Prayer Before Studying
Incomprehensible
Creator, the true Fountain of light and only Author of all knowledge:
vouchsafe, we beseech Thee, to enlighten our understandings, and to remove from
us all darkness of sin and ignorance. Thou, who makest
eloquent the tongues of those that want utterance, direct our tongues, and pour
on our lips the grace of Thy blessing. Give us a diligent and obedient spirit,
quickness of apprehension, capacity of retaining, and the powerful assistance
of Thy holy grace; that what we hear or learn we may apply to Thy honor and the
eternal salvation of our own souls.
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Holy
Spirit, giver of all good gifts, enter into my mind and heart. Give me the gift
of knowledge, wisdom, understanding and the grace to use it wisely. Help me in
all my endeavors. Give me perseverance and fortitude. Help my memory, that I
may remember what I learn and recall it when necessary. Guide me in my studies.
You who are the Way, the Truth, and the Life, let me not be deceived by false
teaching. Our Lady of Good Studies, pray for me. Amen.
Prayer for Divine Graces
Prayer for Gift of Faith
Lord, I believe in You. Let my faith be full and unreserved, and let it penetrate my thoughts, my way of judging divine things and human things. Lord, let my faith be joyful and give peace and gladness to my spirit, and dispose it for prayer with God and conversation with men, so that the inner bliss of its fortunate possession may shine forth in sacred and secular conversation.
Prayer for Gift of Humility
O God, Who resists the proud and gives grace to the humble; grant us the virtue of true humility, that which Your Son showed in Himself a pattern for Your faithful; that we may never by our pride provoke Your anger, but rather by your meekness receive the riches of Your grace. Amen.
Prayer for Courage
O Lord, give courage before men against their threats and against their seductions. I need courage to bear unkindness, mockery and contradiction. I need courage to fight against the devil, against terrors and troubles, temptations, attractions, darkness and false lights, against depression, and above all fear. I need Your help, dear Lord. Strengthen me with Your grace. Console me with Your blessed Presence and grant me the courage to persevere until I am with You forever in heaven. Amen.
Topic/Agenda:
1.
To tell the story of Moses
a. Slavery
of Jews
b. Pharaoh’s
slaughter of the children
c. Moses’
escape from death being raised by Pharaoh’s daughter
d. The
ten plagues
e. The
Passover
f. The
Exodus
g. Parting
of the Red sea
h. Ten
commandments
i. Worship
of the golden calf
j. Punishment
for the unbelievers and Idol worshippers
2.
Other Laws &
Traditions
3.
What is Covenant?
4.
10 Commandments
(Catechetical Traditions) vs. Bible Commandments
Word of God
2 Timothy 3:16-17
16 All scripture is inspired by God and is useful for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, 17 so that everyone who belongs to God may be proficient, equipped for every good work.
2 Kay Timoteo 3:16-17
16 Kinasihan ng Diyos ang bawat kasulatan. Ang mga ito ay mapakikinabangan sa pagtuturo, sa pagsaway, sa pagtutuwid, sa pagsasanay sa katuwiran. 17 Ito ay upang ang tao ng Diyos ay maging ganap, na naihandang lubos sa mga mabubuting gawa.
What does Sacred Scriptures say?
• CCC
134:
All Sacred Scripture is but one book, and this one book is Christ,
"because all divine Scripture speaks of Christ, and all
divine Scripture is fulfilled in Christ"
(Hugh of St. Victor, De
arca Noe 2,8:PL 176,642: cf. ibid. 2,9:PL
176,642-643).
• CCC
135: "The
Sacred
Scriptures contain the Word of God
and, because they are inspired, they are truly the Word of God" (DV 24).
• CCC
136: God is
the author of Sacred Scripture because he inspired
its human
authors; he acts in
them and by means of
them.
He thus gives assurance that their writings teach without error his
saving truth (cf. DV 11).
• CCC
137: Interpretation of
the inspired Scripture must be attentive above all to what God wants to reveal through the
sacred authors for our salvation. What comes from the Spirit is not fully
"understood except by the Spirit's action' (cf. Origen, Hom. in Ex. 4, 5: PG 12, 320).
• CCC
138:
The four Gospels occupy a central place because Christ Jesus is their center à Gospel of Mark, Luke, Matthew and John.
