A lecture I gave in preparation for Foundation Day. It mainly focuses on Moses and Joshua's courses looking at the parallels and challenges between that time and this time. Also looking at some issues in the period of the monarchy and Temple. There is an accompanying video http://www.ustream.tv/channel/ffwpu-seminars?utm_source=live+Ustream+link+for+foundation+day+workshop+-+pastor%27s+update&utm_campaign=19th+january+2013&utm_medium=socialshare#/recorded/28627787

1. Foundation Day
From Egypt to Canaan
Lancaster Gate
19th January 2013

2. The course to restore the substantial
Canaan under the leadership of Christ at
the second advent
While Moses could enter Canaan only in spirit,
Joshua walked the national course as a substantial
course and actually conquered the promised land.
Likewise, while Jesus has been restoring Canaan as
a worldwide spiritual realm, Christ at the Second
Advent is to complete this third worldwide course as
a substantial course and build the actual Kingdom of
Heaven on earth. Christ at the Second Advent must
realize, on earth, God‟s ideal which was left
unfulfilled at the First Coming.

3. The pattern for the natural subjugation
of Satan
Moses Jesus
Jacob True Parents
Joshua
Family National World

4. What were the Hebrews
doing in Egypt?
• Abraham‟s faith in God‟s promise
“Look toward heaven, andnumber the stars, if you are able
to number them.” Then he said to him, “So shall your
offspring be.” And he believed the Lord, and he counted
it to him as righteousness.
Genesis15:5-6
• Abraham doubts God‟s promise
“I am the Lord whobrought you out from Ur of the
Chaldeans to give you this land to possess.” But he said,
“O Lord God, how am I to know that I shall possess it?”
Genesis 15:7-8

5. Restoring the foundation of
faith
God
Heifer Completion
Offering Ram & goat Growth
Dove & pigeon Formation
What did the offerings represent?
Abraham Previous symbolic offerings
Generations: Adam, Noah, Abraham
Central person

6. Why the heavy ‘punishment’?
Satan claimed 400 year period Noah Abraham
Satan
God
Condition
Curse Blessing
Condition decides ownership
Greater indemnity Lesser indemnity

7. National foundation to receive
the messiah
And the Word
Foundation for the Messiah became flesh
Divine grace + Human will → God‟s will
Foundation Remove sinful nature
of substance Unity between Moses and Hebrews
Moses
Foundation Offering - Word of God
of faith
40 years

8. What does this mean in
practice for the individual?
• Foundation of faith
• Living a life of prayer, study, tithing and a
clear conscience
• Foundation of substance
• Saying sorry to anyone you have hurt or
offended
• Forgiving anyone who has hurt or offended
you

9. What does this mean in
practice for the society?
• Foundation of faith
– A spiritual community so that when the
messiah comes they can understand him
• Foundation of substance
– A spiritual community in which there is
freedom of belief
– Cain does not kill Abel
– Rule of law

10. What was life like in Egypt?
• Jacob took family into
Egypt
• Prospered and
multiplied
• Now there arose a
new king over Egypt
who did not know
Joseph.
Exodus 1:8
• Building projects Goshen where Hebrews thought to have lived
– Ramses, Pithom
• Slavery

11. What is a slave society like?
• Someone‟s property
– Bought and sold
• No freedom
– Movement
– Religion
– Work
• No family life

12. First national course
to restore Canaan

13. What should have happened
next?
God
1. Loved Moses
2. Respected Moses as mediator
3. Listened to Moses
4. Multiplied goodness
Canaan 21 days
What did happen?
1st national foundation
to receive the messiah Hebrews Moses
failed
“Who made you a prince and judge over us? Do you mean to kill me
as you killed the Egyptian?” Then Moses was afraid, and thought,
“Surely the thing is known.” Ex. 2:14

14. Why 21 days?
• Egypt to Canaan
• Time from ark landing till Noah left
• Time to reach maturity – 21 years
• Dwells in direct dominion of God
• Hebrews to move from slavery to freedom
in 21 days
• From obedience to responsibility
• Is it possible?
• What needs to change?

