1 00:00:01,220 --> 00:00:05,280 Our message today, friends, is taken from a 2 00:00:05,280 --> 00:00:07,900 book I wrote called Know the Book, a 3 00:00:07,900 --> 00:00:09,420 Bible survey at a glance. 4 00:00:09,820 --> 00:00:12,440 I think it's important that we have a 5 00:00:12,440 --> 00:00:15,020 good understanding of each book of the Bible 6 00:00:15,020 --> 00:00:17,260 and at least have a knowledge of a 7 00:00:17,260 --> 00:00:18,940 survey of that book. 8 00:00:19,100 --> 00:00:21,420 And what I want to do today is 9 00:00:21,420 --> 00:00:23,660 take the first five books of the Bible, 10 00:00:24,300 --> 00:00:26,980 the Pentateuch, and go over each one and 11 00:00:26,980 --> 00:00:30,120 give you the central message, the central events, 12 00:00:30,580 --> 00:00:34,000 the central figures, the central verse, and the 13 00:00:34,000 --> 00:00:36,360 central application for us today. 14 00:00:36,980 --> 00:00:39,900 And I'll start with the book of Genesis. 15 00:00:40,740 --> 00:00:44,140 The central message of Genesis is the following. 16 00:00:44,820 --> 00:00:48,100 Genesis is a book of beginnings and endings. 17 00:00:48,400 --> 00:00:51,080 It begins with life and ends with the 18 00:00:51,080 --> 00:00:51,520 death. 19 00:00:52,080 --> 00:00:55,020 Joseph, we need to see the beginning of 20 00:00:55,020 --> 00:00:58,300 a lovely relationship in Eden between God and 21 00:00:58,300 --> 00:00:58,700 man. 22 00:00:59,040 --> 00:01:02,480 We see that relationship severed due to Satan 23 00:01:02,480 --> 00:01:03,099 and sin. 24 00:01:03,519 --> 00:01:07,240 We see a mankind so wicked, God has 25 00:01:07,240 --> 00:01:08,540 to judge it with a flood. 26 00:01:09,020 --> 00:01:11,900 We see a man found faithful, Noah, and 27 00:01:11,900 --> 00:01:13,880 a man called by God, Abram. 28 00:01:14,240 --> 00:01:18,400 God gives Abraham three things, a promised covenant, 29 00:01:18,920 --> 00:01:21,800 a promised land, and a promised son. 30 00:01:22,460 --> 00:01:24,920 We read this book in wonder as we 31 00:01:24,920 --> 00:01:27,880 realize the purpose of God, which he works 32 00:01:27,880 --> 00:01:30,780 through man, and the patience of God, which 33 00:01:30,780 --> 00:01:32,380 he extends toward man. 34 00:01:32,800 --> 00:01:36,160 As Sodom and Gomorrah become symbols of wickedness, 35 00:01:36,500 --> 00:01:39,600 so Abraham becomes a symbol of faithfulness. 36 00:01:40,060 --> 00:01:43,600 The failure of Abraham to wait upon God 37 00:01:43,970 --> 00:01:49,540 by producing Ishmael is overshadowed by his faithfulness 38 00:01:49,540 --> 00:01:50,620 in offering Isaac. 39 00:01:51,120 --> 00:01:54,400 Jacob steals the birthright and the blessing from 40 00:01:54,400 --> 00:01:57,380 his brother Esau, and we follow the patriarch 41 00:01:57,380 --> 00:02:00,780 down his crooked path until he straightens out 42 00:02:00,780 --> 00:02:02,240 at the brook Jabbok. 43 00:02:02,720 --> 00:02:06,200 There he wrestles with God and ends up 44 00:02:06,200 --> 00:02:09,180 leaning on God and limping through life. 45 00:02:09,660 --> 00:02:12,520 We follow Joseph and his dreams into a 46 00:02:12,520 --> 00:02:13,960 pit and a prison. 47 00:02:14,500 --> 00:02:16,780 We see Joseph raised up to be a 48 00:02:16,780 --> 00:02:18,020 prophet and a prince. 49 00:02:18,700 --> 00:02:21,740 Genesis is a book of God working out 50 00:02:21,740 --> 00:02:23,840 his plans and purpose through man. 51 00:02:24,200 --> 00:02:26,700 A man is a failure, and God is 52 00:02:26,700 --> 00:02:27,240 faithful. 