Thursday, December 7, 2017

Dec 7, Thu - Exodus Ends, Leviticus Begins!

Next Quiz/Test: Friday is Memory Quiz 5b: Proverbs 16:5-8 (ESV)

HandoutsNone given

Reminders:
Service Project: The 10 hours, 2 forms, and 1 essay are due on Apr 23, 2018
Devotion 1 PresentationBe ready to present on your day! See class schedule.
Devotion 2: Due Jan 8, Take lessons learned from Devotion 1 as you write this. Re-read the instructions (this lists your Devotion 2 Book Choices). Start this early to make it good!

Instructional Time: Unit 5: Exodus 21 - Leviticus 22
Journal 5-6: Study Packet, Page 14
- If you could make the rules….
- - Make a list of foods (or drinks) that you would require or forbid eating (explain which it is)
- - - List at least five – more is great!
- - For each item (or group), give the reason(s) you would require or forbid it!
- Do you have more time?
- - Work on Devotion 2
- - Work on incomplete handout pages

Backtrack: Review yesterday's notes
- Period 1 finished talking about this: Ex. 32-40: God Restores & Prepares His People (Study Packet, Page 2, staring with "The Covenant is Restored: God disciplines with mercy")
- Period 2 finished off

Ex. 32-40: God Restores & Prepares His People: Study Packet, Page 2
Wilderness Preparations: 
- Israel makes the Tabernacle 
- - God accepts it!
- - He displaying His glory in it so powerfully that…
- - - Not even Moses can enter!
- God uses this bright cloud to show Israel His presence and leadership
- - He does this throughout their time in the wilderness

Exodus 32-40: Theology & Anthropology: Study Packet, Page 3
Theology:
- - God will not allow unrepentant sinners to go unpunished
- - God shows mercy, even when He disciplines us
- - God will reveal His glory to us
- - God will have mercy & compassion on those that He wants to!
- - - It is not something that we deserve!
- - - Exodus 33:19 (NIV), “And the Lord said, “I will cause all my goodness to pass in front of you, and I will proclaim my name, the Lord, in your presence. I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.”
Anthropology:
- - Life goes best when we always trust & obey God
- - We must guard ourselves against becoming corrupt, stubborn, impatient, or pressured into sin by people or situations
- - We should pray for others to receive God’s mercy & grace
- - When it is possible & proper, we should confront & correct sin

Leviticus 1-10: Laws for Offerings & Priests: Study Packet, Page 2
Leviticus: This book…
- Teaches us how to worship
- Shows us the holiness of God
- Shows us how God makes us holy
- - We need His help!

An Outline of the Book: Leviticus is full of laws & instructions for…
- Chapters 1-7: Offerings & Sacrifices
- Chapters 8-10: Priests
- Chapters 11-22: Food, Health, & Daily Life
- Chapters 23-25: Feasts and Festivals
- Chapters 26-27: Blessings & Curses

Leviticus: The Pentateuch Table
Key Idea: Worship (Which I define as our positive response to God, who He is & what He has done)
The Nation: Set Apart (To be made holy!)
The People: Taught
God’s Character: Holy (Which means to be 'set-apart' as something greater & better)
God’s Role: Sanctifier (To make holy)
God’s Command: “Be Holy!”

Leviticus Some Other Details
Author: Moses
Position in Bible: Part of Pentateuch, 3rd book in Bible
Key Verse: Leviticus 11:44-45 (NIV), "I am the LORD your God; consecrate yourselves and be holy, because I am holy...I am the LORD who brought you up out of Egypt to be your God; therefore be holy as I am Holy"
Context: This continues to define the covenant relationship God and Israel had; how did God expect them to act?
Timing of Events: The events in Leviticus seem take place in the one month period between where Exodus ends & Numbers begins
- - This is a pretty short amount of 'time' to cover, considering Exodus (80 yrs) & Genesis (1000s of years!), however the bulk of this book isn't on 'events,' it's on what God is teaching.

Leviticus 1-10: Laws for Offerings & Priests: Study Packet, Page 2
The 5 Sacrifices/Offerings:
- Purpose?
- - To restore or maintain a right relationship w/God
- What could be offered?
- - Herd animals, Some birds, Grains, Fruits, Spices, & Oil
- Two Categories:
- - Voluntary (V): Maintained fellowship w/God
- - Mandatory (M): Restored broken fellowship w/God
- Five Sacrifices:
- - Burnt Offerings: V.  Forgiving for unintentional sins
- - Grain Offerings: V. Recognizing God’s goodness
- - Peace Offerings: V. Thanksgiving & Fellowship
- - Sin Offerings: M.  Forgiving unintentional sins
- - Guilt Offerings: M.   Forgiving the sin of denying one’s rights; required restitution

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