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2. Mishpatin “Judgments” The 18 th Torah Portion Reading 6 th reading in the Book of Exodus Exodus 21:1 – 24:18 Jeremiah 34:8 -22; 33:25-26 Luke 7:1 – 8:3 Mishpatim

3. The Shadows of the Messiah Titles of Messiah The Branch of David - Jeremiah 33:15 Thief - Revelation 3:3 Ox - Deuteronomy33:17 Donkey - Zechariah 9:9 The Lord Whom You Seek - Malachi 3:1 Angel of the Covenant - Malachi 3:1 Angel - Exodus 23:20

4. Righteousness and Justice Exodus 21:1 Now these are the judgments which thou shalt set before them. 1 Kings 10:8-9 8 Happy are thy men, happy are these thy servants, which stand continually before thee, and that hear thy wisdom. 9 Blessed be the LORD thy God, which delighted in thee, to set thee on the throne of Israel: because the LORD loved Israel for ever, therefore made he thee king, to do judgment and justice.

5. The Government of King Messiah Isaiah 11:3-4 3 And shall make him of quick understanding in the fear of the LORD: and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither reprove after the hearing of his ears: 4 But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked.

6. Freedom in the Seventh Year Exodus 21:2 If thou buy an Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve: and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing.

7. Slave by Choice Exodus 21:5 And if the servant shall plainly say, I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free:

8. God’s Justice System Exodus 21:24-25 24 Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, 25 Burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.

9. The Ransom Exodus 21:30 If there be laid on him a sum of money, then he shall give for the ransom of his life whatsoever is laid upon him.

10. Thief in the Night Exodus 22:2-3 2 If a thief be found breaking up, and be smitten that he die, there shall no blood be shed for him. 3 If the sun be risen upon him, there shall be blood shed for him; for he should make full restitution; if he have nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft.

11. The Ox and Donkey Exodus 23:12 Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt rest: that thine ox and thine ass may rest, and the son of thy handmaid, and the stranger, may be refreshed.

12. The Angel Exodus 23:20 Behold, I send an Angel before thee, to keep thee in the way, and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared. Malachi 3:1 Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the LORD of hosts.

13. The Angel Mark 1:2-3 2 As it is written in the prophets, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee. 3 The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.

14. Behold, I Send Exodus 23:20 Behold, I send an Angel before thee, to keep thee in the way, and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared. Malachi 4:5 Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD:

15. The Angel of the Covenant Exodus 23:20 Behold, I send an Angel before thee, to keep thee in the way, and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared.

16. Conquest of the Land Exodus 23:23-24 23 For mine Angel shall go before thee, and bring thee in unto the Amorites, and the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites: and I will cut them off. 24 Thou shalt not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor do after their works: but thou shalt utterly overthrow them, and quite break down their images.

17. The Kingdom on Earth Exodus 23:25-26 25 And ye shall serve the LORD your God, and he shall bless thy bread, and thy water; and I will take sickness away from the midst of thee. 26 There shall nothing cast their young, nor be barren, in thy land: the number of thy days I will fulfil.

18. The Blood Transaction Exodus 24:8 And Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it on the people, and said, Behold the blood of the covenant, which the LORD hath made with you concerning all these words.

19. The Covenant Meal Exodus 24:9-11 Ex 9 Then went up Moses, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel: 10 And they saw the God of Israel: and there was under his feet as it were a paved work of a sapphire stone, and as it were the body of heaven in his clearness. 11 And upon the nobles of the children of Israel he laid not his hand: also they saw God, and did eat and drink.

20. Wedding Supper of the Lamb We may compare the covenant ceremonies at Mount Sinai to a wedding ceremony. Like a bridegroom marrying a bride, the Almighty brought Israel into covenant relationship with Him. The Torah corresponded to the wedding document, and the meal on Mount Sinai corresponded to the wedding banquet.

21. New Covenant Meal Exodus 24:8 Behold the blood of the covenant, which the LORD hath made with you concerning all these words. Luke 22:20 Likewise also the cup after supper, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood, which is shed for you. Matthew 26:28 For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.

22. The Signature The Bread and Wine Genesis 14:18 And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most high God. Gen 40:1 Ruth 2:14 Seder Meal