by Paul Apple | Feb 24, 2022 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: THE EXPOSITION OF ISRAEL’S COVENANTAL RELATIONSHIP BEGINS WITH THE FOUNDATION OF THE TEN COMMANDMENTSINTRODUCTION:Michael Grisanti: The Ten Commandments, distinct from most of the rest of the law, entail terse, divine demands, called “apodictic” law....
by Paul Apple | Feb 22, 2022 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: PROCLAMATION OF THE LAW IN PREPARATION TO CROSS THE JORDANINTRODUCTION:Meredith Kline: This passage is transitional. As a summary of the Trans-Jordanian conquests (vv. 46b-49; cf. 2:32-36; 3:1-17), it serves as a conclusion to the historical prologue. But it...
by Paul Apple | Feb 22, 2022 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: MOSES IMPLEMENTS A LEGAL SYSTEM IN THE NEWLY ACQUIRED TRANSJORDANIAN TERRITORY THAT COMBINES MERCY AND JUSTICEINTRODUCTION:Duane Christensen: The reader cannot help but feel the jarring effect of encountering a totally different type of content as one moves...
by Paul Apple | Feb 21, 2022 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: LIFE IN THE LAND DEPENDS ON COVENANT FAITHFULNESS AS THE UNIQUENESS OF ISRAEL RESPONDS TO THE UNIQUENESS OF THEIR GODINTRODUCTION:Daniel Block: In Chapter 4 Moses’ first address reaches its climax. Although the chapter exhibits numerous links with the...
by Paul Apple | Feb 20, 2022 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: RESOLVING ISSUES OF REWARD, RESPONSIBILITY, RULERSHIP, AND RATIONALIZATON PREPARED GOD’S PEOPLE TO MOVE FORWARD IN THEIR MISSION OF CONQUESTINTRODUCTION:Daniel Block: Moses’ recollections here divide into four parts, each of which is signaled by the...
by Paul Apple | Feb 19, 2022 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: GOD GRANTS VICTORY AS HIS PEOPLE FIGHT THE BATTLES TO POSSESS THE PROMISED LANDINTRODUCTION:Daniel Block: This section consists of three parts: two battle reports, the first describing Israel’s defeat of Sihon king of Heshbon (2:24–37), and the second...
by Paul Apple | Feb 18, 2022 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: IN THEIR JOURNEY TO THEIR OWN PROMISED LAND, ISRAEL MUST RESPECT THE SOVEREIGN LANDS OF EDOM, MOAB AND AMMONINTRODUCTION:Michael Grisanti: Toward the end of Israel’s wilderness wanderings the Lord commanded the children of Israel to begin their journey to...
by Paul Apple | Feb 17, 2022 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: ISRAEL’S DISOBEDIENCE FLIES IN THE FACE OF GOD’S FAITHFULNESS AND ASSURANCESINTRODUCTION:Michael Grisanti: After arriving in Kadesh Barnea (1:19), Moses commissioned twelve spies to survey the Promised Land, but ten of them brought back a discouraging...
by Paul Apple | Feb 17, 2022 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: QUALIFIED LEADERS SHARE THE LOAD AND ADJUDICATE JUSTICEINTRODUCTION:Gerald Gerbrandt: The Old Testament relates this story three times—here, in Exodus 18:13–27, and in Numbers 11:11–17. . .The phrase at that time serves as a structuring device in the story...
by Paul Apple | Feb 16, 2022 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: AN UNDERSTANDING OF GOD’S COVENANT REQUIREMENTS PREPARES ISRAEL TO CROSS THE JORDAN AND TAKE POSSESSION OF THE PROMISED LANDINTRODUCTION:Duane Christensen: The long sojourn in the wilderness has ended. The conquest of the two Amorite kings in the Jordan...
by Paul Apple | Mar 11, 2020 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: I AM SPECIAL BECAUSE GOD HAS CHOSEN MEINTRODUCTION:All of our insecurities in life – our fears, our sense of inadequacy and lack of significance – are resolved by realizing how precious we are to our Lord Jesus Christ.What Makes Us So Special?I. CHOSEN...
