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1 Is OT & NT Worship Essentially Identical in its underlying theology? ©2014 Barry Liesch Biola University La Mirada, California 2 Worship in the OT Don’t evangelicals tend to “blow off” worship in the OT? David Peterson. Engaging with God: A Biblical Theology of Worship Devotes 56 pages to OT Nearly 200 pages to NT Does the OT have more (or less) to say about worship, devote more (or less) space to worship, than the NT? 3 Worship in the OT: Contextually Different Worship 4000 years old! A specific tribe/nation with… a different language a different culture a different economy (agrarian), government in a different era in a fixed, circumscribed, location Why spend so much time with it? What could it possibly have for us? 4 Worship in the OT When we read the OT for its own message, and not merely as a foil against the NT, we discover that the underlying theology is identical. Daniel Block A reason to study it! Let’s investigate that. But you ask, Isn’t OT worship primarily about sacrifices and external worship? 5 The Requirement Shema Deut 6:4 Hear, O Israel: The Lord your God is one. You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your might. How does the verse proceed/develop? Monotheistic? From the inside out? Heart = inner being Soul = whole person Might = resources Three widening, concentric circles? 6 The Requirement Lawyer asked what is the greatest commandment? Jesus replied, You shall love the Lord with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. On these two commandments depend all the law and the prophets. Matt 22:37-40 How do verses develop? Similarities with Shema? 7 The Requirement And now Israel, what does the Lord your God require of you, but to fear the Lord God, to walk in all his ways, to love him, to serve the Lord our God with all your heart and with all your soul, and to keep the commandments and statutes of the Lord which I am commanding you today, for your good. Deut 10:12, 13 Where are the verbs? How many? 8 The Requirement And now Israel, what does the Lord your God require of you, but to fear the Lord God, to walk in all his ways, to love him, to serve the Lord our God with all your heart and with all your soul, and to keep the commandments and statutes of the Lord which I am commanding you today, for your good. Deut 10:12, 13 Where are the verbs? How many? 5 of them? These verbs occur repeatedly in OT! Fear, Love (dispositions of the heart) Walk, Serve, Keep (active expressions, doing) 9 The Requirement You shall fear the Lord your God. You shall serve him and hold fast to him, and by his name you shall swear. Deut 10:20 You shall therefore demonstrate love for the Lord and keep his charge, his statutes, and his commandments always. Deut 11:1 Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart and be no longer stubborn. For the Lord your God is God of Gods and Lord of Lords, the great, the mighty and awesome God. Deut 10: 16, 17 10 Basis of Requirement Behold, to the Lord your God belong heaven and the heaven of heavens, the earth and all that is within it. Deut 10:14 He is your praise. He is your God who has done for you these great and terrible things that your eyes have seen. Deut 10:21 11 Not Impressed by Mere Externals What does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to walk humbly before your God. Micah 6:6-8 What might Evangelicals expect instead? To steadfastly perform the OT rituals? To scrupulously present offerings, sacrifices? In OT theology, true piety is not demonstrated primarily by impressive ritual, but by doing justice, by walking humbly before God. 12 Not Impressed by Mere Externals Samuel: Has YHWH as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as obeying the voice of YHWH? Look, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to listen [is preferable to] the fat of rams. I Sam 15:22 Can you think of applications for us today? 13 God Not Impressed by Mere Externals Amos 5:21-24 I hate, I despise your feasts And I take no delight in your solemn assemblies. Even though you offer me your burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them; And the peace offerings of your fattened animals I will not look upon them. Take away from me the noise of your songs; to the melody of your harps I will not listen. But let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like an ever flowing stream. 14 Jesus Not Impressed by Mere Externals Woe to you scribes and Pharisees Matt 23 …they do all their deeds to be seen…they love the place of honor… to be greeted with respect… …you clean the outside of the cup and plate, but inside they are full of greed and selfindulgence…on the outside [you] look righteous but inside you are full of hypocrisy… …you tithe mint, dill, and cumin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law: justice, mercy and faith. You blind guides! You strain out a gnat but swallow a camel! 15 What picture do you get of OT worship? What is primary? What is secondary? Does this change your picture of OT worship? 16 17