then the condition for blessing is their obedience. 4. a. It is a theocracy. It is not man, but God Who makes the laws of Israel. b. [This means that] it is not man, but God Who rules. In Israel there will be no distinction between church and state. They have the same head. The God Whom they worship is the ruler. The God Who rules them is the object of their worship. 5. He redeems men primarily to remove their separation from Himself, to win them as His Bride (the Church), restoring the intimate relationship with them that was lost at the Fall. 6. ecome a holy nation, set apart from the rest of 7. a. [It means] to live for God: to make an unconditional commitment to God. b. nship for life. 8. a. if the Israelites continued in relationship to God, then He would protect, guide, and provide for them in a special way. If they did not, then He would chasten them in order to bring them to repentance. b. the covenant relationship itself is unconditional. Once it is agreed upon, it can never be broken. 9. a. Idolatry is where you agree to follow your god on the condition that he will give you what you want. b. [In] the biblical relationship with God, the responsibilities flow out from the relationship; they are not the basis for it. Old Testament Survey, Course OT2: Student Answer Key as of 6/15/2016 2

3 10. re 11. a. The Ten Commandments are for all men in every age. b. They cover all of life and demand nothing less than perfect love and perfect obedience to God. 12. a. we must be discerning to apply the principles to various situations of life. As Christians, we are responsible for doing this for our b. c. God gave Israel 1) the unchangeable moral law the Ten Commandments, the standard of right and wrong. 2) The civil 13.,000 more of their own rules! Rule a. great commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. On these two commandments hang all the law and the proph -40) (quoting from Deuteronomy 6:4-5 and Leviticus 19:18) b. Jesus meant that they were the foundation for all the rest of what is written for our instruction. 15. In the giving of the Law, the God Who redeemed His people from bondage asserts His right to rule them. In the giving of the Tabernacle, the God Who is their ruler asserts His right to declare how He shall be worshipped ) 2) 3) o the covenant that God had made with His people. 4) 17. a. God manifested His presence among the people by dwelling in the Tabernacle [including the pillars of fire and cloud]. b. His glory was visible and seen. For the first time, the people had a way to communicate with and learn from God. 18. a. [Because the people] were not yet sufficiently advanced spiritually to be allowed to enter the house of God. b. A priest is a man who stands before God on behalf of a man. He is the representative of that man befo They were given the responsibility of carrying out the ritual of worship on behalf of their fellow Israelites. 19. a. It was the divinely appointed place of worship for Israel, where God dwelt with His people and they fellowshipped with Him. b. The Tabernacle typifies: the perfect fellowship of God and His people. In New Testament times, this is the fellowship of Christ and His Church. 20. a. The b. ople. 21. a. [At] the brass laver, the priests washed. This washing signified they were purified; therefore able to deal with holy objects. b. The brass laver typifies the cleansing work of the Holy Spirit, beginning with regeneration and including sanctification. 22. a. Incense was burned morning and evening. [It symbolized the rising of their prayers to God.] b. Heidelberg Catechism). It is that part of our worship in which we draw nearest to God. 23. a. It represented the fruits of the land. To the Israelite, it symbolized the fruits of righteousness that he was to produce. b. This is what we bring as an offering to God. The symbolism does not exclude the material gifts we bring to God as part of 24. a. The seven golden lamps were lit every night, so that there would always be illumination in the house of God. b. Probably it typifies the light of truth that shines forth from us and brings glory to God. Then it would picture our worship of God through witnessing, both with our life and our lips. 25. a. The only article of furniture in the Most Holy P a box of wood covered with gold. On its top was a slab of solid gold, with two cherubim on top b. Tabernacle pointed that God dwelt among His people. It symbolized that they could enter into the very presence of God and find mercy. c. only the high priest, once a year. When he came in, he had to come with blood, in order to obtain forgiveness. d. This pointed forward to Christ, the great High Priest, Who entered into the very presence of God in heaven with His own is the type of the coming glory, when we shall be with Him for all eternity. 26. [It must have been because of His sovereign love set upon them by His own initiative and choice, and not any worth in them.] 27. a. [They made a golden calf as an idol, to be their god.] b. [Moses made them drink the dust of the calf until it was consumed! And then the Levites killed about 3,000 men (:28).] 28. a. [That he could see God.] b. The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth, Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty. Old Testament Survey, Course OT2: Student Answer Key as of 6/15/2016 3

