Exodus -- God's Wrath and Mercy

By: Michael Joseph Mouawad
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  • The Book of Exodus is an adventure, a divine mystery, a recapitulation of salvation history, a tragic account of fall and redemption. Above all it is a love story between God and humanity. While this study is not a verse-by-verse on Exodus, it focuses on ten salient points of the book: 01. The Election of Moses as a prophet for his people 02. The revelation of the Holy Name of the Lord 03. The Ten Plagues of Egypt 04. The flight into the wilderness 05. The Israelites reaction after they had left the fertile land of Goshen 06. The Giving of the Ten Commandments 07. The Golden Calf 08. The Tabernacle 09. The signification of the Tabernacle in the Light of Christ 10. Moral reading of the Book of Exodus. What is peculiar about Exodus is that most folks would say that the most important (and perhaps the only) points of the book of Exodus are the flight from Egypt and the Ten Commandments. Yet, a full one-third of the book is concerned with the tabernacle: The Lord himself instructs Moses on the architecture of the Tabernacle based on a heavenly design and then the Israelites build it according to that pattern. It would be an oddity to exclude the last third of a book, be it a novel, a manual, or a historical account. In fact, anyone who excludes the last one-third of the Gospels would be excluding the crucifixion and the resurrection of Our Lord. So why is it that we cannot remember the tabernacle when we read Exodus or why is it that we do not deem it important? This series highlights the fundamental link between the giving of the Law (the ten commandments) and the living of the Law (the tabernacle). We will show that the Law that God gave was meant to be lived and practiced around the tabernacle and that the tabernacle (not the Law) is the symbolic mediation of grace. It is symbolic because its sacrificial system cannot confer grace and it is symbolic because the tabernacle points to the fount of grace: the Catholic Church. Prerequisite The Catholic Foundation Library is a definite prerequisite to a sound understanding of Exodus. It serves as a basis for grasping the way Scripture functions end-to-end. Further, since the events in the Book of Genesis are the reason why Exodus and Numbers were written, it makes sense to go through the study of the Book of Genesis before undertaking a study of Exodus.
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  • Exodus -- Moral Conclusion

    Exodus -- Moral Conclusion
    Jan 26 2021

    Exodus #16

    If the twelve tribes of Israel were one human being who happens to be you, then what would the Book of Exodus be telling you?

    In this final study of the Book of Exodus, we take a step back and consider the entire book in its moral, or tropological setting: Is God active in your life? If so how much? Is he active now and then, watching us from afar, waiting for us to come to him, waiting for our prayers?

    Did you ever stop to think about how we get purified, how we get cleansed and healed? The sun shines every day, the wind blows your beating heartbeats without your attention. Is God present between the beats of your heart? Does he care? if so how much?

    In the final analysis, we are saved, not because we care about God, but because God cares about us, and his care for us precedes us. God cares since before the foundation of the world.

    How much?

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    1 hr and 46 mins
  • Exodus 37-38

    Exodus 37-38
    Jan 26 2021

    Exodus #15

    If God set forth the ten commandments he wished written in the hearts of all men when he instructed Moses to build the Tabernacle, then it follows that the Tabernacle is essential for men to live by the law.

    The tabernacle, with its sacrificial system, its high priest and the twelve tribes of Israel around it is a symbol of a greater reality: The tabernacle of the Catholic Church, the Pope, and the nations receiving the light of Christ from her.

    The tabernacle is then the symbol of the body of Christ and this lecture will focus on the meaning of the tabernacle in the light of Christ. We shall describe how much of the specific physical details concerning the various objects found inside the tent, the priestly vestments, and the sacrifices therein point to and prepare Israel to recognize the surpassing reality of Christ's incarnation, death, and resurrection.

    Tabernacle picture by Didier Descouens - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0
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    1 hr and 41 mins
  • Exodus 28

    Exodus 28
    Jan 26 2021

    Exodus #14

    What is the hidden meaning of the High Priest's clothing? What must he wear and why? A better understanding of the High Priest's clothing will help us understand the clothing of the Catholic Priesthood.

    Concerning the High Priest's vestments, Ben Sira (ca. 190 BC.) wrote "How glorious was he when he looked forth from the Tent and emerged from behind the Temple veil! He was like the morning star appearing between the clouds, Like the full moon on a festival day"

    So what do these various elements of the priestly vestment mean?
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    1 hr and 25 mins

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