Act Three: The King Chooses Israel Redemption Initiated

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Act ThreeThe King Chooses IsraelRedemption
Initiated
Scene One A People for the King
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Genesis Prologue to Israels Story

• Universal period (3-11)
• Patriarchal period (12-50)

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Genesis 3-11

• Theme?
• Unleashing of sin origin, spread, effects
• Gods response promise, judgement

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Unleashing of Sin in Human Life(Gen. 4)

• Goodness of creation enjoyed family, cultural
  development
• All polluted by sin murder, misdirection of
  cultural activity

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Gods Response Faithful to Promise

• Line from Adam to Noah
• Godly line holding promise (Gen. 315)

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Gods Response Judgement (Gen. 6-9)

• Evil strangling human life
• Catastrophic flood

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Gods ResponseFaithfulness to Promise

• Noah and ark
• Noahic covenant
• New start withNoah and creation
• Gods purpose remains constant

Noahs Ark by Edward Hicks
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Covenant

• A bond
• In blood
• Sovereignly administered

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Nations and Rebellion

• Spread of nations
• Communal attempt at autonomy
• Gods judgement

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Abrahamic CovenantBlessed to Be a Blessing

• Universal to particularFrom all nations to one
  man
• Blessing on one man, one nation
• Channel of blessing to all world

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Abrahamic CovenantBlessed to Be a Blessing
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Theological Blueprint (cf. Gen. 1818)

• Bless Abraham I will make you a great nation.
• Bless all nations on earth
• What we are being offered in these fewverses
  is a theological blueprint for the redemptive
  history of the world.
• - W. Dumbrell

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Curse and Blessing

• 5-fold curse of Gen. 3-11
• 5-fold blessing of Gen. 122-3
• Through Abraham God will reverse the curse of sin

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Abrahamic Covenant

• Gen. 12 Promise
• Gen. 15 Covenant established
• Gen. 17 Covenant confirmed

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Isaac, Jacob, Joseph

• Promises of covenant repeated to each patriarch
• Gods work in sinful family
• El Shaddai remains faithful

Joseph Overseer of the Pharaoh's Granaries by
Lawrence Alma-Tadema
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Exodus Formation of a People

• Israel formed by a mighty act of redemption
  (1-18)
• Israel bound to God in covenant (19-24)
• God comes to dwell with his people(25-40)

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Israel Formed by aMighty Act of Redemption

• Growth of nation of Israel
• Bondage
• God raises up mediator (Moses)
• Reveals himself as YHWH

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Redemption

• By mighty acts of judgement
• Against Egyptian gods (Ex. 1212)
• Against Pharaoh
• By blood of lamb (Passover)
• Celebration of redemption (Ex. 15)

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Israel is Bound to God in Covenant

• To Mount Sinai

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To Mount Sinai (Ex. 194)

• You saw what I did to Egypt
• I carried you on eagles wings
• I brought you to myself

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Israel is Bound to God in Covenant

• To Mount Sinai
• Call of covenant

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Call of Covenant

• Treasured possession, priestly kingdom, holy
  nation
• Election to privilege and service
• Display, showcase people
• For the sake of the nations

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The history of Israel from this point on is in
reality merely a commentary upon the degree of
fidelity with which Israel adhered to this
Sinai-given vocation. -W. Dumbrell
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Israel is Bound to God in Covenant

• To Mount Sinai
• Call of covenant
• Ancient Near Eastern backgroundfor covenant

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Ancient Near Eastern Background

• Ex. 19-24 Form of Covenant document
• Ancient Near Eastern covenants in Hittite and
  Egyptian empires

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Covenant

• God is Great King
• Israel subject people
• All of Israels life subject to Gods rule
• Law

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Law

• Gods rule over all of life
• Return to creational intention
• Good news! Life to the full!
• Display to nations

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Details of Law

• Ex. 20 Ten Commandments
• General stipulations
• Israels relation to God (1-4)
• Israels relation to each other (6-10)
• Ex. 20-22 Detailed stipulations

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Israel is Bound to God in Covenant

• To Mount Sinai
• Call of covenant
• Ancient Near Eastern background
• Covenant ceremony

