We stand daily on the precipice of loving the LORD our God or turning away toward the pit of our destruction.
Roger @ talk of Jesus {dot}.com
From Awe to Law
All the people answered together and said,
“All that the LORD has spoken we will do!”
And Moses brought back the words of the people to the LORD.
Exodus 19:8 NASB95
AWESOME! Amazing beyond human comprehension (if you were not there); not only the Red Sea crossing but more so the appearance of the LORD at Sinai. This is were we left the Hebrews following the LORD and Moses in You Will Not Be Led -4- Death in the Wilderness.
But now after receiving the Law their troubles continue.
Exodus 20:
18 All the people witnessed the thunder and lightning, the sound of the ram’s horn, and the mountain surrounded by smoke. When the people saw it they trembled and stood at a distance.
19 “You speak to us, and we will listen,” they said to Moses, “but don’t let God speak to us, or we will die.”
20-21 Moses responded to the people, “Don’t be afraid, for God has come to test you, so that you will fear him and will not sin.” And the people remained standing at a distance as Moses approached the total darkness where God was.
24:3 וַיָּבֹא מֹשֶׁה וַיְסַפֵּר לָעָם אֵת כָּל־דִּבְרֵי יְהוָה וְאֵת כָּל־הַמִּשְׁפָּטִים וַיַּעַן כָּל־הָעָם קוֹל אֶחָד וַיֹּאמְרוּ כָּל־הַדְּבָרִים אֲשֶׁר־דִּבֶּר יְהוָה נַעֲשֶֽׂה׃
Masoretic Text
3 Moses came and told the people all the commands of the Lord and all the ordinances. Then all the people responded with a single voice,
“We will do everything that the Lord has commanded.”
The Covenant Cermony
8 Moses took the blood, splattered it on the people, and said,
“This is the blood of the covenant that the Lord has made with you concerning all these words.”
An Agreement Carved in Stone
12 The Lord said to Moses,
“Come up to me on the mountain and stay there so that I may give you the stone tablets with the law and commandments I have written for their instruction.” .. The glory of the Lord settled on Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it for six days..
18 Moses entered the cloud as he went up the mountain, and he remained on the mountain forty days and forty nights.
The Testing in WAITING for the Promised Land
Moses disappears for more than a month.
Can you wait thirty or forty days or even forty years for God’s answer?
To be continued... .. {for now just think how the Hebrews waited
and turn the page.. it's a test}
