Bible Passage: Exodus 19:1–20:21; 31:18; 32:135; 34:19
Big Picture Question: Why did God give His people the Ten Commandments? God is holy and wants His people to be holy.
Key Passage: Exodus 20:117
Unit Christ Connection: God instructed His covenant people how to live holy lives in an unholy world. This sustained their relationship with God until the perfect plan was revealed through Jesus Christ.
God rescued His people from the Egyptians! He then led them into the desert toward Mount Sinai. The Israelites camped at the base of the mountain while Moses went up the mountain to talk to God. God gave Moses the laws the Israelites were to obey. God renewed the covenant He made with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob with the whole nation of Israel. They were His people, and He was their God. (Ex. 19:56)
God wanted perfect obedience in response to His rescuing the Israelites from slavery in Egypt. His laws covered every part of their lives, and the laws were summed up in the Ten Commandments. God did not give laws just for the sake of having laws. His laws had a purpose; they revealed to the people what life will be like when Christ establishes His kingdom. They showed how righteous people live and interact with God and with others.
Moses was a good mediator, but he wasn’t perfect. The Israelites needed someone who could keep the laws perfectly for them, mediate between them and God, and satisfy God’s wrathagainst them. They needed Jesus.
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