Dear friend! Peace to all brothers and sisters! Amen
We opened the Bible [Deuteronomy 5:1-3] and read together: Moses called all the Israelites together and said to them, "O Israel, listen to the statutes and judgments that I am telling you today, so that you may learn them and observe them. The Lord our God made a covenant with us at Mount Horeb. This covenant is not What was established with our ancestors was established with us who are alive here today. .
Today we will study, fellowship, and share " make a covenant 》No. 4 Speak and offer a prayer: Dear Abba Holy Father, our Lord Jesus Christ, thank you that the Holy Spirit is always with us! Amen, thank the Lord! “The virtuous woman” sends out workers through the word of truth written and spoken in their hands, the gospel of our salvation! Provide us with heavenly spiritual food in time, so that our lives will be richer. Amen! May the Lord Jesus continue to illuminate our spiritual eyes and open our minds to understand the Bible so that we can see and hear spiritual truths. Understand the Law of Moses, which is God’s written covenant with the Israelites. .
---The Law of the Israelites---
【one】 commandments of the law
Let’s look at the Bible [Deuteronomy 5:1-22] and read it together: Then Moses called all the Israelites together and said to them, “O Israelites, listen to the statutes and regulations that I am telling you today; Learn and obey the Lord ours. God made a covenant with us on Mount Horeb. This covenant was not made with our ancestors, but with us who are here alive today. The Lord spoke to you face to face on the mountain... "I am the Lord. your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery,
1 You shall have no other gods before me.
2 You shall not make for yourself any graven image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is on earth beneath, or that is under the earth, or that is in the waters.
3 You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain.
4 You shall keep the Sabbath day holy, as the LORD your God has commanded you. Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God. …
5 Honor your father and your mother, as the LORD your God has commanded you, so that it may go well with you and that your days may be long in the land which the LORD your God gives you.
6 Thou shalt not kill.
7 Thou shalt not commit adultery.
8 Thou shalt not steal.
9 Thou shalt not bear false witness against anyone.
10 You shall not covet your neighbor's wife; you shall not covet your neighbor's house, his field, his male servant, his maidservant, his ox, his donkey, or anything that is his. ’ “These are the words that the LORD spoke to you all the congregation on the mountain, with a loud voice out of fire, out of cloud, and out of darkness; he didn’t add any other words to them. So he wrote these words on two tablets of stone and gave them to me.
【two】 the statutes of the law
( 1 ) Burnt Offering Ordinance
[Leviticus 1:1-17] The LORD called to Moses from the tent of meeting and said to him, "Speak to the Israelites and say to them: If any of you brings an offering to the LORD, he must offer an offering of cattle from the flock. . “If his offering is a burnt offering of an ox, he shall offer a bull without blemish at the door of the Tent of Meeting, so that it may be accepted before the LORD. He shall lay his hands on the head of the burnt offering, and the burnt offering will be accepted as atonement for his sins. … “If a man’s offering is a burnt offering of a sheep or a goat, he must offer a ram without blemish. … “If a man’s offering to the LORD is a burnt offering of a bird, he must offer a turtledove or a young pigeon. The priest shall burn it all as a burnt offering on the altar, an offering made by fire for a sweet aroma to the LORD. --Recorded in Leviticus 1:9
( 2 ) Meat Offering Ordinance
[Leviticus 2:1-16] If anyone brings a grain offering as an offering to the LORD, he must pour fine flour with oil and add frankincense... “If you offer a grain offering from something roasted in the oven, you must use it. Fine unleavened flour cakes mixed with oil, or unleavened wafers anointed with oil. … “No grain offering you offer to the LORD shall have leaven in it; for you shall not burn any leaven or any honey as an offering made by fire to the LORD. These are to be offered to the LORD as a firstfruits offering, but they are not to be offered as a fragrant offering on the altar. Every grain offering you offer must be seasoned with salt; the salt of the covenant of your God must not be missing from the grain offering. All offerings must be offered with salt. …The priest shall burn some of the grains of grain as a memorial, some of the oil, and all the frankincense, as an offering made by fire to the LORD. recorded
( 3 ) Peace Offering Ordinance
[Leviticus Chapter 3 Verses 1-17] “When a man brings an offering as a peace offering, if it is offered from the herd, whether it is a male or a female, it must be an offering without blemish. Before the LORD. … “When a peace offering is offered to the LORD, it must be of a flock, whether a male or a female, without blemish. … “If a man’s offering is a goat, he shall offer it before the LORD.
