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PREPARING A PEOPLE

PREPARING A PEOPLE. Lesson 2 for the 10 th of October, 2009. God wanted a holy people, set apart for Him, which would be an example to other people. Before they departed to Canaan, God prepared them to reach this ideal. HOLINESS IN THE CAMP.

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PREPARING A PEOPLE

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  1. PREPARING A PEOPLE Lesson 2 for the 10th of October, 2009

  2. God wanted a holy people, set apart for Him, which would be an example to other people. Before they departed to Canaan, God prepared them to reach this ideal.

  3. HOLINESS IN THE CAMP “Command the Israelites to send away from the camp anyone who has an infectious skin disease or a discharge of any kind, or who is ceremonially unclean because of a dead body” (Numbers, 5: 2) PUBLIC HEALTH REASONS The three kind of people mentioned here could cause an epidemic in the camp. Those people were set apart until his health improved (as nowadays) or they carried out the purification rites.

  4. HOLINESS IN THE CAMP “Send away male and female alike; send them outside the camp so that they will not defile their camp, where I dwell among them” (Numbers, 5: 3) RELIGIOUS REASONS The three mentioned reasons (leper, discharge and contact with a dead body) were symbols of sin. God is holy and He wants to live in a holy people, a people set aside from sin.

  5. HOLINESS IN THE SOCIETY God knew that men would not follow the ideal He proposed always (“love your neighbour as yourself”), so He showed how to act when a person sinned against another: If it was not possible to restore the affront to the offended one or to a close relative, it had to be given to the Lord.

  6. HOLINESS IN THE SOCIETY Each individual in the society belongs to God, by creation (Acts, 17: 24-28) and byredemption(1 Corinthians, 6: 20) “The God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth… He himself gives all men life and breath and everything else… for in Him we live and move and have our being… We are his offspring” (Acts, 17: 24-28) “For you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God's” (1 Corinthians, 6:20) Then, every insult to a person is an insult to God. “When a man or woman wrongs another in any way and so is unfaithful to the LORD, that person is guilty” (Numbers, 5: 6)

  7. HOLINESS IN THE MARRIAGE Marriage is one of the two institutions God created in Eden before sin. When He gave the laws to Israel, He protected especially this sacred tie, punishing anyone who would break it with death.

  8. HOLINESS IN THE MARRIAGE If there was any prove of adultery, the two involved must die. But... what happened if there were no proves or it was jealousy? God protected women from unjustified jealousy. The decision was in divine hands through “the bitter water”.

  9. HOLINESS IN THE MARRIAGE Thebitterwaterprocess The woman was taking before the priest, with an offering. The priest prepared a clay pot filled with holy water and added some dust from the tabernacle’s floor. He uncovered the woman’s head and put the offering in her hands. He read the curse and wrote it on a paper. The woman said: “Amen, amen”, accepting the divine verdict. The priest washed the ink of the paper in the water in the glass, making it bitter. The offering was burnt on the altar. The woman drank the bitter water. If she was innocent, she suffered no damage andshe could have children. If she was guilty, her abdomen swollen and shebecame sterile. There was nothing that could cause physical damage to the woman in this process. God was the one who judged and He only punished the woman if she was guilty.

  10. HOLINESS OF PEOPLE Every Israelite could consecrate part of his life to God, although he wasn’t a priest or a Levite. “All the days of his separation he shall be holy to the Lord” Numbers, 6: 8 We can consecrate part of our life or part of our time to God, too.

  11. HOLINESS OF PEOPLE Theprocess of separation Refrainfromdrinking alcohol. Refrain from any product from vine. Don’t cut one self’s hair during the separation time. Don’t make contact with any death body. If he makes contact with a death body, he must cut his hair, offer a sacrifice and start again with the separation process. When the separation time is finished, he must offer certain sacrifices and cut his hair and burn it together with a peace offering. RIP

  12. HALLOWED BY THE BLESSING APPLY THIS BLESSING FROM GOD TO YOUR PERSONAL NEEDS THE LORD blessyouand keepyou; THE LORD make his face shine upon youand be gracious to you; THE LORD turn his face towards youand giveyoupeace. This was a blessing to all the people, so every single person could apply it to himself. Numbers, 6: 24-26

  13. “The order of • providence in • relation to His people • is advancement, progression. • Continual advancement is • the way of holiness, • rising higher and higher • in the knowledge and love of God... • God is unchangeable • --the same yesterday, today, and forever.” E.G.W. (The upward look, March 29)

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