1 00:00:02,680 --> 00:00:07,800 Speaker 1: Life Audio The Bible Study Podcast, Episode nine hundred and 2 00:00:07,880 --> 00:00:11,680 Speaker 1: seventy eight. Today, The Bible Study Podcast continues the study 3 00:00:11,960 --> 00:00:23,800 Speaker 1: of the Book of Exodus with chapter nineteen. Welcome to 4 00:00:23,840 --> 00:00:27,000 Speaker 1: the Bible Study Podcast. I'm your host, Chris Kristensen. We're 5 00:00:27,000 --> 00:00:30,800 Speaker 1: going to continue on with chapter nineteen, which begins a 6 00:00:31,000 --> 00:00:34,680 Speaker 1: very very large section of the book about Mount Sinai. 7 00:00:35,159 --> 00:00:39,519 Speaker 1: But first a word from this sponsor. So I mentioned 8 00:00:39,560 --> 00:00:41,960 Speaker 1: that this is a very large portion of the book 9 00:00:42,080 --> 00:00:44,960 Speaker 1: talking about Mount Sinai. There are forty chapters in the 10 00:00:44,960 --> 00:00:48,880 Speaker 1: Book of Exodus. We're almost at the halfway point so far. 11 00:00:49,960 --> 00:00:54,320 Speaker 1: All the rest of this book happens at the foot 12 00:00:54,320 --> 00:00:59,680 Speaker 1: of Mount Sinai. So there are twenty one different chapters 13 00:00:59,720 --> 00:01:02,279 Speaker 1: in the Book of Exodus that have nothing to do 14 00:01:02,360 --> 00:01:06,360 Speaker 1: with moving around the Sinai And that may come as 15 00:01:06,400 --> 00:01:08,320 Speaker 1: a surprise to you. It actually comes as a surprise 16 00:01:08,400 --> 00:01:10,920 Speaker 1: to me, even though I've read this book before, just 17 00:01:10,959 --> 00:01:14,920 Speaker 1: to look at it that way. And really, this book 18 00:01:15,000 --> 00:01:19,840 Speaker 1: and then the Book of Leviticus all happen here at 19 00:01:19,880 --> 00:01:24,679 Speaker 1: Mount Sinai. It's not till we get to numbers that 20 00:01:24,720 --> 00:01:29,080 Speaker 1: we finally move on from this location. So this is 21 00:01:29,160 --> 00:01:34,760 Speaker 1: a very critical time here as God is taking this 22 00:01:34,920 --> 00:01:37,399 Speaker 1: people that He's brought out of Egypt and trying to 23 00:01:37,440 --> 00:01:41,560 Speaker 1: turn them into Israelites, trying to turn them into his people. 24 00:01:42,480 --> 00:01:45,880 Speaker 1: At Mount Sinai chapter nineteen, on the first day of 25 00:01:45,920 --> 00:01:49,080 Speaker 1: the third month, after the Israelites left Egypt, on that 26 00:01:49,240 --> 00:01:52,400 Speaker 1: very day, they came to the desert of Sinai. After 27 00:01:52,440 --> 00:01:55,840 Speaker 1: they set out from Rifidim, they entered the desert of Sinai, 28 00:01:55,960 --> 00:01:59,280 Speaker 1: and Israel camped there in the desert in front of 29 00:01:59,320 --> 00:02:02,280 Speaker 1: the mountain. Then Moses went up to God, and the 30 00:02:02,320 --> 00:02:05,440 Speaker 1: Lord called to him from the mountain and said, this 31 00:02:05,480 --> 00:02:07,960 Speaker 1: is what you are to say to the descendants of Jacob, 32 00:02:08,320 --> 00:02:10,400 Speaker 1: and what you are to tell the people of Israel. 33 00:02:10,880 --> 00:02:13,760 Speaker 1: You yourselves have seen what I did to Egypt, and 34 00:02:13,840 --> 00:02:16,280 Speaker 1: how I carried you on eagle's wings and brought you 35 00:02:16,360 --> 00:02:20,160 Speaker 1: to myself. Now, if you obey me fully and keep 36 00:02:20,200 --> 00:02:23,160 Speaker 1: my covenant, then out of all nations, you will be 37 00:02:23,240 --> 00:02:27,200 Speaker 1: my treasured possession, although the whole earth is mine. You 38 00:02:27,520 --> 00:02:30,280 Speaker 1: will be for me a kingdom of priests and a 39 00:02:30,320 --> 00:02:33,160 Speaker 1: holy nation. These are the words you are to speak 40 00:02:33,240 --> 00:02:37,160 Speaker 1: to the Israelites. So Moses went back in some of 41 00:02:37,200 --> 00:02:39,480 Speaker 1: the elders of the people and set before them all 42 00:02:39,480 --> 00:02:42,800 