AWANA Trek 1.4 - The Torah

LESSON 4 – The Torah

 

Opening With Some Facts

• The first five books center around the idea of the covenant at Sinai being an extension of the Covenant with Abraham.
• God uses the word hesed to indicate His covenant love. Some bibles translate it as faithful love, or steadfast love.
• Moses wrote these books.
• The Sadducees only accepted these as truthful, but didn’t really believe it deep down.
• The Samaritans only accepted these as truthful, because these don’t mention the idea of Jerusalem.
• For this lesson I put the breaks on the board and had the kids guess what they were about. For example I had Gen 1-3 and they would guess 'fall.'

Genesis

• Creation (1-2) [Jesus is the new and better Adam, Romans 5, 1 Cor 15]
• Fall (3-6) [Jesus is the new and better Adam, survives temptation in the wilderness, not a garden]
• Covenant with Noah & the Flood (7-9) [Baptism now saves you, by the death, burial, resurrection of Jesus]
•  Family line to Abraham (10-11)
• Covenant with Abraham (12-23)
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• Covenant with Isaac (24-26)
• Covenant with Jacob (27-36)
• Joseph (37)
• Covenant through Judah and Tamar (38)
• Joseph (39-50)

Exodus

• Moses (1-6) [The new and better intercessor]
• Plagues (7-11) [Jesus took the wrath that was due us.]
• Passover (12-13)
• Salvation from destruction (14-17)
  o   Armies 14, 17 [17:11, As long as Moses raised his hands they won. Jesus died with His hands up.]
  o   Water 15, 17
  o   Manna 16
• At Sinai (18-19) [These things may be understood allegorically. Galatians 3]
• The Covenant given (the law) (20-24)
• Tabernacle and priests under the covenant (25-31)
• Covenant broken (32) [Men cannot keep the covenant even for 5 minutes. A savior is needed.]
• Covenant re-established (33-34)
• Tabernacle and priests reestablished (35-40) [Jesus is the door, the way, the light]

Leviticus

• Laws for offerings (1-7) [Nadab and Abihu: God will not just accept anyone, they must be pure]
• The Priesthood begins (8-10)
• Regarding ceremonial cleanliness (11-15)
• Day of Atonement (16) [There is coming a day, a real day of atonement]
• Regulations against sin (17-20)
• Requirements for priests, sacrifices, and blessings (21-27)

Numbers

• Camp of the people (1-2)
• Duties of the Priests (3-10)
• Rebellion punished (11-16)
• Faithful priests alone blessed (17-20)
• Defeat of enemies, the bronze snake (21)
• Balaam (23-26) [the enemies of the kingdom are introduced. Later: Pharisees]
• Leadership after Moses (27) [Joshua is the English for Jesus]
• Covenant signs (28-30)
• Preparing for the promised land (29-34)
• Cities of Refuge (35)
• Inheritance must come from among the people (36)

Deuteronomy

• Reminder of sin (1-2)
• Obedience rewarded (3-4)
• Ten commandments (5)
• Exhortation to obedience (6-11)
• The Laws (repose) (12-26)
• Curses at Ebal and Blessings at Gerizim (27) [There are no blessings. That comes in Matt 5]
• Results of obedience (28-31)
• Last words of Moses (32-34)

Kingdom reminder

•  The story of the Bible is how God prepared the way for, and revealed Christ.
• Genesis is a historical prologue.
• Exodus is the meat of it.
• Leviticus was the covenant itself that was given.
• Numbers is the people responding to it.
• Deuteronomy is the re-issuance after the failure.

Remember the Bible is about types and shadows. This is even denoted sometimes by a formulaic expression in the new testament by the phrase as and so.

o   "AS in Adam all die, even SO in Christ shall all be made alive." 1 Cor. 15:22.

o   "AS the days of Noah were, SO shall also the corning of the Son of Man be." Matt. 24:37.

o   "AS Moses lifted up the serpent in the Wilderness, even SO must the Son of Man be lifted up." John 3:14.

(This lesson ran a little long too, about 5 minutes or so. After this I had it calibrated in to be a little shorter. There is a lot of data here, and I tried really hard to verbally give them the big picture.)

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