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The Missional Message of the Old Testament

Explore the missional message of the Old Testament, discovering God's desire to save sinners and have a relational intimacy with those who trust Him. Understand how sin devastated the world and the three-fold mission of the plagues in Egypt.

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The Missional Message of the Old Testament

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  1. The Missional Message of the Old Testament Ryan Edwards June 16, 2019

  2. The missional message of the Bible is this:

  3. The missional message of the Bible is this: • God wants to save sinnersAND He wants to have a relational intimacy with those who would trust Him as Lord

  4. Before sin ruined everything, the world that God created was originally:

  5. Before sin ruined everything, the world that God created was originally: • 1. A picture of Perfection

  6. Before sin ruined everything, the world that God created was originally: • 1. A picture of Perfection AND 2. A picture of Peace (SHALOM)

  7. Adam and Eve choose to rebel against God, and sin is unleashed.

  8. Adam and Eve choose to rebel against God, and sin is unleashed. • 1. Sin devastates everything!

  9. Adam and Eve choose to rebel against God, and sin is unleashed. • 1. Sin devastates everything! • 2. Sin has brought death!

  10. 17…Cursed is the ground because • of you; in pain you shall eat of it all the days of your life; 18 thorns and thistles • it shall bring forth for you; and you shall • eat the plants of the field. 19 By the • sweat of your face you shall eat bread, • till you return to the ground, for out • of it you were taken; for you are dust, and to dust you shall return. • --Genesis 3:17-19 (ESV)

  11. …but your iniquities have made a separation between you and your God, and your sins have hidden his face • from you so that he does not hear. • --Isaiah 59:2 (ESV)

  12. 1 Now the Lord said to Abram, “Go • from your country and your kindred and your father’s house to the land that I • will show you. 2 And I will make of • you a great nation, and I will bless you • and make your name great, so that • you will be a blessing. 3 I will bless those who bless you, and him who dishonors you I will curse, and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed. • --Genesis 12:1-3 (ESV)

  13. 17 I will surely bless you, and I will surely multiply your offspring as the stars of heaven and as the sand that is on • the seashore. And your offspring hall • possess the gate of his enemies, • 18 and in your offspring (or seed) shall all the nations of the earth be blessed… • --Genesis 22: 17-18 (ESV)

  14. 13 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Rise • up early in the morning and present yourself before Pharaoh and say to him, ‘Thus says the Lord, the God of the Hebrews, “Let my people go, that they • may serve me. 14 For this time I will • send all my plagues on you yourself, and on your servants and your people, so • that you may know that there is none like me in all the earth. (cont’d) • --Exodus 9:13-21 (ESV)

  15. 15 For by now I could have put out my • hand and struck you and your people • with pestilence, and you would have been cut off from the earth. 16But for this purpose I have raised you up, to show • you my power, so that my name may • be proclaimed in all the earth. • 17 You are still exalting yourself against • my people and will not let them go. • 18 Behold, about this time… (cont’d) • --Exodus 9:13-21 (ESV)

  16. …tomorrow I will cause very heavy hail • to fall, such as never has been in Egypt • from the day it was founded until now. • 19 Now therefore send, get your livestock and all that you have in the field into • safe shelter, for every man and beast • that is in the field and is not brought home will die when the hail falls on them.” ’ ” • 20Then whoever feared the word of the Lord among… (cont’d) • --Exodus 9:13-21 (ESV)

  17. …the servants of Pharaoh hurried his • slaves and his livestock into the houses, 21 but whoever did not pay attention to the word of the Lord left his slaves and his livestock in the field. • --Exodus 9:13-21 (ESV)

  18. God had a three-fold mission for the plagues in Egypt. The plagues were meant to:

  19. God had a three-fold mission for the plagues in Egypt. The plagues were meant to: • 1. Save Israel

  20. God had a three-fold mission for the plagues in Egypt. The plagues were meant to: • 1. Save Israel • 2. Showcase God’s power to the Egyptians SO THAT the Egyptians would have an opportunity to repent

  21. God had a three-fold mission for the plagues in Egypt. The plagues were meant to: • 1. Save Israel • 2. Showcase God’s power to the Egyptians SO THAT the Egyptians would have an opportunity to repent • 3. Serve as proof of God’s power to the surrounding nations

  22. 9I know that the Lord has given you • the land, and that the fear of you has fallen upon us, and that all the inhabitants of the land melt away • before you. 10 For we have heard how • the Lord dried up the water of the Red • Sea before you when you came out • of Egypt, and what you did to the two • kings of the Amorites who were… (cont’d) • --Joshua 2:9-11 (ESV)

  23. …beyond the Jordan, to Sihon and Og, whom you devoted to destruction. • 11And as soon as we heard it, our • hearts melted, and there was no spirit • left in any man because of you, for the Lord your God, he is God in the • heavens above and on the earth beneath. • --Joshua 2:9-11 (ESV)

  24. 5See, I have taught you statutes and • rules, as the Lord my God commanded me, that you should do them in the land • that you are entering to take possession of it. 6 Keep them and do them, for that • will be your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the peoples, who, when they hear all these statutes, will say, ‘Surely this great nation is… (cont’d) • --Deuteronomy 4:5-8 (ESV)

  25. …a wise and understanding people.’ • 7 For what great nation is there that has a god so near to it as the Lord our God is • to us, whenever we call upon him? • 8And what great nation is there, that • has statutes and rules so righteous as • all this law I set before you today? • --Deuteronomy 4:5-8 (ESV)

  26. You shall not wrong a sojourner or oppress him, for you were • sojourners in the land of Egypt. • --Exodus 22:21 (ESV)

  27. 9“When you reap the harvest of your • land, you shall not reap your field right up • to its edge, neither shall you gather the gleanings after your harvest. 10 And you • shall not strip your vineyard bare… • You shall leave them for the poor and • for The sojourner: I am the Lord your • God. 11“You shall not steal; you shall not • deal falsely; you shall not lie to one another. • 13 “You shall not oppress… (cont’d) • --Leviticus 19:9-11, 13, 18, 33-34 (ESV)

  28. …your neighbor or rob him… 18…but you shall love your neighbor as yourself: • I am the Lord…33“When a stranger sojourns with you in your land, you • shall not do him wrong. 34 You shall • treat the stranger who sojourns with • you as the native among you, and you shall love him as yourself, for you • were strangers in the land of Egypt: • I am the Lord your God. • --Leviticus 19:9-11, 13, 18, 33-34 (ESV)

  29. Remember what the scriptures say about this Coming Eternal King (the Messiah):

  30. Remember what the scriptures say about this Coming Eternal King (the Messiah): • Genesis 12:1-3: Abraham would be a blessing to the whole world, and he would be given many descendants, and ultimately…

  31. Remember what the scriptures say about this Coming Eternal King (the Messiah): • Genesis 12:1-3: Abraham would be a blessing to the whole world, and he would be given many descendants, and ultimately… • Genesis 22:17-18: One particular descendent/seed of Abraham would bless the whole world.

  32. Remember what the scriptures say about this Coming Eternal King (the Messiah): • Genesis 49:8-10: This promised Messiah would come from the tribe of Judah (didn’t discuss)

  33. Remember what the scriptures say about this Coming Eternal King (the Messiah): • Genesis 49:8-10: This promised Messiah would come from the tribe of Judah (didn’t discuss) • 2 Samuel 7:16: And this descendent would be from the line of David, and He would rule an eternal kingdom (forever).

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