53 00:02:27,940 --> 00:02:31,900 The central events are creation, the fall, the 54 00:02:31,900 --> 00:02:34,960 flood, the tower of Babel, the call of 55 00:02:34,960 --> 00:02:38,440 Abram, his family, and God's covenant with him, 56 00:02:38,860 --> 00:02:41,500 the offering of Isaac, the stealing of the 57 00:02:41,500 --> 00:02:45,220 birthright by Jacob, Jacob's vision of the latter, 58 00:02:45,480 --> 00:02:48,180 and his wrestling with God and Joseph in 59 00:02:48,180 --> 00:02:48,720 Egypt. 60 00:02:49,180 --> 00:02:52,620 The central figures are Adam and Eve, God 61 00:02:52,620 --> 00:02:56,480 and Satan, Cain and Abel, Abraham and Sarah, 62 00:02:57,100 --> 00:03:01,320 Hagar and Ishmael, Isaac and Rebekah, Jacob and 63 00:03:01,320 --> 00:03:04,820 Esau, the wives and children of Jacob, Joseph, 64 00:03:05,040 --> 00:03:07,840 and Potiphar's wife, and Pharaoh. 65 00:03:08,400 --> 00:03:11,520 The central verse in Genesis is Genesis 3, 66 00:03:11,620 --> 00:03:12,780 15, friends. 67 00:03:13,660 --> 00:03:17,460 And I will put enmity between you and 68 00:03:17,460 --> 00:03:20,440 the woman, and between your seed and her 69 00:03:20,440 --> 00:03:20,840 seed. 70 00:03:21,140 --> 00:03:23,460 He shall bruise your head, and you shall 71 00:03:23,460 --> 00:03:24,620 bruise his heel. 72 00:03:25,240 --> 00:03:29,480 The central application is, the key application for 73 00:03:29,480 --> 00:03:33,380 today's Christian believer is, though we are imperfect 74 00:03:33,380 --> 00:03:36,540 vessels, God has a perfect plan for us. 75 00:03:36,540 --> 00:03:40,620 Despite our failures, God will use the faithful 76 00:03:40,620 --> 00:03:44,020 believer who follows him and allows him to 77 00:03:44,020 --> 00:03:47,440 fulfill his plans and purposes through us. 78 00:03:47,760 --> 00:03:50,980 We must be watchful to be obedient and 79 00:03:50,980 --> 00:03:54,360 not disappoint him and frustrate his plans for 80 00:03:54,360 --> 00:03:54,720 us. 81 00:03:55,100 --> 00:03:58,380 We must remember that we Christians are chosen 82 00:03:58,380 --> 00:04:01,860 like Abraham to be representatives of God in 83 00:04:01,860 --> 00:04:04,460 the world, to be a blessing to others 84 00:04:04,460 --> 00:04:06,620 through our path in life. 85 00:04:07,000 --> 00:04:09,880 Though it's fraught with many side roads and 86 00:04:09,880 --> 00:04:12,500 back roads, we must strive to remain on 87 00:04:12,500 --> 00:04:14,920 the main road, the narrow one. 88 00:04:15,260 --> 00:04:17,839 God will enable us, and he will equip 89 00:04:17,839 --> 00:04:20,620 us, and he will never desert us. 90 00:04:21,360 --> 00:04:23,980 I want to look at a survey of 91 00:04:23,980 --> 00:04:25,440 Exodus next, friends. 92 00:04:26,360 --> 00:04:30,860 The central message of Exodus is, Exodus traces 93 00:04:30,860 --> 00:04:34,100 the history of the Israel nation as they 94 00:04:34,100 --> 00:04:36,820 leave their bondage in Egypt under the leadership 95 00:04:36,820 --> 00:04:37,460 of Moses. 96 00:04:38,040 --> 00:04:40,080 It's a record of the birth of Moses 97 00:04:40,080 --> 00:04:43,140 and his rise to prominence within the household 98 00:04:43,140 --> 00:04:43,680 of Pharaoh. 99 00:04:44,300 --> 00:04:46,900 It's an example of a man trying to 100 00:04:46,900 --> 00:04:50,680 accomplish God's purposes by human effort, defending his 101 00:04:50,680 --> 00:04:54,380 Hebrew brethren, by killing the Egyptian and taking 102 00:04:54,380 --> 00:04:57,180 matters into his own hands, and failing. 103 00:04:57,860 --> 00:04:59,920 Only when Moses is put out in the 104 00:04:59,920 --> 00:05:02,440 desert for the next 40 years of his 105 00:05:02,440 --> 00:05:06,440 life in total obscurity does he become emptied 106 00:05:06,440 --> 00:05:08,620 of self and useful for God. 107 00:05:09,200 --> 00:05:11,540 Exodus is one of the most exciting books 108 00:05:11,540 --> 00:05:14,160 of the Bible as it relates the following 109 00:05:14,160 --> 00:05:15,460 central accounts. 