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NUMBERS 2 “The Israelites are to camp around the Tent of Meeting some distance from it, each man under his standard with the banners of his family” (Numbers 2:2). According to Numbers 2 and 3, God arranged the Israelite camp in a square with three tribes on each side. The central tribe on the east … Continue reading “EMMANUEL: GOD WITH US”

EXODUS 25 “Then have them make a sanctuary for Me, and I will dwell among them” (Exodus 25:8). At the center of the Israelite camp was a courtyard marked out by white linen curtains hung on posts. The curtains were seven and one half feet high, which prevented anyone from seeing what was inside the … Continue reading “A HOUSE FOR GOD”

ROMANS 5 For if, when we were God’s enemies, we were reconciled to Him through the death of His Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through His life! (Romans 5:10). “Bumper sticker theology” says “Smile, God loves you.” This kind of slogan communicates to people that God will save them … Continue reading “JUSTIFICATION BY CHRIST”

NUMBERS 6 “The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make His face shine upon you and be gracious to you; the Lord turn His face toward you and give you peace” (Numbers 6:24–26). When God set up the Tabernacle and the priesthood at Mount Sinai, He instructed Aaron as High Priest to bless … Continue reading “BLESSING AND CURSE”

JOHN 17 I pray for them. I am not praying for the world, but for those You have given Me, for they are Yours (John 17:9). We now come to the last in our series on the objective facts of the gospel and the atonement. Before we can reach a dying world with the gospel … Continue reading “DESIGN OF THE ATONEMENT”

ROMANS 3 For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God (Romans 3:23). The Bible presents sin in three dimensions: as a debt we owe God, as our estrangement from or enmity against God, and as a crime against God. To understand sin as a debt, we consider the objective fact that … Continue reading “THREE DIMENSIONS OF SIN”

MARK 10 For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many (Mark 10:45). We are considering the objective facts of the gospel in our lessons and today we focus our attention specifically on three essential words: ransom, propitiation, and … Continue reading “CHRIST OUR RANSOM”

EXODUS 23 Do not follow the crowd in doing wrong. When you give testimony in a lawsuit, do not pervert justice by siding with the crowd (Exodus 23:2). Recently several scholars have suggested that the Book of the Covenant (Exodus 21–23) can be divided into several sections, each of which comments on one of the … Continue reading “IMPARTIAL JUSTICE”

EXODUS 24 Then [Moses] took the Book of the Covenant and read it to the people. They responded, “We will do everything the Lord has said; we will obey” (Exodus 24:7). In Genesis 15, God told Abram in a dream to kill animals and separate them in halves. God walked between the pieces of the … Continue reading “RATIFYING THE COVENANT”

EXODUS 21:1–11 If you buy a Hebrew servant, he is to serve you for six years. But in the seventh year, he shall go free, without paying anything (Exodus 21:2). The fact that God did not abolish slavery in the Old Testament has been a concern to many people. Realize first that the condition of … Continue reading “SLAVERY IN THE BIBLE”