• CCC
139: The
unity of the two Testaments proceeds from the unity of God's plan and his
Revelation. The Old Testament prepares for the New
and the New Testament fulfills the Old; the two shed light on each other; both are true Word of God.
• CCC
140: "The
Church has always venerated the divine Scriptures as she venerated the Body of
the Lord"
(DV 21): both
nourish and govern the whole Christian life. "Your word is a lamp to my feet
and a light to my path" (Ps 119:105; cf. Is 50:4).
Exodus Timeline:
What is Covenant?
• an agreement, usually
formal, between two or more persons to do or not do something specified; a binding agreement; contract
•
in the Bible:
– The
conditional promises made to humanity by God, as revealed in Scripture.
– The
agreement between God and the ancient Israelites (or His people), in which God
promised to protect them if they kept His law and were faithful to Him.
What are the Covenants that
God made to us?
•
Noah’s Covenant --
Lord promised to never destroy creation with a flood again. (Genesis
8:20-21) à
Unconditional
•
Abraham’s Covenant –
God promised Abraham’s descendants would be a great nation. à Unconditional
•
Moses & Israel
Covenant – God setup laws for His people to follow so they could
be become a great nation. (Exodus 20:1-21,31:12-18; Deuteronomy 30:1-20;)
à
Conditional
•
David’s Covenant –
David’s descendant’s will rule forever, the promised of Messiah à Unconditional
•
The New Covenant – It
is the fulfillment of all God promised us through the sacrifice of Jesus. The new covenant for is for Jews &
Gentiles alike. (Jeremiah 31:31-33; Hebrews 8:7-13)
10 Commandments (Catechetical Traditions):
1. I am the LORD your God: you shall not have
strange Gods before me.
2. You shall not take the name of the LORD your
God in vain.
3. Remember
to keep holy the LORD'S Day.
4. Honor
your father and your mother.
5. You
shall not kill.
6. You
shall not commit adultery.
7. You
shall not steal.
8. You
shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
9. You
shall not covet your neighbor's wife.
10. You
shall not covet your neighbor's goods.
The Ten
Commandments in the Bible
Exodus 20:1-17
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Deuteronomy 5:6-21
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20 Then God spoke all these words, saying, 2 “I am the
Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of
[a]slavery. 3 “You shall have no other gods [b]before Me.
4 “You shall not make for yourself [c]an idol, or
any likeness of what is in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the
water under the earth. 5 You shall not worship them or serve them;
for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the
fathers on the children, on the third and the fourth generations of those who
hate Me, 6 but showing loving kindness to thousands, to those who love Me and
keep My commandments.
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6 ‘I am the Lord your God who brought you out of the land
of Egypt, out of the house of [b]slavery.
7 ‘You shall have no other gods [c]before Me.
8 ‘You shall not make for yourself [d]an idol, or
any likeness of what is in heaven above [e]or on the earth beneath [f]or in
the water under the earth. 9 You shall not worship them or serve
them; for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of
the fathers on the children, and on the third and the fourth generations of
those who hate Me, 10 but showing lovingkindness to thousands, to those who
love Me and keep My commandments.
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7 “You shall not take the name of the Lord your God
in vain, for the Lord will not [d]leave him unpunished who takes His
name in vain.
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11 ‘You shall not take the name of the Lord your God
in vain, for the Lord will not [g]leave him unpunished who takes His name
in vain.
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Exodus 20:1-17
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Deuteronomy 5:6-21
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8 “Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. 9 Six days
you shall labor and do all your work, 10 but the seventh day is a sabbath of
the Lord your God; in it you shall not do any work, you or your son or your
daughter, your male or your female servant or your cattle or your sojourner
who [e]stays with you. 11 For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the
earth, the sea and all that is in them, and rested on the seventh day;
therefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day and made it holy.
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12 ‘Observe the sabbath day to keep it holy, as the Lord
your God commanded you. 13 Six days you shall labor and do all your work, 14
but the seventh day is a sabbath of the Lord your God; in it you shall not do
any work, you or your son or your daughter or your male servant or your
female servant or your ox or your donkey or any of your cattle or your
sojourner who [h]stays with you, so that your male servant and your female
servant may rest as well as you. 15 You shall remember that you were a slave
in the land of Egypt, and the Lord your God brought you out of there by a
mighty hand and by an outstretched arm; therefore the Lord your God commanded
you to observe the sabbath day.
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12 “Honor your father and your mother, that your days may
be prolonged in the land which the Lord your God gives you.
