ISRAEL, PART 1; January 11, 2015
#2—THE FOREST FOR THE TREES [BIBLE OVERVIEW]
SO FAR … CREATION/ ADAM & EVE/ FALL
 GOD CREATED ALL THINGS—GOOD!
 HUMANS WERE CREATED BY GOD TO:
 love GOD
 love OURSELVES
 love OTHERS
 love CREATION
ALL THE HUMANS HAD TO DO WAS T
 THAT HE L
THEM
 THAT HE DID AND WOULD FULLY P
ALL THEIR NEEDS
 ENJOY BEING IN HIS PRESENCE
 LOVE HIM AND HIS CREATION
GOD:
FOR
HUMANS MADE THE WRONG CHOICE AND M
IT UP:
 FOR THEMSELVES
 FOR ALL OF CREATION
 HUMANS BOUGHT INTO SATAN’S D
[LIES]
NOW WHAT?
 GOD’S GONNA FIX IT!
 HE WILL DO SO WITH H
COOPERATION/
PARTNERSHIP
 HOW HE DOES SO IS THE REST OF THE STORY OF
THE BIBLE
 HOW GOD RESTORES ALL PEOPLE TO A RIGHT
RELATIONSHIP WITH HIMSELF [R
]
 HOW HE P
THEM IN LOVE TO GET
THEM BACK TO EXISTING FULLY IN HIS PRESENCE
 THE ULTIMATE FIX WILL BE THE C
OF
JESUS CHRIST, but we have a lot of Biblical history to
cover to get there
GOD CHOOSES A PARTICULAR PEOPLE
 TO KNOW HIS P
IN A SPECIAL WAY
 BY LIVING RIGHTEOUSLY [in right relationship/ love/
presence] GOD THEY WILL SHOW THE WHOLE
W
THAT GOD LOVES THEM TOO
 ABRAHAM—ONE PARTICULAR PERSON
GOD’S LOVE IS ALWAYS FORMALIZED AS C
 GOD MAKES PROMISES
 ABRAHAM T
HIM
 ALL GOD’S PROMISES COME TO PASS [IN GOD’S
TIME]—HE IS F
TO HIS COVENANT
 ABRAHAM IS R
[rightly related to God]
Consider Abraham: "He believed God, and it was credited to
him as righteousness." Galatians 3:6
CUTTING THE COVENANT Genesis 15:1-21
 PROMISE OF DESCENDANTS
 TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS
 ULTIMATELY A L
, A PLACE WHERE THEY
COULD LIVE IN GOD’S PRESENCE
GOD CALLS MOSES
 EXODUS—GOD GETS HIS PEOPLE OUT OF
SLAVERY IN EGYPT
 WANDERING IN WILDERNESS [40 YEARS]
 GIVEN THE TABERNACLE: A PLACE WHERE GOD
WOULD MEET THEM [they could know His PRESENCE]
ANOTHER COVENANT
 GOD GIVES MOSES THE L
ON MOUNT SINAI
TO GIVE TO HIS PEOPLE
 SO THEY CAN KNOW HOW TO BE HIS PEOPLE
 THE DIRECTION IS IMPORTANT: OBEDIENCE FLOWS
F
IDENTITY
 WE CAN ONLY OBEY IF WE’VE GOT OUR I
RIGHT
 WORSHIP, BEING IN THE PRESENCE OF GOD IS
WHERE/ HOW WE CONNECT WITH WHO WE ARE
[our true identity in Christ]