Exodus 19:1–17
The Bible4Jesus.com Podcast
About this episode
We live in a sentimental age, an age that has domesticated God. We have turned the consuming fire into a pilot light. We want a God who is a celestial therapist, a divine affirmation machine, a God who is always safe and never dangerous. But the God of the Bible, the God who reveals Himself at Sinai, is not that God. The scene before us in Exodus 19 is one of the pivotal moments in all of redemptive history. This is where the rabble of escaped slaves is formally constituted as the nation of God. This is where the covenant is proposed, the marriage vows are readied. This is a divine visitation that makes the very foundations of the earth tremble. There is thunder, lightning, fire, smoke, the blast of a supernatural trumpet, and a holy dread that grips the heart of every living thing.