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The Ten Commandments
The Foundation of the Law
The Mosaic Covenant
Work with a partner to answer these questions on a sheet of paper
What does God call Israel to be? (19:4-6)
What does God call Israel to do? (19:4-6)
How does God prepare Israel for His Presence? (19:9-15)
What warning did God give Moses? (19:21-25)
How did Israel react to God’s Presence? (20:18-21)
The Mosaic Covenant
Promise: A Kingdom of Priests & His Treasured Possession
Command: Obey My Voice & Keep My Covenant
For God to Dwell With Them…
Israel must be clean
Israel must not approach
Israel needs a mediator
The Ten Commandments (Ex. 20)
Vertical obedience towards God (the first four)
Horizontal obedience towards others (the last six)
The foundation of all biblical commands
10 Commandments in Two Directions:
Let’s Discuss the Ten Commandments!
No gods before me
No carved images
No using the Lord’s name in vain
Keep the Sabbath Holy
Honor Mother & Father
Do not Murder
Do not commit adultery
Do not steal
Do not bear false witness
Do not covet
THE
GOLDEN
CALF
ISRAEL BREAKS THE TEN
A New God (Ex. 32:1-6)
Moses was delayed
Wanted to control their gods
Used Egyptian spoil to make
Claimed it saved them from Egypt
WHY
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Moses the Mediator (Ex. 32:7-14)
God is ready to punish evil (7-10)
Moses appeals to God’s Glory (11-12)
Moses appeals to God’s Promise (13)
God will withhold his judgement (14)
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The Excuse (Ex. 32:19-24)
Israel (and Moses) break the Ten (19)
Aaron blames the people (21-23)
Aaron blames circumstances (24)
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God Selects His Priests (Ex. 32:25-29)
The Levites refused to sin (25-26)
The Levites purged sin (27-28)
The Levites are made holy (29)
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The Lesson We Learn
Resist pressure to sin
We Need a Better Covenant
We Need a Better High Priest
Two Big Questions:
How can sinful people be reconciled to
God?
How do reconciled people live?
How God Reconciles Us (Lev. 1-16)
Sacrifices (Lev. 1-7)
Priests (8-10)
Purity (11-15)
The Sacrifices
(1-7)
The goal is to be accepted before the Lord (1:3)
There are five: Burnt, Grain, Peace, Sin, & Guilt
Sin Offering is for unintentional sins (4:1, 13, 22)
Guilt Offering is for forgiveness & repayment (6:4-5,
7)
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The Priests
(8-10)
The Priests are from Aaron’s family (8:1)
They offer sacrifices for the people (9:15)
Aaron’s sons are killed for offering strange fire
(10:1-3)
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Purity (11-15)
CLEAN: to be ritually prepared to be in God’s
presence
Certain animals make you unclean (11)
Child-Birth makes you unclean (12)
Disease & Death makes you unclean (13-15)
THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
The Day of
Atonement
Leviticus 16
PREPARATION
No one enters the Holy Place (2)
Aaron puts on holy garments (4)
Aaron takes two goats (5)
Aaron atones for himself (6)
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PICTURE #1
Aaron kills the first goat (15a)
Blood is put on the mercy seat (15)
Israel’s sin is atoned for (16)
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PICTURE #2
Aaron confesses sin over the goat (21)
The goat bears Israel’s sin (22a)
The goat goes into the wilderness (22b)
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GOAT #1
Sin deserves death
A substitute dies instead
GOAT #2
Forgiven sin is removed
A substitute bears sin
Two Big Questions:
How can sinful people be reconciled to
God?
How do reconciled people live?
Humans
God
“Be Holy as I am
Holy”
HOLY
“SET
APART”
From the nations
For God’s
purposes
From everything
His “God-ness”