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Gems 2022Q1L03_Jan 15-The Promised Son

In These Last Days: The Message of Hebrews

Memory Verse: (Heb 1:1-3)

WHOSE SON IS HE?

· Adam and Eve’s? (Gen 4:25)

· Abraham’s son of promise? (Gen 15:4, Gen 21:10)

· Moses wondered about this person to come (Exo 33:12)

· David’s son who was to sit on the throne of the forever kingdom? (1Ki 1:25-27, 1ki 1:30, 1 Ki 5:5) "Your son, whom I will set on your throne in your place, he shall build the house for My name."

· Solomon wasn’t that son (1Ki 11:8, 1Ki 11:12)

· The Son of man? (Heb 2:11)  (Mat 20:28) (Mat 16:27)  (Mat 17:22) (Mat 26:2)  (Mar 2:10)

· The Son of God? (Heb 1:2 and other verses from Hebrews and throughout the Bible)

WHY IS HE THE SON OF PROMISE?

· To reflect God for us and teach us as the prophets (Heb 1:1-3)

· To serve as our role model to help us to be children of God ourselves (John 1:12) (Rom 8:14) (Gal 4:6) (Php 2:15) (1Jn 3:1-2)

· To serve as a firstfruitoffering to sanctify us (heb 2:11)

· To serve as our King-Priest on the order of Melchizadek (Heb 4:14-15)

King and Priest is combined because God never intended for them to be separate

· Curious how the Bible describes Melchizadek as not being anyone’s son, having no father or mother (Heb 7:3)

THROUGH HIM ARE THE AGES

· Syllogism mentioned in the lesson study might have a faulty premise if it uses Hebrews 1:1-3 because the word “world” is not “kosmos” but “aons” or “ages” (Strong’s number G165) also same as used in Acts 3:21.

· Jesus as the promised son runs through the ages. He also ushers in a new age when the earthly sanctuary is no more and Jesus as High Priest serves in the heavenly sanctuary.

Gems 2022Q1L02

The Message of Hebrews and Hebrews Chapter 2

Memory Verse: Heb 8:1 Now this is the main point of the things we are saying: We have such a High Priest, who is seated at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens,

Sunday: Jesus is our king (Heb Ch 1 and 12:18-23)

· Jesus as king is revealed mostly in Hebrews 1 which quotes mostly Psalms

· Jesus is appointed by the LORD (Heb 1:5 and Psa 2:7)

· To inherit the nations for His inheritance and the ends of the earth (Psa 2:7)

· He will break the nations with a rod of iron and dash them like a potter’s vessel (Psa 2:9)

· Just like described at the end of time in Dan 2:41

· His throne will be forever and forever (Heb 1:8 2Sa 7:13)

· He will be more than David because He will sit at God’s right hand (Heb 1:13 and Psa 110:1)

· Over a kingdom that cannot be shaken (Heb 1218-28)

Monday: Jesus is Our Mediator (Heb Chapter 2)

· Jesus is more than a mediator, he is a brother to us, a helper who has walked our walk

· He tasted death as we do (Heb 2:9)

· He was made a little lower than the angels as man was (Heb 2:7, 9) and psa 8:4-5)

· And Why? So that he can release us from the fear of death (Heb 2:15), give us aid (Heb 2:16) and ultimately serve as our merciful high priest (Heb 2:17)

*The Lesson Study is misleading when it mentions the “Mosaic covenant” and the “Davidic covenant” and how the covenant blessings come “through the faithfulness of one person”. Although our covenant relationship is made possible by the atonement of Jesus, we still need to seek the Lord with all our heart and all our soul and all our strength.

