Exodus 74 - Exod. 21:15-35 - The People Need A Savior

As I mentioned in the podcast I want to make sure you have solid references/resources to access to expand your study.  The first is related to treaties/covenants in the ancient near east.  I did a podcast on the Ark of the Covenant that is key to this lesson.  Here’s the link to that Bible study - https://lightofmenorah.podbean.com/e/exodus-63-exod-2510-16-the-ark-of-the-covenant/

Here are three links as regards ancient treaties/covenants.

Link 1 … https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tablets_of_Stone

Link 2 … https://biblehub.com/q/Why_stone_tablets_for_commandments.htm

Link 3 … https://www.tarsus.ie/resources/Wisdom-Lit.-/ANET-PDF.pdf

In this lesson I stated that Israel, also known as Jacob, entered Egypt with the family in 1876 B.C.  How did I come up with this exact year?  I didn’t come up with it but real scholars using solid archaeology give us the dates in the Bible of Exodus, the times of Joseph and his father Jacob, and even the dates when Abraham entered Canaan.  Here’s the link to the critical lesson of these dates and how we know they are real and exact …

Exodus 5 Part 1 - https://youtu.be/8XHvXUSAdRY?si=rWzmXx7drVmL8eou

Exodus 5 Part 2 - https://youtu.be/hgFM23lLmDo?si=Mr_Gt_ZPXkxttPk3

Who is the Egyptian goddess Ma’at?  And, she has 42 commandments.  Huh?  How is this all related to the Ten Commandments?  To expand your study check out the links below.

WHO IS THIS GODDESS MA’AT??

https://ancientegyptonline.co.uk/maat/

MA’AT’s COMMANDMENTS …  https://www.worldhistory.org/The_Negative_Confession/

GOTQUESTIONS.ORF – MA'AT'S LAWS AND THE TEN COMMANDMENTS - https://www.gotquestions.org/forty-two-precepts-of-Maat.html

Shown below are the 42 commandments of Ma’at.  I made the connection to the Ten Commandments  indicated with a TC# followed by the number. 

42 Negative Confessions found in the Papyrus of Ani
42 Negative Confessions (Papyrus of Ani)

The negative confessions one would make after death could be individualized, that is, vary from person to person. These were the confessions found in the Papyrus of Ani.

1. Hail, Usekh-nemmt, who comest forth from Anu, I have not committed sin.
2. Hail, Hept-khet, who comest forth from Kher-aha, I have not committed robbery with violence. TC #8
3. Hail, Fenti, who comest forth from Khemenu, I have not stolen. TC #8
4. Hail, Am-khaibit, who comest forth from Qernet, I have not slain men and women. TC #6
5. Hail, Neha-her, who comest forth from Rasta, I have not stolen grain. TC #8
6. Hail, Ruruti, who comest forth from Heaven, I have not purloined offerings. TC #8
7. Hail, Arfi-em-khet, who comest forth from Suat, I have not stolen the property of God. TC #3??
8. Hail, Neba, who comest and goest, I have not uttered lies.TC #9
9. Hail, Set-qesu, who comest forth from Hensu, I have not carried away food. TC #8
10. Hail, Utu-nesert, who comest forth from Het-ka-Ptah, I have not uttered curses.
11. Hail, Qerrti, who comest forth from Amentet, I have not committed adultery. TC #7
12. Hail, Hraf-haf, who comest forth from thy cavern, I have made none to weep.
13. Hail, Basti, who comest forth from Bast, I have not eaten the heart.
14. Hail, Ta-retiu, who comest forth from the night, I have not attacked any man. TC #6
15. Hail, Unem-snef, who comest forth from the execution chamber, I am not a man of deceit. TC #9
16. Hail, Unem-besek, who comest forth from Mabit, I have not stolen cultivated land. TC #8
17. Hail, Neb-Maat, who comest forth from Maati, I have not been an eavesdropper.
18. Hail, Tenemiu, who comest forth from Bast, I have not slandered anyone.
19. Hail, Sertiu, who comest forth from Anu, I have not been angry without just cause.
20. Hail, Tutu, who comest forth from Ati, I have not debauched the wife of any man. TC #7
21. Hail, Uamenti, who comest forth from the Khebt chamber, I have not debauched the wives of other men.
22. Hail, Maa-antuf, who comest forth from Per-Menu, I have not polluted myself.
23. Hail, Her-uru, who comest forth from Nehatu, I have terrorized none.
24. Hail, Khemiu, who comest forth from Kaui, I have not transgressed the law. TC #’S 4-10
25. Hail, Shet-kheru, who comest forth from Urit, I have not been angry.
26. Hail, Nekhenu, who comest forth from Heqat, I have not shut my ears to the words of truth.
27. Hail, Kenemti, who comest forth from Kenmet, I have not blasphemed. TC #3
28. Hail, An-hetep-f, who comest forth from Sau, I am not a man of violence. TC #6
29. Hail, Sera-kheru, who comest forth from Unaset, I have not been a stirrer up of strife.
30. Hail, Neb-heru, who comest forth from Netchfet, I have not acted with undue haste.
31. Hail, Sekhriu, who comest forth from Uten, I have not pried into other's matters.
32. Hail, Neb-abui, who comest forth from Sauti, I have not multiplied my words in speaking.
33. Hail, Nefer-Tem, who comest forth from Het-ka-Ptah, I have wronged none, I have done no evil.
34. Hail, Tem-Sepu, who comest forth from Tetu, I have not worked witchcraft against the king.
35. Hail, Ari-em-ab-f, who comest forth from Tebu, I have never stopped the flow of water of a neighbor.
36. Hail, Ahi, who comest forth from Nu, I have never raised my voice.
37. Hail, Uatch-rekhit, who comest forth from Sau, I have not cursed God. TC #3
38. Hail, Neheb-ka, who comest forth from thy cavern, I have not acted with arrogance.
39. Hail, Neheb-nefert, who comest forth from thy cavern, I have not stolen the bread of the gods. TC #3??
40. Hail, Tcheser-tep, who comest forth from the shrine, I have not carried away the khenfu cakes from the spirits of the dead. TC #8
41. Hail, An-af, who comest forth from Maati, I have not snatched away the bread of the child, nor treated with contempt the god of my city. TC #8 AND TC #3
42. Hail, Hetch-abhu, who comest forth from Ta-she, I have not slain the cattle belonging to the god.

