How Bad Do You want It?
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30 Little by little I will drive them out from before you, until you have increased and possess the land.
Change is inevitable Growth is optional ~ Maxwell
30 Instead, I will force out your enemies little by little and give your nation time to grow strong enough to take over the land.
30 “I will drive them out before you little by little, until you become fruitful and take possession of the land.
Change is inevitable Growth is optional ~ Maxwell
30 Little by little I will drive them out before you, until you become fruitful and inherit the land.
30 Little by little I will drive them out before you, until you have increased enough to take possession of the land.
Change is inevitable Growth is optional ~ Maxwell
30 Instead, I will drive them out little by little, until there are enough of you to take possession of the land.
Maturation Diff
Last Sunday we talked about Moses and His Excuses
Moses gave God 5 Different Excuses on why He didn't want to be used by God
Who i’m I
Who are You
They wont Belive Me
I cant talk well
Find some one else
Wend we talked about a Matured Mouth
1. Lack of Expectation breeds a Complaining Spirit
2. Discouragement because of a Bitter Trail breeds A Complaining Spirit
3. Criticizing your Current Provision breeds A Complaining Spirit
4. An Un-Quenched Thirst breeds breeds A Complaining Spirit
5. Destined with Delay breeds A Complaining Spirit
4 ‘You yourselves have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and how I bore you on eagles’ wings and brought you to myself.
Potential
potential
5 Now therefore, if you will indeed obey my voice and keep my covenant, you shall be my treasured possession among all peoples, for all the earth is mine;
20 The Lord came down on Mount Sinai, to the top of the mountain. And the Lord called Moses to the top of the mountain, and Moses went up.
6 and you shall be to me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.’ These are the words that you shall speak to the people of Israel.”
7 So Moses came and called the elders of the people and set before them all these words that the Lord had commanded him.
Blessings contingent on obedience (28:1–2)
28:1–2. God’s invitation for Israel to take part in the covenant was a gracious one. However, blessing under this Mosaic Covenant was conditioned on the people’s obedience
For the Mosaic Covenant was made with a people who had already been redeemed by God’s gracious deliverance from Egypt. So the covenant was given to Israel that they might enjoy fellowship with God and be prepared to receive his blessings. One of those blessings would be the exalting of Israel above all other nations
Conditional Covenants
Conditional Covenants
A conditional covenant is a bilateral covenant in which a proposal of God to man is characterized by the formula: if you will, then I will whereby God promises to grant special blessings to man providing man fulfills certain conditions contained in the covenant. Man’s failure to do so often results in punishment. Thus one’s response to the covenant agreement brings either blessings or cursings. The blessings are secured by obedience and man must meet his conditions before God will meet His.
Deere, J. S. (1985). Deuteronomy. In J. F. Walvoord & R. B. Zuck (Eds.), The Bible Knowledge Commentary: An Exposition of the Scriptures (Vol. 1, p. 311). Wheaton, IL: Victor Books.
8 All the people answered together and said, “All that the Lord has spoken we will do.” And Moses reported the words of the people to the Lord.
Potential
having the capacity to develop into something in the future.
■ adjective having the capacity to develop into something in the future.
1 latent qualities or abilities that may be developed and lead to future success or usefulness.
2 (often potential for/to do something) the possibility of something happening or of someone doing something in the future.
existing in possibility: capable of development into actuality 〈potential benefits〉
Soanes, C., & Stevenson, A. (Eds.). (2004). Concise Oxford English dictionary (11th ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
existing in possibility: capable of development into actuality 〈potential benefits〉
1. The law governing the Sabbath (vv.10–12).
2. The basic religious law: governs idolatry (v.13).
3. The law governing the three annual feasts (vv.14–17).
4. The law governing the Passover sacrifice (v.18).
5. The law governing one’s offerings to God (v.19).
Note closely the above Scripture: the purpose of the Sabbath Year was to set aside a special time, a very special time …
• for worship
• for reading and studying the law, the Word of God
Matured in my Manners
Matured in my Manners
Leadership Ministries Worldwide. (1996). Exodus, Part II (Chapters 19–40) (Vol. II, p. 243). Chattanooga, TN: Leadership Ministries Worldwide.