110 00:05:16,000 --> 00:05:19,280 God reveals himself to Moses at the bush. 111 00:05:20,040 --> 00:05:22,420 Miracles are performed by God. 112 00:05:22,800 --> 00:05:26,120 The law given with its commandments, judgments, and 113 00:05:26,120 --> 00:05:26,860 ordinances. 114 00:05:27,580 --> 00:05:30,580 The plans for the tabernacle are given and 115 00:05:30,580 --> 00:05:31,160 constructed. 116 00:05:31,860 --> 00:05:35,100 The furniture of the tabernacle, the brazen altar, 117 00:05:35,480 --> 00:05:38,380 the brazen laver, table of shoe bread and 118 00:05:38,380 --> 00:05:41,680 candle stand, altar of incense, the ark and 119 00:05:41,680 --> 00:05:42,740 the mercy seat. 120 00:05:43,400 --> 00:05:47,100 In this epic of Israel's testing ground, we 121 00:05:47,100 --> 00:05:49,460 see God lay out his best for his 122 00:05:49,460 --> 00:05:51,980 people by giving them a way of access 123 00:05:51,980 --> 00:05:56,280 to him through the tabernacle, by giving them 124 00:05:56,280 --> 00:05:59,420 laws to live, to live by, to help 125 00:05:59,420 --> 00:06:02,240 and protect them, by giving them liberty from 126 00:06:02,240 --> 00:06:05,220 human bondage, by giving them bread from heaven 127 00:06:05,220 --> 00:06:08,800 to sustain them, and giving them guidance in 128 00:06:08,800 --> 00:06:11,300 the wilderness through the pillar of cloud and 129 00:06:11,300 --> 00:06:11,880 fire. 130 00:06:12,440 --> 00:06:15,900 But we see the backsliding people of Israel 131 00:06:15,900 --> 00:06:18,700 fail their test and bow down to a 132 00:06:18,700 --> 00:06:22,120 golden calf and murmur against God practically every 133 00:06:22,120 --> 00:06:23,120 step of the way. 134 00:06:23,600 --> 00:06:26,860 God's patience is tested by the sin and 135 00:06:26,860 --> 00:06:30,840 people and Moses intercedes for them and God 136 00:06:30,840 --> 00:06:34,160 relents of his anger toward them, but because 137 00:06:34,160 --> 00:06:37,000 of their continual provoking him, the day of 138 00:06:37,000 --> 00:06:37,980 mercy ends. 139 00:06:38,680 --> 00:06:43,300 The central events are bondage in Egypt, the 140 00:06:43,300 --> 00:06:46,680 ten plagues, the Passover, the crossing of the 141 00:06:46,680 --> 00:06:50,000 Red Sea, the giving of the Ten Commandments, 142 00:06:50,360 --> 00:06:53,320 the golden calf, the manna and the quail, 143 00:06:53,780 --> 00:06:55,220 and the water from the rock. 144 00:06:55,680 --> 00:07:00,360 The central figures are Moses, Pharaoh, Jethro, Aaron, 145 00:07:00,820 --> 00:07:02,440 Miriam, and Joshua. 146 00:07:03,020 --> 00:07:07,680 The central verse of Exodus, friends, is Exodus 147 00:07:07,680 --> 00:07:09,280 29 46. 148 00:07:10,180 --> 00:07:12,720 And they shall know that I am the 149 00:07:12,720 --> 00:07:15,640 Lord their God who brought them up out 150 00:07:15,640 --> 00:07:17,800 of the land of Egypt that I may 151 00:07:17,800 --> 00:07:19,000 dwell among them. 152 00:07:19,260 --> 00:07:21,380 I am the Lord their God. 153 00:07:21,500 --> 00:07:25,260 And the central application is the following. 154 00:07:25,660 --> 00:07:29,120 The key application for today's Christian can be 155 00:07:29,120 --> 00:07:32,180 found in the words holiness to the Lord. 156 00:07:32,640 --> 00:07:35,480 We like Aaron and his sons are to 157 00:07:35,480 --> 00:07:38,500 be priests holy to the Lord like the 158 00:07:38,500 --> 00:07:41,620 vessels of the tabernacle were set apart and 159 00:07:41,620 --> 00:07:42,420 consecrated. 160 00:07:42,900 --> 00:07:44,780 We too should be the same. 161 00:07:45,260 --> 00:07:48,600 The Hebrews murmured in the wilderness and failed 162 00:07:48,600 --> 00:07:51,180 to enter Canaan, the land of promise. 