Exodus 24:12–18
The Bible4Jesus.com Podcast
About this episode
We live in an age that has domesticated God. We have made Him manageable, comfortable, and, if we are honest, quite boring. Our modern sensibilities prefer a God who is a celestial therapist, a divine affirmation machine, whose chief end is to make us feel good about ourselves. But the God of the Bible, the God who reveals Himself at Sinai, is not safe. He is terrible in His holiness, awesome in His majesty, and utterly terrifying to sinful men. A god who does not frighten you is not a god who can save you. The scene in our text today is the culmination of the covenant-making ceremony at Sinai. What we witness here is the necessary separation between a holy God and a sinful people, the essential role of a mediator to bridge that gap, and the visible manifestation of a glory so pure that it appears as a consuming fire.