Exodus 24:1, 2, 9-11 And he said to Moses, Come up to the LORD, you, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel… 1. THE VISION OF GOD (1, 2, 9, 11). - 1. It is for the called alone. God manifests himself only to the repentant and the believing. 2. These are commanded to approach. This is our warrant for confident boldness of access: he has called us. 3. The vision is bestowed upon those from whose midst the mediator has gone into God's immediate presence and who wait his return (ver. 2). 4. It is given as they go upwards into the mount where the Lord's will is declared (9). The heart which seeks after holiness admits the light in which God will by-and-by be manifested. 5. The vision is sure: "they saw the God of Israel." 6. For the called the vision of God is not destruction, but safety and joy. We meet the unveiling, not only of infinite holiness, but also of infinite love. The vision of the Divine glory was a wonder and delight; and the place of vision became a place of feasting. II. THE RATIFYING OF THE COVENANT. - 1. It was made with a willing people: "all the words which the Lord hath said will we do." 2. It was made with a people who were in possession of God's testimonies: he "told them all the words of the law," he "wrote all the words of the Lord." God's light must reveal sin and need before it may manifest his salvation. 3. God and his people are bound together by the blood of accepted sacrifice. The blood of sprinkling is peace and power to the saved. - U. Parallel Verses KJV: 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. |
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