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Engaging the Old Testament

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Family

What is your relationship like with your family?

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Genesis 25:1-6

How many sons then did Abe have?

The Best Pickup Spot in the OT!

• Rebekah — Genesis 24 • Jacob — 39:2 • Moses — Exodus 2:15 • John 4???? . . . Not

quite!

The death of Abraham — and the story of two good sons — Genesis 25

The Story of Isaac — Genesis 25-26

• Isaac’s twins — and the birthright — 25:19-34

• The sins of the father . . . 26 (see 26:1-5)

The Story of Jacob and Esau, Part 1 — Genesis 27

• Scene 1 — A last supper — 27:1-4 • Scene 2 — Conspiracy to commit fraud —

27:5-17 • Scene 3 — Senior abuse — 27:16-29 • Scene 4 — Rage and running — 27:30-46

The Story of Jacob and Esau, Part 2 — Jacob and His Wives — Genesis 28-30

• Scene 1 — Stairway to Heaven — 28

• Scene 2 — Well, Well, Well! — 29

• Scene 3 — Kids, kids, & more kids! — 29-30

• Scene 4 — Rage and running — 27:30-46

• Scene 5 — On the run with your idols — 31

• Scene 6 — Reunion — 32-33

Teraphim Genesis 31:34

ReconciliationGenesis 32-33

Error of Assuming What Is, Is Right

Types of Marriages in the Bible

• Adam & Eve • Cain & 2 wives • Abe and Hagar • Lot and his 2 daughters • Judah and Tamar • Jacob and Leah • Reuben and Dad’s wife • Dinah and Shechem • Moses & Zipporah • Ruth & Boaz • David & Michal • David & Bathsheba

• Solomon 700 plus 300 • Esther and “Jerkses” • Hosea & Gomer • Joseph & Mary • Elizabeth and Zechariah • Herod & Herodias • Mr. & Mrs. Pilate • I Cor. 5 Guy & his Stepmom • Priscilla & Aquila KEY: Marriages IN the Bible are different than BIBLICAL Marriage

The Story of Dina and Shechem — Genesis 34

The XXX Xhapter of Genesis • Scene 1— 38:1-5 — Er, Onan, and Shelah • Scene 2 — 38:6-11 — Wife, Widow, Fiancee

— exiled • Scene 3 — 38:12-23 — The John, down

payment • Scene 4 — 38:24-26 — The Trial • Epilogue — 38:27-30 —The Twins

The Story of Dina and Shechem — Genesis 34

• What mom did Simeon and Levi and Dina have in common?

• It’s a love story, right? . . .

• What can we takeaway from all these dysfunctional families? . . .

The Story of Judah and Tamar — Genesis 38

• Did Tamar dress as a prostitute? • Did she “flash” poor old, helpless Judah? • Did she lure him into this position?


• Who is to blame? • To this day, men through art and sermons

still think like Judah! • see v. 14 — cp. 24:65!


• Tamar — the grandmother of Jesus

• The Genealogy of Jesus • The choreography of

God • Look what God can do! • Even dirty old men can

come clean and change.


• God is sovereign • Humans screw up a lot! • God is grace-filled, even with

fallen people.

The Story of Joseph — Genesis 37-50

• The GREAT PLAN of God

• Can we say “Dysfunctional?”

• The GREAT HOPE of RECONCILIATION

Can anything good come from such dysfunction?

Great Grandfather Abe: • Pimped his wife . . . twice! (Gen 12, 20) • Took advantage of his migrant worker handmaid (Gen

16) Grandfather Isaac:

• Pimped his wife (just like dad) (Gen 26) Father Jacob:

• Committed major probate fraud • Woke up married to the wrong woman • Won zero father-of-the-year awards — showing

favoritism to wives and sons

Can anything good come from such dysfunction?

