SESSION 3. PANORAMA Movement #3 Redemption /Wanderings I. PRAYER / REVIEW (TIMELINE)

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1 SESSION 3 PANORAMA Movement #3 Redemption /Wanderings I. PRAYER / REVIEW (TIMELINE) S 3 II. MOVEMENT 3: REDEMPTION AND WANDERINGS (OVERVIEW & BOOK OUTLINES) A. Refer to Redemption and Wanderings: Thematic Overview B. Refer to Exodus and Leviticus C. Refer to Numbers and Deuteronomy III. REDEMPTION A. Three Major Events 1. Exodus Event foreshadows Sinai Event foreshadows Tabernacle Event foreshadows... 43

2 B. Call of Moses 1. The situation: bondage Exodus 2:23-25 During that long period, the king of Egypt died. The Israelites groaned in their slavery and cried out, and their cry for help because of their slavery went up to God. God heard their groaning and he remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac and with Jacob. So God looked on the Israelites and was concerned about them. Exodus 3:7-10 The LORD said, I have indeed seen the misery of my people in Egypt. I have heard them crying out because of their slave drivers, and I am concerned about their suffering. So I have come down to rescue them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land into a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey the home of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites. And now the cry of the Israelites has reached me, and I have seen the way the Egyptians are oppressing them. So now, go. I am sending you to Pharaoh to bring my people the Israelites out of Egypt. God s motivation for deliverance? 2. The response (of Moses) Refer to 5 Flimsy Excuses 44

3 C. The Encounter with Pharaoh 1. Exodus 5:1-2 Afterward Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and said, This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: Let my people go, so that they may hold a festival to me in the desert. Pharaoh said, Who is the LORD, that I should obey him and let Israel go? I do not know the LORD and I will not let Israel go. S 3 2. Exodus 5:10 Then the slave drivers and the foremen went out and said to the people, This is what Pharaoh says: I will not give you any more straw. Who has the right to rule? D. The Covenant Remembered / Ratified 1. Exodus 6:2-5 God also said to Moses, I am the LORD. I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac and to Jacob as God Almighty, but by my name the LORD I did not make myself known to them. I also established my covenant with them to give them the land of Canaan, where they lived as aliens. Moreover, I have heard the groaning of the Israelites, whom the Egyptians are enslaving, and I have remembered my covenant. 45

4 2. Exodus 6:6-8 Therefore, say to the Israelites: I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians. I will free you from being slaves to them, and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with mighty acts of judgment. I will take you as my own people, and I will be your God. Then you will know that I am the LORD your God, who brought you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians. And I will bring you to the land I swore with uplifted hand to give to Abraham, to Isaac and to Jacob. I will give it to you as a possession. I am the LORD. E. The Ten Plagues ( Object Lessons ) 1. To answer the question... Who is the Lord?... and... Who has the right to rule? (YHWH or Pharaoh?) 2. Refer to The Ten Plagues F. The Tenth Plague ( Passover ) 1. Exodus 12:29-31 At midnight the LORD struck down all the firstborn in Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh, who sat on the throne, to the firstborn of the prisoner, who was in the dungeon, and the firstborn of all the livestock as well. Pharaoh and all his officials and all the Egyptians got up during the night, and there was loud wailing in Egypt, for there was not a house without someone dead. During the night Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and said, Up! Leave my people, you and the Israelites! Go, worship the LORD as you have requested. 46

5 2. Comparison of Passover & Redemption (Exodus 12) Passover 1. Lamb to be sacrificed (3, 7) 2. Lamb without spot or blemish (5) 3. Lamb s blood shed that they might have life (6-7) 4. For benefit of shed blood, must apply over doorposts by faith (7, 22) 5. Safe behind the blood, must feed upon the lamb (8) Redemption 1. Lamb of God sacrificed (1 Cor. 5:7; Jn. 1:29) 2. Christ (Our Lamb) without spot or blemish (I Pet. 1:18-19; 2 Cor. 5:21) 3. Christ s blood shed that mankind might have life (Jn. 3:16; I Pet. 2:24) 4. For benefit of shed blood, must apply over doorposts of one s heart by faith (Ro. 3:25-26) 5. Safe behind the blood, must feed upon the Lamb (Jn. 6:53, 56; I Cor. 10:14-17) S 3 47

