Summary: The Background To Exodus

The background to Exodus is the presence of God as the people of Israel journey toward the promise land. There are many signs to the people of God’s presence. The setting is at Mt. Sinai, as the Lord meets with Moses to reveal the covenantal law for the Israelites (Harrelson, 2013, p. 85). Thunder, lightning, darkness, and fire are signs to the Israelites that God is close. God would save Israel from Egypt to bring them into a new relationship with himself (Varughese, 2006, p. 83). The Gospel Matthew was a rewriting of Mark’s Gospel. The Gospel seeks to guide the way of life for Jesus’ Followers (Harrelson, 2013, p. 1745). The Gospel instructs God’s will. Matthew’s focus is on Jesus as the teacher in his Sermon on the Mount (Varughese, 2006, p. 284). To summarize Exodus would begin as the Israelites are at Mt. Sinai three weeks after leaving Egypt. He tells the people he will be their only God, and he is the one who brought them out of Egypt (Harrelson, 2013, p. 115). If they try to worship any other God he will punish them as well as their children. However he will love all …show more content…
It begins with with Jesus going up on the mountinside, and his dsiciplies joining him as he would begin to teach (Harrelson, 2013, p. 1754). The sermon begins with blessings to those the respond positively to the message. Jesus tells him that he had not come to abolish the law or th prophets but to fulfill (Harrelson, 2013, p. 1755). He tells them that anyone who breaks one of the commandments will be called least in the kingdom of heaven. He teaches that anyone who looks at a woman with lust has already commites adultery. If you married a divorced woman you have commited adultery (Harrelson, 2013, p. 1755). He teached the people about prayer, and what is the correct way to pray to God (Harrelson, 2013, p. 1756). Lastly he teaches of the Golden rule. This would be what the people should live their lives by when concerning their