2011 Lent Study Guide - University Presbyterian Church

Read Exodus 19:1- 25 together.
What does it say?
Summarize the remarkable events of this passage.
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Week Six: A Trumpet to Send
In Exodus 3:12 God says to Moses, “I will be with you; and this shall be the sign for you that it is
I who sent you: when you have brought the people out of Egypt, you shall worship God on this
mountain.” How is Exodus 19 a fulfillment of Exodus 3:12 for Moses?
What does it mean?
Re-read Exodus 19:5-6. According to this passage, what were the people supposed to do?
Every nation had its holy people, its priests. In these verses, God calls the people to become
“treasured possessions, a priestly kingdom, and a holy nation.” What does God have in mind?
What does this look like?
Trumpet sounds are not unique to this passage (i.e. Ex. 19:19). Choose a few other trumpet
references in Scripture and talk about their meanings (e.g. Jdg. 7:19, Isa. 27:13, Eze. 33:5,
Zec. 9:14, Mt. 24:31, I Cor. 14:8, 15:52, I Thess. 4:16, Rev. 8:2, 8:7).
The Ten Commandments are recorded in Exodus 20, just after this passage. How might
chapter 19 help us understand the role of the law for the Israelites?
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What does it mean to me?
As you think back upon our study from Exodus 1 to 19, Moses has changed and Israel has
changed. How has this inspired change in you?
This text contained phenomena that made the people fearful of God. Read Hebrews 12:18-24, and
discuss the differences between a faith centered on Mount Sinai (the law) and a faith centered on
Mount Zion (Jesus Christ).
I Peter 2:9 says: “But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s own people,
in order that you may proclaim the mighty acts of him who called you out of darkness into his
marvelous light.” What might living “priestly” look like for us in modern-day Seattle?