1 “You must not pass along false rumors. You must not cooperate with evil people by lying on the witness stand.
Ex 2
4 “If you meet your enemy’s ox or his donkey going astray, you shall bring it back to him.
5 If you see the donkey of one who hates you lying down under its burden, you shall refrain from leaving him with it; you shall rescue it with him.
Matured in my Movement towards Him
Matured in my Movement towards Him
14 “Three times in the year you shall keep a feast to me.
Summoning them to come Closer
1 Afterward Moses and Aaron went and said to Pharaoh, “Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, ‘Let my people go, that they may hold a feast to me in the wilderness.’ ”
9 Moses said, “We will go with our young and our old. We will go with our sons and daughters and with our flocks and herds, for we must hold a feast to the Lord.”
25 not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near.
Matured in Mindset
Matured in Mindset
15 You shall keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread. As I commanded you, you shall eat unleavened bread for seven days at the appointed time in the month of Abib, for in it you came out of Egypt. None shall appear before me empty-handed.
Speaks to Redemption
emancipate : set free, especially from legal, social, or political restrictions. ▶ free from slavery. ▶ Law set (a child) free from the authority of its parents.
COED
President Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on September 22, 1862
But it wasn't until June 19, 1865, is considered the date when the last slaves in America were freed.
Although the rumors of freedom were widespread prior to this, actual emancipation did not come until
General Gordon Granger rode into Galveston, Texas and issued General Order No. 3, on June 19, almost two and a half years after President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation.
The Passover and The Feast of Unleavened Bread
The Passover festival occurs on the fourteenth day of the first month. Abib (March–April), about the time of the barley harvest
It celebrates Israel’s deliverance from slavery in Egypt after the angel of the Lord passed over the homes marked with blood on the doorposts.
the feast celebrated God’s great deliverance of Israel from Egyptian slavery. The eating of unleavened bread was to remind the people of their quick, hasty exodus from Egypt.
The Festival of Unleavened Bread This festival begins on the fifteenth day of the first month. (The Day Right after Passover) For seven days no bread made with yeast is to be eaten.
There was to be a great worship service on the first day and another on the last day of the feast
Here God gave instructions for three agricultural festivals to be held annually:
(a) the Feast of Unleavened Bread in the month of
Here God gave instructions for three agricultural festivals to be held annually: (a) the Feast of Unleavened Bread in the month of Abib (March–April), about the time of the barley harvest; (b) the Feast of Harvest in the spring at the beginning of the wheat harvest (cf. 34:22) when the firstfruits of the crops were to be given to the Lord, and (c) the Feast of Ingathering in early autumn (September–October; cf. the chart “Calendar in Israel,” near 12:1).
The first of these great agricultural feasts was a memorial to the hasty Exodus from Egypt (cf. 12:15–20).
There was the Feast of Unleavened Bread (v.15). The law governing the feast gives three clear instructions
⇒ The people were to eat unleavened bread for seven days.
⇒ The people were to celebrate the feast at the appointed time, during the month of Abib, celebrating their great deliverance from Egypt.
Exodus, Part II (Chapters 19–40) (King James Version) E. Laws Governing Religion: The Sabbath and Religious Feasts, 23:10–19
There was the Feast of Unleavened Bread (v.15). The law governing the feast gives three clear instructions (see outline and notes—Ex. 12:14–20 for more discussion):
⇒ The people were to eat unleavened bread for seven days.
⇒ The people were to celebrate the feast at the appointed time, during the month of Abib, celebrating their great deliverance from Egypt.
⇒ The people were to heed the warning of God: they must not approach Him empty-handed, that is, without an offering.
The Feast of Unleavened Bread began with the Passover and continued for seven days. There was to be a great worship service on the first day and another on the last day of the feast (Le. 23:5–8). As stated, the feast celebrated God’s great deliverance of Israel from Egyptian slavery. The eating of unleavened bread was to remind the people of their quick, hasty exodus from Egypt. Unleavened bread symbolized the utter necessity of fleeing—quickly fleeing—the slavery of Egypt (the world), the utter necessity to immediately begin their march to the promised land of God (a symbol of heaven, of perfect righteousness). They did not even have time to let the yeast leaven the bread.
