-----Complete notes can be downloaded from our website - www.countrybiblechurch.us -----You may contact us at countrybiblechurch.us@gmail.com or cbcbrenham@gmail.com This is the final lesson in the Exodus series, Chapters 37-40. Exodus 38:8 Moreover, he made the laver of bronze with its base of bronze, from the mirrors of the serving women who served at the doorway of the tent of meeting. “The mirrors spoken of here were made of brass which was highly polished. Women have not changed; they carried mirrors in that day, too. The laver was made from these mirrors. The mirror represents the Word of God. It is the Bible that shows the believer his need for cleansing. The laver was there for cleansing. We have the same thing in our bathrooms today. We have a mirror, and beneath the mirror is a wash basin. The mirror does not wash the dirt off, and neither can the Law save you. You can wash all you want to but …[your sin still remains. The only way that sin is removed is by believing the gospel or to acknowledge your sins to God the Father AFTER you are saved.] J. Vernon McGee, Thru the Bible Commentary, electronic ed., vol. 1 (Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 1997), 315.

-----Complete notes can be downloaded from our website - www.countrybiblechurch.us -----You may contact us at countrybiblechurch.us@gmail.com or cbcbrenham@gmail.com Exodus chapters 35-40 outline the details in the building of the Tabernacle and God's command of detail when we are fulfilling His plan for our lives. The acacia wood represents Jesus Christ's humanity and the gold represents His Deity.

-----Complete notes can be downloaded from our website - www.countrybiblechurch.us -----You may contact us at countrybiblechurch.us@gmail.com or cbcbrenham@gmail.com 2 Corinthians 3:1-18 Are we beginning to commend our selves again? (sarcasm) Or do we need, as some, letters of commendation to you or from you? 2 You are our letter (of commendation), written in our hearts, known and read by all men; 3 being manifested that you are a letter from Christ, cared for (spiritually) by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone, but on tablets of human hearts. 4 And such confidence we have through Christ toward God. (Paul's confidence is not with the Corinthians, but with God's plan for them. If you are a believer and are still alive, God still has a purpose for your life.)

-----Complete notes can be downloaded from our website - www.countrybiblechurch.us -----You may contact us at countrybiblechurch.us@gmail.com or cbcbrenham@gmail.com Exodus 34:23 "Three times a year all your males are to appear before the Lord God, the God of Israel. Coming together for these three feasts went a long way for the Israelites to maintain their unity as they celebrated these special times together. It wasn’t easy for those who lived far away from Jerusalem to attend because traveling was difficult and some- times dangerous. The feasts were enjoyable to the people and the feasts kept the Lord in their minds and they gave Him gratitude for all He was doing for them. The feasts were the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the Feast of Harvest or Pentecost was to be celebrated 50 days after the Feast of Unleavened Bread. The Feast of the Ingathering or also known as Booths. 24) "For I will drive out nations before you and enlarge your borders, and no man shall covet your land when you go up three times a year to appear before the LORD your God. The promises stated in this verse was predicated on the assumption that the people would be obedient to the Lord.

-----Complete notes can be downloaded from our website - www.countrybiblechurch.us -----You may contact us at countrybiblechurch.us@gmail.com or cbcbrenham@gmail.com Believers are always complaining about something. Self-induced misery prevents believers from looking to God for solutions to their problems. Billions of people are in turmoil over the present times; worried about whether to buy food or gas - feeling like they need to make a choice. Unbelievers don't have a spirit, so they can't communicate with God, which is an important part of a human being. Praying puts us in the spiritual realm. We need to dwell on our relationship with God. If Jesus had sinned just once, He could not have died on the cross for our sins. Satan was constantly after Jesus, trying to get Him to sin.

-----Complete notes can be downloaded from our website - www.countrybiblechurch.us -----You may contact us at countrybiblechurch.us@gmail.com or cbcbrenham@gmail.com Exodus 34:8 And Moses made haste to bow low toward the earth and worship. If we had just went through the same experience that Moses did, we would be doing the same thing that Moses did. The people did the same thing: Exodus 4:31 So the people believed; and when they heard that the LORD was concerned about the sons of Israel and that He had seen their affliction, then they bowed low and worshiped. Exodus 34:9 And he said, "If now I have found favor in Thy sight, O Lord, I pray, let the Lord go along in our midst, even though the people are so obstinate; and do Thou pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us as Thine own possession." Here we see Moses not being bashful in asking the Lord questions, even though he was asking the Lord to change His mind on things He had already made up His mind about.

