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Friday, June 4, 2010

Introduction to the Pentateuch written by Moses "0"

Author:  Moses.

Jesus said in John:

John 5:46

    For if you believed Moses, you would believe Me; for he wrote about Me.

Exodus 17:14

    Then the Lord said to Moses, "Write this for a memorial in the book and recount it in the hearing of Joshua that I will utterly blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven."

Exodus 24:4

    And Moses wrote all the words of the Lord. And he rose early in the morning, and built an altar at the foot of the mountain, and twelve pillars according to the twelve tribes of Israel.

Deuteronomy 31:24

    So it was, when Moses had completed writing the words of this law in a book, when they were finished,

Acts 7:22
    And Moses was learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and was mighty in words and deeds.

A.       The bible opens with the Pentateuch, or five books of Moses.
  
B.       The name “Pentateuch” Greek—pente, five: and teuchos, Book

1.      The Septuagint [Latin means seventy] come down from Version of the Old Testament (translation of the Old Testament into Greek)

2.      Seventy Alexandrian Jews about the third century B.C.

C.       Before ever the Septuagint Version was made the writings of Moses were recognized as fivefold.  The Jews called them “the Law” or “the five fifths of the Law” or simply “the fifths.” 

D.       It is probable that originally the whole was one, divided into five sections, each having as its title its first word or words.

E.        Its five parts gives us a consecutive history covering the first 2500 years of human history.

1.      Genesis: we have ruin through the sin of man.

2.      Exodus: we have redemption through the blood of the Lamb and the Sprit of power. 

3.      Leviticus: we have communion on the ground of atonement. 

4.      Numbers: he have direction during the pilgrimage, by the overruling will of God. 

5.      Deuteronomy: we have the double truth of renewed and completed instruction, and the pilgrim people brought to the pre-determined destination.

F.        A fivefold revelation of God in His relationship with His people.

1.      God’s oneness,

a.       No spouse or consort. 

b.      He needs nothing to be complete.

2.      A distinction between God and creation,

3.      God is multiple in nature,

a.       Let us make man in our image.

4.      God is moral and Holy, 

a.       You may eat this and you may not eat that.

5.      God Sovereignty and Majesty in creation and in election.

Genesis: The First Book of Moses,

            Theme: is Beginnings

            Key words: Create Covenant, and Genealogy.

Exodus:  The Second Book of Moses,

            Theme: Deliverance

Key words: Deliver, Sacrifice, Sign, Tabernacle, and Sanctuary.

Leviticus: The Third Book of Moses,

Theme: the Sanctity of God and Holiness in Everyday life.

            Key Words: Holiness, Offering, and Sacrifice.

Numbers: The Fourth Book of Moses,


Theme: Yahweh’s guiding presence for the journey from Sinai to Transjordan.

Key Words: Census, Murmuring, Purity, and Tabernacle of Meeting.

Deuteronomy: The Fifth and last Book of Moses,

   
Theme: Obedience Brings Blessing, Disobedience brings Cursing.

Key Words: Covenant, Obey, Remember, Blessed, and Cursed.

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