Law & Order. Anyone who knows me knows that ALL the Law & Order shows are my absolute favorites to watch… most specifically Olivia Benson and Law & Order SVU. 25 seasons and still going strong. So… yes… just in case you are wondering… the play on words in the title of this episode was 100% intentional! LOL!
Truthfully, though, it also directly relates to where we are headed in our studies today on OOBT. The 10 Words or 10 Commandments. The Book of the Covenant. So many examples of the ways in which God is using His laws to bring order.
And about those laws found in the Book of the Covenant… please know that while many of the laws we’re reading don’t sit well or don’t make any sense at all to us, we must remember that they are not written for us today. Instead, they are written for the Israelite culture as they were leaving slavery and the oppression of the Egyptians. The Israelites are newly freed from slavery and in a learning process.
- trying to learn how to live not as slaves any longer but as a new nation
- how to live at peace with God and at peace with one another
- how to deal with issues of property rights, personal injury, and issues of justice
- how God is setting them apart from the nations surrounding them in very significant ways
Throughout this learning process, we see God so graciously not only provide the laws for order, but actually give them detailed instructions as found in the Book of the Covenant of what these laws mean in everyday life for them at that time.
And please don’t miss out on the touching covenant ceremony between God and the Israelites during which they not only saw God, but they feasted with Him in the wilderness too. Can you even imagine my OOBTers?
// Show Notes //
As promised in today’s episode, below is some cross references of the Ten Words/Commandments and the Words of Jesus for further research. These references were found in the NLT Life Application Study Bible on page 129 & in She Reads Truth Exodus Study Guide on pages 106-107.
Exodus 20:3 // Matthew 4:10; 6:33; 22:37-40
Exodus 20:4-6 // Matthew 6:24; Luke 16:13
Exodus 20:7 // Matthew 5:33-37; 6:9; 23:16-22
Exodus 20:8-11 // Matthew 12:1-13; Mark 2:27, 28
Exodus 20:12 // Matthew 10:37; 15:4-6; Mark 10:19; Luke 2:51; John 19:26-27
Exodus 20:13 // Matthew 5:21-24; 19:18
Exodus 20:14 // Matthew 5:27-30; Mark 10:19; John 8:1-11
Exodus 20:15 // Matthew 5:40; Luke 18:20
Exodus 20:16 // Matthew 5:37; 12:36; 19:18
Exodus 20:17 // Luke 12:15-34
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Bible Project // Book of Exodus Summary: A Complete Animated Overview (Part 2)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNpTha80yyE
Bible Project // Exodus 19-40 – Torah Series
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0GhR-2kPKI
Review of the First Half of Exodus // Chapters 1-18
OOBT // Bonus + Prequel to Exodus
https://mfahring.com/bonus-prequel-to-exodus/
OOBT // Exodus 1 – 3 :: Old Faithful + God Faithfulness
https://mfahring.com/exodus-1-3/
OOBT // Exodus 4 – 6 :: I AM Sends Moses + Aaron
https://mfahring.com/exodus-4-6/
OOBT // Exodus 7 – 9 :: The Danger of Pharaoh’s Hard Heart
https://mfahring.com/exodus-7-9/
OOBT // Exodus 10 – 12 :: The Exodus Begins
https://mfahring.com/exodus-10-12/
OOBT // Exodus 13 – 15 :: God Will Fight for Us
https://mfahring.com/exodus-13-15/
OOBT // Exodus 16 – 18 :: Don’t Go It Alone Moses
https://mfahring.com/exodus-16-18/
OOBT // Exodus 19 – 21 :: Ten Words For Them & Us
https://mfahring.com/exodus-19-21-ten-words-for-them-and-us/
OOBT // God’s Cross References + I AM’s Plans // Rahab’s Testimony
https://mfahring.com/gods-cross-references-and-i-ams-plans/
10 Words to Live By // Jen Wilken //
https://www.jenwilkin.net/books-and-studies
First 5 // How Do I Get Through This? An Exodus Study //
https://app.first5.org/book/An%20Exodus%20Study
God of Freedom // Jen Wilken //
https://www.lifeway.com/en/product-family/god-of-freedom-bible-study
Exodus // RightNow Media // Phillip Pointer
https://app.rightnowmedia.org/en/content/details/784081
More Mt. Sinai photos (plus photo credit for photos used on social media)
https://livingitlearningit.com/2021/01/07/climbing-mt-sinai-egypt/
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