Heeding the Call
Leviticus 23:23-25 - New International Version (NIV)
23 The Lord
said to Moses, 24 “Say
to the Israelites: ‘On the first day of the seventh month you are to have a day
of sabbath rest, a sacred assembly commemorated with trumpet blasts. 25 Do no regular work, but present a food offering to the Lord.’”
Who told Moses
to “say to the Israelites” (verses 23 & 24)?
When are they
to have “a day of sabbath rest” (verse
24)?
How is the
sacred assembly to be commemorated (verse
24)?
What is to be
presented “to the Lord” (verse 25)?
Ezekial 33:1-9
- New
International Version (NIV)
1 The word
of the Lord came to me: 2 “Son
of man, speak to your people and say to them: ‘When I bring the sword against a
land, and the people of the land choose one of their men and make him their
watchman, 3 and he sees the sword coming against the land and
blows the trumpet to warn the people, 4 then if anyone hears
the trumpet but does not heed the warning and the sword comes and takes their
life, their blood will be on their own head. 5 Since they heard
the sound of the trumpet but did not heed the warning, their blood will be on
their own head. If they had heeded the warning, they would have saved
themselves. 6 But if the watchman sees the sword coming and
does not blow the trumpet to warn the people and the sword comes and takes
someone’s life, that person’s life will be taken because of their sin, but I
will hold the watchman accountable for their blood.’
7 “Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the people of Israel;
so hear the word I speak and give them warning from me. 8 When
I say to the wicked, ‘You wicked person, you will surely die,’ and you do not
speak out to dissuade them from their ways, that wicked person will die for
their sin, and I will hold you accountable for their blood. 9 But
if you do warn the wicked person to turn from their ways and they do not do so,
they will die for their sin, though you yourself will be saved.
What came to
Ezekial (verse 1)?
Who chooses
the watchman (verse 2)?
How does the
watchman warn the people that the “sword is coming against the land” (verse 3)?
In your
opinion, what does it mean that “if anyone hears the trumpet but does not
heed the warning . . . their blood will be on their own head” (verse 4)?
What would happen
if “they had heeded the warning” (verse 5)?
In your
opinion, why, if the person’s “life will be taken because of their sin” will
the Lord hold the watchman accountable (verse 6)?
Who made
Ezekial “watchman for the people of Israel” (verse 7)?
When will
Ezekial be held “accountable for the blood” of a wicked person (verse 8)?
How can
Ezekial be saved even when the wicked person dies for their sin (verse 9)?
In your opinion, how is the trumpet call of
Leviticus 23:23-25 different from the trumpet call of Ezekial 33:1-9?
23 At that time if anyone says to you, ‘Look, here is the Messiah!’
or, ‘There he is!’ do not believe it. 24 For false
messiahs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and wonders to
deceive, if possible, even the elect. 25 See, I have
told you ahead of time.
26 “So if anyone tells you, ‘There he is, out in the wilderness,’ do
not go out; or, ‘Here he is, in the inner rooms,’ do not believe it. 27 For
as lightning that comes from the east is visible even in the west, so will be
the coming of the Son of Man. 28 Wherever there is a
carcass, there the vultures will gather.
29 “Immediately after the distress of those days
“‘the sun will be darkened,
and the moon will not give its light;
the stars will fall from the sky,
and the heavenly bodies will be shaken.’
and the moon will not give its light;
the stars will fall from the sky,
and the heavenly bodies will be shaken.’
30 “Then will appear the sign of the Son of Man in heaven. And then
all the peoples of the earth will mourn when they see the Son of Man coming on
the clouds of heaven, with power and great glory. 31 And
he will send his angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather his
elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other.
Who is not be be believed (verse 23)?
What will the “false
messiahs and false prophets” perform (verse 24)?
In your opinion, why did Jesus tell this “ahead of time”
(verse 25)?
What is not to be believed (verse 26)?
How visible will the “coming of the Son of Man” be (verse
27)?
Where do vultures gather (verse 28)?
When will the sun “be darkened” and the moon not give
its light (verse 29)?
What will then appear (verse 30)?
In your opinion, why will “all the peoples of the earth”
mourn when “they see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven, with
power and great glory” (verse 30)?
What will the Lord use to “send his angels” (verse
31)?
What will the angels do (verse 31)?
In your opinion, what is the basic message of this passage?
In your opinion, how is the trumpet call of Leviticus
23:23-25 similar to the trumpet call of Matthew 24:23-31?
In your
opinion, do your think that the peoples of the earth that mourn with the coming
of the Lord in Matthew 24:23-31 received a trumpet call of warning by a
watchman like Ezekiel was charged to be in Exekiel 33:1-9?
1
Thessalonians 4:13-18 –
New International Version (NIV)
13 Brothers and sisters, we do not want you to be uninformed about
those who sleep in death, so that you do not grieve like the rest of mankind,
who have no hope. 14 For
we believe that Jesus died and rose again, and so we believe that God will bring
with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in him. 15 According to the Lord’s word, we tell you that we who are still
alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will certainly not precede
those who have fallen asleep. 16 For
the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the
voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ
will rise first. 17 After
that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them
in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord
forever. 18 Therefore encourage one another with these words.
What does Paul
not want the Thessalonians to be uninformed about (verse 13)?
Who has “no
hope” (verse 13)?
Who do “we
believe” God will bring with Jesus (verse 14)?
What will
those “who are still alive” not do (verse 15)?
What will
happen when the Lord comes “down from heaven, with a loud command, with the
voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God” (verse 16)?
Where will all
Christians, those who had been dead and those who are still alive, meet the
Lord (verse 17)?
How long will
Christians be with the Lord (verse 17)?
What does Paul
want Christians to do with this information (verse 18)?
In your
opinion, what is the basic message of this passage?
In your
opinion, how are the actions of the people of Israel after the trumpet call in
Leviticus 23:23-25 similar to the actions of Christians after the trumpet call
of 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18?
In your
opinion, what do Paul and Jesus understand that causes Paul to say in 1
Thessalonians 4:13-18 that “the rest of mankind, who have no hope” and
Jesus to say in Matthew 24:23-31 that “all the peoples of the earth will
mourn when they see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven”?
In your
opinion, how do these passages from Leviticus, Ezekiel, Matthew and 1 Thessalonians
teach us about how God uses a trumpet call?
In your
opinion, are Christians today to be watchmen?
How should our message be similar to Ezekiel’s? How should our message
be different?
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