Moses Test

Question 0

What is the heart of the law?

Answer 0

Love

• salvation=inside job
• transformation of the heart

Question 1

What becomes the center of Judaism after the exodus?

Answer 1

The law

Question 2

Key word in the Book of Leviticus

Answer 2

Holiness

wHOLeY-original holiness, salvation

Question 3

Leviticus 11:45

Answer 3

“I am the Lord who brought you up out of Egypt to be your God, you shall therefore be holy, for I am holy.”

Question 4

What does St. Paul call Israel’s law law in Galatians 3:24?

Answer 4

“our tutor to bring us to Christ”

• tutor, disciplinarian, guardian
• law gives us focus, like a good teacher

Question 5

Deuteronomy 6:4-5 (the shema)

Answer 5

“Hear, O Israel! The Lord our God is one Lord; and you shall love the Lord God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your might.”

Question 6

Moses does not enter the Promised Land; it is Joshua leads the people in. What does this symbolize?

Answer 6

Symbolized the fact that Moses is only a preparation for Christ

Question 7

Moses time period

Answer 7

1400-1500 BC

Question 8

What does “Moses” literally mean?

Answer 8

“Drawn out of water”

• an Egyptian name
• symbolizes Baptism

Question 9

What tribe does Moses come from?

Answer 9

Levi

-he is a descendant of Abraham

Question 10

Moses’ family

Answer 10

Aaron=brother
Miriam=sister
Birth Mother is a Hebrew; his adoptive mother is Pharaoh’s daughter (Egyptian)

Question 11

Why does Moses flee?

Answer 11

He killed an Egyptian slave owner who was beating a Hebrew

-flees to Midian

Question 12

Who does Moses marry?

Answer 12

Jethro’s daughter, Zipporah

Question 13

Does Moses get the people to the Promised Land?

Answer 13

Yes, but he is not allowed to enter, and then dies. Joshua leads them into the Promised Land.

Question 14

Burning Bush (Exodus 3)

Answer 14

Represents the Tree of Life and the Cross; all symbolize eternal life

Question 15

“I am”

Answer 15

YHWH

• appears 6,823 times in OT
• translates as Lord
• preserves the power and greatness of God
• John 8:58 “before Abraham was, I am”
• John 18:5-6 “I am” : soldiers fell to ground, words were so powerful

Question 16

Symbolism in Passover and the Last Supper

Answer 16

Passover: angel of death, Hebrew lamb’s blood (Christ)
Last Supper: Eucharist-drink blood, eat flesh
John: Crucifixion takes place on Passover
-Jesus is lamb of God
Exodus 12:46 “don’t break any lamb bones” =
John 19:36 didn’t break Jesus’ legs

Question 17

How does salvation become more intimate?

Answer 17

Circumcision=external
Tablets=external
10 Commandments= internal: intimate, free will, actions

Question 18

How do the 10 Commandments connect to the covenant with Abraham?

Answer 18

Land: Promised land=commandments=guidelines to civil, peaceful society= Heaven
Descendants: no covet, no kill, no steal, no adultery
-if the community divides, Abraham won’t get his descendants

Question 19

How do the Father’s of the church interpret the events of Exodus

Answer 19

Christ=New Mose
The church=Israel 
Liberates his people from sin=Egypt
Wilderness=purgatory 
Satan=Pharaoh
Sea=Death (Baptism)
Promised Land=Heaven

Question 19

How are Christ’s sacrifices on the Cross and on the altar at Mass symbolized by the laws of Leviticus?

Answer 19

They are symbolized and foretold by the offerings that made up Israel’s temple liturgy

Question 20

Why was it ok for Jesus to break the Law?

Answer 20

Jesus came not to abolish the law but fulfill. He kept the law of God, but loosely reformed it. If he had not actually kept the law, he would have sinned, and Christ was born without sin.