6 IV. THE LAW (AT SINAI) A. Mosaic Covenant 1. Exodus 19:4-6 You yourselves have seen what I did to Egypt, and how I carried you on eagles wings and brought you to myself. Now if you obey me fully and keep my covenant, then out of all nations you will be my treasured possession. Although the whole earth is mine, you will be for me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation. These are the words you are to speak to the Israelites. 2. Conditional or Unconditional? Galatians 3:17-19 What I mean is this: The law, introduced 430 years later, does not set aside the covenant previously established by God and thus do away with the promise. For if the inheritance depends on the law, then it no longer depends on a promise; but God in his grace gave it to Abraham through a promise.what, then, was the purpose of the law? It was added because of transgressions until the Seed to whom the promise referred had come. The law was put into effect through angels by a mediator. B. Refer to The Ten Commandments 48

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8 VI. LEVITICUS A. Refer again to outlines Exodus and Leviticus B. Refer to Old Testament Sacrifices C. Refer to The Feasts of Israel - Leviticus 23 D. Blessings & Curses - Leviticus 26 VII. WANDERINGS A. Refer again to outlines Numbers and Deuteronomy B. Geographical Movement Sinai to Plains of Moab C. Departure to Promised Land: Numbers 10:11 D. Murmurings / Rebellion 1. Complaints about the Lord s provision (Num. 11:4-9) 2. Complaint about God s appointed leader (Num. 12; also 16:28-30) Key Event 3. Rebellion at Kadesh - Barnea (Num ) 4. Rebellion of Korah (Num. 16) 50

9 VIII. DEATH OF MOSES A. His Blessings B. His Death Deuteronomy Recorded: Deuteronomy 34 S 3 2. Referred to: Jude 8-10 (esp. 9) D. His Age: Compare Acts 7:20-36 Life of Moses Learning (House of Pharaoh) Shepherding (Wilderness of Midian) Leading (Children of Israel) 51

10 IX. REVIEW TIMELINE: REDEMPTION & WANDERINGS X. FOR SESSION 4: CONQUEST A. Minimal Reading: Joshua 1-7 (Panorama 1.0) B. Maximum Reading: Joshua 1-7, (Panorama 2.0) C. Personal Project: Take a person through the Timeline for this session (review previous Movements as well). Draw and explain this as best you can. 52

11 MOVEMENT: REDEMPTION AND WANDERINGS (#3 OF 12) BOOKS OF THE BIBLE: EXODUS LEVITICUS NUMBERS DEUTERONOMY T H E M A T I C O V E R V I E W BROAD OUTLINE: REDEMPTION (EXODUS) R E D E M P T I O N 3 KEY PEOPLE 3 KEY EVENTS 1) Moses 1) Exodus Event 2) Aaron 2) Sinai Event 3) Pharaoh 3) Tabernacle Event BROAD OUTLINE: WANDERINGS (NUMBERS) WANDERINGS 3 KEY TOPICS 3 KEY LOCATIONS 1) Order 1) Mt. Sinai 2) Disorder 2) Wilderness 3) Reorder 3) Plains of Moab 53

12 MOVEMENT: REDEMPTION (#3 OF 12) (AND WANDERINGS) BOOK OF THE BIBLE: EXODUS BROAD OVERVIEW: E X O D U S Exodus Event Sinai Event Tabernacle Event Salvation Word of God Worship Bondage Moses Confrontation (Pharaoh) 10 Plagues (Passover) To Sinai At Sinai (10 Words) (Other Laws) Ratification Tabernacle Instructions Priests Rebellion Tabernacle Construction Deliverance Shekinah Glory

13 MOVEMENT: REDEMPTION (#3 of 12) BOOK: LEVITICUS OVERVIEW TO LEVITICUS ACCESS TO GOD (By Sacrifice) ACCESS TO GOD (By Separation) LAWS REGULATIONS 1. The Offerings (1-7) 1. About the People (18-20) 2. The Priesthood (8-10) 2. About the Priests (21-22) 3. The People (11-16) 3. About the Feasts (23-24) 4. The Altar (17) 4. About Canaan (25-27) 55