Note another fact: there was a stern warning from God concerning the feast. No man was to fail nor neglect to bring an offering of the barley harvest to God. God had done so much for His people; therefore, no person should come before God empty-handed, without a generous offering.
⇒ The people were to heed the warning of God: they must not approach Him empty-handed, that is, without an offering.
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As stated,
Unleavened bread symbolized the utter necessity of fleeing—quickly fleeing—the slavery of Egypt (the world), the utter necessity to immediately begin their march to the promised land of God (a symbol of heaven, of perfect righteousness). They did not even have time to let the yeast leaven the bread.
Note another fact: there was a stern warning from God concerning the feast. No man was to fail nor neglect to bring an offering of the barley harvest to God. God had done so much for His people; therefore, no person should come before God empty-handed, without a generous offering.
Mature with my Money
Mature with my Money
The second feast, in which two loaves made of new grain were presented to the Lord (), was also called the Feast of Weeks () because it was celebrated seven weeks (50 days) after the Feast of Unleavened Bread. In the New Testament (; ; ) it is called the day of Pentecost.
(c) the Feast of Ingathering in early autumn (September–October; cf. the chart “Calendar in Israel,” near 12:1).
The third festival, the Feast of Ingathering—at the end of the agricultural or civil year—was also called the Feast of Tabernacles or Feast of Booths (; ; ).
The third festival, the Feast of Ingathering—at the end of the agricultural or civil year—was also called the Feast of Tabernacles or Feast of Booths (; ; ).
Speaks to God’s Provision
Hannah, J. D. (1985). Exodus. In J. F. Walvoord & R. B. Zuck (Eds.), The Bible Knowledge Commentary: An Exposition of the Scriptures (Vol. 1, p. 144). Wheaton, IL: Victor Books.
16 You shall keep the Feast of Harvest, of the firstfruits of your labor, of what you sow in the field. You shall keep the Feast of Ingathering at the end of the year, when you gather in from the field the fruit of your labor.
The Feast of Harvest in the spring at the beginning of the wheat harvest.
The first crop that was planted in the winter was now springing forth and begin to ripen in the spring.
The firstfruits of the crops were to be given to the Lord,
Was also called the Feast of Weeks () because it was celebrated seven weeks (50 days) after the Feast of Unleavened Bread.
In the New Testament (; ; ) it is called the day of Pentecost.
9 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
10 “Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, When you come into the land that I give you and reap its harvest, you shall bring the sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest to the priest,
lev 23
11 and he shall wave the sheaf before the Lord, so that you may be accepted. On the day after the Sabbath the priest shall wave it.
*Just the none shall appear part of scripture
15 You shall keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread. As I commanded you, you shall eat unleavened bread for seven days at the appointed time in the month of Abib, for in it you came out of Egypt. None shall appear before me empty-handed.
Matured in Trusting His Protection
Matured in Trusting His Protection
The Feast of Ingathering Speaks to God’s Protection
16 You shall keep the Feast of Harvest, of the firstfruits of your labor, of what you sow in the field. You shall keep the Feast of Ingathering at the end of the year, when you gather in from the field the fruit of your labor.
The Feast of Ingathering: in early autumn It began on the fifteenth day of the seventh month mid-October, five days after the Day of Atonement
(c) (September–October; cf. the chart “Calendar in Israel,” near 12:1).
The Jews built booths (temporary shelters) to commemorate their deliverance from Egypt by the hand of God
The booths, which were simple shelters made of interlaced branches, were the people’s living quarters during the festival.
The Jews built booths (temporary shelters) to commemorate their deliverance from Egypt by the hand of God
The booths, which were simple shelters made of interlaced branches, were the people’s living quarters during the festival.