4 c. [His face shown with a radiant light, which reflected the glory of God that He had seen.] 29. Personal answer 30. Personal answer, hopefully ity and 31. [That God was altogether transcendent {i.e., entirely above them}, all-powerful, and glorious.] 32. a. [The people rejected the God Who visibly had saved them and provided for them, and did the very thing that God had forbade them to do: make an idol to worship instead of the one true God Himself.] b. [They came to Moses, declaring the 33. Personal answer 34. I. Israel is delivered from Egyptian bondage Exodus 1-18 II. Israel receives the covenant at Sinai Exodus III. Israel receives its sanctuary for worship Exodus , if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all Lesson 7 1. Leviticus showed a) how people must worship in the Tabernacle through sacrifice, and b) how people who have God in their midst must walk in holiness so that they could worship aright and enjoy the unique experience of fellowship with God. 2. a. sacrifice and holiness. b. Sacrifice provides access to God, but the privilege of access requires the responsibility of holiness in return. Everywhere in Leviticus is the clear instruction that Israel can worship rightly only when she lives rightly. c. We consider [holiness] first because it is foundational to understanding the principle of sacrifice. 3. a. His transcendency and His moral purity. b. 1) To be transcendent means that He is completely above and different from everything else that exists (Isa 55:9). 2) To be morally pure means there is no sin mixed in, not even in the smallest fraction, complete moral uprightness. 4. a. oly become so only because God has chosen them. b. It carries with it the great responsibility actually to be holy. The privilege of being chosen creates this moral obligation. c. 5. efilement the corruption that entered everything at the Fall. 6.. He has the right to govern what is holy unto Him; He specifies how it is to be used. 7. When you treat holy things the way God says to treat them, it is an act of holiness. 8. a. 1) They say they believe God, but they disregard His rules for holy living. Or, 2) They try to become holy by attempting to make themselves holy, by keeping all sorts of rules not commanded. b. 1) You cannot only believe in God without also seeking to live a holy life. You cannot have the one without the other. 2) Their motive at its root is self-glory, which only leads to legalism, pride, and the condemnation of God. 9. a. your inward attitudes of love, joy, kindness, gentleness, gratitude, etc. are the greater part of holiness, because from these will flow holy behavior. b. the key focus in ho uthority over us as the One Who makes us holy. 10. a. 1) Clean all those common things that were not unclean. 2) Unclean. b. First, some things were unclean by definition, for example birds of prey, fish that eat off the bottom, and swine. These things were always unclean, and could not be made clean. Second, anything could be made unclean by defilement. Something could become defiled in either of two ways: sickness or sin. 11. a. All those who were unclean were restricted from the ceremonial system (the feasts and sacrifices) until made clean. b. to teach Israel that there was a specific way to approach God. To be holy you had to follow His ways on His terms. 12. [God] wants it to be based solely on Him, and not on the merit of the thing chosen, so not to detract from His glory. 13. a. Defile A clean thing became unclean either by sin or sickness. It was excluded from ceremonial life until made clean. b. Cleanse In order to become holy, something unclean had first of all to be cleansed, by various washings and/or sacrifice. c. Once something was made clean, then and only then could it be made holy. The process of moving from clean to holy was d. Profane nstructions, then you profane it. 14. when they brought fire into the holy Tabernacle ey not only violated a command of God not to bring it in, they also were profaning the holy altar that had been consecrated to God. Old Testament Survey, Course OT2: Student Answer Key as of 6/15/2016 4