Speaker 1: the words the Lord had commanded him to speak. The 43 00:02:42,840 --> 00:02:45,880 Speaker 1: people all responded, together, we will do everything the Lord 44 00:02:45,919 --> 00:02:49,320 Speaker 1: has said. So Moses brought their answer back to the Lord. 45 00:02:49,760 --> 00:02:51,680 Speaker 1: The Lord said to Moses, I'm going to come to 46 00:02:51,760 --> 00:02:53,920 Speaker 1: you in a dense cloud, so that the people will 47 00:02:53,960 --> 00:02:57,359 Speaker 1: hear me speaking with you and will always put their 48 00:02:57,360 --> 00:03:00,560 Speaker 1: trust in you. Then Moses told the Lord what the 49 00:03:00,600 --> 00:03:04,040 Speaker 1: people had said, and the Lord said, to Moses, go 50 00:03:04,080 --> 00:03:07,040 Speaker 1: to the people and consecrate them today and tomorrow. Have 51 00:03:07,160 --> 00:03:09,720 Speaker 1: them wash their clothes and be ready by the third day, 52 00:03:09,840 --> 00:03:12,960 Speaker 1: because on that day the Lord will come down on 53 00:03:13,120 --> 00:03:16,000 Speaker 1: Mount Sinai in the sight of all the people. Put 54 00:03:16,040 --> 00:03:18,720 Speaker 1: limits for the people around the mountain, and tell them 55 00:03:19,040 --> 00:03:21,320 Speaker 1: be careful that you do not approach the mountain or 56 00:03:21,440 --> 00:03:24,480 Speaker 1: touch the foot of it. Whoever touches the mountain is 57 00:03:24,520 --> 00:03:26,800 Speaker 1: to be put to death. They are to be stoned 58 00:03:26,919 --> 00:03:29,200 Speaker 1: or shot with arrows. Not a hand is to be 59 00:03:29,280 --> 00:03:32,200 Speaker 1: laid on them. No person or animals should be permitted 60 00:03:32,240 --> 00:03:36,640 Speaker 1: to live. Only when the rams horned sounds a long blast, 61 00:03:36,880 --> 00:03:40,920 Speaker 1: may they approach the mountain. After Moses had gone down 62 00:03:41,040 --> 00:03:43,560 Speaker 1: the mountain to the people, he consecrated them, and they 63 00:03:43,720 --> 00:03:46,120 Speaker 1: washed their clothes. Then he said to the people, prepare 64 00:03:46,160 --> 00:03:50,480 Speaker 1: yourselves for the third day, abstain from sexual relations. On 65 00:03:50,520 --> 00:03:52,840 Speaker 1: the morning of the third day, there was thunder and lightning, 66 00:03:52,960 --> 00:03:55,400 Speaker 1: with a thick cloud over the mountain and a very 67 00:03:55,520 --> 00:03:59,360 Speaker 1: loud trumpet blast. Everyone in the camp trembled. Then Moses 68 00:03:59,440 --> 00:04:01,840 Speaker 1: led the people out of the camp to meet with God, 69 00:04:02,280 --> 00:04:04,640 Speaker 1: and they stood at the foot of the mountain. Mount 70 00:04:04,640 --> 00:04:07,560 Speaker 1: Sinai was covered with smoke because the Lord descended on 71 00:04:07,680 --> 00:04:10,320 Speaker 1: it in fire. The smoke builded up from it like 72 00:04:10,400 --> 00:04:13,920 Speaker 1: smoke from a furnace, and the whole mountain trembled violently. 73 00:04:14,480 --> 00:04:17,200 Speaker 1: As the sound of the trumpet grew louder and louder. 74 00:04:17,360 --> 00:04:20,719 Speaker 1: Moses spoke, and the voice of God answered him. The 75 00:04:20,760 --> 00:04:23,919 Speaker 1: Lord descended to the top of Mount Sinai and called 76 00:04:23,960 --> 00:04:27,640 Speaker 1: Moses to the top of the mountain. So Moses went up, 77 00:04:27,640 --> 00:04:29,280 Speaker 1: and the Lord said to him, go down and warn 78 00:04:29,320 --> 00:04:31,679 Speaker 1: the peoples so they do not force their way through 79 00:04:31,800 --> 00:04:34,520 Speaker 1: to see the Lord, and many of them perish. Even 80 00:04:34,560 --> 00:04:37,760 Speaker 1: the priests who approached the Lord must consecrate themselves or 81 00:04:37,760 --> 00:04:40,359 Speaker 1: the Lord will break out against them. Moses said to 82 00:04:40,400 --> 00:04:43,200 Speaker 1: the Lord, the people cannot come up Mount Sinai because 83 00:04:43,240 --> 