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Q1. (Exodus 12) In what way did the lambs on the first Passover protect the families of God's people? What is the primary point of comparison between the first Passover lambs and what Christ did for us as our Passover Lamb? In what way did the lambs on the first Passover protect the families of God's people? The Israelites were to kill one lamb per household. If the lamb was too large for the family to eat, they were to share what was left over with thee closest neighbor who needed meat to feed his household. After the lamb was slaughtered, the Israelites were to put some of the blood of the lamb on the sides and tops of the doorframes. On that same night the Lord would pass through Egypt striking down every firstborn-both men and animals- and the Lord will bring judgement on all the gods of Egypt. The blood would be a sign for the Israelites and where they lived; and when the Lord sees the blood, He will pass over them, and no destructive plague will touch the Israelites when the Lord strikes Egypt. What is the primary point of comparison between the first Passover lambs and what Christ did for us as our Passover Lamb? Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed, echoing the early church's belief that Christ was a fulfillment of the Passover lamb. Jesus, too, saw himself in this role, and implies as much in his words at the Last Supper.

Q5. Extra Credit: In what sense have we been set free or released from slavery to sin? Why do we need the Holy Spirit to help us keep this freedom? Feel free to share stories of how Christ has freed you. We have beem set free from slavery to sin by Jesus shedding His precious blood on the cross for our sins. Why do we need the Holy Spirit to help us keep this freedom? The Holy Spirit keeps us in formation with God. The Holy Spirit will convict us if we sin and do anything that is against God's will; therefore, we must ask for immediate forgiveness if we sin. We have a closer relationship with the Lord because of the Holy Spirit. Feel free to share stories of how Christ has freed you. I was a massive sinner most of my life. Then in 2014, I accepted Jesus as my Lord and Savior and was baptized by immersion to wash clean all my years of sinning. Now I have His Holy Spirit liiving inside of me. I can actually hear the Holy Spirit talking to me when He either wants to tell me something I am doing wrong, or that I need to do this or that to stay right with God. He even tells me not to worry when I am having bad anxiety attacks or any other major problems It's a wonderful feeling. I just wished I wouldn't have been so foolish and gotten saved a lot earlier in life.

Q4. According to the slave-ransom analogy, who is the slave? What is he enslaved by? Who offers the ransom? If Satan is involved in the enslaving process, why isn't the ransom paid to him? Why isn't the slave-ransom analogy spelled out completely in the New Testament? According to the slave-ransom analogy, we are all slaves to sin. If Satan is involved in the enslaving process, why isn't the ransom paid to him? No where in Scripture is Satan seen as the legitimate owner of sinful people. He keeps them in darkness and holds them in his deceitful power, but he is not their legitimate owner. He is a usurper and thief an accuser. Satan loses his power, not because he has been paid off, but because we have been forgiven. Why isn't the slave-ransom analogy spelled out completely in the New Testament? ince God "owns" us, the slave-ransom analogy breaks down at this point, since God paying a ransom to God confuses the picture. That's why the Bible authors drop it there.

Q3. (1 Corinthians 6:19-20) How should we disciples apply the principles: "You are not your own, you were bought with a price"? How should this affect our living? God sent his only begotten Son, Jesus Christ, to die on the cross for our sins; therefore we were all bought for a price, the price was Jesus' blood. This should affect our living because our bodies are now a temple where the Holy Spirit lives. We must all honor God by not sinning anymore and if we make a mistake and sin, we must ask God immediately for forgiveness.

Q2. What comparisons do you see between Jesus and the role of the Old Testament type of the Kinsman-Redeemer? The Old Testament type: The Hebrew verb gā’al means "to redeem, avenge, revenge, ransom, and do the part of a kinsman." The very strong sense of family gave kinsmen a responsibility to look out for their close relatives in areas such as: Marrying a brother's widow if no children have yet been born, in order to raise up children in the brother's name (a main issue in the case of Ruth and Tamar), Purchasing family lands that had to be sold because of poverty, in order to keep the land in the family, Buying the freedom of relatives who had become slaves because of debts they couldn't pay, and Avenging a kinsman who was murdered. Rescuing a kinsman who was kidnapped. Jesus'comparison role as the type of a Kinsman-Redeemer: To atone by offering as a substitute to die in our place on the cross that we may turn to Him and follow Him to become outstanding Christians.

Don't you mean that we that believe in Him will be ought back from the life of slavery to freedom?