• Brother Reuben: slept with dad’s wife (Gen 35:22) • Sister Dinah: raped (Gen 34) • Brothers Simeon and Levi: killed their new brother-in-

law & other men of the city while helpless (Gen 34) • Brother Judah: slept with his daughter-in-law and

fathered two boys via incest (Gen 38) QUESTION: With the two Masters of Determinism & Genetics (nurture & nature/herdity & environment) as preconditions of Joseph’s home, did he even have a chance? . . . ANSWER: Yes! . . . with a new Master.

The Story of Joseph — Part 1 — Sold as a Slave, Incarcerated as a Criminal —Genesis 37-39

• 17 — When sold • 30 — When brought out of

prison • 37 — When finished

storing up grain • 39 — When brothers meet

him for the first time • 41 — When reconciled: 24

years after being given up for dead

Enter-Active Exegesis 37:18-36

What does the text say? • How will you tell the story? • Feel it, taste it, touch it . . .

Due Monday February 8

The Story of Joseph — Part 2 — Forgotten and Found —Genesis 40-41

• His new adoptive father — Pharaoh (who re-named him “son” — 41:45, and gave him a wife).

• His new wife is a PK — 41:45 • He has two sons:

• Manasseh — Forgetful • Ephraim — Fruitful

Let’s talk about Mummies

The Story of Joseph — Part 3 — Family, Feuding, and Reunion —Genesis 42-46


Those who rest in the sovereignty of God . . . • Trust more • Rest more • Read & study more • They listen better • Hope more • Stress less • Practice more patience • Are less judgmental • Care more about community, and . . . • Are willing to suffer as individuals for the greater cause.


The POINT of our FAITH is NOT just FORGIVENESS, but RECONCILIATION!

God’s SOVEREIGN Plan

The Hebrew faith was founded in contrast to the Babylonian ideas of creation: • Babylonian Creation accounts: We are pre-destined to be evil

because we were made from the evil god Marduk as his blood dripped to earth, mixed with dirt, and . . . well, that’s where we came from!

• Hebrews view of Creation: We were made in the image of the Divine Community — Gen 1:26 — God is good, creation was made good, and we were made good.

• What changed is based on choice — we chose to disobey, and . . . well, you know the rest of the story.

• “Everything is foreseen, yet Free Will is given.” (Mishnah).

Summary of Genesis — Great Themes

God is with us — even when . . . • Gen 3:8; 5:22; 6:9; 18:16 (cp. Luke 24) • Immanuel Principle — 39:2, 3, 21, 23 • Single-parent kids — 21:20 • Single-parent moms — 16, 21 • Other options: 1) Deism; or 2) Free to leave


God is with us — working in and through the “sins of the fathers” . . . • 12 — Abe & Sarai in Egypt • 16 — Abe & Hagar • 19 — Same Sex Sins • 19 — Heterosexual Sins • 20 — Abe & Sarah and Abimelech • 26 — Isaac & Abimelech (poor Abimelech! he gets “jobbed” twice!) • 34 — Dinah and the murders • 35:22 — Rape of a father’s wife • 38 — Judah & Tamar • 39 — Joseph and Mrs. Victoria who want to keep a Secret. • What a broken mess! . . . And God is still there!!!


God is with us — healing fractured families • 3:6 — She also gave some to the man . . . • 3:12 — The WOMAN! • 4 — Cain & Abel • 9:18-29 — Noah and Ham/Canaan • 16, 21 — Hagar & Ishmael • 22 — Abe & Sarah (separate? divorce? . . .) • 25 — Jacob & Rebekah and Esau . . .


God is with us — healing fractured families • 29 — Jacob and Laban (Part 1) • 30 — Competition for Love and Kids • 31 — Fleeing Laban • 31-33 — Jacob and Esau • 37 — Selling your brother into slavery • 42-45 — Reconciliation

Joseph and Jesus

Preparing hearts for the coming Messiah — Beloved Sons • 37:3 — Now Israel loved Joseph more than

any other of his sons, because he was the son of his old age. And he made him a robe of many colors.

• Matthew 3:17 — “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased.”

