February 11, 2018 – Moses and Jesus and Us – Glory and Salvation

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Glory and Salvation

Exodus 40:34-38 - New International Version (NIV)

³⁴ Then the cloud covered the tent of meeting, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle. ³⁵ Moses could not enter the tent of meeting because the cloud had settled on it, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle.

³⁶ In all the travels of the Israelites, whenever the cloud lifted from above the tabernacle, they would set out; ³⁷ but if the cloud did not lift, they did not set out—until the day it lifted. ³⁸ So the cloud of the Lord was over the tabernacle by day, and fire was in the cloud by night, in the sight of all the Israelites during all their travels.

What filled the tabernacle (verse 34)?

Who could not enter the tent of meeting when the cloud settled on it (verse 35)?

When did the Israelites set out (verse 36)?

Where was the “cloud of the Lord” by day (verse 38)?

What was in the “cloud of the Lord” by night (verse 38)?

Where was the “cloud of the Lord” in all the Israelites travels (verse 38)?

In your opinion, what is the basic message of this passage?

Luke 24:45-53 - New International Version (NIV)

⁴⁵ Then he opened their minds so they could understand the Scriptures. ⁴⁶ He told them, “This is what is written: The Messiah will suffer and rise from the dead on the third day, ⁴⁷ and repentance for the forgiveness of sins will be preached in his name to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. ⁴⁸ You are witnesses of these things. ⁴⁹ I am going to send you what my Father has promised; but stay in the city until you have been clothed with power from on high.”

⁵⁰ When he had led them out to the vicinity of Bethany, he lifted up his hands and blessed them. ⁵¹ While he was blessing them, he left them and was taken up into heaven. ⁵² Then they worshiped him and returned to Jerusalem with great joy. ⁵³ And they stayed continually at the temple, praising God.

Why did Jesus open their minds (verse 45)?

What was written (verse 46)?

Where will the “repentance for the forgiveness of sins” be preached (verse 47)?

What are the disciples (verse 48)?

In your opinion, what was Jesus referring to when He told the disciples to stay until “you have been clothed with power from on high” (verse 49)?

What did Jesus do after He led them to the vicinity of Bethany and “lifted up his hands” (verse 50)?

Where was Jesus taken (verse 51)?

How did the disciples feel as they returned to Jerusalem (verse 52)?

What did the disciples as they stayed “continually at the temple” (verse 53)?

In your opinion, what is the basic message of this passage?

In your opinion, why was Moses unable to enter the tabernacle in Exodus 40:34-38 because of the glory of the Lord in it, but Jesus was able to lifted into heaven in Luke 24:45-53?

Ephesians 1:18-23 – New International Version (NIV)

¹⁸ I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in his holy people, ¹⁹ and his incomparably great power for us who believe. That power is the same as the mighty strength ²⁰ he exerted when he raised Christ from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly realms, ²¹ far above all rule and authority, power and dominion, and every name that is invoked, not only in the present age but also in the one to come. ²² And God placed all things under his feet and appointed him to be head over everything for the church, ²³ which is his body, the fullness of him who fills everything in every way.

What does Paul pray for “in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you” (verse 18)?

Who does God use His “incomparably great power” for (verse 19)?

What did God do for Jesus Christ with that “incomparably great power” (verses 19 and 20)?

What is Jesus “far above” (verse 21)?

Where has God placed “all things” (verse 22)?

What is the church (verses 22 and 23)?

In your opinion, what is the basic message of this passage?

In your opinion, how does the worship and joy of the disciples after receiving the blessing of Jesus and watching Him be taken up to heaven in Luke 24:45-53 demonstrate how we, who according to Ephesians 1:18-23 have been given hope, the glorious riches of His inheritance and the benefit of God using the same power that raised Christ from dead in our lives, should respond today?

In your opinion, how do you feel about being part, according to Ephesians 1:18-23, of the body of Christ, the same Christ who has so much glory that Exodus 40:34-38 said that Moses could not enter the tabernacle because of the presence of the “glory of the Lord”?

Hebrews 9:24-28 – New International Version (NIV)

²⁴ For Christ did not enter a sanctuary made with human hands that was only a copy of the true one; he entered heaven itself, now to appear for us in God’s presence. ²⁵ Nor did he enter heaven to offer himself again and again, the way the high priest enters the Most Holy Place every year with blood that is not his own. ²⁶ Otherwise Christ would have had to suffer many times since the creation of the world. But he has appeared once for all at the culmination of the ages to do away with sin by the sacrifice of himself. ²⁷ Just as people are destined to die once, and after that to face judgment, ²⁸ so Christ was sacrificed once to take away the sins of many; and he will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who are waiting for him.

What did Christ not enter (verse 24)?

Why did Christ enter “heaven itself” (verse 24)?

Who enters “the Most Holy Place every year with blood that is not his own” (verse 25)?

Why did Christ appear “once for all at the culmination of the ages” (verse 26)?

What are people destined for (verse 27)?

Why was Christ “sacrificed once” (verse 28)?

What will Christ bring when He appears a second time (verse 28)?

In your opinion, what is the basic message of this passage?

In your opinion, what does Hebrews 9:24-28 show us about the inheritance that Ephesians 1:18-23 say is ours in Christ?

In your opinion, how does Hebrews 9:24-28 “open” our minds so that we can understand what Jesus meant in Luke 24:45-53 when He said “the Messiah must suffer and rise from the dead on the third day”?

In your opinion, how does Moses not being able to enter the copy that was tabernacle in Exodus 40:34-38 when it was filled “with the glory of the Lord” help us to understand the salvation that Jesus brought through being “sacrificed once to take away the sins of many” according to Hebrews 9:24-28?

In your opinion, what do these passages from Exodus, Luke, Ephesians, and Hebrews teach us about the glory of the Lord and the ability of sinful people to come into that glory?

In your opinion, what should we tell the world about God’s “incomparably great power” and what it has accomplished?

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