Sunday, November 17, 2019

Exodus 24:1 says,  And he said unto Moses, Come up unto the LORD, thou, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel; and worship ye afar off.  God told Moses to bring Aaron, Nadad, Abihu, and the seventy elders of Israel up to the LORD, and worship afar off.  We know who Aaron was, and the other two named were his sons, but the seventy elders we really don't know much about.  When we worship God today, we should do so reverently and we must realize that there are people all over the  world that we know little about who are worshipping Him as well.  Verse two states, And Moses alone shall come near the LORD: but they shall not come nigh; neither shall the people go up with him.  Moses alone was to come near God, with Aaron and the rest of the group a little farther back and the rest of the people of Israel even farther back.  Ultimately, we must all come to God alone to receive His gift of salvation.  Verse three declares, And Moses came and told the people all the words of the LORD, and all the judgments: and all the people answered with one voice, and said, All the words which the LORD hath said will we do.  Moses came to the people and told them all the words and judgments of God, and the people declared that they would follow God's laws.  This was a covenant between the people and God.  When we accept Christ as our Savior and Lord today, we enter into a covenant relationship with Him.  Just like the people of Israel, we must accept God's word as our guiding principle in life.  Verse four states, And Moses wrote all the words of the LORD, and rose up early in the morning, and builded an altar under the hill, and twelve pillars, according to the twelve tribes of Israel.  Moses wrote all the words of God down.  This was quite a responsibility, but Moses completed the task that God had called him to do.  Early the next morning, Moses built an altar and put up twelve pillars according to the twelve tribes of Israel.  Everyone was to be included in the worship service.  Verse five adds, And he sent young men of the children of Israel, which offered burnt offerings, and sacrificed peace offerings of oxen unto the LORD.  Moses sent young men to offer offerings to God.  They offered burnt offerings and peace offerings to God.  I believe that we should always include the young people in our worship time.  Verse six continues, And Moses took half of the blood, and put it in basons; and half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar.  Matthew Henry says that Moses sprinkled half the blood of the sacrifice on the people or the pillars that represented them and half on the altar.  This was a sign that the people and the altar were consecrated to God.  When we stand before God today, we must stand under the blood of Christ if we are to be consecrated to God.  Verse seven declares, And he took the book of the covenant, and read in the audience of the people: and they said, All that the LORD hath said will we do, and be obedient.  Moses read the book of the covenant to the people and they all said that they would obey the word of God.  We today must agree to follow the word of God if we are to be successful in our service to Him.  Verse eight adds, And Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it on the people, and said, Behold the blood of the covenant, which the LORD hath made with you concerning all these words.  Moses sprinkled the blood on the people and said it was the blood of the covenant which the people had made with God that day.  As stated, we today come to God through the blood of Christ and enter into a covenant relationship with Him.  Verse nine states, Then went up Moses, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel:  Then verse ten adds, And they saw the God of Israel: and there was under his feet as it were a paved work of a sapphire stone, and as it were the body of heaven in his clearness.  Moses, Aaron, Nadad, Abihu and the elders went back up the mountain and saw God in His glory.  Likewise, we will one day go up to heaven to see God in all His glory if we are follwers of Christ.

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