1. 1.1 The Self-Revelation of God

2. Think Pair Share
1) What is “revelation”? 2) What does God’s “self-revelation” mean? 3) In what ways has God revealed himself to you?

3. Revelation – source of knowledge in Religion
Revelation – source of knowledge in Religion. Prophets and sacred writings usually reveal the key teachings of a particular faith.
God’s self-revelation – as humans we have the ability to know and love God. God’ self-revelation is an expression of the divine will. It also is an encounter which God grants human beings in word and sacrament.

4. There are more stars in the universe than there are grains of sand on the Earth.

5. Hubble Deep Field Telescope
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14. God loves us with a passion
This is the basis of Catholic moral living.
The bible reveals God’s love for us.
God’s love is revealed through God’s covenant with Moses and in the new covenant with Jesus.
Christian ethics are based on this understanding.

15. How does God reveal Himself to us?
God speaks to us in the midst of everyday life.
- Sometimes indirectly through experiences.
God encounters us through Sacred Scripture (the bible).
- We need to resist our culture’s tendency to be skeptical and take the time to really listen.
- We call the bible the Word of God because through it God enters our hearing and experience.

16. Moses (Exodus 1:1-2:10)
Leader, founding father, prophet and lawgiver of the Israelite people.
Saved by his mother and later “drawn from the reeds” by the Pharaoh’s daughter.
Raised in the house of the Pharaoh in abundance and luxury.

17. Moses (Exodus 2:11-24)
Moses is aware that he is an Israelite and one day saves a fellow Israelite from death by killing his Egyptian overseer.
He flees to Midian and marries the priest Jethro’s daughter Zipporah

18. The Call of Moses (Exodus 3)
God reveals himself to Moses in the form of a burning bush, while herding his father-in-law’s sheep.
“Moses, Moses!” – God
“Here I am.” – Moses
“Come no closer. Remove the sandals from your feet, for the place on which you are standing is holy ground. I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob!” - God

19. The Name of God (Exodus 3:14)
“I am, who am”
Written as YHWH and is never spoken.
It is replaced when read, by the word Adonai, which is “Lord”.
An acknowledgement of God’s existence.

20. Moses’ Mission
God calls Moses to be a prophet and mediate been God and the people (mouth of God)
Moses tries to convince God he is the wrong person.
He is to lead them to the mountain of the Lord, in the power of the holy name of YHWH.
At first Moses and Aaron cannot convince the Pharaoh to let the people go, forcing God to use the 10 plagues.

21. Finally The Pharaoh gives in after the tenth plague
Finally The Pharaoh gives in after the tenth plague. The Israelites have eaten the Passover meal and leave the land of their oppression.
The Egyptians try once more to force them back to Egypt, but the Israelites make a miraculous escape by parting the Red Sea.
They finally arrive at the mountain.

22. Israel at Mount Sinai (Exodus 19)
God tells Moses to tell the Israelite that God has delivered them from slavery and brought them to Him. If they obey God’s voice and keep His covenant, they will be a treasured people amongst all people.
God reveals himself to the people as a dense cloud, so that the people could hear God speaking to Moses.

23. The Ten Commandments
The Ten Commandments were given to Moses at Mount Sinai.
They were first written in stone by the finger of God and then by Moses.
The first three commandments contain words how to love and honour God.
The last seven concern the human community

24. The Greatest Commandments (Matthew 22:36-40)
“You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.”
“You shall love your neighbour as yourself.”
The first deals with God and the second deal with community and self. They summarize all the commandments in the Torah.

25. Ancient Covenants
Covenants were treaties between a sovereign nation (powerful) and a vassal nation (weaker).
The covenant at Sinai is similar to ancient covenants, but is also far greater than any ancient covenant.
God’ s covenant is a bond of love, calling us to respond freely.
God’s commitment is founded in love and lasts forever.

26. Exit Card
What does God’s self-revelation mean?