15. Where is all this happening?
21 days route
Ramsees •
Moses fled

16. Second national course
to restore Canaan

17. What conditions should be
established in the second course?
Foundation of faith
Central person: Moses God
Object: Word - tablets
Time period: 40 years
Foundation of substance
Hebrews should
Love,
Respect,
Hebrews Moses
Listen to and
Multiply goodness

18. Exodus

19. Second course of
restoration into Canaan
The first foundation for the
tabernacle

20. God woos the Hebrews
“You yourselves have seen what I did to the
Egyptians, and howI bore you on
eagleswings and brought you to myself.
Now therefore, if you will indeed hearken
to my voice and keep my covenant, you
shall be my treasured possession among
all peoples, for all the earth is mine; and
you shall be to me a kingdom of priests
and a holy nation.”
Exodus 19:4-6

21. How did the people respond?
So Moses came and called the elders of the
people and set before them all these words that
the Lord had commanded him. All the people
answered together and said, “All that the Lord
has spoken we will do.” And Moses reported the
words of the people to the Lord. And the Lord
said to Moses, “Behold, I am coming to you in a
thick cloud, that the people may hear when I
speak with you, and may also believe you for
ever.”
Exodus 19:7-9

22. Words, words, words . . .
• 7 pictogram writing
systems
– Elite hierarchical societies
• First alphabet was Semitic
– Equal society – literacy
– Western & Indian alphabets
descended from it
• Kingdom of priests
Proto-Sinaitic script 1950 BC
• Study word of God
– Equality before God & law
– Equality of access to law

23. How did the people prepare to
receive God?
• 3 days of purification
• Consecration - prayer
• Wash and clean
clothes
• Apologised to and
forgave family,
friends, neighbours
and enemies
God descends on Mount Sinai
Exodus 19

24. How was the covenant made?
Moses rose early in the morning and built an altar at
the foot of the mountain, and twelve pillars, for the
twelve tribes of Israel. And he sent young men to
sacrifice oxen to the Lord. And Moses took half of
the blood and put it in basins, and half of the blood
he threw against the altar. Then he took the Book of
the Covenant and read it in the hearing of the
people. And they said, “All that the Lord has spoken
we will do, and we will attend him.” And Moses took
the blood and threw it on the people and said,
“Behold the blood of the covenant that the Lord has
made with you in accordance with all these words.”
Exodus 24:4-8

25. Becoming the people of God
Foundation day of the Jewish people 3500 years ago
Fifty days after Exodus
Pentecost – Foundation of the Christian church

26. Celebrating the covenant
Moses and Aaron, and the
seventy elders of Israel
went up and saw the God
of Israel. Under his feet
was something like a
pavement made of
sapphire, clear as the sky
itself. But God did not
raise his hand against
these leaders of the
Israelites; they saw God,
and they ate and drank.
The elders before the throne of God
Exodus 24:9-11

27. What was change of lineage?
• Change of identity to the people of God
• Change from Satan‟s way of life to God‟s
way of life

28. What is Satan’s way of life?
• False sense of identity
• Things are purpose of life
• Bad language
• Workaholic or fun loving
• Disrespecting parents

29. What is Satan’s way of life?
• Violence and murder
• Promiscuity
• Stealing
• Lying
• Envy

30. The Ten Words challenge
Satan’s tradition and
establish the minimum for
living a righteous life

31. The Ten Words
1. I am the Lord your God. You shall have
no other gods before me
2. You shall not make a graven image
3. You shall not take the Lord‟s name in
vain
4. Remember the Sabbath
5. You shall honour your father and your
mother

32. The Ten Words
• You shall not murder
• You shall not commit adultery
• You shall not steal
• You shall not bear false witness
• You shall not covet

33. Development of the moral life
“You shall not wrong a stranger or oppress
him, for you were strangers in the land of
Egypt.” (Exodus 22:20)
Earliest appearance of empathy in ancient world
Empathy and compassion the basis of morality

34. What is the Biblical attitude to
the law?
I rejoice in following your statutes
as one rejoices in great riches.
I shall walk at liberty,
for I have sought out your precepts.
How sweet are your words to my taste,
sweeter than honey to my mouth!
Your statutes are wonderful;
therefore I keep them.
Streams of tears flow from my eyes,
for your law is not followed.
Psalm 119

35. Law as mitzvah (act of human
kindness)
• Tikkunolam
– “Repairing the world” or “perfecting the world.”
• Performing ritual mitzvothastens the
messianic age
• Strengthens good spiritual forces
• Makes people better which influences
society and thus the world

36. What was the holiness code?
• “Consecrate yourselves and be holy,
because I am the Lord your God. Keep my
decrees and follow them. I am the Lord,
who makes you holy.”
• “Speak to the entire assembly of Israel
and say to them: 'Be holy because I, the
Lord your God, am holy.‟”
– Many laws on sexual relations, sexual purity
– Justice, animal welfare, etc.
– Good diet and healthy lifestyle

37. Foundation of faith and
substance
Foundation of faith
Central person: Moses God
Object: Word - tabernacle
Time period: 40 days
Foundation of substance
Hebrews should
Love,
Respect, Hebrews Moses
Listen to and
Multiply goodness
Cain Abel