5 15. a. 1) The Majesty and Glory of God, as revealed in Creation. 2) The Reality and Nature of Sin, as revealed in the Fall. 3) The Principle of Faith, as revealed in the life of Abraham. b. The Principle of Sacrifice: the basis for fellowship with God is sacrifice. This is because God is holy no one can approach Him unless they are made holy, by cleansing from sin and being set apart for Him. c. way for you to approach the holy God and fellowship with Him. 16. from sin. 17. When man sins, he forfeits his life in order to be consistent with His holy and pure nature, which is completely without sin. 18. [Because] God hates sin. His very nature demands that all sin be removed from His presence. Therefore God cannot accept 19. God cannot forgive a debt directly by excusing it through His mercy; He cannot just ignore it. His moral justice requires that the debt and a payment for the debt are in balance. Therefore, every sin must have a payment. 20. a. God is the initiator. He makes a way for a substitute payment to be made on our behalf. b. I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls. 21. The blood is no more valuable than the life it represents, and animals have no moral nature as made in the image of God ) It must be of equal value to what is owed. It must in fact be a man. without sin. 3) It must somehow be great enough to account for all men. The only way this could be accomplished is by a man who was also of infinite value: the man somehow would have to be a man and also to be divine. 23. Five classes of offerings: the burnt offering, the meal offering, the peace offering, the sin offering, and the trespass offering. 24. An animal: A bullock, a sheep, or a goat was permitted. In case of poverty, he might bring a turtledove or young pigeon The animal he death of the animal represented the payment of the penalty due the worshipper. The penalty having been paid, the sins could no more be counted against him. 27. the smoke of sacrifice de enant people were offering themselves to Him, so He might delight in them. 28. a. Burnt offering the consecration of the worshipper to his God. b. Meal offering the fruits of righteousness. Like the burnt offering, it symbolized consecration, here in holy living. c. It symbolized eating with Jehovah, fellowship, communion, oneness; fellowship between God and His people. d. Sin offering the guilt of the offeror was taken away. e. Trespass offering satisfied. 29. God accepted animal sacrifices only because there was a perfect sacrifice yet to come The Principle of Sacrifice tells us that a) we cannot have fellowship with God, b) unless and until our sins have been covered permanently c) through the shed blood of Jesus Christ. 32. [In both, the High Priest entered into the presence of God to present the blood of sacrifice as atonement for sin of the people.] 33. All these feasts reminded Israel of her relationship to God. God required of them nothing more than a faithful keeping of His laws and statutes out of love for Him. All this was a perpetual reminder that Israel was a holy people unto Jehovah. 34. Animals: all were unclean that did not both chew the cud and divide the hoof (camel, coney, hare, swine (11:1-9). Fish: Whatsoever hath no fins nor scales in the waters (:12) Birds: a) specific ones: eagle, ossifrage, ospray, vulture, kite, raven, owl, night hawk, cuckow, hawk, cormorant, swan, pelican, stork, heron, lapwing, and the bat. b) All fowls that creep, going upon all fours (:20) 35. 1) The Passover (:5) 2) Unleavened Bread (:6-8) 3) Firstfruits (:9-14) 4) Feast of Weeks or Pentecost (:15-22) 5) Blowing of Trumpets (:23-25) 6) Day of Atonement (:26-32) 7) Feast of Tabernacles (or Booths) (:33-44) 36. [The land and the people rested: no planting or harvesting.] 37. [They were 1) to set free all Hebrew indentured servants to again become free men, 2) to restore all mortgaged property, 3) to give the land a second year of rest (just after the normal sabbatical year).] 38. [If they did not obey, God would chasten them, and make it more and more severe as time went on until they repented.] 39. [Because they were to represent the best the people had to offer: this prevented selfish greed keeping back the best.] 40. [This is the second most important command in the Law, as testified by Jesus Himself (Mat 22:37-40).] 41. [Because they represented the people to God and presented the sacrifices to God: they themselves had to be holy.] 42. I. Laws for holy worship Leviticus 1-16 sacrifice II. Laws for holy living Leviticus holiness 43. (Lev 20:26). Old Testament Survey, Course OT2: Student Answer Key as of 6/15/2016 5

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