00:04:46,599 Speaker 1: you yourself warned us, put limits around the mountain, set 84 00:04:46,640 --> 00:04:49,200 Speaker 1: it apart as holy. The Lord replied, go down and 85 00:04:49,240 --> 00:04:51,480 Speaker 1: bring erin up with you. But the priests and the 86 00:04:51,520 --> 00:04:54,120 Speaker 1: people must not force their way through to come up 87 00:04:54,160 --> 00:04:56,240 Speaker 1: to the Lord, or he will break out against them. 88 00:04:56,480 --> 00:04:59,240 Speaker 1: So Moses went down to the people and told them. 89 00:05:00,040 --> 00:05:02,039 Speaker 1: So there's a lot of Moses going up and down 90 00:05:02,080 --> 00:05:04,479 Speaker 1: the mountain here. Now, Moses in an old man here. 91 00:05:04,480 --> 00:05:06,240 Speaker 1: I don't know how long it takes him to get 92 00:05:06,279 --> 00:05:08,680 Speaker 1: up to the top of the mountain. And it's not 93 00:05:08,760 --> 00:05:11,400 Speaker 1: that God lives here at the top of the mountain. 94 00:05:11,640 --> 00:05:14,240 Speaker 1: God is the God of the whole earth. But God 95 00:05:14,279 --> 00:05:17,359 Speaker 1: has descended, It says, to the top of Mount Sinai 96 00:05:17,839 --> 00:05:21,120 Speaker 1: from the heavens. And Moses goes up to the top 97 00:05:21,160 --> 00:05:24,840 Speaker 1: of Mount Sinai to meet with God and to hear 98 00:05:24,880 --> 00:05:26,920 Speaker 1: God and to hear what he has to say. So 99 00:05:27,400 --> 00:05:29,679 Speaker 1: there's a number of different things that are going on here, 100 00:05:29,880 --> 00:05:31,200 Speaker 1: and there are a number of things we're going to 101 00:05:31,279 --> 00:05:34,960 Speaker 1: try and accomplish before the people leave Mount Sinae. But 102 00:05:35,080 --> 00:05:41,000 Speaker 1: the first thing that we get is why these people right, 103 00:05:41,080 --> 00:05:46,000 Speaker 1: I'm going to take you and make you my people, 104 00:05:46,120 --> 00:05:50,080 Speaker 1: my treasured possession out of all the nations. If you 105 00:05:51,360 --> 00:05:55,200 Speaker 1: if you do what I said, if you obey me 106 00:05:55,279 --> 00:05:59,360 Speaker 1: fully and keep my covenant. Now they're not even gonna 107 00:05:59,400 --> 00:06:02,600 Speaker 1: wait until they leave Mount sun I to disobey. So 108 00:06:02,640 --> 00:06:04,880 Speaker 1: we're gonna have some problems with this the whole way along. 109 00:06:04,880 --> 00:06:07,400 Speaker 1: And that's still true for us as well. I don't 110 00:06:07,440 --> 00:06:10,440 Speaker 1: know about you, but I am not perfect. I do 111 00:06:10,560 --> 00:06:13,679 Speaker 1: not obey even the things that I know that God 112 00:06:13,760 --> 00:06:17,839 Speaker 1: wants one hundred percent. I am flawed. I am in 113 00:06:17,960 --> 00:06:24,799 Speaker 1: need of grace, and so were these people. But yet, 114 00:06:25,440 --> 00:06:28,520 Speaker 1: even knowing that God is calling them to be a 115 00:06:28,600 --> 00:06:31,640 Speaker 1: kingdom of priests and a holy nation in the same 116 00:06:31,720 --> 00:06:34,679 Speaker 1: way that God is calling us, even though he knows 117 00:06:35,200 --> 00:06:38,680 Speaker 1: that we are flawed, even though he knows that we 118 00:06:38,760 --> 00:06:44,400 Speaker 1: need grace and that we need forgiveness. So he sends 119 00:06:44,880 --> 00:06:48,360 Speaker 1: Moses down with that word. He comes and summons the elders, 120 00:06:49,279 --> 00:06:51,760 Speaker 1: and they say, we're gonna do everything. We're gonna do everything. 121 00:06:51,800 --> 00:06:55,599 Speaker 1: God says, well, we'll see how well that goes. But 122 00:06:56,400 --> 00:06:59,120 Speaker 1: that's their current thought is we're going to do everything. 