This Sunday we will look at Exodus 25:1-9.
Read 25:1-2.
What is the first command God gave Moses this time on the mountain?
What was the basis of the offering?
Look back through the book of Exodus from chapter 12 through chapter 24. See how many things you can find that God gave the people. I found 12.
Make a list of the things God has given you since your salvation. Start with the first year, then move year by year to 2010. Take this year month by month. Then take September week by week and this week day by day. It might take you several days to complete this list.
After you finish your list, read 25:3-7.
What things did God want the people to give? List them.
Where would they have gotten these things?
Read 25:8-9.
What did God want the people to do with the offerings they gave?
What does God want to do with the offerings we give?
Monday, September 13, 2010
The Blood Covenant
Last week we only made it through chapter 23, so yesterday we studied chapter 24.
In verse 4, Moses set up an altar and 12 pillars, which represented the 12 tribes of Israel. Then the young men offered burnt offerings on the altar. These were possibly the first-born who had been redeemed by the blood on the doorposts at the time of the deliverance from Egypt.
After the sacrifices, Moses kept half the blood from the animals in bowls and sprinkled the other half on the altar. Then he read the covenant God had given on the mountain to the people and asked them if they agreed. They passed the motion with a huge, unanimous amen.
Then Moses sprinkled the people with the blood from the bowls. This sprinkling represented the legal transaction between God and the people. Israel was thus ceremonially and legally set apart through the blood of the covenant.
1 Peter 1:2 tells us of another blood covenant, established by Jesus and ratified by his own blood. Jesus' own words tell us of His covenant in Luke 22:20.
Just as the people of Israel were sprinkled with the blood by Moses, Jesus has sprinkled His blood for me. When asked (by the prompting of the Holy Spirit)if I agreed to this covenant, I whole-heartedly agreed and then I was set apart by God.
Immediately after establishing the blood covenant, Moses was called up the mountain to hear God's next instructions about worship. Aaron and Hur were left to lead the people in his absence. When Moses went up, the glory of the Lord settled on the mountain as a cloud which appeared as a consuming fire to those left down below. I'm sure the people wondered if Moses had been consumed and if he would ever really return.
Luke 24:50-51 describes Jesus's ascension into heaven after He had established the new covenant in His blood. He had told the disciples He would return, but I'm sure they had to wonder, just like the people must have wondered about Moses. But we know Moses did return, and we can have the same certainty that Jesus will return.
Just like the people were to live according to the written instructions from God that Moses left behind, we are to live according to the written instructions from God (the Bible) that Jesus left behind. The difference between us and the people of Israel is that we have the Holy Spirit living inside us. While God's presence stayed on the mountain then, His presence is in us now. The fire on the mountain has moved into our hearts. (See Acts 2:1-3)
So, let God's fire motivate you each day to live out His instructions to you while you wait for Christ's return.
In verse 4, Moses set up an altar and 12 pillars, which represented the 12 tribes of Israel. Then the young men offered burnt offerings on the altar. These were possibly the first-born who had been redeemed by the blood on the doorposts at the time of the deliverance from Egypt.
After the sacrifices, Moses kept half the blood from the animals in bowls and sprinkled the other half on the altar. Then he read the covenant God had given on the mountain to the people and asked them if they agreed. They passed the motion with a huge, unanimous amen.
Then Moses sprinkled the people with the blood from the bowls. This sprinkling represented the legal transaction between God and the people. Israel was thus ceremonially and legally set apart through the blood of the covenant.
1 Peter 1:2 tells us of another blood covenant, established by Jesus and ratified by his own blood. Jesus' own words tell us of His covenant in Luke 22:20.
Just as the people of Israel were sprinkled with the blood by Moses, Jesus has sprinkled His blood for me. When asked (by the prompting of the Holy Spirit)if I agreed to this covenant, I whole-heartedly agreed and then I was set apart by God.
Immediately after establishing the blood covenant, Moses was called up the mountain to hear God's next instructions about worship. Aaron and Hur were left to lead the people in his absence. When Moses went up, the glory of the Lord settled on the mountain as a cloud which appeared as a consuming fire to those left down below. I'm sure the people wondered if Moses had been consumed and if he would ever really return.
Luke 24:50-51 describes Jesus's ascension into heaven after He had established the new covenant in His blood. He had told the disciples He would return, but I'm sure they had to wonder, just like the people must have wondered about Moses. But we know Moses did return, and we can have the same certainty that Jesus will return.
Just like the people were to live according to the written instructions from God that Moses left behind, we are to live according to the written instructions from God (the Bible) that Jesus left behind. The difference between us and the people of Israel is that we have the Holy Spirit living inside us. While God's presence stayed on the mountain then, His presence is in us now. The fire on the mountain has moved into our hearts. (See Acts 2:1-3)
So, let God's fire motivate you each day to live out His instructions to you while you wait for Christ's return.
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