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The teaching tools of scripture
Gen 1:1-2:3 and the teaching tools of scripture part one and part two
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Hebrew paragraph divisions
19:1-25 {s} YHVH descended upon Mt Sinai in fire, to enact the marriage covenant with Israel
Strong themes of the parashah
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Exo 19:1-25 Chiastic structure
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Theme of the parashah
YHVH descended upon Mt Sinai in fire, to enact the marriage covenant with Israel.
Finding Messiah in Triennial Bachodesh hashlishi
In the third month Israel came to Sinai. On the third day, Israel was to prepare to meet YHVH. In fact, being prepared to meet with YHVH on the third day is mentioned three times in Exo 19:11-16, and three is a sign of Messiah in Scripture. We have been taught to think that the covenant YHVH made with Israel at Sinai is the opposite of the covenant YHVH made with us at Calvary.
Here, Scripture is teaching us, that this covenant prophesies of and reveals Messiah.
But what is revealed? Earlier in Exodus, Scripture showed us that Moses was a type of Messiah. In Exodus chapter 19, notice how many times Moses went up to God, and went down to the people; back and forth, back and forth. Moses is in fact mediating between the people and God, just as Messiah is the Mediator between God and men.
Furthermore, the covenant YHVH was enacting with Israel was a marriage covenant. The actions Moses takes, going back and forth from YHVH to the people, exactly mirrors the actions which are taken to enact a ketubah, a Hebrew betrothal and marriage contract, between a potential bridegroom and his potential bride. YHVH Himself declares it to be a marriage covenant, when He says,
“Behold, the days come,” says YHVH, “that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah; not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; My covenant which they broke, although I was a husband unto them,” says YHVH. Jer 31:31-32
Messiah Yeshua is the Bridegroom who is coming for His bride.
Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honor to Him, for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and His wife has made herself ready. Rev 19:7
But besides this testimony, YHVH also makes a declaration of love for His people in the Exodus 19 marriage covenant.
“You have seen what I did unto the Egyptians, and how I bore you on eagles’ wings, and brought you unto Myself. Now therefore, if you will obey My voice indeed, and keep My covenant, then you shall be a special treasure unto Me above all people, for all the earth is Mine.” Exo 19:4-5
Notice that He introduces His declaration of love, by reminding them of their deliverance from slavery and from the kingdom of the Egyptians. This is a metaphor and type of our own deliverance from slavery to sin and the kingdom of darkness. It is the first part of His expression of love.
For when we were yet without strength, in due time Messiah died for the ungodly. For scarcely for a righteous man will one die, yet perhaps for a good man some would even dare to die. But God demonstrates His love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Messiah died for us. Rom 5:6-8
Studies in Triennial Bachodesh hashlishi
Exodus 19, Bible for Beginners
Exodus 19, Setting bounds around the mountain
Exodus 19, Hebrew roots
Studies off site
Journey to Mt. Sinai I and II – Thinking Man Films
SCRIPTURE REVEALED SERIES by CHRISTINE MILLER:
THE LAW of LOVE | FINDING MESSIAH in TORAH | EXODUS in CHIASTIC STRUCTURE
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