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16 ‘Honor your father and your mother, as the Lord your
God has commanded you, that your days may be prolonged and that it may go
well with you on the land which the Lord your God gives you.
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13 “You shall not murder.
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17 ‘You shall not murder.
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14 “You shall not commit adultery.
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18 ‘You shall not commit adultery.
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15 “You shall not steal.
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19 ‘You shall not steal.
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16 “You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
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20 ‘You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
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17 “You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall
not covet your neighbor’s wife or his male servant or his female servant or
his ox or his donkey or anything that belongs to your neighbor.”
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21 ‘You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, and you
shall not desire your neighbor’s house, his field or his male servant or his
female servant, his ox or his donkey or anything that belongs to your
neighbor.’
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The
Written Torah (Old Testament)
Five Books of
Moses (Chumash)
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Genesis
(Breshit) |
Exodus
(Shmot) |
Leviticus
(Vayikra) |
Numbers
(Bamidar) |
Deuteronomy
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Prophets (Neviim)
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Joshua
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Judges
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Samuel
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Kings
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Isaiah
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Jeremiah
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Ezekiel
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The 12 Prophets
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Writings (Ketuvim)
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Psalms
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Proverbs
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Job
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(The
Five Magillot)
Song
of songs
Ruth
Lamentations
Ecclesiastes
Esther
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Daniel
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Ezra
& Nehemiah
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Chronicles
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The
Type of Sacrifices of the Old Testament:
What
(Elements)
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Why
(Function)
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Where (Citation)
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Whole burnt-offering
Male & unblemished cattle, sheep and
goats, birds (pigeon for the poor)
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Wholly consumed, acknowledging God as Lord
of life; atoned for sins; joyful worship
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Lev 1:1-17; 6:8-13; 8:18-21; 22:17
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Grain-offering
Grain, flour, frankincense, oil, bread.
Only the symbolic portion burned, the rest eaten by priests
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Substitute for expensive animal offering;
thanksgiving for good crops; joyful worship.
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Lev 2:1-16; 6:14-23
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Sacrifice of well-being
Any unblemished animal– male or female (
cattle or sheep and goat, but not birds since its too small for a group to
eat)
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Not burned up, but eaten by offerers and
families. Only fat parts (considered choicest) were burned to God.
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Lev 3.1-17; 7.11-34
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Sin-offering
If offender were whole people or priest:
bull; ordinary person; goat; poor; bird or some fine flour.
Blood sprinkled on altar in outer courtyard
if lay offender; on holy interior if priest or whole people offended
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To atone for usually unintentional sin
(violating something sacred)
To atone for loss of holiness
To cleanse from impurity
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Lev 4.1-5; 13; 6.24-30
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Guilt-offering
A ram sheep (its blood sprinkled on altar).
The original wrong must be done, then
additional compensation must be offered to God
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Sin-offering cleansed the defiled object or
person; guilt-offering was a “pay-back” to God for something that should have
been given or dine– atonement to remove guilt
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Lev 5.14-26; 7.1-6
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Moses’ Gifts:
Moses Sins:
- Good Looks (Exodus 2:2; Acts 7:20)
- Intelligence (Acts 7:22)
- Unparallel Opportunity (Acts 7:22)
- Eloquence (Acts 7:22)
- Leadership Ability (Acts 7:22)
Moses Sins:
- Anger ==> Moses' sin grew out of his anger with the children.
- Disobedience ==> Moses was told to speak to the rock.
- Transgression ==> to cross the line, to go beyond
- Dishonored God
- "Must we bring forth water for you?“
- They failed to hallow God in the eyes of the people.
- Unbelief
God did not allow Moses and some other people to enter the promised land because of their sins.
Deeper Faith: Short History of the Bible
The Bible is the collection of books that the Catholic Church decided could be read at Mass. It is a collection of books written by different authors with different writing styles over thousands of years for different audiences. It is not a manual on how to run a religion or build a church. Those things already existed before the Bible was assembled. The Didache is the earliest manual on how to run a Church. In modern times, the Catholic Church is governed by Canon Law and the Catechism which are based on Scripture.
At the time of Jesus, the Sadducees that taught and worshiped at the Temple in Jerusalem considered only the 5 books of Moses to be the word of God. The Pharisees in Jerusalem, that taught and worshiped in the Synagogues, considered the 5 books of Moses, the writings of the Prophets, the Psalms, and some of the historical writings as Scripture. Their Canon of Scripture is referred to as the Palestinian Canon and contained 24 books.
