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Doodle Bible School
Lesson 38
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1. What is the theme of Exodus 38?
2. Can you doodle the picture clue?
3. Who was the son of Aaron? (38:21)
4. Can you quote the memory verse?
5. From what was the bronze basin made? (38:8)
6. Who ministered in the entrance of the tent of meeting? (38:8)
7. What tribe has the responsibility of the tabernacle? (38:21)
8. Oholiab was from what tribe? (38:23)
9. Oholiab had what three skills? (38:23)
10. Have you ever used something other than glass for a mirror? What was it? Did you have to do anything special to it in order to see your reflection?
Application Sermon Questions
Lesson 38
Were you able to watch the entire lesson?
1. What two men abused the women who served at the entrance to the tent of meeting? (2 Samuel 2:22)
2. What was the first thing listed as a responsibility of women? (Titus 2:3-5)
3. A woman who honors her role protects what from being reviled? (Titus 2:5)
4. What was the second thing listed as a responsibility of women? (1 Corinthians 11:3, 14:34-35)
5. What was third first thing listed as a responsibility of women? (1 Peter 3:1-4)
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Home Church Worship Guide – Exodus 38
The Joy of Doodling Assignment
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Reading Assignment
Lesson 6
Q: Why is it important for a woman to make sure her family appreciates the story of Moses and the 10 Plagues?
A: Because they need to know that there is only one true God and He has power over all man-made gods.
There are four books in the Old Testament that are mostly about Moses, but the main discussion in this lesson is about the Ten Plagues that God called Moses to bring down upon Egypt.
This part of the story actually begins with God meeting Moses at a burning bush while he was shepherding his father-in-law’s flock. He tells Moses where He wants him to go and what He wants him to do. He was letting Moses know that He had been chosen to become the rescuer of the Israelites. Moses was chosen to speak to Pharaoh about letting the Israelites (who were slaves in Egypt) go away from Egypt to worship God. (See Exodus 3) This is important because the Egyptians worshiped many gods and God – the I AM – wanted to remove them from that negative influence.
Once Moses returns to Egypt from Midian, he makes his first appeal to Pharaoh, but the king refuses to let the people of Israel go. (Exodus 4:18-20; 5:1-2) Each time Pharaoh refuses, God sends a plague. If you take the time to study the gods of the Egyptians, you may notice that each plague opposed one of their gods. For example: The first plague turned the Nile River to blood. One of the Egyptian gods that was challenged here was Osirus, to whom the Nile River was thought to be his bloodstream. Another was the plague of darkness, which judged Ra, the Egyptian sun god. He was the most worshipped god in Egypt.
The Hardening of Pharaoh’s Heart
An important thing to remember about this time period is that the Israelites had been slaves for approximately 400 years. Because of this slavery, two things had happened: 1. The previous Pharaoh (ruler) of Egypt did not remember the story of Joseph (Exodus 1:8) and how he, with God’s instructions, had saved the Egyptians from a famine, and he did not know God or understand His power. 2. The Israelites had not only given up on God rescuing them from slavery, but they had basically assigned Jehovah God to being just one of the gods of Egypt. The Israelites had failed to do their job – that is to bring God’s glory into the world – by not passing His story down to the next generation and forgetting the God of their forefathers. (Exodus 3:13-17) The Egyptians had also failed to pass down the story of Joseph and his God.
Because of these failures, Pharaoh’s heart was hardened. (Exodus 7:13-18) He didn’t know or care anything about God. As Pharaoh, he was considered a god himself, so why should it matter to him that Moses’ God wanted the Israelites to be set free? (Exodus 5:1-2) So, he hardened his heart against God. Later, the Bible tells us that God hardened Pharaoh’s heart (Exodus 9:12; 10:20, 27; 11:10) and we often ask ourselves, “How can God do this?” The reality is that Pharaoh’s heart was already hard, so each time God said, “Let My people go,” Pharaoh’s heart became a little harder. He was rebelling, like some people rebel against the authorities whenever they don’t like the laws. Their hearts are already hardened against all authority figures and being punished or imprisoned by them causes them to become more hardened. As homemakers, we need to remember that the hearts of unsupervised children can end up becoming hard towards us and God. If this happens, they may never return to the Lord. We have to be diligent in teaching and disciplining our children in the Lord.
Two Plagues…
As was said earlier, the first plague was changing all water from the Nile River to blood. (Exodus 7:14-25) The significance of this plague has to do with the importance placed upon water and blood throughout Scripture. For example, the first miracle performed by Jesus was the changing of water to wine at the marriage feast. (John 2:1-11) Wine (or the fruit of the vine) represents blood during communion. These are both important to Christians, because drinking this fruit of the vine reminds us of our cleansing by water and blood (baptism).
The last plague, death of the firstborn, (Exodus 12:29-32) is significant mainly because of the end result. The plague itself was brought upon everyone in Egypt and their livestock. The Israelites were given instructions for saving the life of their firstborn. (Exodus 12:21-23) They were told to kill a lamb, put blood from the lamb on the doorways of their houses, and the Death Angel (or destroyer or the Lord) would pass over their house. (This is where the Passover Feast began that Jesus shared with His apostles and is celebrated by the Jewish people even today.) After this event occurred and the Egyptians lost their firstborn children and livestock, Pharaoh told Moses to take all the Israelites and leave. (Exodus 12:31-32) That is not the end of the story, but the end result is this: All of the firstborn of Israel had been sanctified by the blood of the lamb on the doorways, so then God consecrated the firstborn as His own. (Exodus 13:1-2) Since Jesus came to earth and became the sacrificial lamb, His blood cleanses us and we are sanctified and become the first fruits of God. (James 1:16-18)
Moses, the Snake Crusher?
Looking at Moses and seeing that he was the one who led the Israelites out of slavery and toward the Promised Land, can you see how Satan would mistake him for the snake crusher? Of course, we know that he was not, but he did predict that another prophet like himself was coming (Deuteronomy 18:15) who would be the snake crusher. Moses was a foreshadow or type of Jesus and, because of this, the Israelites were a foreshadow of Christians today. Like the Israelites who listened to God at Passover, we are “passed over” or saved because we are covered in the blood of Jesus!
As a homemaker, you have the most important responsibility of teaching your family about the One True God and the need to remain within the cleansing power of the blood of His Son, Jesus. Please, don’t let the world cause you to feel insignificant because you are a homemaker. You are essential to raising up the next generation of Christians, so that they don’t forget their God!
Biblical Timeline Questions
Lesson 6
1. Why is it important for you as a homemaker to make sure your family appreciates the story of Moses and the 10 Plagues?
2. What was the first plague and which Egyptian god did this plague challenge?
3. What 2 things happened during the 400 years of Israelite slavery that resulted in the hardening of Pharaoh’s heart?
4. What was the last plague and what was its end result?
5. As a homemaker, what is your most important responsibility and why does that make you essential?