163 00:07:51,780 --> 00:07:55,040 We must examine our lives under the spotlight 164 00:07:55,040 --> 00:07:58,540 of the Holy Spirit and be sure we 165 00:07:58,540 --> 00:08:00,260 are not grumblers as well. 166 00:08:00,820 --> 00:08:04,360 We have light, we have grace, we have 167 00:08:04,360 --> 00:08:06,780 Jesus, and we have our Bibles. 168 00:08:07,260 --> 00:08:10,120 How much more is expected from us by 169 00:08:10,120 --> 00:08:13,100 God in this present dispensation of the church 170 00:08:13,100 --> 00:08:13,580 age? 171 00:08:13,940 --> 00:08:15,600 Will we fail as well? 172 00:08:16,540 --> 00:08:21,060 The next book is Leviticus and the central 173 00:08:21,060 --> 00:08:25,160 message, friends, is Leviticus is a book about 174 00:08:25,160 --> 00:08:25,680 holiness. 175 00:08:26,440 --> 00:08:28,180 It's a book about consecration. 176 00:08:28,620 --> 00:08:30,940 It is a book about God and his 177 00:08:30,940 --> 00:08:32,460 ordinances for man. 178 00:08:32,780 --> 00:08:35,940 Through Moses, God was given his people a 179 00:08:35,940 --> 00:08:39,299 way to access him, to fellowship with him, 180 00:08:39,620 --> 00:08:41,880 a way of atonement for their sins. 181 00:08:42,299 --> 00:08:45,200 God is holy and for sinful man to 182 00:08:45,200 --> 00:08:48,020 have access to him, there must be a 183 00:08:48,020 --> 00:08:50,560 blood sacrifice and atonement for sin. 184 00:08:51,040 --> 00:08:53,940 This book points to Calvary and the atoning, 185 00:08:54,220 --> 00:08:55,700 redemptive work of Christ. 186 00:08:56,060 --> 00:08:58,880 His blood shed for mankind's sins. 187 00:08:59,260 --> 00:09:01,240 What a loving God we have. 188 00:09:01,680 --> 00:09:05,600 Through Leviticus, God is preparing his people to 189 00:09:05,600 --> 00:09:08,040 be able to live within his best for 190 00:09:08,040 --> 00:09:08,400 them. 191 00:09:08,760 --> 00:09:12,520 The laws, the regulations, the precepts are a 192 00:09:12,520 --> 00:09:14,940 way for the people of Israel to be 193 00:09:14,940 --> 00:09:17,120 separate and set apart for him. 194 00:09:17,600 --> 00:09:21,040 The conditions that God sets forth for obedience 195 00:09:21,040 --> 00:09:24,160 are not to chastise or confine the people, 196 00:09:24,540 --> 00:09:26,700 but to bless and safeguard them. 197 00:09:27,120 --> 00:09:29,740 We see the purpose of God throughout the 198 00:09:29,740 --> 00:09:33,380 description of the offerings, the burn offering, the 199 00:09:33,380 --> 00:09:36,920 meal offering, the peace offering, the sin offering, 200 00:09:37,400 --> 00:09:39,200 and the trespass offering. 201 00:09:39,680 --> 00:09:42,780 The main duty of the Levite priests is 202 00:09:42,780 --> 00:09:46,340 to present themselves as consecrated vessels to God 203 00:09:46,340 --> 00:09:50,080 so they may be effective mediators between the 204 00:09:50,080 --> 00:09:51,240 people and God. 205 00:09:51,640 --> 00:09:54,740 Jesus is our high priest today as he 206 00:09:54,740 --> 00:09:56,580 mediates for us with the father. 207 00:09:57,080 --> 00:09:59,120 He gave us access to the throne by 208 00:09:59,120 --> 00:10:01,460 his shed blood and resurrection. 209 00:10:02,160 --> 00:10:05,320 The themes of purity and holiness are ever 210 00:10:05,320 --> 00:10:06,900 before in this book. 211 00:10:07,400 --> 00:10:11,120 There is a command in 18.4, you 212 00:10:11,120 --> 00:10:14,560 shall observe my judgments and keep my ordinances 213 00:10:14,560 --> 00:10:15,820 to walk in them. 214 00:10:16,040 --> 00:10:18,040 I am the Lord your God. 215 00:10:18,480 --> 00:10:20,940 There is a reason behind the command. 