EXODUS –LESSON 41
LEARN: Romans 11:25-29
For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in. 26 And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob: 27 for this is my covenant unto them, when I shall take away their sins. 28 As concerning the gospel, they are enemies for your sakes: but as touching the election, they are beloved for the fathers’ sakes. 29 For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance..
Read: Exodus 23:20-33
1.Who did God send to be a guide to the nation of Israel on their journey through the wilderness? v 20
2. According to verse 20, what 3 things would the Angel do for the nation?
3. What is the “place that God had prepared for the nation of Israel? vv 23, 31
4. Using the description in verses 23 and 31, also Genesis 15:18, and a Bible map make a sketch of all the land that God promised to the nation of Israel.
5. Find Scripture that declares whether or under what circumstances God has or will ever revoke this promise that he made first to Abraham and then to the whole nation of Israel concerning the boundaries of the land that is to be theirs as designated in the Scripture.
6. What is God’s warning to any that would dispute or diminish the amount and location of the land that he has given to the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob? Joel 3:2-17 Especially note verse 2. See also Joel 2:18.
7. What was the nation’s responsibility in order to keep a right relationship with the Angel that would guide them? v 21
8. What was the consequence of disobeying of the Angel? v 21
9. What was the relationship of the Angel to God himself? v 21
10. Find other Scriptures that speak of God calling himself “the name,” or of the ‘name” being an expression of who God is.
11. Explain what the LORD requires from his people when he tells them that they must “indeed obey his voice” in order to receive his blessing. Jeremiah 29:13; Joel 2:12, 13
12. What is God’s promise to the nation of Israel for obeying his voice indeed? vv 22, 23
13. What did the LORD require the people to do when he brought them into the land which he had promised them? v v 24, 25a
14. Was the command given in vv 24, 25 new to the children of Israel? Explain.
15. In what ways would the people of Israel be blessed for obeying the LORD’s commands in verses 25, 26?
16. What were the ways in which the LORD would guarantee the safety of the nation of Israel when they were in the land which he had promised them? v 27
17. The LORD would give Israel all the land that he had promised. Why did it not all fall into their hand immediately? vv 29, 30
18. As seen before the boundaries of what would belong to Israel were set by God. But we see also that the children of Israel had a responsibility in gaining the land promised, what was it? v 31
19. As Israel came into the land what did the LORD strictly forbid? vv 32, 33a
20. What warning did the LORD give Israel in verse 33.
21. In reading Leviticus 26:3-13 we learn that no other people or nation has ever had the opportunity and blessing as a nation that Israel has had. But from history we know that the Jewish people have suffered and been hated through the centuries. They have not lived in the blessings presented in these verses. What happened to keep them from receiving all that God has promised? Leviticus 26:14-39
22. Was the LORD happy to bring his judgment of the people of Israel? Ezekiel 33:10, 11
23. In spite of all Israel’s sin against the LORD, what is his promise to them for the future, both spiritually and concerning the land? Zechariah 13:8, 9; 14:1-21
24. What is the lesson can you take from Exodus 23:21-22?