( 4 ) Sin Offering Ordinance
[Leviticus 4 Chapter 1-35] The LORD said to Moses, “Speak to the Israelites: If anyone commits a sin against any of the things the LORD has commanded that is not lawful, or if an anointed priest sins and causes the people to sin, he will be blamed for it. for the sin of sacrificing a bull without blemish to Jesus The king is a sin offering. … “If the whole congregation of the Israelites does any thing which is forbidden to them according to the commandment of the LORD, and commits a sin by mistake, but it is hidden and invisible to the congregation, then as soon as the congregation becomes aware of the sin they have committed, they will offer it. A young bull was brought to the tent of meeting as a sin offering. … “If a ruler does what the LORD has done, he If anyone commits a sin which is forbidden by God and he knows the sin he has committed, he must bring a male goat without blemish as an offering... "If anyone among the people does anything that is forbidden by the command of the LORD, If you commit a sin by mistake, and you know the sin you have committed, you must bring a female goat without blemish as an offering for the sin you committed. "If a man brings a lamb for a sin offering, he must bring a female without blemish and lay his hands on the head of the sin offering and kill it for the sin offering in the same place as the burnt offering. . . . The priest shall burn it on the altar according to the regulations of the offering made by fire to the LORD. The priest shall make atonement for him, and he shall be forgiven.
( 5 ) Guilt Offering Ordinance
[Leviticus 5:1-19] “If anyone hears a voice calling for an oath, and he is a witness but does not tell what he has seen or knows, it is sin; he will bear his iniquity. Or if someone touches an unclean thing, whether it is an unclean dead beast, an unclean dead animal, or an unclean dead worm, but he does not know it, and therefore becomes unclean, he is guilty of sin. Or he has touched someone else’s uncleanness, and he does not know what uncleanness he has, and when he knows it, he is guilty... “If anyone sins and does anything forbidden by the Lord, even though he does not. But if you have sinned, you must bear his iniquity; and you must bring a ram without blemish from the flock as a guilt offering to the priest, according to your estimate of the price. As for the wrong thing he has done by mistake, the priest will make atonement for him, and he will be forgiven.
( 6 ) Regulations on Wave Offerings and Lift Offerings
[Leviticus 23:20] The priest shall make a wave offering of these with the bread of the firstfruits of wheat, and wave them before the LORD; it shall be a holy offering to the LORD unto the priest. Refer to Exodus 29, verse 27
【three】 the rules of the law
[Exodus 21:1-6] “This is the ordinance you shall establish before the people: If you buy a Hebrew as a slave, he shall serve you six years; in the seventh year he shall be free and go out free. If he comes alone, he shall go alone; If he has a wife, his wife may go out with him. If his master gives him a wife and she bears him a son or a daughter, the wife and the children shall belong to the master, and he shall be alone. Go out. If a slave declares, "I love my master and my wife and children, and I do not want to go out free," his master shall take him to the judge (or God; the same below) and take him away. Go to the door, get close to the door frame, pierce his ear with an awl, and he will serve his master forever (Note: Laws are the basic rules for regulating people's life and behavior).
【Four】 If you obey the commandments, laws, and ordinances, you will be blessed
[Deuteronomy 28:1-6] “If you will listen carefully to the voice of the LORD your God and observe and do all his commandments, which I command you today, he will set you above all the people on earth. You If you obey the Lord God says, these blessings will follow you and come upon you: You will be blessed in the city, and you will be blessed in the fruit of your body, in the fruit of your land, in the offspring of your cattle, in your calves and in your lambs. , and you will be blessed. Blessed will be your basket and your kneading basin.
【five】 Those who break the commandments will be cursed
Verses 15-19 “If you do not obey the LORD, If you do not obey the word of God and obey all his commandments and statutes, which I command you today, these curses will follow you and befall you: Cursed will you be in the city, and cursed in the field. Cursed . Cursed is your basket and your kneading basin. Cursed is your offspring, your calves and your lambs. Cursed is your going out. Cursed is your coming in. PLUS 3:24-25 In this way, the law is our tutor, leading us to Christ so that we can be justified by faith.
Note: By studying the above scriptures, we record that the laws of the Israelites include commandments, statutes, and regulations, a total of 613! The law is our teacher. Before the truth of salvation by faith came, we were kept under the law until the future truth was revealed. The law led us to Christ and justified us by faith. ! Since the New Testament principle of salvation by faith has come, we are no longer under the master "Old Testament law", but under the "New Testament" grace, that is, in Christ, because the end of the law is Christ. Amen! So, do you understand?
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