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God Prepares to Indwell Israel

• Instructions for Tabernacle (25-31)
• Israel unworthy of Gods presence (32-34)
• God indwells Israel on basis of love (35-40)

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Leviticus Living with a Holy God

• Repairing the broken covenant
• Sacrifices and offerings
• Ceremonial law
• Feasts

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Numbers Journeying to the Land

• Signs of emerging greatness
• Gods testing
• Provision
• Leadership
• Protection
• Israels disobedience and unbelief
• Gods judgement and faithfulness

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Deuteronomy On the Borders of the Land

• Sermon One Gods faithfulness to Israel
  (16-440)
• Sermon Two Gods covenant law(444-28)
• Sermon Three Options for future (29-30)

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Covenant Structure
God (King)
WORD Promise Command Warning
faith obey
unbelief disobey
Life Prosperity Blessing
Death Destruction Curse
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Act ThreeThe King Chooses IsraelRedemption
Initiated
Scene Two A Land for His People
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Joshua The Gift of the Land

• The Lord leads Israel to the land (1-512)
• The Lord gives Israel the land (513-12)

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Joshua The Gift of the Land

• The Lord leads Israel to the land (1-512)
• The Lord gives Israel the land (513-12)
• The Lord allocates the land (13-22)

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Joshua The Gift of the Land

• The Lord leads Israel to the land (1-512)
• The Lord gives Israel the land (513-12)
• The Lord allocates the land (13-22)
• The Lord renews the covenant (23,24)

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The Land The Lords Gift (Josh. 2143-45)

• Conquest Lords work
• The Lord leads Israel into the land (Josh. 3,4)
• The Lord comes as commander (513-15)
• The Lord brings down Jericho (6)
• The Lord gives victory (9-12)

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Covenant Structure
God (King)
WORD Promise Command Warning
faith obey
unbelief disobey
Life Prosperity Blessing
Death Destruction Curse
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Covenant Options on Land

• Jericho Blessing on faith/obedience
• Ai Curse on unbelief/disobedience
• Mt. Ebal (Josh. 830-35)
• Shechem (24)

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Holy War

• Why complete destruction?
• Judgement on wicked nations (Gen. 1516)
• Danger of idolatry
• Gods redemptive beachhead

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Judges Failure to be Display People

• Israel fails to take land (Ju. 1)
• Covenant court case (21-5)
• Judgement pronounced Cycles (211-23)

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Cycles of Judgement
distress
oppression
cries out
anger
deliverer
rest
sin
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Judges Failure to be Display People

• Israel fails to take land (Ju. 1)
• Covenant court case (21-5)
• Judgement pronounced Cycles (211-23)
• Cycles elaborated historically (3-16)
• Corruption illustrated (17-21)

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Samuel Israel Transformed into a Kingdom

• The need for a king
• Gods kind of king
• Saul rules unfaithfully
• David rules faithfully

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A Faithful King

• Establishes temple life of Israel
• Defeats Israels enemies
• Enforces obedience of law

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Davidic Covenant

• Kingship grafted on to Abrahamic covenant
• Davids failure
• Hope for a future descendant of David

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Kings Covenant Failure

• Solomon begins his rule wisely
• Solomon establishes the temple in Zion
• The kingdom is rent in two

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Kings Covenant Failure

• Solomon begins his rule wisely
• Solomon establishes the temple in Zion
• The kingdom is rent in two
• Elijah and Elisha confront an unfaithful Israel
• Israels slide into disaster and exile

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Why Did This Happen?

• Covenant rebellion and Gods judgement
• Led by unfaithful kings
• Rejected prophets

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Gods Judgement

• Israel deported by Assyria (722 BC)
• Judah exiled by Babylon (586 BC)
• The End?
• Note of hope Jehoiachin released

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Prophetic Hope for Future

• Gods purpose will prevail
• New covenant, kingdom
• Through a Messiah
• Israel gathered and purified
• Nations drawn to Israel

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Ezra and NehemiahIsrael Returns to the Land

• 539 BC Cyrus allows Israel to return
• Zerubbabel rebuilds temple
• Ezra reforms people
• Nehemiah rebuilds city walls

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End of Act Three