216 00:10:21,340 --> 00:10:24,000 You should be holy for I the Lord 217 00:10:24,000 --> 00:10:25,260 your God am holy. 218 00:10:25,980 --> 00:10:29,180 For without holiness no one will see God. 219 00:10:29,680 --> 00:10:32,340 In chapter 26 there is the promise of 220 00:10:32,340 --> 00:10:36,040 blessing for obedience and the promise of curses 221 00:10:36,040 --> 00:10:37,640 through disobedience. 222 00:10:38,080 --> 00:10:41,480 God warns his people if they disobey him 223 00:10:41,480 --> 00:10:43,880 and turn their hearts away from him. 224 00:10:44,280 --> 00:10:46,520 I will set my face against you. 225 00:10:47,080 --> 00:10:50,040 It is the prevalent if but theory of 226 00:10:50,040 --> 00:10:51,000 the Old Testament. 227 00:10:51,380 --> 00:10:55,180 If you walk in my statutes then I 228 00:10:55,180 --> 00:10:58,300 will give you rain, peace, etc. 229 00:10:58,920 --> 00:11:01,580 But if you do not obey me, well 230 00:11:01,580 --> 00:11:03,620 you better look out for the but friends. 231 00:11:04,200 --> 00:11:07,680 And the central events of Leviticus are the 232 00:11:07,680 --> 00:11:10,840 giving of the divine laws, the regulations for 233 00:11:10,840 --> 00:11:12,800 the offerings and sacrifices. 234 00:11:13,500 --> 00:11:16,200 The central figures are Aaron and his sons, 235 00:11:16,620 --> 00:11:17,940 the priests and Moses. 236 00:11:19,380 --> 00:11:22,380 The central verse is found in 18.4, 237 00:11:22,820 --> 00:11:26,320 you shall observe my judgments and keep my 238 00:11:26,320 --> 00:11:28,360 ordinances to walk in them. 239 00:11:28,720 --> 00:11:30,860 I am the Lord your God. 240 00:11:31,440 --> 00:11:34,840 And the key application friends is this, the 241 00:11:34,840 --> 00:11:37,840 key application for today's Christian can be found 242 00:11:37,840 --> 00:11:40,500 in the way we have access to God. 243 00:11:40,920 --> 00:11:42,140 He alone is holy. 244 00:11:42,600 --> 00:11:43,740 He alone is God. 245 00:11:44,060 --> 00:11:47,740 We are sinful humans for sinful humanity to 246 00:11:47,740 --> 00:11:48,800 access him. 247 00:11:49,140 --> 00:11:52,160 There must be a blood sacrifice for atonement 248 00:11:52,160 --> 00:11:52,720 of sin. 249 00:11:53,160 --> 00:11:56,180 Praise God that Jesus did this for us 250 00:11:56,180 --> 00:12:00,420 and through his atoning blood and resurrection we 251 00:12:00,420 --> 00:12:02,200 too have access to the Father. 252 00:12:02,760 --> 00:12:06,080 We must be careful in this present dispensation 253 00:12:06,080 --> 00:12:09,640 to be holy and be thankful for what 254 00:12:09,640 --> 00:12:11,220 Christ has done for us. 255 00:12:11,640 --> 00:12:13,820 We too must be set apart and live 256 00:12:13,820 --> 00:12:17,460 holy consecrated lives to him who shed his 257 00:12:17,460 --> 00:12:18,720 blood for us. 258 00:12:20,460 --> 00:12:23,780 Well this next book is Numbers and we 259 00:12:23,780 --> 00:12:25,880 want to do a survey of this as 260 00:12:25,880 --> 00:12:26,680 well friends. 261 00:12:27,140 --> 00:12:30,960 The central message of Numbers deals with the 262 00:12:30,960 --> 00:12:34,880 census of Israel, the complaining of Israel and 263 00:12:34,880 --> 00:12:37,440 the failure of Israel to enter Canaan. 264 00:12:37,800 --> 00:12:40,100 It took 40 years to get Israel out 265 00:12:40,100 --> 00:12:42,320 of Egypt but it took 40 years to 266 00:12:42,320 --> 00:12:43,960 get Egypt out of Israel. 267 00:12:44,460 --> 00:12:46,980 This is seen clearly through this account of 268 00:12:46,980 --> 00:12:50,980 the disobedient and discouraged Israelites who give up 269 00:12:50,980 --> 00:12:53,000 on God at the very edge of their 270 00:12:53,000 --> 00:12:56,420 destination, Canaan, the promised land. 271 00:12:56,820 --> 00:12:59,380 They were willing to only go so far 272 00:12:59,380 --> 00:13:02,340 with God and then fell into utter collapse 273 00:13:02,340 --> 00:13:02,980 of faith. 