LESSON 1
FOUNDATIONAL TRUTH
THE MOSAIC COVENANT When God redeemed Israel from Egyptian bondage, He established Israel as a theocratic nation and made a temporary covenant with her called the Mosaic covenant. This covenant would not only teach God’s righteous stan- dards but amplify sin and drive man to his need for a savior. “The Mosaic covenant was an administration of detailed written laws given for a time to restrain the sins of the people and to be a custodian to point people to Christ. Paul says, ‘Why then the law? It was added because of transgressions, until the offspring should come to whom the promise had been made’ (Gal. 3:19), and ‘The law was our guardian until Christ came’ (Gal. 3:24).” 3
1. How did Israel respond to the Mosaic covenant in Exodus 19:8, 24:3, and 7–8?
2. Moses went up on the mountain to receive the law from God, where he re- mained for 40 days and nights (Ex. 24:12, 18). Compare Exodus 20:2–4 with 32:1–14. How did the Israelites violate God’s law while Moses was on the mountain?
3 Wayne Grudem, Systematic Theology (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1994), 521.
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