-We finished up the Old Testament by reviewing the history of the Israelites and the fact that they often desired God to save them (Example: from Pharaoh and the Egyptians), but then when God did deliver them they would lose focus on following God and become selfish and even start to worhsip false Gods.
-God gave them the 10 commandments and other laws to help them live the best life, but they often lost focus of the reason behind these instructions.
-We also discussed that the wages of sin are death and because God always does what is good, right and perfect, he could not overlook their sins and the ultimate punishment for sin was death, so the Israelites had to sacrifice animals to cover their sin.
-The Israelites also wanted an "earthly King" that they could see and God granted this to them, though this didn't turn out to well most of the time!
-Many prophets foretold of the Messiah's coming and details about who and how he would live.
-Lastly, we looked at the parallels between the 10 commandments and the statements of Jesus that raised the bar on the heart behind following the 10 commandments. We finished by watching this short video about making sure we live our lives to the fullest in glorifying God, not out of obligation, but because we desire to make known to all.
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