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Coronel,Cristel
Garcia, Andre
Olino, Jomarie
Totanez, M Jane
Villarama, Genaro
By the end of the lesson, the students will be able to:
1. Trace the chosen people’s covenant
relationship with the God of their faith
ancestors.
2. Realize that God’s covenant of Old is
continued for the present Jesus Christ.
3. Assume responsibility for being a part of
the covenanted people.
4. Compare the situations of the people in the
desert with the situations we have today in
our world.
INTRODUCTION :
The people of Israel did not yet see the complete
fulfillment of the promises God made to Abraham,
Isaac and Jacob. It is true, they were already liberated
from the slavery of Egypt. But they were not yet a
community nor did they have their own nation.
To form a people into a community and a nation
would take some time. A good organization and a set of
rules to live by were needed. These the Israelites still
had to obtain. God would continue to help and guide
them in their efforts to become a people and a nation.
1.The Covenant At Mount Sinai
The part of the book Exodus relates another very important stage
guide the whole future of God’s people until it would be renewed and
and the people of Israel which was sealed on Mount Sinai is called the
old covenant. The new covenant is the covenant sealed in the Blood of
them was similar to the covenants made during those days between a powerful
and a less powerful king. God promised special favors to his people; they
became his special possession, a holy nation. In return the people must
promise to keep his commandments. The people prepared were still external.
Later on God revealed that what he wanted most was a clean heart. The
preparations of the people before meeting God showed their great respect and
reverence for him. Thunder and lightning, smoke and clouds were signs of
time. People wondered what had happened to him. They were without
a leader. So they urged Aaron, Come, make us a God who will be our
leader. It was hard for the people not to have an image of their God.
Aaron also make an image for them. A golden calf was made and
EVALUATE :
a. What idolatrous act did the Israelites perform during
the time of Moses?
b. What idolatrous acts do people perform today? Why
should we put en end these acts?