274 00:13:03,320 --> 00:13:06,500 How tragic this book is, how valuable it 275 00:13:06,500 --> 00:13:09,020 is to us today as we study it 276 00:13:09,020 --> 00:13:11,360 since they were examples unto us. 277 00:13:12,000 --> 00:13:15,600 In this wandering period of wilderness travels we 278 00:13:15,600 --> 00:13:17,860 observe two generations of people. 279 00:13:18,420 --> 00:13:21,660 Number one, those who perish in the wilderness 280 00:13:21,660 --> 00:13:25,200 because of their unbelief and disobedience to God. 281 00:13:25,660 --> 00:13:28,840 And number two, the generation of children whose 282 00:13:28,840 --> 00:13:31,640 parents refused to take possession of the land 283 00:13:31,640 --> 00:13:34,920 now inherit the promised land and take possession 284 00:13:34,920 --> 00:13:36,120 of it unto Joshua. 285 00:13:36,760 --> 00:13:39,420 The children of Israel are numbered twice in 286 00:13:39,420 --> 00:13:43,320 this book hence the name numberings or numbers. 287 00:13:43,820 --> 00:13:46,900 Numbers gives us a big glimpse of God 288 00:13:46,900 --> 00:13:49,780 and we see both his tender care for 289 00:13:49,780 --> 00:13:52,540 his people Israel in leading them with the 290 00:13:52,540 --> 00:13:53,620 cloud and the fire. 291 00:13:54,140 --> 00:13:57,580 We also see his unwavering justice as he 292 00:13:57,580 --> 00:14:00,420 issues judgment and death penalties for those who 293 00:14:00,420 --> 00:14:02,000 disobey his commands. 294 00:14:02,560 --> 00:14:05,480 This book also gives us a clear portrait 295 00:14:05,480 --> 00:14:08,620 of Moses as he leads the people, as 296 00:14:08,620 --> 00:14:11,820 he loses his temper with the people, and 297 00:14:11,820 --> 00:14:15,120 as he lays on his face in intercession 298 00:14:15,120 --> 00:14:19,580 for the people between the ceremonial laws and 299 00:14:19,580 --> 00:14:21,960 the description of the various offerings. 300 00:14:22,360 --> 00:14:25,420 We have a sad portrait of a disobedient 301 00:14:25,420 --> 00:14:28,760 people who continually have to be reminded what 302 00:14:28,760 --> 00:14:31,060 God has done for them and what he 303 00:14:31,060 --> 00:14:32,360 has promised to them. 304 00:14:33,140 --> 00:14:35,400 Appropriation is the key word of this book 305 00:14:35,400 --> 00:14:36,060 of numbers. 306 00:14:36,760 --> 00:14:39,300 Canaan is there ready to be appropriated by 307 00:14:39,300 --> 00:14:39,820 faith. 308 00:14:40,240 --> 00:14:43,360 It's not attained because faith is not exercised. 309 00:14:44,000 --> 00:14:48,120 The central events are the pilgrimage of Israel 310 00:14:48,120 --> 00:14:51,260 as they fail to inherit the promised land 311 00:14:51,260 --> 00:14:54,220 and the discipline of the wilderness wanderings. 312 00:14:54,840 --> 00:14:57,160 This can also be labeled the book of 313 00:14:57,160 --> 00:14:58,000 murmurings. 314 00:14:58,640 --> 00:15:02,460 The central figures are Moses and Aaron, Miriam, 315 00:15:03,020 --> 00:15:05,960 Balak and Balaam, Caleb and Joshua. 316 00:15:06,520 --> 00:15:08,820 The central verse, friends, can be found in 317 00:15:08,820 --> 00:15:11,100 chapter 14 and verse 23. 318 00:15:12,040 --> 00:15:14,680 They certainly shall not see the land of 319 00:15:14,680 --> 00:15:17,800 which I swore to their fathers, nor shall 320 00:15:17,800 --> 00:15:20,400 any of those who rejected me see it. 321 00:15:21,040 --> 00:15:23,720 The central application is this, friends. 322 00:15:24,080 --> 00:15:28,060 The key application for today's Christian believer is 323 00:15:28,060 --> 00:15:30,020 found in the word appropriate. 