Prepare: The Covenant was sealed with blood.
Read: Exodus 24:1-18
The people remained at a distance because of their fear of the Lord. Moses, Joshua, Nadab, Abihu, Aaron and seventy of the elders went up the mountain to meet God. Then Moses and Joshua went further, and finally Moses went into the glory cloud alone.
You would think verse 11 would read, "So they saw God, and they fell down and prayed." But it says, "They ate and drank." The vision of God's glory should not make us careless or casual. We can eat and drink to His glory (1 Cor.10:31). But beware lest nearness to God leads to careless familiarity, for "our God is a consuming fire" (Heb.12:28-29).
J. Oswald Sanders wisely commented, "We are at this moment as close to God as we really choose to be." God invites us to draw near (James 4:8), but often we are unwilling to do what is necessary to meet Him. The people below had the Book of the covenant and the blood, and they made promises to obey God; but they did not have the vision of the glory of the Lord that Moses had on the mount.
Exodus 24 concludes the section on social legislation begun in Exodus 21. We have found that the Law of Moses is much more than the brief Ten Commandments and that the area of social legislation covers a great deal of ground. God's glory was seen with human eyes like an inflammable material. Joshua, a young man appears on the scene, he was prepared by God to succeed Moses.
Respond: Lord, grant me a vision of Your glory.
Read: Exodus 24:1-18
The people remained at a distance because of their fear of the Lord. Moses, Joshua, Nadab, Abihu, Aaron and seventy of the elders went up the mountain to meet God. Then Moses and Joshua went further, and finally Moses went into the glory cloud alone.
You would think verse 11 would read, "So they saw God, and they fell down and prayed." But it says, "They ate and drank." The vision of God's glory should not make us careless or casual. We can eat and drink to His glory (1 Cor.10:31). But beware lest nearness to God leads to careless familiarity, for "our God is a consuming fire" (Heb.12:28-29).
J. Oswald Sanders wisely commented, "We are at this moment as close to God as we really choose to be." God invites us to draw near (James 4:8), but often we are unwilling to do what is necessary to meet Him. The people below had the Book of the covenant and the blood, and they made promises to obey God; but they did not have the vision of the glory of the Lord that Moses had on the mount.
Exodus 24 concludes the section on social legislation begun in Exodus 21. We have found that the Law of Moses is much more than the brief Ten Commandments and that the area of social legislation covers a great deal of ground. God's glory was seen with human eyes like an inflammable material. Joshua, a young man appears on the scene, he was prepared by God to succeed Moses.
Respond: Lord, grant me a vision of Your glory.
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