The feast was celebrated against a background of rejoicing for divine blessings, represented by the bounty of the year’s harvest. This was reflected in its occasional designation as the “Feast of Ingathering”
The feast was celebrated against a background of rejoicing for divine blessings, represented by the bounty of the year’s harvest. This was reflected in its occasional designation as the “Feast of Ingathering”
1The feast was celebrated against a background of rejoicing for divine blessings, represented by the bounty of the year’s harvest. This was reflected in its occasional designation as the “Feast of Ingathering”
Redemption
Provision
Protection
15 You shall keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread. As I commanded you, you shall eat unleavened bread for seven days at the appointed time in the month of Abib, for in it you came out of Egypt. None shall appear before me empty-handed.
Ex 23
16 You shall keep the Feast of Harvest, of the firstfruits of your labor, of what you sow in the field. You shall keep the Feast of Ingathering at the end of the year, when you gather in from the field the fruit of your labor.
17 Three times in the year shall all your males appear before the Lord God.
19 “The best of the firstfruits of your ground you shall bring into the house of the Lord your God. “You shall not boil a young goat in its mother’s milk.
The believer’s duty: To heed, obey, & not rebel against God’s Angel (messenger)
1) Bc. He will not forgive
2) Bc. God’s name is in Him
21 Beware of him, and obey his voice, provoke him not; for he will not pardon your transgressions: for my name is in him.
b. The promises of God: Are conditional—if His people fully obey
1) God will stand against the enemies of His people
22 But if thou shalt indeed obey his voice, and do all that I speak; then I will be an enemy unto thine enemies, and an adversary unto thine adversaries.
2) God’s Angel (messenger) will guide His people to the promised land
3) God will wipe out all enemies
Leadership Ministries Worldwide. (1996). Exodus, Part II (Chapters 19–40) (Vol. II, p. 251). Chattanooga, TN: Leadership Ministries Worldwide.
*Pagan Practice
20 “Behold, I send an angel before you to guard you on the way and to bring you to the place that I have prepared.
I will be lead to the prepared place
God’s special Angel (messenger), His protection & guidance to the promised land
2) Bc. God’s name is in Him
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2) God’s Angel (messenger) will guide His people to the promised land
3) God will wipe out all enemies
The angel who will go before Israel is described in ways that closely identify him with God: the Lord tells Israel not to rebel against him (v. 21) because he will not pardon your transgression and because my name is in him (v. 21, implying God’s nature and character), and that to obey his voice is to do all that I say (v. 22). When Joshua finally leads the people into the land, he meets a figure outside Jericho referred to as “the commander of the army of the LORD” who speaks nearly identical words as those spoken to Moses at the burning bush
21 Pay careful attention to him and obey his voice; do not rebel against him, for he will not pardon your transgression, for my name is in him.
The believer’s duty: To heed, obey, & not rebel against God’s Angel (messenger)
Blessings contingent on obedience
Conditional Blessings
28:1–2. God’s invitation for Israel to take part in the covenant was a gracious one. However, blessing under this Mosaic Covenant was conditioned on the people’s obedience
For the Mosaic Covenant was made with a people who had already been redeemed by God’s gracious deliverance from Egypt. So the covenant was given to Israel that they might enjoy fellowship with God and be prepared to receive his blessings. One of those blessings would be the exalting of Israel above all other nations
Conditional Covenants
A conditional covenant is a bilateral covenant in which a proposal of God to man is characterized by the formula: if you will, then I will whereby God promises to grant special blessings to man providing man fulfills certain conditions contained in the covenant. Man’s failure to do so often results in punishment. Thus one’s response to the covenant agreement brings either blessings or cursings. The blessings are secured by obedience and man must meet his conditions before God will meet His.
He will not forgive
God’s name is in Him
22 “But if you carefully obey his voice and do all that I say, then I will be an enemy to your enemies and an adversary to your adversaries.
The promises of God: Are conditional—if His people fully obey
God will stand against the enemies of His people
23 “When my angel goes before you and brings you to the Amorites and the Hittites and the Perizzites and the Canaanites, the Hivites and the Jebusites, and I blot them out,
First the Lord stressed the need for obedience. The angel (vv. 20, 23) may have been a special guardian angel for Israel (perhaps Michael, ) or, more likely, the Lord Himself or the preincarnate Christ
24 you shall not bow down to their gods nor serve them, nor do as they do, but you shall utterly overthrow them and break their pillars in pieces.