Joseph and Jesus

Preparing hearts for the coming Messiah — Shepherds of Father’s Sheep • 37:2 — Joseph, being seventeen years old, was

pasturing the flock with his brothers. • Matthew 2:5-6 —“In Bethlehem of Judea, for so

it is written by the prophet: “‘And you, O Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah; for from you shall come a ruler who will shepherd my people Israel.”

Joseph and Jesus

Preparing hearts for the coming Messiah — Misunderstood by brothers • 37:4 — But when his brothers saw that their father

loved him more than all his brothers, they hated him and could not speak peacefully to him.

• John 7:3-5 —So his brothers said to him, “Leave here and go to Judea, that your disciples also may see the works you are doing. For no one works in secret if he seeks to be known openly. If you do these things, show yourself to the world.” For not even his brothers believed in him.

Joseph and Jesus

Preparing hearts for the coming Messiah — Both are tempted • 39:7 — And after a time his master's wife

cast her eyes on Joseph and said, “Lie with me.”

• Matthew 4:1 —Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.

Joseph and Jesus

Preparing hearts for the coming Messiah — Both are taken on a journey • 37:28 — Then Midianite traders passed by. And

they drew Joseph up and lifted him out of the pit, and sold him to the Ishmaelites for twenty shekels of silver. They took Joseph to Egypt.

• Matthew 2:14 —And he rose and took the child and his mother by night and departed to Egypt and remained there until the death of Herod.

Joseph and Jesus

Preparing hearts for the coming Messiah — Both had their robes taken from them • 37:23 — So when Joseph came to his

brothers, they stripped him of his robe, the robe of many colors that he wore.

• John 19:23 —When the soldiers had crucified Jesus, they took his garments and divided them into four parts, one part for each soldier; also his tunic.

Joseph and Jesus

Preparing hearts for the coming Messiah — Both were sold • 37:28 — Then Midianite traders passed by. And

they drew Joseph up and lifted him out of the pit, and sold him to the Ishmaelites for twenty shekels of silver. They took Joseph to Egypt.

• Matthew 26:15 —“What will you give me if I deliver him over to you?” And they paid him thirty pieces of silver.

Joseph and Jesus

Preparing hearts for the coming Messiah — Both were arrested • 39:20 — And Joseph's master took him and

put him into the prison, the place where the king's prisoners were confined, and he was there in prison.

• Matthew 27:2 —And they bound him and led him away and delivered him over to Pilate the governor.

Joseph and Jesus

Preparing hearts for the coming Messiah — Both were put with two other key prisoners • 40:2 — And Pharaoh was angry with his two

officers, the chief cupbearer and the chief baker, and he put them in custody in the house of the captain of the guard, in the prison where Joseph was confined.

• Matthew 27:38 —Then two robbers were crucified with him, one on the right and one on the left.

Joseph and Jesus

Preparing hearts for the coming Messiah — Both were 30 years old • 41:46 — Joseph was thirty years old when

he entered the service of Pharaoh king of Egypt.

• Luke 3:23 —Jesus, when he began his ministry, was about thirty years of age.

Joseph and Jesus

Preparing hearts for the coming Messiah — Both were exalted after suffering • 41:39 — Then Pharaoh said to Joseph,

“Since God has shown you all this, there is none so discerning and wise as you are.”

• Philippians 2:9 —God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name.

Joseph and Jesus

Preparing hearts for the coming Messiah — Both forgave • 45:4-5 — So Joseph said to his brothers, “Come

near to me, please.” And they came near. And he said, “I am your brother, Joseph, whom you sold into Egypt. And now do not be distressed or angry with yourselves because you sold me here, for God sent me before you to preserve life.”

• Luke 23:34 —And Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.”

Joseph and Jesus

Preparing hearts for the coming Messiah — Both saved others • 45:4-7 — “And God sent me before you to

preserve for you a remnant on earth, and to keep alive for you many survivors.”

• Matt 1:21 —“She will bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.”

Joseph and Jesus

The Old Testament is the New Testament concealed.