38. Foundation of faith
• Central person:
Moses
• Offering: Word -
tablets
• Time period: 40 days
scouting by 12 spies
representing 12 tribes
Moses sends out 12 spies

39. Foundation of substance
“We came to the land. It
flows with milk and
honey, and this is its
fruit. Yet the people who
dwell in the land are
strong, and the cities are
fortified.”
Caleb said, “Let us go up
at once and occupy; for
we are well able to
overcome it.”
Numbers 13:27-30

40. Satan invades
• “We are not able to go
up against the people;
for they are stronger God
than we.” So they
brought to the people of
Israel an evil report.”
• People lamented 12 spies Moses
• “Let us choose a
captain and return to
Egypt.”
• Only 2 spies, Joshua
and Caleb, argue
against them

41. Moses pleads with God
God: “How long will this people despise me? I will
strike them and disinherit them, and I will make
of you a nation greater and mightier than they.”
Moses replied:“The Egyptians will hear of it.”
Moses reminded God of what he had said,
“The Lord is slow to anger, and abounding in
steadfast love, forgiving iniquity . . . Pardon the
iniquity of this people.”
Numbers 14:11-13, 18-19

42. 40 days becomes 40 years
“According to the number of days in which you
spied out the land, forty days, for every day a
year, you shall bear your iniquity, forty years,
and you shall know my displeasure.” Numbers
14:34
• All those over 20 years old to die in the
wilderness
• Some decide to enter Canaan immediately
– Defeated

43. Korah’s rebellion
• Korah and 250 chiefs of the congregation
They assembled themselves together
against Moses and against Aaron and said
to them, “You have gone too far! For all in
the congregation are holy, every one of
them, and the LORD is among them. Why
then do you exalt yourselves above the
assembly of the LORD?”
Numbers 16: 2-3

44. Third foundation
for the tabernacle
Three failures to lay
foundation for the
tabernacle
Satan invades the second national
course to restore Canaan

45. Third national course to
restore Canaan

46. Foundation of faith and
substance
Foundation of faith
Central person: Moses
God
Object: Word - tablets
Time period: 40 years
Foundation of substance
Hebrews should
Love,
Respect, Hebrews Moses
Listen to and
Multiply goodness

47. Wandering in the wilderness
CANAAN
Mediterranean Sea
Jericho
Rameses
40 years
Kadesh-barnea
EGYPT SINAI
PENINSULA
MIDIAN
Mt. Sinai

48. Starting out from Kadesh
Miriam died there and was
buried there. Now there was
no water for the
congregation; and they
assembled themselves
against Moses and Aaron.
The Lord said to Moses,
“Take the rod and tell the
rock before their eyes to
yield its water.” Moses strikes the rock
Numbers 20:1,2,8

49. Moses makes a mistake
“Hear now, you rebels; shall we bring forth
water for you out of this rock?” And Moses
lifted up his hand and struck the rock with
his rod twice; and water came forth.
And the Lord said, “Because you did not
believe in me to sanctify me in the eyes of
the people, you shall not bring this
assembly into the land I have given them.”
Numbers 20:10-12

50. Why was this a problem?
Moses
First strike Second
strike
Rock Rock with Rock with
without water water
water
Fallen Adam Restored Adam Restored Adam
=
=
Messiah Messiah

51. Joshua inherits Moses position
as Abel
So the Lord said to Moses, “Take Joshua
son of Nun, a man in whom is the spirit,
and lay your hand on him. Have him stand
before Eleazar the priest and the entire
assembly and commission him in their
presence. Give him some of your authority
so the whole Israelite community will listen
to him.”
Numbers 27:18-20

52. Spying out Jericho
• Two spies go to Jericho
• Rahab the prostitute
hides them
• They report back:
“Truly the Lord has
given all the land into
our hands; and
moreover the
inhabitants of the land
are fainthearted
because of us.”
Joshua 2:24 Rahab and the spies

53. Setting out for Canaan
• 3 days before Jordan
• Ark crossed the river
• Took 12 stones
• Built altar
• Circumcised people
• Celebrated Passover
• Met commander of
the army of the Lord
Crossing the River Jordan
with the Ark of the Covenant

54. Capture of Jericho
• 40,000 soldiers
• 7 priests blowing
trumpets
• 6 times circled city
• 7th day shouted
• Walls came down
• Defeated 31 kings Circling Jericho with trumpets and Ark