14 MOVEMENT: REDEMPTION AND WANDERINGS (#3 of 12) BOOK: NUMBERS BROAD OUTLINE: NUMBERS I. ORDER: Organizing the First Generation (1-10) Census and Assignments (1-4) Purity and Separation (5-6) Preparations and Departure (7-10) II. DISORDER: Disorganization of the First Generation (11-20) Defection and Rejection (11-14) Rebellion and Authority (15-20) III. REORDER: Reorganization of the Second Generation (21-36) Conflicts and Victories (21-32) Warnings and Encouragements (33-36) 56

15 MOVEMENT: REDEMPTION AND WANDERINGS (#3 of 12) BOOK: DEUTERONOMY BROAD OUTLINE: DEUTERONOMY (Second Law) I. ADDRESS #1: A Review of God s Faithfulness (1-4) II. ADDRESS #2: An Exposition of the Law (5-26) A. The Fundamental Law (5-11) B. The Special Laws for Life in Canaan (12-26) III. ADDRESS #3: Renewing the Covenant (Blessings & Cursings) (27-30) IV. ADDRESS #4: Final Words of Moses (31-34) 57

16 MOVEMENT: REDEMPTION (#3 of 12) (AND WANDERINGS) BOOK: EXODUS FLIMSY EXCUSES OF MOSES No. Ref. Excuse (Application) God s Reply 1 Ex. 3:11-12 Who am I? (Not Capable) I will be with you (Not about you, it s about Me) 2 Ex. 3:13-22 Suppose I go (Don t know God well I am who I am (YHWH) and they ask me, enough) What is his name? (No message) 3 Ex. 4:1-9 What if they do (No credibility) 3 Signs: not believe me? 1) Staff (No authority) 2) Leprous hand 3) Water to blood (God will work through you.) 4 Ex. 4:10-12 I have never been (Not a Communicator) I will help you speak and will eloquent. teach you what to say. (Message more important than delivery) 5 Ex. 4:13-17 O Lord, please (Not available) What about your brother send someone You shall speak to him else to do it. I will help both of you speak (Oh yes, you will) 58

17 MOVEMENT: REDEMPTION (#3 of 12) BOOK: EXODUS 7-12 THE TEN PLAGUES (Edited from J. Walton; where noted, J. Davis, N. Geisler and others) PLAGUE Reference Possible Egyptian Deity Directed Against 1 Nile turned to blood Exodus 7:14-25 Nilus: sacred river god (Geisler) Khnum: guardian of the Nile Hapi: spirit of the Nile Osiris: Nile was bloodstream 2 Frogs Exodus 8:1-15 Heqt: form of frog; goddess of resurrection 3 Gnats (Mosquitoes) Exodus 8:16-19 Seb: god of the earth (Geisler) 4 Flies Exodus 8:20-32 Uatchit: manifested by the Ichneuman fly (Davis) Khephera: sacred scarab (beetle) (Geisler) 5 Plague on cattle Exodus 9:1-7 Hathor: mother-goddess; form of cow Apis: bull of god Ptah; symbol of fertility Mnevis: sacred bull of Heliopolis 6 Boils Exodus 9:8-12 Sekh-mer: lion-headed goddess of creating/ending plagues Imhotep: god of medicine Typhon: evil-eye god (Geisler) 7 Hail Exodus 9:13-35 Shu: goddess of the atmosphere (Geisler) Nut: sky goddess Isis: goddess of life Seth: protector of crops 8 Locusts Exodus 10:1-20 Serapis: god-protector from locusts (Geisler) Isis: goddess of life Seth: protector of crops 9 Darkness Exodus 10:21-29 Re, Aten, Atum, Horus: all sun gods of sorts 10 Death of firstborn Exodus 11:1-12:36 The deity of Pharaoh: Osiris, the giver of life. 59