The New Testament is the Old Testament revealed.

Genesis reveals our awesome Christ.

Joseph and Jesus

Steps the Early Christians Took:

They were baptized, and became life-long disciples/followers of Jesus. (Matthew 28:18-20).

Genesis and the Names of God

• Yahweh — the BEING One “I Am” — LORD (capitalized) — specific to Hebrew faith

• Elohim — Generic — God • Adonai — Generic — Lord • Yahweh Yireh — The LORD Provides • El Roi — God Sees • El Shaddai — (28:3) God Almighty

Patriarchal Passages

• Abraham/Isaac Narrative — 12-25:10 • Jacob Narrative — 25:11— chp.36 • Joseph Narrative — 37-50

Theology of Genesis

Nothing will stop God’s plan to “Bless” all nations. • Not Satan • Not Sin • Not Man (with or without their “help” —

Abraham and Sarah) • Not Selfish Scheming • Not Separation from the Promised Land

Theology of Genesis

God’s Covenant to the Patriarchs is the beginning of His effort to “Reveal” Himself to us. • In His Creation • In History (His-Story) • In His Word

Go Beyond The Crowds to Make Discoveries

Disciplining or Business Entrepreneur?

Nature Deficit Disorder in our cluttered, rushed, urban lives. Have we done the same now suffering from SDD-Scripture Deficit Disorder?

1. We need INSATIABLE CURIOSITY

2) we must search with a dogged determinism the journals holy land explorers have written

3-as we get older don’t outgrow risk-taking!

4-become regular pilgrims to holy sites, visit more than once & always in expectation

Job 28 says,

There is a mine for silver & a place where gold is refined….Man…

searches the farthest recesses for ore in the blackest darkness. Far

from where people dwell he cuts a shaft, in places forgotten by the foot of man; far from men he dangles & sways. The earth,…sapphires come from its rocks, & its dust contains

nuggets of gold…He tunnels through the rock; his eyes see all its

treasures. He searches the sources of the rivers & brings hidden things

to light.

Oppression and a Basket Case Exodus 1-2

Exodus

Opening Oppression — Exodus 1 • . . . And these are the names — וְאֵּלֶה, ׁשְמֹות• Begin with 70-ish people and … Note

1:6-7,10, 12, 20 (Genesis 1:28) • Exodus 38:26 = 603,550 MEN over 20!

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• 140 people after 27 years • 280 people after 54 years • 560 people after 81 years • 1,120 people after 108

years • 2,240 people after 135





years

• 71,680 people after 270 years




• 1,146,880 people after 378 years

• 2,293,760 people after 405 years

Exodus

Israel in Egypt 1:1–12:36 Israel in the Desert 12:37–18:27 Israel at Mount Sinai 19–40


Exodus

Opening Oppression — Exodus 1 • Plan A — Work ‘em to death • Plan B — Infanticide by nurses • Plan C — Murder of the masses — 1:22


Exodus

The Birth of Moses — Exodus 2:1-4 Family • Tribe: Note Luke 1:5 • Dad: Amram — “Exalted People” • Mom: Jochebed — “The Lord is Honored”

• Note: she married her nephew! (6:20). • Older Brother: Aaron (born before the ban on boys) • Older Sister: Miriam • Third Child . . .


Exodus

The Discovery of Moses — Exodus 2:5-10 Note the _________ women: • 2:1 _________ • 2:4 _________ • 2:5 _________ • 2:5 _________ Note Moses’ Nanny — ________ Note Moses’ name: Moshe — Sounds like “I drew him out of the water” (A basket case?)

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Exodus

The Fight & Flight of Moses — Exodus 2:11-15a The Family of Moses — 2:15b-25 • Father-in-Law — Names and functions:

• 2:18 Reuel — “The Friend of God” priest of Midian

• 3:1 Jethro — “His Abundance” • 7 daughters — The WELLS! (Gen 16, 21, 24, 29)

• Zipporah — and her son(s) — Gershom and (later) Eliezer

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