123 00:06:59,160 --> 00:07:03,159 Speaker 1: So they say, prepare yourself, don't have sex, wash your clothes, 124 00:07:03,440 --> 00:07:06,200 Speaker 1: get ready as if you were getting ready to meet 125 00:07:06,200 --> 00:07:08,159 Speaker 1: the king. Right, and get ready as if you were 126 00:07:08,520 --> 00:07:13,040 Speaker 1: going to meet someone very, very, very important, and that 127 00:07:13,280 --> 00:07:16,200 Speaker 1: is God in this case. And don't touch the mountain, 128 00:07:17,040 --> 00:07:21,320 Speaker 1: but gather around when you hear the rams horns sound, 129 00:07:21,360 --> 00:07:23,720 Speaker 1: when you get a signal, come and approach the mountain. 130 00:07:24,240 --> 00:07:27,080 Speaker 1: And so everybody gets ready. They consecrate themselves, they make 131 00:07:27,160 --> 00:07:31,680 Speaker 1: themselves holy, They put aside those things that are not holy. 132 00:07:32,760 --> 00:07:37,200 Speaker 1: And then there's thunder and lightning, thick cloud. The mountain 133 00:07:37,280 --> 00:07:42,760 Speaker 1: is trembling, and that is how the people come to Sinai. 134 00:07:44,280 --> 00:07:49,120 Speaker 1: The whole mountain is trembling violently. Can you imagine how 135 00:07:49,160 --> 00:07:53,600 Speaker 1: this would be to you if you were standing here 136 00:07:53,720 --> 00:07:57,000 Speaker 1: at the base of Sinai. You've already seen the power 137 00:07:57,000 --> 00:07:59,960 Speaker 1: of God in Egypt. You saw all the different place 138 00:08:00,720 --> 00:08:04,200 Speaker 1: that God unleashed on the Egyptians, but not on you, 139 00:08:04,760 --> 00:08:08,160 Speaker 1: including finally, that plague of the death of the firstborns. 140 00:08:08,680 --> 00:08:12,280 Speaker 1: You saw God save you at the waters of the 141 00:08:12,320 --> 00:08:15,840 Speaker 1: Red Sea, part of the waters that wasn't something you expected, 142 00:08:15,880 --> 00:08:18,840 Speaker 1: it wasn't something you knew could happen. And now you're 143 00:08:18,880 --> 00:08:21,960 Speaker 1: standing here at the mountain of God again. Not that 144 00:08:22,000 --> 00:08:24,920 Speaker 1: God lives here in this mountain, but you're standing here 145 00:08:24,960 --> 00:08:29,560 Speaker 1: because God has called you to this place to meet him, 146 00:08:29,880 --> 00:08:33,959 Speaker 1: to be his people. And there is smoke, and there 147 00:08:34,000 --> 00:08:37,280 Speaker 1: is thunder, and there is lightning, and there are earthquakes, 148 00:08:37,760 --> 00:08:43,920 Speaker 1: and you have got to be scared. When we say 149 00:08:44,000 --> 00:08:49,000 Speaker 1: that God is awesome, God's awesome power, it is power 150 00:08:49,240 --> 00:08:56,040 Speaker 1: that makes us that should make us in awe, and 151 00:08:56,080 --> 00:09:01,800 Speaker 1: that's what these people are. Awe and fear. And then 152 00:09:01,840 --> 00:09:04,360 Speaker 1: again go down and warn the people not to force 153 00:09:04,400 --> 00:09:07,400 Speaker 1: their way up because they might do that. No, don't worry, 154 00:09:07,440 --> 00:09:09,600 Speaker 1: we told them to put the limits around it. Will 155 00:09:09,640 --> 00:09:12,000 Speaker 1: go get erin. But again tell the priest not to 156 00:09:12,080 --> 00:09:16,200 Speaker 1: come up. And so Moses goes down again. Don't come up, 157 00:09:16,280 --> 00:09:20,320 Speaker 1: don't touch the mountain or you will die. And I 158 00:09:20,360 --> 00:09:23,800 Speaker 1: would have to think that if the mountain is trembling 159 00:09:23,880 --> 00:09:26,960 Speaker 1: and there is thunder and lightning, maybe in my case, 160 00:09:27,360 --> 00:09:31,800 Speaker 1: touching the mountain wouldn't be top of my list. Next week, 161 00:09:31,800 --> 00:09:34,400 Speaker 1: we're going to deal with a very very important chapter 162 00:09:34,400 --> 00:09:37,200 Speaker 1: in the Bible, and that is the Ten Commandments, So 163 00:09:37,360 --> 00:09:39,559 Speaker 1: come back for that. But with that, we're going to 164 00:09:39,679 --> 00:09:42,200 Speaker 1: end this episode of the Bible Study Podcast. 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