Thursday, August 10, 2017

Exodus - 2

Moses the only prophet sees God face to face.

let's continue on the second part of the Exodus 15:22 - 40:38, plus Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, those four books together with Genesis, we call it, the Five Books of Moses, also known as the books of the Law because they contain the laws and instruction given by the Lord through Moses to the people of Israel. 
Moses wrote them during the 40 years of wandering in the desert, Moses died within sight of the Promised Land on Mount Nebo.
Often time God turn bad into good and the time we learn something from.


從紅海到西奈山 from the sea to mount Sinai.(15:22 - 18:27
西奈山下頒律法 Moses on the mountain and made his covenant with Israel.(19:1 - 24:18
建造會幕 building tabernacle(25:1 - 40:38

How weak is the human beings; once Israelites out of Egypt, out of difficulties, they thank God, they praise, nevertheless, when things couldn't satisfy them (lack of water and food, when Moses was up on Mount Sinai for forty days), we doubt about His existence, complained to the leader, we even seek for other god’s help. 

How the people of Israelite promise the Lord.
出埃及記 Exodus19:8 百姓都齊聲回答說:「凡耶和華所吩咐的,我們都願意遵從。」And all the people answered together and said, “All that the Lord hath spoken we will do.” And Moses returned the words of the people unto the Lord.
出埃及記 Exodus24:3 摩西下山把耶和華的話和法令都告訴百姓,百姓齊聲回答:「我們願意遵行耶和華的一切吩咐。」And Moses came and told the people all the words of the Lord and all the judgments; and all the people answered with one voice and said, “All the words which the Lord hath said will we do.

利未記 Leviticus 記述有關選自利未族的祭司團所需謹守的一切律例。Israel remains encamped at Mount Sinai while God appears in the Tent of Meeting, dictating to Moses his specifications regarding the Jewish ceremonial laws in extraordinarily detail.

民數記 Numbers 以色列人的兩次人口普查,第一次在以色列人離開西乃山前,40年後又舉行了一次,同時也記錄了以色列遷居的過程。 
Moses and Aaron themselves disobey God. God instructs Moses to speak to a rock and command it to produce water. Moses, instead, hits the rock angrily with his staff.
God appoints Joshua to eventually succeed Moses as the people’s leader.

申命記 Deuteronomy 第二遍申述律法。將三十九年前在西乃山上所得的律法重新申述並解釋一遍。往事的回想,警戒,回轉:從律法的精意,看見遵行神命令的動力是愛。預言將來的事情:生死禍福的揀選,順從得生命,叛逆得死亡。
神揀選約書亞率領選民進入迦南:律法帶人到救恩門口, 唯恩典帶人進入救恩門內。
The Book of Deuteronomy begins in the final, fortieth year of Israel’s wandering in the desert. Moses restates many of the social laws and rules of conduct outlined in Leviticus, adding a few new laws, such as the requirement for the Israelite to cancel debts every seven years. 

Why is "I am the Lord your God" repeat over and over again in Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy .

Lord give laws about offerings, priesthood, clean and unclean food, holidays, spy on cannon (promise land), Balaam's prophesy, Joshua as the new leader, 


There are all the laws for to build a country, Civil Laws, Ceremonial Laws and Moral Laws in detail.

Deuteronomy 31 The Law Is To Be Read Every Seven Years.

Deuteronomy 31:6 
Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or terrified because of them, for the LORD your God goes with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you."

Songs of Moses: Exodus 15Deuteronomy 32
Deuteronomy 33: Moses bless 12 tribes not Simeon (西緬).

Many times of complain about the Lord and leadership.

How important is the leadership? How to cooperate and support them, it is a mutual mutual relationship.

Israel’s wandering in the desert can be seen as the nation’s adolescence—a period of education and growth following the nation’s birth in the exodus from Egypt and the events at Mount Sinai.

"I know and I'll do it later!" my teenage sons always say so.

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