- The Journey
- Bitter Waters
- God will remove your bitterness from your heart
- Bread From Heaven
- Jesus is this bread that we need daily
- If we don’t feed daily we begin to smell
- Water From the Rock
- This is the Holy spirit
- Staff on the Hill
- Ensign
- God is the Ensign that will fight for us
- Cross on a hill gave Jesus the victory
- This is what I will do for you, now will you come into Covenant with me?
- Bitter Waters
- Covenant Marriage
- Moses presenting Israel like a best man presenting the Bride
- They were going to receive the Torah or Covenant between man and God
- God did not just want to deliver the people, but to bring them into covenant with Himself.
- This is the setting aside of the people of Israel
- God gave them the Torah so they are blessed Romans 3: 2
- Moses brought the people out to meet God Exodus 19: 17
- Like a bridegroom in a wedding.
- God did miracles at the giving of the law
- All the people stood. 19: 7
- All the people saw 20: 18
- All the people heard Exodus 24: 7
- The sound of the trumpet grew louder and louder. 19: 19
- The last trumpet will sound at the resurrection 1 Corinthians 15: 52 the first trumpet is here.
- First trumpet God came down to Sinai
- The last trumpet He is coming in the clouds and every eye will see him Revelation 1: 7
- God came to Sinai with myriads of angels Psalm 68: 17, 18
- When he returns, he will be coming with the angels Matthew 16: 27
- Covenant
- We give everything to God and he gives everything to us. Love, power eternal life.
- Twenty Two Covenants in the Bible.
- More than a promise
- Total commitment, absolute requirement, to obey and make happen even at the cost of ones life.
- Unconditional
- Words give or establish
- Noah and the flood Genesis 9
- Abraham Descendants and propertyGenesis 17
- Conditional
- Cuts, everlasting.
- Abraham land Genesis 15
- Covenants in plural form
- Romans 9: 3 – 5
- Ephesians 2: 11, 12
- Build upon each other
- Sense is that they build upon one another
- First covenant Noah Genesis 6: 18
- Last Covenant Isaiah 55: 1 – 6 and repeated in Ezekiel 34: 23 – 31
- Hebrews 8: 13 states that the old one is obsolete.
- Through the cross
- What ended
- What came through changed
- What came through unchanged
- People will be called to obey the covenant
- They broke it with the golden calf Jeremiah 31: 32
- Now God will put the law in their hearts and reprogram us to be able to obey Jeremiah 31: 33
- God is going to come and speak with Moses directly so the people will believe in him Exodus 19: 9
- So there is no doubt that Moses just went up the mountain and wrote these himself.
- Prepare yourselves for God is going to move on the third day. Exodus 19: 16
- We give everything to God and he gives everything to us. Love, power eternal life.
- The Ten Commandments
- The Ten are not the whole list of commandments
- They stand as the foundation of the rest of the law.
- Still apply today
- I AM the Lord
- Jesus embodiment of this commandment John 14: 6, 7
- No Other Gods
- You cannot serve two masters Matthew 6: 24
- Lord’s name in vain
- Our Father in heaven Hallowed be your name Matthew 6: 9
- Sabbath
- Sabbath rest in Jesus Matthew 11:28, 29
- Father and Mother
- Rebuked those who belittled parents Mark 7: 10, 11
- Murder
- Anger to murder and turning the other cheek Matthew 7: 10, 11
- Adultery
- Lustful eye and heart Matthew 5: 28
- theft
- Go the extra mile for those around you Matthew 5: 42 Freely give because you have freely received Matthew 10: 8
- False Witness
- Jesus came to testify to the truth Everyone who is of the truth hears my voice John 18: 37
- Covetousness
- Give away wealth and seek the kingdom Luke 12:15
- I AM the Lord
- Sinai and Pentecost
- Pentecost is not a New Testament celebration.
- It is a celebration of the giving of the Torah
- Israel camped in front of the mountain
- Word for camped is singular so they camp in front of the mountain
- When the day of Pentecost came they were all with one accord in one place.
- Congregation formed which is also the word for church.
- Prepare yourselves for God is going to move on the third day. Exodus 19: 16
- People saw the fire, trumpet, cloud and lightening flashes. 15 – 18
- Seventy languages spoken and sparks came upon the people.