Finally I made the connection between the 3000 that died at Sinai, the Mountain of God, and the 3000 who were saved on Pentecost in Jerusalem, also the Mountain of God.  My teacher, Ray Vander Laan and others put together this awesome correlation between the Mountains of God and the Covenants.  Check it out. 

THE MOUNTAINS OF GOD AT SHAVUOT

AMAZING CONNECTIONS

• Both events occurred on mountains known as "the mountain of God."
• Exo 24:13 So Moses arose with Joshua his servant, and Moses went up to the mountain of God. (Ex. 24:13; Isa. 2:3).
• Isa 2:3 And many peoples will come and say, "Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, To the house of the God of Jacob; That He may teach us concerning His ways And that we may walk in His paths." For the law will go forth from Zion And the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.
• Both events happened on day 50. They arrived at Sinai in the third month on the very day (Ex. 19:1). 
• Exo 19:1 In the third month after the sons of Israel had gone out of the land of Egypt, on that very day they came into the wilderness of Sinai.
• Hebrew “on that very day” means they arrived on the third day of the third month exactly 50 days after their first Passover meal in Egypt. The feast of Shavuot is to happen on the 50th day after the weekly sabbath during Passover and Unleavened Bread (Lev. 23:15-16).
• Both involved similar sounds and symbols, such as wind, fire, and voices (Ex. 19:16-19; Acts 2:1-3). Note that the Hebrew for "thunder" (kolot) means "voices" (Acts 2:4). Jewish tradition said that the Israelites heard God speak in 70 languages or, to translate direct from the Hebrew, God spoke in tongues!
• Both events involved the presence of God (Ex. 19:18,20; Acts 2:4).
• About 3,000 people died because of their sin when Moses received the Torah (Ex. 32:28). About 3,000 people believed (were born again into new life) when the Spirit came (Acts 2:41).
• At Mount Sinai, God wrote his revelation on stone tablets (Ex. 31:18). On the fulfillment of Pentecost, God wrote his law on people's hearts as he had promised He would (2 Cor. 3:3; Jer. 31:33).
• Torah means "teaching." The Spirit, given on Shavuot, also became the "Teacher" of the new community of Jesus' followers (John 14:26)
• Many Jews from all over the world heard their own language from a bunch of kids, young men and women, who only knew Aramaic, Greek and Hebrew. The whole world heard the Gospel!! It was as if it was SINAI REPEATED!!
• Both events were times when God’s people entered a NEW covenant with the Lord. Israel became a new nation, a nation of priests, and nation that would be the light of the world (Ex. 19:6, Isa. 49:6).  And, for us, we have entered a NEW covenant with the Lord as we take the cup of Messiah in His Last Seder meal (Luke 22:20).  We too become a new people, a new nation, a royal priesthood (1 Pet. 2:9-10).  We to are to be the light of the world (Mat.5:14, Acts 1:7-8).  But, this time, this covenant is the covenant to restore all people to Himself as our sins our totally cleansed and forgiven.  This is the final covenant for Jew and Gentile to become one flock with one shepherd, the Good Shepherd, the Messiah Jesus (John 10:14-16).
• On Shavuot there is a special sacrifice. Amazingly it uses two loaves of LEAVENED BREAD (Lev. 23:17). Is God giving us a picture that Jew and Gentile are a new people, a new culture, a holy nation, His two flocks coming together as ONE permeated and saturated with His Holy Spirit dwelling in us and through us? Is God helping us see that His Bible is ONE book, about ONE God, about ONE Gospel, ONE Baptism, and ONE Savor of all – Yeshua!

Who is this guy, Rev. Ferret? 

(Ferret - teaching at the archaeological site of Herod's temple he built for Augustus at Omrit Israel)

What's his background?  Why should we take time to listen to him?  Here's a link to check out his background - https://www.dropbox.com/s/ortnret3oxcicu4/BackgrndTeacher%20mar%2025%202020.pdf?dl=0