In the New Testament world, what class of humans were freed by payment of a redemption price or a ransom? In the New Testament world slaves were freed. Why do you think that Jesus, Peter, and Paul used this analogy in this week's theme verses? For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life handed down to you from your forefathers, but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or defect." (1 Peter 1:18-19). "Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your body." (1 Corinthians 6:19-20). "For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many." (Mark 10:44-45). What aspect of the Christian life does it help explain? Christians, like slaves, have been bought, and God now owns them. "Bought" means "to acquire things or services in exchange for money, buy, purchase." This idea extends to persons as well: "to secure the rights to someone by paying a price, buy, acquire as property."

I Peter 3:18; "For Christ died for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive by the Spirit..." This verse I believe explains it all. Jesus died on the cross at Calvay for our sin that we all may live a righteous life. He was crucified for both the righteous and unrighteous in order to bring us to the Father. He died for us and was resurrected by the Holy Ghost.

Jesus Himself bore our sins in His body on the cross, so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness; for by His wounds you were healed. For you were continually straying like sheep, but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Guardian of your souls.

Isaiah 53 teaches what theologians call "the substitutionary atonement." In what sense does the Servant act as a substitute to bear our sins? Jesus knew what his mission on earth was before God sent Him down to us. Jesus Christ was the servant who died a wicked, painful death in our place, on the cross, which we so rightly deserved because of our sins.

There are so many New Testament parallels that one can use to convince themselves that Jesus himself saw his own mission and destiny spelled out in Isaiah 5, but the one that caught my attention the most was: (Matthew 20:28) Just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."

From how large a group of people does God remove sins in Isaiah 52:13 - 53:12? Jesus bore the sins of many and God removed the sins of many nations. In what sense is this a universal sacrifice of salvation? Jesus removed the sins of the whole world. In what sense is Jesus' sacrifice wasted on some people? We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us turned to his own way. (53:6)

About Sin Satan made use of an animal when he tempted Eve (Genesis 3:1). An animal was put to death instead of Isaac (Genesis 22:13). Jacob used the skins of animals to deceive his father (Genesis 27:16); later he himself was deceived by the blood of an animal which he thought was the blood of his son Joseph (Genesis 37:31-33). Many of the plagues which God put upon the land of Egypt involved animals (Exodus chapters 8-9). During His temptation Jesus was with the wild animals (Mark 1:13). When Peter denied the Lord an animal cried out (Luke 22:60). About Holiness Sacrifice is actually a symbol of holiness rather than punishment. God is loving and merciful, and has no desire to see either human or animal suffering. When we sin, we are not reconciled to God through punishment, but by repenting and living a good life. The sacrifice is then a symbol of the our desire to repent and dedicate our life to God. Christ was symbolically a sacrifice because He purified and sanctified Himself by His holy life. He is symbolically our sacrifice because He enables us to life a holy life. About God's Nature "The LORD, the compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness, maintaining love to thousands, and forgiving wickedness, rebellion and sin. Yet he does not leave the guilty unpunished." (Exodus 34:6-7)

About Sin Satan made use of an animal when he tempted Eve (Genesis 3:1). An animal was put to death instead of Isaac (Genesis 22:13). Jacob used the skins of animals to deceive his father (Genesis 27:16); later he himself was deceived by the blood of an animal which he thought was the blood of his son Joseph (Genesis 37:31-33). Many of the plagues which God put upon the land of Egypt involved animals (Exodus chapters 8-9). During His temptation Jesus was with the wild animals (Mark 1:13). When Peter denied the Lord an animal cried out (Luke 22:60). About Holiness Sacrifice is actually a symbol of holiness rather than punishment. God is loving and merciful, and has no desire to see either human or animal suffering. When we sin, we are not reconciled to God through punishment, but by repenting and living a good life. The sacrifice is then a symbol of the our desire to repent and dedicate our life to God. Christ was symbolically a sacrifice because He purified and sanctified Himself by His holy life. He is symbolically our sacrifice because He enables us to life a holy life. About God's Nature "The LORD, the compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness, maintaining love to thousands, and forgiving wickedness, rebellion and sin. Yet he does not leave the guilty unpunished." (Exodus 34:6-7)

In what sense is God's provision of animal sacrifice for forgiveness of sins an expression of his mercy? There is a sense in which the analogy of the sacrificial Lamb fits Jesus accurately, since he, as Son of God and Son of Man is the only One perfect and great enough to actually atone for sin and, at the same time, represent and substitute for all men in this atonement -- once and for all. Were animal sacrifices actually adequate to atone for human sin? No, because in spite of this elaborate sacrificial system, the Hebrews became aware that all these sacrifices alone were inadequate to really cleanse their sins. God did not "owe" them forgiveness because they went through some ritual. Nor was God impressed or gratified by all this killing of animals.

