Lesson 4

Hi Ladies,

What an honor it was to have you today at Bible Study. It goes by so quickly, and I wish I had more time to visit with each of you. I hope you were blessed by our studies in Exodus and the rest of the Pentateuch (the first five books of the Bible). Our studies revealed to us that God gave His people three measures of grace as a way to partially heal their broken relationship with Him and their own broken lives:

{the Sacrifical System}

{the Law}

{the Tabernacle}

Despite the enormity of what these three measures of grace represent, we learned today that they were imperfect for they did not permanently and perfectly cover their sin. But our readings in the story of the King's Kingdom introduced these measures of grace for a specific purpose - to leave the reader anticipating a greater, more perfect restoration - a perfect and permanent answer to sin and a perfect and permanent restoration of the King's Kingdom.

• The reader cannot help but anticipate a better {Sacrifice} that permanently covered sin.
• The reader cannot help but anticipate a better way to experience the blessings of God's rule other than through the {Law}.
• The reader cannot help but anticipate a better place where they might dwell with God more intimately than in the {Tabernacle}.

Did you ever expect the Bible to employ the literary concept of suspense? Especially in the book of Leviticus - a book normally associated with regulations for sacrifice and worship. But as we've seen, the Bible is not just the Truth, but a Spirit-filled literary masterpiece as well.

I hope to see you all next week when we continue in our story of the King's Kingdom. We will take a whirlwind tour of Joshua through 1 & 2 Chronicles and study the iconic figure of King David in detail. So for those who want to take the Super Duper reading challenge, you have your work cut out for you! For those who want to read only those passages we'll study, read the following:

• Josh. 2
• 2 Sam. 7:9-11
• 1 Kings 12:25-33

And remember, I just might have a small surprise for one lucky reader! :)

See ya next week!
Melissa