Difference between revisions of "Proclamation Of The Law"

<ol> <li> <i> [[Date]] </i> . <ol> <li> It was (2083) two thousand and eighty-three years from the creation of [[Adam]] to the death of [[Terah]] or Abram's entrance into [[Canaan]] ( <span> [[Genesis]] 5:3-32 </span> ; <span> Genesis 7:6 </span> ; <span> Genesis 11:10-32 </span> ; <span> Genesis 12:1-4 </span> ; <span> Acts 7:1-4 </span> ), </li> <li> and it was (430) four hundred and thirty years from these events to the exodus ( <span> [[Exodus]] 12:40,41 </span> ; <span> [[Galatians]] 3:17 </span> ). </li> <li> It was (50) fifty days from the exodus to to proclamation of the law ( <span> Exodus 12:37 </span> ; <span> Exodus 16:1,2 </span> ; <span> Exodus 19:1-25 </span> ; <span> Exodus 20:1-17 </span> ; <span> [[Numbers]] 33:3 </span> ). </li> </ol> </li> <li> <i> The [[Ten]] [[Commandments]] </i> . These commandments were proclaimed by the Lord, in person, from [[Mount]] [[Sinai]] ( <span> Exodus 19:1-25 </span> ; <span> Exodus 20:1-17 </span> ; <span> Hebrews 12:18-20 </span> ). They, <ol> <li> required strict submission to the one true and living God; </li> <li> prohibited idolatry in all forms; </li> <li> prohibited the taking of the name of the [[Lord]] in vain; </li> <li> required the keeping of the Sabbath; </li> <li> required the people to honor their parents; </li> <li> prohibited murder; </li> <li> prohibited adultery; </li> <li> prohibited stealing; </li> <li> prohibited the bearing of false witness; </li> <li> and prohibited covetousness ( <span> Exodus 20:1-17 </span> ). </li> </ol> <p> These commandments were subsequently given to [[Moses]] on tables of stone [[In]] order that he might teach them to the people ( <span> Exodus 24:12 </span> ), and preserve them ( <span> Exodus 31:18 </span> ). These tables were deposited in the ark of the Lord for safekeeping ( <span> [[Deuteronomy]] 10:1-5 </span> ; <span> Hebrews 9:4 </span> ). These commandments were called </p> <ol> <li> "the words of the covenant," because they constituted the basis of the covenant between the Lord and his people ( <span> Exodus 20:1-17 </span> ; <span> Exodus 34:28 </span> ); </li> <li> "the testimony," because they constantly testified to the fact that the Lord had spoken to them ( <span> Exodus 20:1-17 </span> ; <span> Exodus 25:16 </span> ); </li> <li> "the tables of the covenant," because the words of the covenant were written upon them by the finger of [[God]] ( <span> Exodus 31:18 </span> ; <span> Exodus 32:15,16 </span> ; <span> Deuteronomy 9:7-11 </span> ). </li> </ol> </li> <li> <i> Laws [[Given]] [[Previously]] </i> . The law proclaimed by [[Jehovah]] from Mount Sinai was the first law that was ever given for a whole nation. Laws had previously been given to individuals only: <ol> <li> the law prohibiting the use of the fruit of the three of life ( <span> Genesis 2:16,17 </span> ); </li> <li> the law of marriage ( <span> Genesis 2:24 </span> ); </li> <li> the law of sacrifice ( <span> Genesis 4:1-7 </span> ; <span> Hebrews 11:4 </span> ); </li> <li> the law against eating blood, and murder ( <span> Genesis 9:4-6 </span> ); </li> <li> and the law of circumcision ( <span> Genesis 17:1-14 </span> ). </li> </ol> <p> [[Two]] reasons are given for the keeping of the sabbath day: </p> <ol> <li> the resting of the Lord on the seventh day; </li> <li> the deliverance of the Hebrews from bondage ( <span> Exodus 20:8-11 </span> ; <span> Deuteronomy 5:12-15 </span> ). </li> </ol> </li> </ol>