What are the basic elements involved in a sacrifice for sin? 1. Confession of the sin. Why? "When anyone is guilty of sin, he must confess in what way he has sinned and, as a penalty for the sin he has committed, he must bring to the LORD a female lamb or goat from the flock as a sin offering; and the priest shall make atonement for him for his sin." 2. Bringing an animal that has no defect that might decrease its market value. It must be healthy and whole or it is not fit to offer to God. Why? An animal like this could be rather costly, though a poor person might bring a pair of pigeons or doves instead. 3. Lay his hands on its head. Why? There seems to be a sense in which the offerer’s sin is imparted to the animal through the laying on of hands. 4. Slay the animal by cutting its throat. Why? He is to lay his hand on its head and slaughter it for a sin offering at the place where the burnt offering is slaughtered. 5. Blood is collected by a priest, put on the horns of the altar, and poured out at the base of the altar. 6. Remove the fat portions, which are given to the priest and burned on the altar. Why? Just as the fat is removed from the lamb of the fellowship offering. 7. The meat is eaten by the priests in the case of a sin offering. In case of a peace or fellowship offering, most of the meat would be eaten by the offerer and his family as a kind of sacred meal. Why? In this way the priest will make atonement for him for the sin he has committed, and he will be forgiven. Which of these are still necessary for forgiveness of sins today? Confession or acknowledgement of sin is a necessary part of the sacrifice. Why? Jesus died on the cross for our sins as a sacrificial lamb. In order to be forgiven for our sins, we must pray to God for forgiveness of our sins Not once a day, but as soon as we sin, we need to ask God’s forgiveness.

Much of the Bible elaborates on the theme of sacrifices. Reading the particulars of this bloody enterprise, moderns turn their heads away in distaste. It seems primitive at best, savage at worst. Why does the Bible ordain that God would be worshiped with a the blood of slaughtered animals? Those wishing to point to the essential irrationality and even cruelty of religious practice often cite animal sacrifice. Along with other such reflexive prejudices, this misses the profundity of ancient sacrifice. Animal sacrifice was ordained to replace human sacrifice. One needed to keep the sense of giving something important, but without the evil of killing a human being. This was God's way of weaning the Israelites from the earlier, heinous practice. Nonetheless, the central dilemma remains. Is this simply a (somewhat less) repulsive practice planted at the heart of Judaism? Sacrifice actually enshrines an important idea, one which is just beginning to be revived today. Most sacrifices were eaten. What then is the difference between a sacrifice at the Temple and what happens in a modern slaughterhouse? The ancient Israelite knew what he was offering; he had raised that animal, fed it and was now participating in a fully conscious decision to bring it to its death at the altar. When we buy at the supermarket, we check the USDA inspection sticker.

Anger must be part of our understanding. We live in a society that seeks to pull God down to its own level. It is quite clear that God is to be considered holy and righteous, separate from humans and human sinfulness. Human sin, breaking of God's laws, is deeply offensive to God. Unless their sins are cleansed, humans may not even approach his holy presence. God is angry -- not at humans for their own sake -- but at their sin. Anger at sin shouldn't surprise us. We should you be passive in the face of immorality and deceit. Moral people are outraged at sin; immoral people are calloused with regard to sin. It's one thing to be angry, but anger must not lead to injustice. The God of the Old Testament cannot be accurately described as capricious, acting merely out of anger. Nor, for that matter, is he perpetually angry. He is described as: "The LORD, the LORD, the compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness, maintaining love to thousands, and forgiving wickedness, rebellion and sin. Yet he does not leave the guilty unpunished."

Hi fellow Bible study students. My name is Jim Hinck and I live in Madrid TWP, Maine. I have one daughter and three step children who gave me 9 wonderful grandchildren. I am retired from the United States Air Force. I received a Master' Degree from Colorado Technical Universitty online in Business Administration with a concentration in Health Management. I was baptized on three separate occaasions; when I was a baby by pouring, again later in life by sprinkles. As I began to do a Bible Study in the Book of Acts, I found that you must be baptized by complete immersion to show Jesus' lying in the tomb for three days and as you are lifted up out of the water it represents Jesus' resurrection. I am looking forward to chatting with you about our Bible study in this forum. God bless you all.