1. Framework Scheme – Gen 1-11
God, Man, Nature
CREATION FALL FLOOD COVENANT
Evil, Sin
Judgment
Salvation
Social &
Environmental
Preservation

2. Framework Scheme – Gen 12 to Ex 20
Election, Justification
Ethics, Justice
CALL of ABRAHAM EXODUS MT. SINAI
Judgment
Salvation
Clash of God’s counter-culture with the paganized Noahic culture

4. Chiastic Structure ( C )
5:6-10 God alone is worthy of worship and service
5:11 Accuracy in language about God
5: Management of labor and property 5:16 Society depends upon functional marriage & family
5:17 Life is to be respected & preserved
5:18 Marriage is to be protected
5:19 Property is to be protected
5:20 Accuracy in language of judicial proceedings
5: Self is not worthy of worship and service

5. God’s Design of Society
LIFE (protected)
LIFE (jeopardized)
MARRIAGE & FAMILY (strong & functioning)
MARRIAGE & FAMILY (weak & disfunctional)
LABOR & PROPERTY (respected & productive)
LABOR & PROPERTY (demeaned & wasted)
INTEGRITY of COMMUNICATION (consistently states truth )
INTEGRITY of COMMUNICATION (deceitfully professes truth for agendas)
HEART ALLEGIANCE (to God)
HEART ALLEGIANCE (to self)

7. Chiastic Structure ( C )
5:6-10 God alone is worthy of worship and service
5:11 Accuracy in language about God
5: Management of labor and property 5:16 Society depends upon functional marriage & family
5:17 Life is to be respected & preserved
5:18 Marriage is to be protected
5:19 Property is to be protected
5:20 Accuracy in language of judicial proceedings
5: Self is not worthy of worship and service

8. God’s Design of Society
LIFE (protected)
LIFE (jeopardized)
MARRIAGE & FAMILY (strong & functioning)
MARRIAGE & FAMILY (weak & disfunctional)
LABOR & PROPERTY (respected & productive)
LABOR & PROPERTY (demeaned & wasted)
INTEGRITY of COMMUNICATION (consistently states truth )
INTEGRITY of COMMUNICATION (deceitfully professes truth for agendas)
HEART ALLEGIANCE (to God)
HEART ALLEGIANCE (to self)

9. What We Can Learn from the Old Testament Theocracy about God’s Justice & What Displeases Him (Sin)
Commandment 6:
Life
Rejecting the value of people made in God’s image, especially children of the next generation
Commandments 5, 7:
Marriage & Family
Rejecting my role as father or mother, rebelling against the position of parents, and disrupting other families by adultery to fit my idolatry and envy
Commandments 4, 8:
Labor, Property & Wealth
Laziness & stealing property and time directly or indirectly by having others steal for me to fit my idolatry & envy
Commandments 3, 9:
Language & Truth
Misrepresenting God, man, nature, value to fit my idolatry & envy
Commandments 1, 2, 10:
Heart Attitude
Idolatry = re-invented version of reality to suppress God-consciousness
Envy = dissatisfaction with God’s provisions and unthankfulness