Lesson 32 August 21, 2002
Review:
Summary
3:23
1. Before
the coming of the Messiah and the Cross,
individuals during the age of Israel lived under the authority of the
Law.
Rem: the law was only given to Israel and that they
were a redeemed people.
Rem: If you examine the whole realm of the Law you
discover its wide ranging impact on the people and their lives. Whole life!
every aspect!
Usually find the Law broken down into 3 sections.
a. The Commandments - dealt with moral issues - decalogue Exodus 20:1-26
b. Ceremonial regulations - regulated their relationship with God - feasts, sacrifices; worship ; what this amounted to was a shadow
Christology Ex. 24:12
- 31:18; Lev. [pointed to the solution, the prophesied
Messiah]
- was a shadow pointing to the Messiah; when
the faith came now had the reality.
c. The Judgements - mishphatim
- application of the moral law to social and civic life; Ex.
21:1- 24:11
[ordinances in KJV]
2. Under
the Law they were held in custody, in the sense that were unable to escape the
consciousness of their sin, their transgression (overstepping) and their
liability to punishment.
3. For the UB'r it was designed
to bring him to the realization of their need of salvation by faith in the
Messiah who was depicted clearly in the sacrifices and feasts.
4. For the
believer in Israel who responded to the truth and lived it out, that is, was
obedient to it, being motivated by their
relationship with God was recipient of great blessing. Deut. 8;
10:11-12
5. The
M/L was
designed by God to be a restrainer of man with an sin nature as protection and preservation in time.
6. All were
shut up, confined under the law with the result they were condemned by the law
so that the only way of escape from sin and its penalty is by faith in the
Messiah.
7. The
picture Paul paints in the context of redemption history (salvation
history) of Israel before the coming of
"the faith" is one of a child
in need of external discipline.
8. Now
after the cross, as new creations in Christ we are no longer children but are
blessed by being adult sons of God, with infinite resources that are ours in
Christ.
9. Before
and after the cross the issue in salvation, or the means of salvation has
always been by faith, we're justified by faith not by works of any kind.
Rabbit trail to Rom
3:24-25
What
is taught here in vs:25 is propitiation.
Definition: Propitiation is the accomplishment of Christ
[His death] whereby the demands of God's righteousness are satisfied.
What's
inside the ark? Just under the mercy
seat.