Revelation in OT

Revelation in Eden and before the flood

Genesis 1:3 NKJV

Then God said, “Let there be light”; and there was light.

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The covenant framework of OT revelation after the flood

God’s covenant with Noah

This covenant covers all living creatures.

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God’s covenant with Abraham

Genesis 17:7 NKJV

And I will establish My covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you in their generations, for an everlasting covenant, to be God to you and your descendants after you.

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God’s covenant with Moses at Sinai

Exodus 34:27 NKJV

Then the Lord said to Moses, “Write these words, for according to the tenor of these words I have made a covenant with you and with Israel.”

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God’s covenant with David

Psalm 89:3–4 NKJV

“I have made a covenant with My chosen, I have sworn to My servant David: ‘Your seed I will establish forever, And build up your throne to all generations.’ ” Selah

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The promise of a new covenant

Jeremiah 31:31–34 NKJV

“Behold, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah—not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt, My covenant which they broke, though I was a husband to them, says the Lord. But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord: I will put My law in their minds, and write it on their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people. No more shall every man teach his neighbor, and every man his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ for they all shall know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of them, says the Lord. For I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin I will remember no more.”

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The recipients of OT revelation

The people of Israel

Amos 3:2 NKJV

“You only have I known of all the families of the earth; Therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.”

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On occasions God spoke to people outside the covenant community

Daniel 2:27–28 NKJV

Daniel answered in the presence of the king, and said, “The secret which the king has demanded, the wise men, the astrologers, the magicians, and the soothsayers cannot declare to the king. But there is a God in heaven who reveals secrets, and He has made known to King Nebuchadnezzar what will be in the latter days. Your dream, and the visions of your head upon your bed, were these:

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Methods of OT revelation

Direct communication

Deuteronomy 18:18 NKJV

I will raise up for them a Prophet like you from among their brethren, and will put My words in His mouth, and He shall speak to them all that I command Him.

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Visions and dreams

Numbers 12:6 NKJV

Then He said, “Hear now My words: If there is a prophet among you, I, the Lord, make Myself known to him in a vision; I speak to him in a dream.

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Visible manifestations (theophanies)

Genesis 18:1 NKJV

Then the Lord appeared to him by the terebinth trees of Mamre, as he was sitting in the tent door in the heat of the day.

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Scripture

Deuteronomy 31:9 NKJV

So Moses wrote this law and delivered it to the priests, the sons of Levi, who bore the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and to all the elders of Israel.

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The content of OT revelation

Revelation of God’s will and purposes

Genesis 17:1–2 NKJV

When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to Abram and said to him, “I am Almighty God; walk before Me and be blameless. And I will make My covenant between Me and you, and will multiply you exceedingly.”

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Revelation of God’s plan

Genesis 3:15 NKJV

And I will put enmity Between you and the woman, And between your seed and her Seed; He shall bruise your head, And you shall bruise His heel.”

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Revelation of God’s character and being

Exodus 3:11–15 NKJV

But Moses said to God, “Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh, and that I should bring the children of Israel out of Egypt?” So He said, “I will certainly be with you. And this shall be a sign to you that I have sent you: When you have brought the people out of Egypt, you shall serve God on this mountain.” Then Moses said to God, “Indeed, when I come to the children of Israel and say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ and they say to me, ‘What is His name?’ what shall I say to them?” And God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM.” And He said, “Thus you shall say to the children of Israel, ‘I AM has sent me to you.’ ” Moreover God said to Moses, “Thus you shall say to the children of Israel: ‘The Lord God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you. This is My name forever, and this is My memorial to all generations.’

God’s glory:

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God is just and merciful:

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God’s love:

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God is righteous:

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God is the sovereign creator:

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The incompleteness of OT revelation

The fulness of God’s redemption could only become apparent with the fulness of his revelation in Jesus Christ.

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