Ex
25 You shall serve the Lord your God, and he will bless your bread and your water, and I will take sickness away from among you.
26 None shall miscarry or be barren in your land; I will fulfill the number of your days.
27 I will send my terror before you and will throw into confusion all the people against whom you shall come, and I will make all your enemies turn their backs to you.
28 And I will send hornets before you, which shall drive out the Hivites, the Canaanites, and the Hittites from before you.
Their enemies, terrorized by God, would be confused and would retreat. Like running to escape the sting of a hornet, they would flee in fear and panic (cf. 15:15; ; , ; ; ). Some Bible students, however, take the reference to “the hornet” literally. Others say it refers to the Egyptian army.
Mature in Trusting the Process
Mature in Trusting the Process
29 I will not drive them out from before you in one year, lest the land become desolate and the wild beasts multiply against you.
The third reward is that of God’s conquering power and the gift of the promised land. The goal of Israel was the promised land of God. But as they journeyed toward the promised land, they were to face enemy after enemy.
They had one hope and only one hope: God’s conquering power. They could reach the promised land only if God’s power was with them. Note the great promise that God now makes to His people.
The Land was a Gift
The Land was a Gift
Didn't earn it
Dint deserve it
God will carefully plan the deliverance of His people: Will defeat the enemies little by little
• To save the land
29 I will not drive them out from before thee in one year; lest the land become desolate, and the beast of the field multiply against thee.
• To give the people time to multiply
4) God will give His people the promised land, a great land
• Stretching from the Red Sea to the Philistine Sea (Mediterranean)
• Stretching from the desert (southern border) to the river (northern border)
It took Joshua and his army about seven years to conquer the land, and the victory was followed by a “mopping up” operation. God planned that they take the land gradually so they could control things, but some of the tribes never did fully conquer the territory that was assigned to them
Leadership Ministries Worldwide. (1996). Exodus, Part II (Chapters 19–40) (Vol. II, p. 255). Chattanooga, TN: Leadership Ministries Worldwide.
5 “If you have raced with men on foot, and they have wearied you, how will you compete with horses? And if in a safe land you are so trusting, what will you do in the thicket of the Jordan?
30 Little by little I will drive them out from before you, until you have increased and possess the land.
God also promised to give the Israelites the land gradually.
31 And I will set your border from the Red Sea to the Sea of the Philistines, and from the wilderness to the Euphrates, for I will give the inhabitants of the land into your hand, and you shall drive them out before you.
The Conquest would take longer than a year; in fact Joshua’s Conquest, which did not wipe out all the enemies, took seven years (1406–1399 B.C.). If God had given them the land all at once rather than little by little (cf. ) the land would have become desolate and overrun by wild animals before Israel could settle in and cultivate it.
The occupation would be a gradual but effective process taking longer than a year to accomplish, but ensuring full control of a land in good condition and not left desolate by a sweeping and destructive warfare. The reference to the multiplication of wild beasts if the land was desolated underscores the fertility of the land and its ability to support life.
Verses 29–30 project a gradual rather than a quick conquest of the land (cf. ). The reason for this is God’s benevolent foresight. A sudden takeover of the land might result in Israel’s inability to settle the whole land properly. As a result, some of it might turn into wilderness inhabited by wild beasts (cf. ). In , however, the gradual occupation is interpreted as due to Israel’s disobedience. According to , the LORD leaves some nations to test Israel’s obedience.
31 And I will set your border from the Red Sea to the Sea of the Philistines, and from the wilderness to the Euphrates, for I will give the inhabitants of the land into your hand, and you shall drive them out before you.
ex 23
God promised them 300,000 square miles of Land at their height they only manged to conquer 30,000 square miles
How much are you leaving on the table ?
Will you settle for less than what God has for You
How far will you go ?
How much will you grow
How deeper
13 Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own. But one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead,
14 I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.
5 For this very reason, make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue, and virtue with knowledge,
2 peter 1
6 and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with steadfastness, and steadfastness with godliness,
7 and godliness with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection with love.
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5 “If you have raced with men on foot, and they have wearied you, how will you compete with horses? And if in a safe land you are so trusting, what will you do in the thicket of the Jordan?