February 5, 2010
God finishes up His detailed instructions to Moses and lets him know that He has provided a way for the work to be done. He gave special skills to two leaders and the other craftsman. Verse 6 - "They will be able."
When God calls—God provides. "If God calls you to it, He will provide a way through it."
When the LORD finished speaking to Moses He gave him the two stone tablets with the Agreement (or Testimony) on them written by the finger of God. I somehow never realized the order of these events. I always thought that when Moses brought the tablets down the mountain that was when the Israelites were given the Ten Commandments. No!! These tablets, the Testimony or Agreements, were literally that. The testimony of what the Lord had already commanded and the people had already agreed to.
God gave the Ten Commandments to the Israelites by His own voice.
Exodus 20:1 - "Then God spoke all these words:...."
Exodus 20:18–19 - The people were frightened by the presence and voice of God and asked Moses to talk to them instead.
Exodus 20:22 - "You yourselves have seen that I talked with you from heaven."
Exodus 24: 3,7 - The Israelites response: "We will do everything that the Lord has said; we will obey."
Exodus 24:4 - Then Moses wrote down all God said.
There was already an agreement between God and the Israelites when Moses went up the mountain for the third time. God gave him specific and detailed directions on how to complete everything. (Can you imagine all the careful notes Moses had to take in order to write it all down correctly?) And then, God put His agreement with Israel in writing. God told Moses in Exodus 24:12–13 - "Come up the mountain to me. Wait there, and I will give you two stone tables. On these are the teachings and the commands I have written to instruct the people." Exodus 31:18 - "When the LORD finished speaking to Moses on Mount Sinai, he gave him the two stone tablets with the Agreement written on them, written by the finger of God."
This was the agreement—the testimony—of what was already decided in Chapters 20–24. The Israelites had already agreed. God gave clear directions on how to complete the details. God provided the skills and means to do it. God was personally involved. With His own finger He memorialized what was agreed upon. And yet, in Chapter 32, we will discover that the Israelites began to fear, their trust waned, and they decided to take control of their own destiny.
God has promised us His protection. He has given us clear direction. He gave us His own words through the lips of Jane (Her Name was Jane) to speak to us. Psalm 150; Psalm 140; Isaiah 30; Psalm 1; and Jeremiah 33. We will continue to WAIT ON THE LORD.
Next Entry: Exodus 32:1 – 34:35
God finishes up His detailed instructions to Moses and lets him know that He has provided a way for the work to be done. He gave special skills to two leaders and the other craftsman. Verse 6 - "They will be able."
When God calls—God provides. "If God calls you to it, He will provide a way through it."
When the LORD finished speaking to Moses He gave him the two stone tablets with the Agreement (or Testimony) on them written by the finger of God. I somehow never realized the order of these events. I always thought that when Moses brought the tablets down the mountain that was when the Israelites were given the Ten Commandments. No!! These tablets, the Testimony or Agreements, were literally that. The testimony of what the Lord had already commanded and the people had already agreed to.
God gave the Ten Commandments to the Israelites by His own voice.
Exodus 20:1 - "Then God spoke all these words:...."
Exodus 20:18–19 - The people were frightened by the presence and voice of God and asked Moses to talk to them instead.
Exodus 20:22 - "You yourselves have seen that I talked with you from heaven."
Exodus 24: 3,7 - The Israelites response: "We will do everything that the Lord has said; we will obey."
Exodus 24:4 - Then Moses wrote down all God said.
There was already an agreement between God and the Israelites when Moses went up the mountain for the third time. God gave him specific and detailed directions on how to complete everything. (Can you imagine all the careful notes Moses had to take in order to write it all down correctly?) And then, God put His agreement with Israel in writing. God told Moses in Exodus 24:12–13 - "Come up the mountain to me. Wait there, and I will give you two stone tables. On these are the teachings and the commands I have written to instruct the people." Exodus 31:18 - "When the LORD finished speaking to Moses on Mount Sinai, he gave him the two stone tablets with the Agreement written on them, written by the finger of God."
This was the agreement—the testimony—of what was already decided in Chapters 20–24. The Israelites had already agreed. God gave clear directions on how to complete the details. God provided the skills and means to do it. God was personally involved. With His own finger He memorialized what was agreed upon. And yet, in Chapter 32, we will discover that the Israelites began to fear, their trust waned, and they decided to take control of their own destiny.
God has promised us His protection. He has given us clear direction. He gave us His own words through the lips of Jane (Her Name was Jane) to speak to us. Psalm 150; Psalm 140; Isaiah 30; Psalm 1; and Jeremiah 33. We will continue to WAIT ON THE LORD.
Next Entry: Exodus 32:1 – 34:35
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