April 9, 2010 Lesson 17 of Exodus 23:20-24:18

23:20-33 Consider the promises God makes to the people and the demands he makes of them. Can you think of parallel spiritual promises made to Christians and demands made of them in the Christian life? Answer: The first thing that comes to mind is the Holy Spirit left here to help guide us until Christ’s return.


24:1-8. Why was this a day of significance and importance in the history of Israel? To what did the people commit themselves? Why is this covenant called (in Cor 3:7,9) a ‘dispensation of condemnation’ and of ‘death’? What was God’s answer to the situation thus created? Cf Lev 17:11; Heb 9:22 Answer: This is the day that the covenant the God made with the Israelites was confirmed. Moses sprinkled them with the blood of the sacrifice to represent the sealing of the covenant. The people were committing to follow the laws of God and obey His words. This covenant was a dispensation, just as Christ’s death and shed blood on the cross was a dispensation. God requires a sacrifice in order to atone for sins.