324 00:15:30,420 --> 00:15:34,080 Canaan for the Israelites was a physical promised 325 00:15:34,080 --> 00:15:36,680 land given to them by God. 326 00:15:37,220 --> 00:15:40,020 Canaan for us represents our victory here on 327 00:15:40,020 --> 00:15:42,380 this earth as we live out our Christian 328 00:15:42,380 --> 00:15:42,940 life. 329 00:15:43,340 --> 00:15:46,020 We too can fail to appropriate our Canaan 330 00:15:46,020 --> 00:15:48,520 and experience a life of victory over the 331 00:15:48,520 --> 00:15:49,020 flesh. 332 00:15:49,560 --> 00:15:53,120 Obedience, faith and appropriation is what we need 333 00:15:53,120 --> 00:15:53,600 today. 334 00:15:53,980 --> 00:15:56,620 We will have our battles with the enemy 335 00:15:56,620 --> 00:15:59,240 as we take possession of the fullness of 336 00:15:59,240 --> 00:16:01,940 the Holy Spirit and enter Canaan here on 337 00:16:01,940 --> 00:16:04,280 earth in our spiritual walk with the Lord. 338 00:16:04,700 --> 00:16:07,980 We can choose to murmur like Israel or 339 00:16:07,980 --> 00:16:10,100 possess what is already ours. 340 00:16:10,980 --> 00:16:13,220 And I'm going to look at this fifth 341 00:16:13,220 --> 00:16:16,640 book in Deuteronomy and this will end our 342 00:16:16,640 --> 00:16:18,780 survey of the Bible today, friends. 343 00:16:18,900 --> 00:16:20,520 But let me finish with this. 344 00:16:20,580 --> 00:16:25,180 The central message of Deuteronomy is its theme, 345 00:16:25,380 --> 00:16:28,760 which runs throughout is remember the Lord your 346 00:16:28,760 --> 00:16:29,340 God. 347 00:16:29,980 --> 00:16:33,480 Moses is constantly instructing the Israelites to remember 348 00:16:33,480 --> 00:16:36,200 all that God has done for them as 349 00:16:36,200 --> 00:16:38,700 they prepare to cross over the Jordan to 350 00:16:38,700 --> 00:16:40,400 possess the promised land. 351 00:16:40,840 --> 00:16:44,560 Their initial failure to possess the land which 352 00:16:44,560 --> 00:16:46,560 God gave them has placed them in the 353 00:16:46,560 --> 00:16:48,600 40 years of wilderness wandering. 354 00:16:49,400 --> 00:16:51,840 God has various laws for his people to 355 00:16:51,840 --> 00:16:52,220 follow. 356 00:16:52,920 --> 00:16:55,320 And Moses instructs the people in these laws 357 00:16:55,320 --> 00:17:01,100 concerning diet, divorce, inheritance rights, sexual morality and 358 00:17:01,100 --> 00:17:02,740 other miscellaneous laws. 359 00:17:03,119 --> 00:17:06,140 Moses conveys to the congregation that they are 360 00:17:06,140 --> 00:17:07,640 a special people of God. 361 00:17:08,099 --> 00:17:11,480 There is God's promise to his people in 362 00:17:11,480 --> 00:17:13,520 chapter 11 and verse 24. 363 00:17:14,300 --> 00:17:16,819 Every place on which the sole of your 364 00:17:16,819 --> 00:17:18,640 foot tread shall be yours. 365 00:17:18,640 --> 00:17:21,800 And there is God's presence amidst his people 366 00:17:21,800 --> 00:17:25,859 found in verse five, for the Lord talked 367 00:17:25,859 --> 00:17:28,300 with you face to face on the mountain 368 00:17:28,300 --> 00:17:29,820 from the midst of the fire. 369 00:17:30,180 --> 00:17:32,380 And there is God's punishment for those who 370 00:17:32,380 --> 00:17:35,400 disobey him found in chapter 13 and verse 371 00:17:35,400 --> 00:17:37,380 three for the Lord. 372 00:17:37,460 --> 00:17:40,200 Your God is testing you to know whether 373 00:17:40,200 --> 00:17:42,940 to love the Lord, your God, with all 374 00:17:42,940 --> 00:17:45,280 your heart and with all your soul. 375 00:17:45,730 --> 00:17:49,300 In Deuteronomy, we see the old generation who 376 00:17:49,300 --> 00:17:52,300 came up from Egypt die off directly from 377 00:17:52,300 --> 00:17:54,120 God's displeasure with them. 378 00:17:54,600 --> 00:17:57,780 The failure to enter Canaan and occupy it 379 00:17:57,780 --> 00:18:01,320 came with dire judgment because of Israel's refusal 380 00:18:01,320 --> 00:18:02,840 to enter the land. 381 00:18:03,420 --> 00:18:06,480 They entered the desert years, 40 years of 382 00:18:06,480 --> 00:18:10,800 wandering, also called the murmuring years, and experienced 383 00:18:10,800 --> 00:18:13,560 God's penalty for their rebellion and lack of 384 00:18:13,560 --> 00:18:14,000 faith. 