18 The Tabernacle EAST TABERNACLE H. of H. H. P GATE COURT DIMENSIONS (one cubit equals approximately 1.5 feet) FURNITURE COURT X 50 CUBITS GATE - 20 CUBITS TABERNACLE - 30 X 10 X 10 CUBITS H.P.= HOLY PLACE - 20 X 10 X 10 CUBITS 1. BRAZEN ALTAR 2. LAVER 3. TABLE OF SHEWBREAD 4. GOLDEN CANDLESTICK 5. ALTAR OF INCENSE 6. ARK OF THE COVENANT H. of H. = HOLY OF HOLIES - 10 X 10 X10 CUBITS 60

19 MOVEMENT: REDEMPTION (#3 of 12) BOOK: EXODUS THE TEN COMMANDMENTS (or TEN WORDS or DECALOGUE) DECALOGUE - EXODUS 20:3-17 COMMANDMENT VERSE(S) BASIC HUMAN NEED BIBLICAL EXPRESSION DIRECTION 1 3 Need for Supreme Being no other gods before Me To God Need for God to be Real no idols...not bow down or worship them To God 3 7 Need for God to be Powerful not misuse the name... (name in vain) To God Need for Rest and Worship Remember the Sabbath To God For Man 5 12 Need for Family Connections Honor your father and mother To Man 6 13 Need for Sanctity of Human Life No murder To Man 7 14 Need for Sexual Expression No adultery To Man 8 15 Need for Possessions No stealing To Man 9 16 Need for Healthy Relationships No lying To Man Need for Basic Necessities No coveting To Man 61

20 Old Testament Sacrifices SACRIFICES OT REFERENCES ELEMENTS PURPOSE 62 Burnt Offering Grain Offering Peace Offering Sin Offering Guilt Offering Lev 1; 6:8-13; 8:18-21; 16:24 Lev 2; 6:14-23 Lev 3; 7:11-34 Lev 4:1-5:13; 6:24-30; 8:14-17; 16:3-22 Bull, ram or male bird (dove or young pigeon for the poor); wholly consumed; no defect Grain, fine flour, olive oil, incense, baked bread (cakes or wafers), salt; no yeast or honey; accompanied burnt offering and peace offering (along with drink offering) Any animal without defect from herd or flock; variety of breads 1. Young bull: for high priest and congregation 2. Male goat: for leader 3. Female goat or lamb; for common person 4. Turtledove or pigeon; for the poor 5. Tenth of an ephah of fine flour: for the very poor Voluntary act of worship; atonement for unintentional sin in general; expression of devotion, commitment and complete surrender to God Voluntary act of worship; recognition of Godʼs goodness and provisions; devotion to God Voluntary act of worship; thanksgiving and fellowship (it included a communal meal) Mandatory atonement for specific unintentional sin; confession of sin; forgiveness of sin; cleansing from defilement Lev 5:14-6:7; 7:1-6 Ram or lamb Mandatory atonement for unintentional sin requiring restitution; cleansing from defilement; make restitution; pay 20% fine When more than one kind of offering was presented (as in Num 7:16, 17), the procedure was usually as follows: (1) sin offering or guilt offering, (2) burnt offering; (3) peace offering and grain offering (along with a drink offering). This sequence furnishes part of the spiritual significance of the sacrificial system. First, sin had to be dealt with (sin offering and grain offering). Second, the worshiper committed himself completely to God (burnt offering and grain offering). Third, fellowship or communion between the Lord, the priest and the worshiper (peace offering) was established. To state it another way, there were sacrifices of expiation (sin offerings and guilt offerings), consecration (burnt offerings and grain offerings) and communion (peace offerings these included vow offerings, thank offerings and freewill offerings). (M. Rosen, Christ in the Passover)

