Lesson 2

Key Text:

“ If you believed Moses, you would believe me, for he wrote about me’ ”

John 5:46

“But when the fullness of the time had come, God sent forth His Son, born[a] of a woman, born under the law.” (Galatians 4:4)

Jesus was born in a Jewish family. Joseph was

a just man (Mt. 1:19) and Mary was blessed

among women (Lk. 1:28)

They obeyed the law of Moses when Jesus was

born, just as God had commanded.

Jesus was circumcised on the eight day

• “And on the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised.” (Leviticus 12:3)

• “And when eight days were completed for the circumcision of the Child, His name was called Jesus, the name given by the angel before He was conceived in the womb.” (Luke 2:21)

Mary was purified after 40 days

• “When the days of her purification are fulfilled, whether for a son or a daughter, she shall bring to the priest a lamb of the first year as a burnt offering, and a young pigeon or a turtledove as a sin offering, to the door of the tabernacle of meeting.” (Leviticus 12:6-8)

• “Now when the days of her purification according to the law of Moses were completed, they brought Him to Jerusalem to present Him to the Lord.” (Luke 2:22)

Pass

over Freedom from slavery

from Egypt

When he was 12 years old (Lk. 2:41-43), when He began His ministry (Jn. 2:13-22), during that ministry (Jn 5) and at the end of it (Mt. 26:17-20)

Pente

cost Harvest feast

The promise of the Holy Spirit was fulfilled (Acts 2:1-4)

Tru

mpets New Year

Not mentioned

“His parents went to Jerusalem every year at the Feast of the Passover.” (Luke 2:41)

Jesus celebrated the Jewish feasts in the law of Moses since He was a

child (and Purim and Dedication)

Day o

f A

tonem

ent

Day of judgment

Not mentioned

Booth

s

Living in the desert

John 7

Dedic

ati

on The

Maccabees dedicate the temple

John 10:22-39

Puri

m Israel is saved in Esther’s day

Not mentioned

“Now so it was that after three days they found Him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the teachers, both listening to them and asking them questions.” (Luke 2:46)

“For the first time the child Jesus looked upon the temple. He saw the white-

robed priests performing their solemn ministry. He beheld the bleeding

victim upon the altar of sacrifice. With the worshipers He bowed in prayer,

while the cloud of incense ascended before God. He witnessed the impressive

rites of the paschal service. Day by day He saw their meaning more clearly.

Every act seemed to be bound up with His own life. New impulses were

awakening within Him. Silent and absorbed, He seemed to be studying out a

great problem. The mystery of His mission was opening to the Saviour.”

EGW (The Desire of Ages, cp. 8, pg. 78)

“When they had come to Capernaum, those who received the temple tax came to Peter and said, “Does your Teacher not pay the temple tax?” He said, “Yes.” And when he had come into the house, Jesus anticipated him, saying, “What do you think, Simon? From whom do the kings of the earth take customs or taxes, from their sons or from strangers?” Peter said to Him, “From strangers.” Jesus said to him, “Then the sons are free. Nevertheless, lest we offend them, go to the sea, cast in a hook, and take the fish that comes up first. And when you have opened its mouth, you will find a piece of money; take that and give it to them

for Me and you.”” (Matthew 17:24-27)

That tax was meant to support

the temple (Exodus 30:12-16). It

was not mandatory as tithe was,

but was considered to be a

religious duty.

Should Jesus—the Son of God—

pay taxes to His Father?

“While Jesus made it plain that He was under no

obligation to pay the tribute, He entered into no

controversy with the Jews in regard to the

matter; for they would have misinterpreted His

words, and turned them against Him. Lest He

should give offense by withholding the tribute,

He did that which He could not justly be required

to do. This lesson would be of great value to His

disciples. Marked changes were soon to take

place in their relation to the temple service, and

Christ taught them not to place themselves

needlessly in antagonism to established order. So

far as possible, they were to avoid giving occasion

for misinterpretation of their faith. While

Christians are not to sacrifice one principle of

truth, they should avoid controversy whenever it

is possible to do so.”

EGW (The Desire of Ages, cp. 48, pg. 434)

“Do not think that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy but to fulfill.” (Matthew 5:17)

Jesus accused the Pharisees of

repealing the law of Moses with

their tradition. They invented

alternatives to honoring their

parents (Mark 7:9-13)

The Pharisees accused Jesus of

denying the law of Moses, since

He didn’t accept divorce—except

in the event of adultery (Matthew

19:3-9)

If Jesus dictated the law to Moses,

how could He deny it?

Jesus set the right approach in

this case.

“they said to Him, “Teacher, this woman was caught in adultery, in the very act. Now Moses, in the law, commanded us that such should be stoned. But what do You say?”” (John 8:4-5)

Jesus didn’t condemn the

adulterous woman. Did He

break the law of Moses?

He actually supported the

law. He said, “He who is

without sin among you, let

him throw a stone at her

first.” (Jn. 8:7; Dt. 17:7)

On the other hand, Jesus

mercifully found a legal

“trick” to avoid the sentence.

Two witnesses were needed

to pronounce death sentence

(Dt. 17:6). The woman could

not be condemned after all

the witnesses had left.

“The Lord does not save

sinners by abrogating his law,

the foundation of his

government in heaven and

earth. God is a judge, the

guardian of justice. The

transgression of his law in a

single instance, in the smallest

particular, is sin. God can not

dispense with his law, he can

not do away with its smallest

item, in order to pardon sin.

The justice, the moral

excellence, of the law must be

maintained and vindicated

before the heavenly universe.

And that holy law could not

be maintained at any smaller

price than the death of the

Son of God.”

EGW (The Review and Herald, November 15, 1898)

CHRIST AND HIS

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