Jews living outside of Jerusalem used a Greek Translation of the Old Testament called the Septuagint. This translation has the 46 books of the Catholic Canon of the Old Testament in it, and was known as the Alexandrian Canon. The 7 books that are not in the Palestinian Canon are 1st and 2nd Maccabees, Wisdom, Baruch, Sirach, Tobit, and Judith. The Early Christians considered the Greek Septuagint version of the Hebrew writings as Scripture. The New Testament usually quotes from the Greek Septuagint version of the Old Testament. All the books that made it into the New Testament were written in the first century.
The Bible is the collection of books that the Catholic Church decided could be read at Mass. It is a collection of books written by different authors with different writing styles over thousands of years for different audiences. It is not a manual on how to run a religion or build a church. Those things already existed before the Bible was assembled. The Didache is the earliest manual on how to run a Church. In modern times, the Catholic Church is governed by Canon Law and the Catechism which are based on Scripture.
At the time of Jesus, the Sadducees that taught and worshiped at the Temple in Jerusalem considered only the 5 books of Moses to be the word of God. The Pharisees in Jerusalem, that taught and worshiped in the Synagogues, considered the 5 books of Moses, the writings of the Prophets, the Psalms, and some of the historical writings as Scripture. Their Canon of Scripture is referred to as the Palestinian Canon and contained 24 books.
Jews living outside of Jerusalem used a Greek Translation of the Old Testament called the Septuagint. This translation has the 46 books of the Catholic Canon of the Old Testament in it, and was known as the Alexandrian Canon. The 7 books that are not in the Palestinian Canon are 1st and 2nd Maccabees, Wisdom, Baruch, Sirach, Tobit, and Judith. The Early Christians considered the Greek Septuagint version of the Hebrew writings as Scripture. The New Testament usually quotes from the Greek Septuagint version of the Old Testament. All the books that made it into the New Testament were written in the first century.
This is a basic history of the Bible:
• In
136AD, after the Bar
Kokhba revolt, the Jews declared that the 7
extra books of Alexandrian Canon were not to be considered scripture
because they were used by the Christians. The Hebrew Masoretic Text of 24 books was established as their Scripture. The
24 books were later reorganized into the 39 books of the current Protestant Old
Testament.
• The
oldest list of the New
Testament books
is on incomplete scrap of parchment known as the Muratorian fragment from around 170AD. It lists the Gospels of Matthew, Mark,
Luke, and John, Acts, 1st
and 2nd
Corinthians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, Galatians, 1st and 2nd Thessalonians, Romans, Philemon, Titus,
1st and 2nd Timothy, Jude, 1st and 2nd John, Wisdom of Solomon, Revelation of
John, Revelation of Peter as scripture.
• In
360AD the Council of Laodicea listed
a canon of scripture that had 26 of the 27 books of the New Testament leaving off the Book
of Revelation.
• In
367AD Bishop
Athanasius of Alexandria listed the 27 books of the New Testament in his Easter letter sent to his
Churches.
• In
382AD Pope
Damasus
at
the Council
of Rome listed the 27 books of the New Testament
and 46 books of the Old Testament as
the Canon of Scripture.
• In
383AD Pope
Damasus
commissions
St. Jerome to
make a Latin translation of the New and Old Testament Scriptures. Jerome used the Hebrew Masoretic texts for his Old Testament translation and Greek writings for the New Testament translation. The
Masoretic texts didn’t include the Deuterocanonical books
because the Jews had rejected them.
Jerome made a Latin translation of these books after they were confirmed by the
Councils
of Hippo
and Carthage.
• In
386AD the Council
of Hippo came
up with the same list of 46
OT and
27
NT books.
• In
397AD the Council
of Carthage again
under Augustine came up with the same list and sent it
to Rome for approval.
• In
405AD Pope Innocent I listed the 27
books of
the New
Testament and
46
books
of Old
Testament in
his Easter letter to the Bishop of Lyon in France.
• In
787AD the Second
Council of Nicaea accepted
the decrees of previous smaller Councils. This included the Canon of Scripture
determined in 397 by the Council of Carthage.
• In
1441 the Council
of Florence approved
the list of books accepted by the Councils
of Rome, Hippo and Carthage.