-----Complete notes can be downloaded from our website - www.countrybiblechurch.us -----You may contact us at countrybiblechurch.us@gmail.com or cbcbrenham@gmail.com Exodus 33:23 "Then I will take My hand away and you shall see My back, but My face shall not be seen." Moses could not see God’s face and live. Whatever he saw of God’s nature transformed into blazing light is referred to as “God’s back” and was never subsequently described by Moses.

-----Complete notes can be downloaded from our website - www.countrybiblechurch.us -----You may contact us at countrybiblechurch.us@gmail.com or cbcbrenham@gmail.com Exodus 33:20 But He said, "You cannot see My face, for no man can see Me and live!" 1 Timothy 6:16 who alone possesses immortality and dwells in unapproachable light; whom no man has seen or can see. To Him be honor and eternal dominion! Amen. It appears that part of God the Father’s essence or glory is light that is unapproachable. It would certainly kill any mortal man who was exposed to it. It is unknown whether that would be true after one receives a resurrection body.

-----Complete notes can be downloaded from our website - www.countrybiblechurch.us -----You may contact us at countrybiblechurch.us@gmail.com or cbcbrenham@gmail.com Around four hundred years ago Martin Luther, who was a Catholic priest, studied the Bible and found that the Catholic Church was teaching things that were not biblical. He had the courage to make a list of their errors, which he called the 95 Theses (which included the fact that people were saved by believing in Jesus Christ and not by their works) and nailed them to the Whittenberg’s Church door.

-----Complete notes can be downloaded from our website - www.countrybiblechurch.us -----You may contact us at countrybiblechurch.us@gmail.com or cbcbrenham@gmail.com Also notice that the Israelites were blessed because Moses had such a great relationship with God. We call that “Blessings by Association.” When a believer reaches spiritual maturity and is receiving super-grace blessings, his blessings from God spill over to those who get residual blessings Who receives Blessings by Association? a. A local Church b. Family c. Loved ones – God continues to bless the bereaved loved ones, friends, and relatives. d. School system, coaches, teachers, students, administrators; hospitals; businesses; law enforcement organizations, military organizations, etc. e. Geographical periphery includes your neighborhood, city, county, state, or nation. When the mature believer dies, he is still a blessing by association to those left behind after his death. Those left behind are taken care of by God even if they are unbelievers.

-----Complete notes can be downloaded from our website - www.countrybiblechurch.us -----You may contact us at countrybiblechurch.us@gmail.com or cbcbrenham@gmail.com Exodus 33:7 Moses took his tent and pitched it outside the camp, far from the camp, and called it the tabernacle of meeting. And it came to pass that everyone who sought the LORD went out to the tabernacle of meeting which was outside the camp. Since God would no longer reside in the middle of the people, which is where the Tabernacle use to be located, Moses started pitching a tent outside the camp. It wasn’t the Tabernacle, but it was called “the Tabernacle of Meeting.”

-----Complete notes can be downloaded from our website - www.countrybiblechurch.us -----You may contact us at countrybiblechurch.us@gmail.com or cbcbrenham@gmail.com Chapter 33 Verses 1–6.—THE THREAT OF GOD’S WITHDRAWAL, AND THE HUMILIATION OF THE PEOPLE. The intercession of Moses, and his offer to sacrifice himself for his people had obtained from God some great concessions. H. D. M. Spence-Jones, ed., Exodus, vol. 2, The Pulpit Commentary (London; New York: Funk & Wagnalls Company, 1909), 347. 1. God spared their lives. 2. He still gave them the Promised Land. 3. He allowed Moses to take them to the promised land. 4. He sent an angel to go before the Israelites to drive out the people living there. 5. One reason God was so harsh when punishing His people for the golden calf incident, was because He didn’t want them to be tempted to join the pagans in their idolatry in the promised land. God told them to wipe out the pagans in order to take over the land.

-----Complete notes can be downloaded from our website - www.countrybiblechurch.us -----You may contact us at countrybiblechurch.us@gmail.com or cbcbrenham@gmail.com ---- Exodus 32:30 And it came about on the next day that Moses said to the people, "You yourselves have committed a great sin; and now I am going up to the LORD, perhaps I can make atonement for your sin." Moses again would do his best to try to intercede for his brethren. Exodus 32:31 Then Moses returned to the LORD, and said, "Alas, this people has committed a great sin, and they have made a god of gold for themselves. What is this? Confession. If you want to get along with God, you will have to agree with Him about sin. Sin is sin and it must be confessed. It does not matter who you are, either. These are God’s chosen people, the children of Israel, and Moses says, “We have sinned!” Israel had sinned a great sin and made gods of gold. Moses spelled out the sin before God. And, friends, when we confess our sin to God, we should spell it out. Tell God exactly what it is. Exodus 32:32 "But now, if Thou wilt, forgive their sin-- and if not, please blot me out from Thy book which Thou hast written!"

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