Tuesday: Jesus is Our Champion

· Leads us in battle and to the promised land like Joshua (Heb 4:1-14)

· Will give us the real “rest”, the real “promised land” (Heb 4:8-11)

· He charges us with the life and death choice with a sword “sharper than any two-edged sword piercing even to the division of soul and spirit...” like Joshua’s and Moses’ charge to the people (Heb 4:12, Josh 24:15, Deu 30:15)

Wednesday: Jesus as our High Priest (ch 5, ch 7, Ch9 and smattered through Hebrews)

· THIS IS THE MAIN POINT OF HEBREWS, THAT THE SANCTUARY ON EARTH IS GOING TO BE NO LONGER. THAT JESUS IS THE REAL HIGH PRIEST TO MINISTER IN THE HEAVENLY SANCTUARY (OF WHICH THE EARTHLY WAS A TEMPORARY MODEL)

· Jesus is appointed this role by God (Heb 5:5)

· His role of high priest exceeds the Levitical, he is “according to the order of Melchizadek) (Heb 7:11+)

· With the change of priesthood comes change of the law, THE LAW BEING EVERYTHING PERTAINING TO THE EARTHLY SANCTUARY AND ITS SERVICE NOT THE WORDS THE LORD GOD SPOKE ON THE MOUNTAIN ON THE GREAT DAY OF THE ASSEMBLY OR ANYTHING HE SUBSEQUENTLY SPOKE TO MOSES TO THE PROPHETS AND TO OUR HEARTS! (Heb 7:12, Heb 7:27-18, Heb 8:1-2)

Thursday: Jesus Mediates a better covenant (Ch 3 and Ch 8 some in Ch 9)

· Jesus mediates a better covenant than Moses.

· The new covenant is the one quoted in Jeremiah which is the same covenant but God will write His laws in our hearts.

· The old vanishes away and the tabernacle and its ordinances are made obsolete. (Heb 8:13-9:3+)

Friday:

· Warnings are not just in Ch 11 and 12, but are throughout Hebrews (Ch 5:11-14, 6:6-12, 10:19-39) (realize that the sin offering was for UNINTENTIONAL sin only Lev. 4:2)

Hebrews Chapter 1

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Hebrews Chapter 1

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GEMS 2021Q4L13

December 25, 2021

The Resurrection of Moses

Present Truth in Deuteronomy

Special Bonus: The Mt. Sinai Encounters video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4_s1JKAuR8

LOCKED OUT OF THE PROMISED LAND

Moses prevented from entering the promised land Numbers 20:1-12

Similar to the time in Exo 17:6

Moses and Aaron meet with God at door of the tabernacle showing their faith

Moses loses opportunity to go into the promised land because: "hH believed me not to sanctify me in the eyes of the children of Israel".

He misrepresented God's character (god's name pronounced)

-Didn't demonstrate that God is the one who provides not man Exo 20:2, Deu 8:3

-Misrepresented God as either an angry God Exo 33:19 unlike the LORD who proclaims His Name in Exo 34:6-7

-God is not a genie type of god either when He is the one who holds all the cards; Exo 33:19

Moses corrupted the message of circumcised hearts and the fact that the second time it will be the still small voice (Deu 10:16)

Moses didn't model someone who follows god's instructions with detail (Deu 5:29)

NOT PUNISHMENT FOR MOSES AS MUCH AS NECESSITY FOR THEM AND US

Moses was willing to give up his eternal life, for God's reputation, His plan, His covenant? (Exodus 32:32)

We should be careful not to focus too much on the prize and not on the battle, seeking first the kingdom of God and His Righteousness

aybe we focus too much on the prize and not on the battle (prize of the promised land, heaven, eternal life)

MOSES REQUESTS TO ENTER THE PROMISED LAND, BUT THIS IS NOT HIS FIRST REQUEST

forgiveness for golden calf incident, the LORD grants (Ex. 32:31)

Moses requests to see the LORD's glory (Ex. 33:18), the LORD grants

Moses request to renew the covenant (Ex 34:9), the LORD grants

Moses requests to enter the promised land (Deu 3:23-26)

The Lord responds telling him not to ask any louder or continue to ask any more

"No more" = H3254 (yawsaf - augment) H5750 (ode - repeat)

But the LORD gives something better (Deu 3:27), glimpse of the promised land and eternal life.

Q: "Is not God, this same God, calling us to faithfulness? What can we do to avoid the mistakes Moses forewarned in Deuteronomy?"

Biggest mistakes then and now are not harkening to God's words and engaging in idolatry.

Harkening to the LORD's words out of humble fear and respect can earn you the label of legalist.

Christmas is a good example of enrapturing idolatry that many Christians dapple with in various degrees without even realizing it as idolatry.

Watch this video on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4_s1JKAuR8