God told Moses to come up to Him and to bring Aaron, Nadab and Abihu (sons of Aaron), and seventy of the elders of Israel and worship from afar. Then God said that only Moses should come near Him, but the others shouldn’t come near. Neither should the people go up with him. Moses went and told the people all the words and judgments of the Lord. All that the Lord told Moses, the people agreed to do with one accord. Moses wrote all the words of the Lord. He rose early in the morning and built an altar at the foot of the mountain and twelve pillars representing the twelve tribes of Israel. He had young Israelite men to offer burnt offerings and sacrifice peace offerings of oxen to the Lord. Moses took half the blood and put it in basins and the other half, he sprinkled on the altar. Then he took the Book of the Covenant and read it for the people to hear. Again, all the people being on one accord agreed to do all that the Lord said in obedience. Moses took the blood and sprinkled it on the people saying, “This is the blood of the covenant which the Lord has made with you according to all these words.”

Then Moses went up along with Aaron, Nadab, Abihu and the seventy elders of Israel. They saw the God of Israel. Under His feet as it were a paved work of sapphire stone, and it was like the very heavens in its clarity. Google sources suggest that they got a glimpse of God’s glory. Notice the only description was related to His feet. God did not harm the nobles of the land. So, they saw God and they ate and drank. This must have been an awesome sight! When is the last time you ate and drank in the presence of the Lord? Physically or Spiritually? Then the Lord told Moses to go up to Him on the mountain and He would give him tablets of stone with the law and commandments that He wrote so that Moses could teach the people. So Moses and his assistant, Joshua arose and went up the mountain of God. He told the elders to wait for them and they would come back to them. He said that Aaron and Hur would help them if any man has a difficulty. So, they should go to them. Moses went up into the mountain and a cloud covered it. The glory of the Lord rested on Mount Sinai with the cloud covering it for six days. On the seventh day, The Lord called out to Moses out of the midst of the cloud. The glory of the Lord looked like a consuming fire on the mountain to the Israelites. Moses was in the midst of the cloud and went up the mountain. He was there on the mountain for forty days and forty nights.

Have you been in the “Mountain Time Zone” with God lately?

We’re off to Exodus 25 next week.

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