• In
1550 the list of 46 OT books and 27 NT books were made official at the Council of Trent.
This is why there is a difference today
between the Protestant and Catholic
Bibles.
It wasn't until the end of the 300s that the New Testament Scriptures were established. The Didache, the Shepherd of Hermas, 1st Clement to the Corinthians, and the Epistle of Barnabas were read in many early Churches. The Book
of Revelation, 2
Peter, 2 and 3 John, Jude, James and the Book
of Hebrews were
considered questionable by many. The Catholic Church that teaches that
baptism forgives sins, that Jesus is present in the Eucharist, and that the
Bishop of Rome was the head of the Church, is the Church that decided which
books are the divinely inspired words of God. No other church can claim that. The Bible contains divinely inspired writings. But they need to be
interpreted. The thousands of different protestant
churches have different interpretations of these divinely inspired writings. The Catholic Church has the oldest and original understanding of these
writings. The
Pope is the successor of the minister that Jesus left behind to feed His sheep
and tend His flock. This same Jesus promised to be with His Church to the end
of time (Matt 28:20).
Jesus didn't leave us a book to put our trust in, He left us a Church to teach
us what He taught the Apostles. We put our trust in the Church Jesus founded,
not a book or a man. No other church claims to have
developed the list of the books in the Bible, they all inherited it from the
Catholic Church.
Deeper Faith: Short History of the Bible
Original
language
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Torah
(Law)
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Pentateuch or The Five Books of Moses
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Hebrew
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Hebrew
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Hebrew
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Original
language
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Nevi'im
(Prophets)
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Hebrew
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Hebrew
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Hebrew
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Hebrew
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Hebrew
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Hebrew
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Hebrew
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Hebrew
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Hebrew
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Greek
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Hebrew
and Aramaic
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Hebrew
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Aramaic
(and Hebrew?)
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Hebrew
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Hebrew
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1 Maccabees (1
Machabees)[27]
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Hebrew
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2 Maccabees (2
Machabees)[27]
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Greek
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Greek
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Original
language
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Ketuvim
(Writings)
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Hebrew
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Hebrew
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Hebrew
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Hebrew
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Song of Songs
(Canticle of Canticles)
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Song of Songs (Aisma
Aismaton)
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Hebrew
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Greek
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Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)
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Sirach (Wisdom of Sirach)
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Hebrew
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Original
language
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The Twelve
or Trei Asar |
Hebrew
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Hebrew
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Hebrew
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Hebrew
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Hebrew
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Hebrew
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Hebrew
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Hebrew
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Hebrew
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Hebrew
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Hebrew
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Hebrew
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Lessons Learned from Moses:
•
Feeling guilty about
past failures
•
Refusing to accept
God’s word
– God
emphasizes His total knowledge
– God
declares His great sympathy and pity
– God
promises His provisions
– God
announces His purpose
•
A failure to accept
the sovereignty of God
– The
ever-present God
– The
never-disappointing God
– The
all-powerful God
•
It always pleases God
to use people who feel inadequate
– I’m
not important enough
– What
shall I say?
– They
will not listen to me.
– I’m
not a good speaker
– Please
send someone else
•
God has helped His
people
– The
God of Moses’ parents
– The
God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob
•
We overcome it by
actions of Faith
•
Bringing other people
to support us
Understanding and Obeying God’s word:
• Overall,
we should do the following:
–Try to have a home Bible.
–Take time or time to read the Bible.
–Go to church every Sunday and listen to
God's Word.
–Take notes as you apply to the message
you hear
–in the Word of God.
Prayer for the Help of the Holy Spirit
O God, I thank you for this day and the lessons that we have learned today. May You send forth your Holy Spirit and stay forever into my heart that I may perceive and understand You more, into my mind that I may remember, and into my soul that I may meditate. Inspire me to speak and behave with patience, piety, holiness, tenderness and mercy. Teach, guide and direct my thoughts and senses from beginning to end. By Your grace, we may live and preach on the Words that You spoke to us today. May your grace ever help and correct me, and may I be strengthened now with love and wisdom from on high, for the sake of your infinite mercy. Amen.
References:
- Holy Bible (New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition)
- Catechism of the Catholic Church
- Wikipedia
- http://www.easyenglish.info/problems/tpaou02-pbw.htm
- http://web001.rbc.org/pdf/discovery-series/moses-his-anger-and-what-it-cost-him.pdf
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