Weekly Sermons

 

Exodus Chapter 24

 

The narrative continues before Tabernacle instructions are given.

 

Time to WORSHIP                                                                                                                  V. 1     

 

Seventy of the Elders – First time Seventy used in this context-Possibly the rulers of 1000’S spoken of in Exodus 18

 

Numbers 11:16ff

 

Luke 10:1, 17

 

Moses alone shall come near                                                                                    V. 2

 

Moses alone would be the mediator here just as CHRIST would be the mediator later on

 

The people accept the ‘Mosaic’ Covenant                                                   V. 3-8

 

Remember: the keeping was based on the PREVIOUS provision of sacrificial blood

 

Religion:         # of Countries:           Av. Income:    Literacy Rate: Av. Lifespan:

Judaism           1                                  $16,180           98%                 79 years

Christianity      86                                $7624              84%                 65

Buddhism        8                                  $5713              75%                 64.6

Muslim            41                                $2486              62%                 63.4

Non-religious  3                                  $1563              93%                 71

Hindu               2                                  $295                51%                 61.5

 

In verses 5-8 The Mosaic Covenant is inaugurated. It is this conditional covenant, not the unconditional Abrahamic or Davidic Covenants, which Jesus refers to as the “OLD Covenant” in comparison to the “New Covenant” of Matthew 26:26-30.

 

What does the blood on the altar symbolize?

 

God’s forgiveness and ACCEPTANCE of the offering

 

What does the blood on the people represent?

 

The people being bound to OBEDIENCE by a blood oath

 

Hebrews 9:12-28                                 Revelation 12:11

The Leaders Experience God                                                                         V. 9-11

 

“It is lack of holiness, not lack of numbers, which hinders the advance of the church.”      -Jonathan Edwards

 

God invites Moses CLOSER                                                                            V. 12-18

 

These tablets are going to be put into the ARK of God

 

For Ezra had prepared his heart to seek the Law of the Lord, and to do it, and to teach statutes and ordinances in Israel.   -Ezra 7:10