CROSSWAYS Year 1 Unit 10 Pentateuch (J)ahwist (E)lohist (D)euteronomist (P)riestly

DEUTERONOMY THEMES: The land The Lord alone One Sanctuary Blessings and curses Choose life today 12A-5

© H. N. Wendt 2006 12A.5 Joshua

Introduction

I. Conquest (6-12) II. Distribution (13-19)

Conclusion

Joshua

Do you remember the five theological themes of the writer? Have you ever been in a situation where the difficult waters were before you and God opened a path to a new “promised land”? How do you deal with the way the book of Joshua presents God?

What positive aspects of God do you see in Joshua? Can you give examples how the “chosen people” theology of Deuteronomy can get corrupted? Questions for Discussion

1. Can you find examples in Joshua of the theology of the Deuteronomist? Remember the 5 DT. Themes, The Land, The Lord Alone, One Sanctuary, Blessings and Curses, & Choose Life Today? 2. As the “chosen people” the Hebrews felt they had a divine right to conquer and dominate the inhabitants of Canaan. Can you give historic examples of other people considering themselves “chosen” and thereby justifying atrocity? 3. Can you give examples of exclusive “chosenness” theology in church life today? 4. What is the positive side of exclusive theology? Why is it attractive? 5. Describe what the “inclusive” theology of HSLC means to you? Are we also to be exclusive? Why? How? PREVIOUS SLIDES Nu. 14:4a

Ex 14:10 Nu. 14

Ex 15:22-24 Nu. 33-35 15:2,3

Nu. 12:1-16 17:1-3

Golden Calf Nu. 11 32:24 Genesis 1-3

Genesis 4-11 Please name Genesis 12-50 the themes Exodus 1-19 in the following Exodus 19 thru Leviticus to Numbers 10:11 sections of Numbers 10:11 ff. the Bible Deuteronomy 1. Review Theological/Historical Themes in Torah 2. Numbers also called “Bemidbar” or “In the Deutoronomy wilderness” 3. Tabernacle “God ’tents’ with the people in the wilderness” 4. and Laws 5. Priestly Rituals and Offerings 6. Torah authorship – JEPD 7. “Deutero” “Nomos” 8. Review Text of DT and highlight theological themes 9. If…Then…Puritan Theology and Chosen People

Where on the earth is your ”promised land”?

Deuteronomy Do you daydream about the Reflection past or the future? Questions

Is it time for you to move on in your spiritual journey? The spiritual emphasis of Deuteronomy is that of one generation (or person) passing on values, priorities, and faith to the next. ’ final task was to restate the covenant for a new generation – like a modern “ethical will.” It is appropriate that Moses not enter the “Promised Land” for we, in our living years, never fully arrive. Life is, and always should be, a journey, a process. We move forward toward the goal, but we also turn over the journey to the next generation. Martin Luther King Jr. understood this when he preached the night before he died that he had ”been to the mountaintop and seen the promised land.” That was enough. He fulfilled his call. So did Moses. So can we.

Who has been like Moses to you, reminding you of God’s faithfulness (past and future)?

How have you been like Moses Deuteronomy to someone else?

What are the most important things you pass on to the next generation?

Exodus and Mosaic Covenant

•Transparencies •Sinai (59 chapters) vs. Creation •Because…Therefore

Law Codes

•Types of Laws 9. Law Codes •General principles •Code details and Tabernacle •Leviticus as clergy manual, priest/prophet •Luther and the Law

Tabernacle

•Transparency •Centrality of Tent (e.g. Dome Starbucks) •Show tape – students draw tablenacle Leviticus Sacrificial System

BURNT OFFERING GRAIN OR CEREAL WELL-BEING PURIFICATION REPARATION OFFERING “Holocaust”, the initial Gratitude or Basically to allow the To remove impurity Sometimes called “Guilt expiatory sacrifice, total thanksgiving, to secure eating of meat, honors inflicted on sanctuary by Offering”, regarding sin consumption by fire, good will, popular with life of animal and gift very serious sin, against divine or human accomplished poor from God expiatory property atonement LAW CODE: 1. Reflect not effect salvation 2. No separation of spiritual/secular General 3. Wholistic (necklace vs. daisy) Principles 4. Combines love of God and neighbor 5. Holiness goal (ex. 19:5&6, Ex. 23:32, 34:12-16) 6. Priesthood of all believers – Priest handles sacred things – Priest is intercessor 7. Chosen for responsibility (Dt. 27: 9&10) 8. Welds worship/morality (Dt 23:17&18) 9. Includes the excluded 1. (Decalogue) – Exodus 20: 2-17, Dt. 5: 6-21 2. (conditions in Canaan) LAW – Exodus 20:22 - 23:19 COLLECTIONS 3. Ritual Decalogue IN – Exodus 34:10-26 4. PENTATEUCH – Deuteronomy 12-26 5. – Numbers 28, 29 (Festivals) – Leviticus 1-7 (Sacrifices) – Leviticus 11-15 (Clean/Unclean) – Leviticus 16 (Day of Atonement) 6. – Leviticus 17-26 Hittite Treaty Forms

Ten Commandments I am the Lord your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.

1. You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain. 2. Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy. 3. Honor your father and your mother. 4. You shall not kill. 5. You shall not commit adultery. 6. You shall not steal. 7. You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor. 8. You shall not covet your neighbors’ house. 9. You shall not covet your neighbors’ wife, or his manservant, or his maidservant, or his cattle, or anything that is your neighbors’. 10. You shall have no other Gods.