21 SCRIPTURE EVENT FUTURE SIGNIFICANCE FOR ALL GODʼS PEOPLE UNDER GRACE FEAST SEASON TEMPORAL SIGNIFICANCE FOR ISRAEL UNDER THE LAW THE CRUCIFIXION (Redemption) ye were not redeemed with corruptible things as silver and gold but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot. (I Peter 1:18 and 19) Believers in Christ redeemed from bondage of sin Redemption from bondage in Egypt Spring (new beginning) PASSOVER (Sanctification) Purge out the old leaven that ye may be a new lump for even Christ our Passover is sacrificed for us. (I Cor. 5:7) All believers in Christ cleansed from sin and empowered to walk in newness of life Purging of all leaven (symbol of sin) Spring (new life) UNLEAVENED BREAD (Justification) (God) made Him to be sin for us, who knew no sin, that we might be made the righteousness of God in Him. (II Cor. 5:21) THE RESURRECTION OF CHRIST But now is Christ risen from the dead the firstfruits of them that slept even so in Christ shall all be made alive. (I Cor. 15:20 and 22b) Christ, the first to rise from the dead the promise of resurrection and eternal life for all who believe on Him. Thanksgiving for firstfruits, the promise of the harvest to come (first of the grain presented to God) FIRSTFRUITS Spring (first of grain harvest) THE COMING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT and BIRTH OF THE CHURCH And when the Day of Pentecost was fully come they were all filled with the Holy Spirit (Acts 2:1a and 4a) the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls. (Acts 2:41b) I will put my law into their hearts and in their minds I will write them. (Hebrews 10:16) Godʼs first harvest of those redeemed in Christ (Jews and Gentiles) Thanksgiving for first harvest and (according to oral tradition, the time of the giving of the law at Sinai) Late Spring 7 weeks after Passover (ingathering of first harvest) FEAST OF WEEKS (Pentecost) Godʼs law written on the hearts of the redeemed (SUMMER, A TIME OF LABOR IN THE FIELDS AND PREPARATION FOR FINAL HARVEST THE CHURCH AGE) Lift up your eyes and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest. (John 4:35) ISRAEL REGATHERED I will gather them out of all countries whither I have driven them and I will bring them again unto this place and I will cause them to dwell safely (Jer. 32:37) The beginning of the regathering of Israel to the land in preparation for the final Day of Atonement FEAST OF TRUMPETS Early Autumn A Solemn Assembly (trumpets blown to prepare for the Day of Atonement) THE RAPTURE OF THE CHURCH and THE RETURN OF CHRIST For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel and with the trump of God: and shall be caught up together to meet the Lord. (I Thess. 4:16 and 17) also (I Cor. 15:52) The assembly of all believers, dead and alive, in the heavens with Christ ISRAEL TURNS TO HER MESSIAH So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many (Heb.9:28) Believers in Christ forgiven by one Atonement for all time DAY OF ATONEMENT Autumn A Solemn Assembly for repentance and forgiveness under the Law (repeatedly annually) And I will pour upon the house of David and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and supplications, and they shall look on Me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him in that day there shall be a fountain opened to the house of David and Jerusalem for sin and for uncleanness (Zech. 12:10 and 13:1) The rest of Israel will repent and look to her Messiah in one day THE KINGDOM OF GOD ON EARTH everyone that is left of all the nations which came up against Jerusalem shall even go up from year to year to worship the King, the Lord of hosts, and to keep the feast of tabernacles (Zech. 14:16) Joyous Assembly all peoples brought under the rulership of the King Messiah Harvest celebration and Memorial of Tabernacles in the Wilderness FEAST OF BOOTHS Autumn (final harvest) (M. Rosen, Christ in the Passover) 63

22 MOVEMENT: REDEMPTION (#3 of 12) BOOK: LEVITICUS THE FEASTS OF ISRAEL - LEVITICUS 23 NO. NAME REFERENCE PRIMARY PURPOSE 1 Passover Lev. 23:5 Remember deliverance from bondage (Ex. 12:1-14) in Egypt 2 Unleavened Lev. 23:6-8 Remember the haste in leaving Egypt Bread (Ex. 12:15-20) 3 First Fruits Lev. 23:9-14 Recognize the gracious provision of harvest 4 Weeks Lev. 23:15-21 Joy and gratitude over the blessings of (Pentecost) (Ex. 23:16; 34:22) harvest 5 Trumpets Lev. 23:23-25 Assembled Israel appears before the (Rosh Hashanah) Lord 6 Day of Lev. 23:26-32 Cleanse priest, people and holy place Atonement (Lev. 16) of sin (Yom Kippur) 7 Booths Lev. 23:33-36, Remember the journey from Egypt to (Tabernacles) Canaan Ex. 23:16; 34:22 64