385 00:18:14,380 --> 00:18:18,280 The new generation is instructed in obedience and 386 00:18:18,280 --> 00:18:19,900 warned against idolatry. 387 00:18:20,560 --> 00:18:23,580 They are given the prescribed requirements for a 388 00:18:23,580 --> 00:18:27,520 place of worship found in chapter 12, and 389 00:18:27,520 --> 00:18:29,520 a blessing and a curse is set before 390 00:18:29,520 --> 00:18:29,960 them. 391 00:18:30,300 --> 00:18:33,640 This is seen in chapter 11, verses 26 392 00:18:33,640 --> 00:18:34,780 through 28. 393 00:18:35,460 --> 00:18:39,460 Behold, set before you today a blessing and 394 00:18:39,460 --> 00:18:42,880 a curse, the blessing if you obey the 395 00:18:42,880 --> 00:18:45,600 commandments of the Lord, your God, which I 396 00:18:45,600 --> 00:18:48,560 command you today, and the curse if you 397 00:18:48,560 --> 00:18:50,840 do not obey the commandments of the Lord, 398 00:18:50,940 --> 00:18:51,660 your God. 399 00:18:52,200 --> 00:18:54,800 God is a God like no other, and 400 00:18:54,800 --> 00:18:57,260 he demands strict obedience from his people. 401 00:18:57,740 --> 00:19:00,980 Even Moses is penalized and prevented from entering 402 00:19:00,980 --> 00:19:04,660 the promised land because of earlier disobedience. 403 00:19:05,120 --> 00:19:07,460 The key words of this book are obey 404 00:19:07,460 --> 00:19:08,360 and remember. 405 00:19:09,060 --> 00:19:11,600 Obey God and remember all he has done 406 00:19:11,600 --> 00:19:12,300 for you. 407 00:19:12,740 --> 00:19:17,640 Sadly, God predicts Israel's future rebellion in chapter 408 00:19:17,640 --> 00:19:19,720 31 and verse 16. 409 00:19:20,660 --> 00:19:23,000 This people will rise and play the harlot 410 00:19:23,000 --> 00:19:24,900 with the gods of the foreigners. 411 00:19:25,500 --> 00:19:28,300 They will forsake me and break my covenant. 412 00:19:28,800 --> 00:19:32,300 The central events are the discourses given by 413 00:19:32,300 --> 00:19:34,340 Moses on the plains of Moab. 414 00:19:34,720 --> 00:19:37,120 The central figures are Moses and Joshua. 415 00:19:37,640 --> 00:19:39,960 The central verse is found in chapter 8 416 00:19:39,960 --> 00:19:40,940 and verse 11. 417 00:19:41,820 --> 00:19:44,800 Beware that you do not forget the Lord 418 00:19:44,800 --> 00:19:45,600 your God. 419 00:19:46,240 --> 00:19:49,800 And the central application, friends, for today's Christian 420 00:19:49,800 --> 00:19:51,360 is found in chapter 8. 421 00:19:51,920 --> 00:19:54,640 We too must be watchful not to be 422 00:19:54,640 --> 00:19:55,540 like Israel. 423 00:19:56,060 --> 00:19:59,180 When your heart is lifted up and you 424 00:19:59,180 --> 00:20:01,880 forget the Lord your God who brought you 425 00:20:01,880 --> 00:20:03,900 out of the land of Egypt from the 426 00:20:03,900 --> 00:20:05,120 house of bondage. 427 00:20:05,640 --> 00:20:08,340 Jesus delivered us from the house of bondage 428 00:20:08,340 --> 00:20:08,940 and sin. 429 00:20:09,220 --> 00:20:12,600 He redeemed us by his precious blood, lest 430 00:20:12,600 --> 00:20:13,720 we too forget. 431 00:20:14,540 --> 00:20:17,240 Well, that finishes up our Bible survey that 432 00:20:17,240 --> 00:20:18,960 Pena took for today, friends. 433 00:20:19,320 --> 00:20:21,420 We'll look at some more surveys as we 434 00:20:21,420 --> 00:20:24,300 go through our Bible over the coming weeks.