55. The national level foundation
to receive the Messiah
was established

56. Settled in Canaan
• Loose confederation
• Charismatic
leadership – Judges
• God was their King
• Gideon told them, "I will
not rule over you, nor will
my son rule over you.
The Lord will rule over
you.”Judges 8:23
• Ruled by law
• Justice chief value

57. “The government of the Israelites was a federation,
held together by no political authority, but by the
unity of race and faith, and founded, not on physical
force, but on a voluntary covenant. The principle of
self-government was carried out not only in each
tribe, but in every group of at least 120 families; and
there was neither privilege of rank, nor inequality
before the law. Monarchy was so alien to the
primitive spirit of the community that it was resisted
by Samuel.”
The History of Freedom and Other Essays
by John Acton

58. The people demand a king
• People said to Samuel:“We want a king over
us. Then we will be like all the other
nations, with a king to lead us and to go
out before us and fight our battles.”
• God replied to Samuel: “Listen to all that the
people are saying to you; it is not you they
have rejected, but they have rejected me
as their king.” Samuel 9

59. What will the king do?
• God warned the people that a king would:
– Conscript their sons as soldiers
– Turn their daughters into servants
– Take best fields and vineyards
– Take one tenth of harvest
– Take one tenth of flocks
– “You shall be his slaves”

60. How did David inherit the throne?
Own sons corrupt
Samuel
Saul
Tried to
kill
Filial Providence for the start
Filial
piety
piety
Won love and respect
Jonathan David Goliath
Offered his position
Cain Abel Satan
Jonathan made a covenant with David, because he loved him as his own soul.
And Jonathan gave his robe and armour and sword and bow to David.I Samuel 18:3-4

61. Reign of Solomon
Song of Solomon
Proverbs of Solomon
Built Temple
Temple completion
of Exodus

62. How did Solomon build the temple?
King Solomon conscripted labourers from all
Israel—30,000 men. He sent them off to
Lebanon in shifts of 10,000 a month, so that
they spent one month in Lebanon and two
months at home. Adoniram was in charge of
the forced labour. Solomon had 70,000 carriers
and 80,000 stonecutters in the hills, as well as
3,300 foremen who supervised the project and
directed the work.
I Kings 5:27-30

63. How was the tabernacle
built?
God spoke to Moses saying: “Speak to the
Israelites and have them bring Me an
offering. Take My offering from everyone
whose heart impels him to give . . . They
shall make a Sanctuary for Me and I will
dwell in them.”
Exodus 25:2,8

64. Solomon’s family problems
Now King Solomon loved many foreign
women, along with the daughter of
Pharaoh: Moabite, Ammonite, Edomite,
Sidonian, and Hittite women, from the
nations concerning which the LORD had
said to the people of Israel, “You shall not
enter into marriage with them, neither shall
they with you, for surely they will turn away
your heart after their gods.” Solomon clung
to these in love.

65. What came next?
He had 700 wives, princesses, and 300
concubines. And his wives turned away
his heart. For when Solomon was old his
wives turned away his heart after other
gods, and his heart was not wholly true to
the LORD his God, as was the heart of
David his father. So Solomon did what
was evil in the sight of the LORD and did
not wholly follow the LORD, as David his
father had done.

66. God’s judgement
And the LORD was angry with Solomon, because
his heart had turned away from the LORD, the
God of Israel, who had appeared to him
twice and had commanded him concerning this
thing, that he should not go after other gods. But
he did not keep what the LORD
commanded. Therefore the LORD said to
Solomon, “Since this has been your practice and
you have not kept my covenant and my statutes
that I have commanded you, I will surely tear the
kingdom from you and will give it to your servant.
I Kings 11:9-11

67. Why did the kingdom split?
• Jeroboam chosen by God to rule 10 tribes
– Ahijah the prophet (I Kings 11:27-40)
– „If you walk in my ways . . . I will be with you.‟
• Rehaboam inherits kingship from Solomon
• Jeroboam and tribal leaders
– “Your father made our yoke heavy. Lighten the yoke
upon us and we will serve you faithfully.”
• Rehaboam replied:
– “I will add to your yoke; my father chastised you with
whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.”
Division

68. How was the kingdom divided?

69. What can we learn from this?
• Solomon had reversed the Exodus by
reducing the Israelites to servitude
• Solomon had become a new Pharaoh
• Solomon was sexually immoral
• Solomon became an idol-worshipper

70. What can we learn from this?
• Indemnity means restoring the original
position
• We will find ourselves in a similar situation
to historical people. We have to overcome
the temptation to make the same mistakes
• This is not inevitable
• This is not easy
• Restoration is not repeating the mistakes
of the past but trying to do things right