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8 Hope of Israel Ministries BIBLE Correspondence Course Lesson 7

FAITH, our belief, in YEHOVAH’s promise of But YEHOVAH blessed Abraham even
a FUTURE eternal “rest” -- glorious SPIRIT more by offering his descendants the SAME
LIFE in the Kingdom of YEHOVAH God -- just BLESSING, if they would also conduct
as we illustrate in the act of baptism our faith in themselves obediently.
the PAST death, burial, and resurrection of our 2. Later Abraham’s descendants, the
Lord and Saviour Yeshua the Messiah! Israelites, because of famine in their own land,
By resting on the Sabbath, we are, in a went down into Egypt -- a land which
sense, “ACTING OUT” the KINGDOM OF YEHOVAH considers as a TYPE of SIN
YEHOVAH GOD -- our future as the spirit-born (Hebrews 11:24-26). Israel gradually became
sons of YEHOVAH’s glorious Family! enslaved in Egypt.
But because of Abra-
ham’s obedience and YE-
HOVAH’s promise to him
and his descendants, did
YEHOVAH raise up a
deliverer to bring the
Israelites out of Egypt -- out
of “sin”? Exodus 3:10-12.
3. After delivering them
out of Egypt, did YE-
HOVAH God give the
Israelites a SPECIAL
“SIGN”? Exodus 31:13.
WHAT was this “sign”?
Was it a space of TIME --
YEHOVAH’S SAB-
BATH? Same verse. Who
was this SIGN between?
Same verse. HOW were
Times Square, New York City, epitomizes man’s daily cares, work and
they to be able to have this
pleasures. We desperately need YEHOVAH’s Sabbath each week to
sign -- by RESTING?
get our minds off this world’s glitter and on YEHOVAH God!
Verse 15. How were the
Israelites to benefit by
The Sabbath Is YEHOVAH’s “Sign”
RESTING on YEHOVAH’s Sabbaths -- would
they be KEPT IN REMEMBRANCE, AS
YEHOVAH God reveals that Sabbath
keeping is a special “sign” of LONG AS THEY KEPT THEM, that
IDENTIFICATION between Him and His YEHOVAH God is the TRUE LORD? Verse
people. Let’s learn how it is a “sign.” 13.
1. What great blessing did YEHOVAH COMMENT: In order that Israel -- the
God promise to give Abraham? Romans 4:13. descendants of Abraham, Abraham’s “SEED” --
COMMENT: We know that at the would never forget that YEHOVAH God is
resurrection YEHOVAH will give Abraham this Creator, Sustainer, and Supreme Ruler over all
entire earth as an eternal inheritance, because of His creation, YEHOVAH revealed the one great
his outstandingly WILLING ATTITUDE and “SIGN” BY WHICH THEY COULD AL-
great OBEDIENCE to YEHOVAH God. WAYS REMEMBER WHO HE IS!
That SIGN is a constantly recurring

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