The Mission of GodThe Mission of GodThe Patriarchs and the Exodus

(class # 5)The Patriarchs and the Exodus

(class # 5)

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“And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he interpreted to them in all the Scriptures the things

concerning himself.” (Luke 24:27)

You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; and it is they that bear

witness about me. (John 5:39)

“Your father Abraham rejoiced that he would see (to see) my day. He saw it and was glad.”

(John 8:56)

“And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he interpreted to them in all the Scriptures the things

concerning himself.” (Luke 24:27)

You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; and it is they that bear

witness about me. (John 5:39)

“Your father Abraham rejoiced that he would see (to see) my day. He saw it and was glad.”

(John 8:56)

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Unifies our understanding of the Bible in the Gospel

Solidifies our understanding of the trinity and the unchanging nature of our God

pursuing a single mission of grace.

Allows us to link our own election as the church with Israel’s election as God’s

people for the purpose of revealing God’s grace to the nations.

Unifies our understanding of the Bible in the Gospel

Solidifies our understanding of the trinity and the unchanging nature of our God

pursuing a single mission of grace.

Allows us to link our own election as the church with Israel’s election as God’s

people for the purpose of revealing God’s grace to the nations.

“The ingathering of the nations was the very thing Israel existed for in the purpose of

God; it was the fulfillment of the bottom line of God’s promise to Abraham. Since Jesus

was the Messiah of Israel and since the Messiah embodied in his own person the

identity and mission of Israel, then to belong to the Messiah through faith was to belong

to Israel. And to belong to Israel was to be a true child of Abraham, no matter what a person’s ethnicity is, for “If you belong to

Christ [the Messiah], then you are Abraham’s seed and heirs according to the

promise” (Gal 3:29)[The Mission of God by Christopher Wright,

p. 194]

“The ingathering of the nations was the very thing Israel existed for in the purpose of

God; it was the fulfillment of the bottom line of God’s promise to Abraham. Since Jesus

was the Messiah of Israel and since the Messiah embodied in his own person the

identity and mission of Israel, then to belong to the Messiah through faith was to belong

to Israel. And to belong to Israel was to be a true child of Abraham, no matter what a person’s ethnicity is, for “If you belong to

Christ [the Messiah], then you are Abraham’s seed and heirs according to the

promise” (Gal 3:29)[The Mission of God by Christopher Wright,

p. 194]

AbrahamAbraham

o He was to go and be a blessing. (Gen 12:1-3)

o He was to be the father of a multitude of nations (Gen 17:4-5)

o He interacted with the second person of the trinity (Gen 18)

o He and his seed entered into covenant with YHWHo They received the sign of the covenanto They received the promise of land

o He was to go and be a blessing. (Gen 12:1-3)

o He was to be the father of a multitude of nations (Gen 17:4-5)

o He interacted with the second person of the trinity (Gen 18)

o He and his seed entered into covenant with YHWHo They received the sign of the covenanto They received the promise of land

Jacob Gen 28:11-17; 32:24ffJacob Gen 28:11-17; 32:24ff

o Reiteration of the promised descendants and land—a covenant of grace

o Descendants like the dust (28:14)o Spreading out on the land to the north and the

south (28:14; cf Gen 15:18; Rom 4:13; Heb 11:10)o Jacob’s wrestling match (32:24ff)

o Grace: Jacob’s strength does not allow him to prevail.

o Israel: “God contends, strives.” (v. 28)o “I have seen God face to face.” (v. 30)o A limp—Jacob—the grabber has been grabbed.

His mark, from now on, is not grabbing but limping.

o Reiteration of the promised descendants and land—a covenant of grace

o Descendants like the dust (28:14)o Spreading out on the land to the north and the

south (28:14; cf Gen 15:18; Rom 4:13; Heb 11:10)o Jacob’s wrestling match (32:24ff)

o Grace: Jacob’s strength does not allow him to prevail.

o Israel: “God contends, strives.” (v. 28)o “I have seen God face to face.” (v. 30)o A limp—Jacob—the grabber has been grabbed.

His mark, from now on, is not grabbing but limping.

JosephJoseph

o Can be seen as a pre-cursor of the promised seed.o He experiences abject humiliation from his

brotherso He preserves Israel (Gen 45:7) and the

earth (41:57)o “He has made me a father to Pharaoh, and

lord of all his house and ruler over all the land of Egypt” (45:8)

o Jacob blesses Pharaoh (47:7; cf Gen 12:3)

o Can be seen as a pre-cursor of the promised seed.o He experiences abject humiliation from his

brotherso He preserves Israel (Gen 45:7) and the

earth (41:57)o “He has made me a father to Pharaoh, and

lord of all his house and ruler over all the land of Egypt” (45:8)

o Jacob blesses Pharaoh (47:7; cf Gen 12:3)

The ExodusThe Exodus

o God’s self-revelation to Moses (Exodus 3)o I have surely seen and come down to

deliver (v.7-8); I have surely “visited” (v. 16)

o I am Yahweh (v. 13-15)o The knowledge of God revealed: “you will

know that I am the LORD.” [YHWH]o To Egyptians (5:2; 7:5; 7:17; 8:10; 8:22;

9:14-16; 9:29; 11:7; 14:4; 14:18)o To Israel (10:2; 16:6; 16:12; 29:46; 31:13)o To Jethro (18:11)

o God’s self-revelation to Moses (Exodus 3)o I have surely seen and come down to

deliver (v.7-8); I have surely “visited” (v. 16)

o I am Yahweh (v. 13-15)o The knowledge of God revealed: “you will

know that I am the LORD.” [YHWH]o To Egyptians (5:2; 7:5; 7:17; 8:10; 8:22;

9:14-16; 9:29; 11:7; 14:4; 14:18)o To Israel (10:2; 16:6; 16:12; 29:46; 31:13)o To Jethro (18:11)

The Covenant Confirmed (Ex 24)The Covenant Confirmed (Ex 24)

o (v. 6-8) Blood sprinkled on altar and on people o Atonement toward God propitiates o Atonement toward man expiates

o (v. 9-11) Moses and Elders eat in the presence of God (cf 19:12 – no one was to touch the mountain)

o “I will dwell among them…” (Exodus 25:8)

o (v. 6-8) Blood sprinkled on altar and on people o Atonement toward God propitiates o Atonement toward man expiates

o (v. 9-11) Moses and Elders eat in the presence of God (cf 19:12 – no one was to touch the mountain)

o “I will dwell among them…” (Exodus 25:8)

Next Week: From the Tabernacle to the Monarchy

Next Week: From the Tabernacle to the Monarchy

o Reflection:o What New Testament realities does the

Tabernacle point toward? (See Ex 29:42-46; II Samuel 7:6-7)

o What do we understand about the mission of God from the book of the Judges?

o Was it God’s will for Israel to have a king? Why or why not?

o Reflection:o What New Testament realities does the

Tabernacle point toward? (See Ex 29:42-46; II Samuel 7:6-7)

o What do we understand about the mission of God from the book of the Judges?

o Was it God’s will for Israel to have a king? Why or why not?