In verse 5 YHWH tells Moses to tell the people a conditional promise. If they will obey His voice and keep His covenant, THEN they will be a special treasure to YHWH among all other nations and peoples. They will BE to YHWH a kingdom of priests and a holy (set apart in righteousness) nation. This is what we who believe in Jesus now are. We are God's treasured possession, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a chosen generation. ( 1 Peter 2:9, Hebrews 10:34). We are made righteous through Jesus and are set apart as God's workmanship created in Him for good works to the glory of God! What a privilege to be called by God! To be chosen! To be treasured!
When Moses spoke to the people all of what God had told him to speak, the people in unison pledged their agreement and consent to the terms of this promise. Oh, but how soon they came to forget this pledge. We are like that, quickly lapsing in our fervor and determination to follow ALL that God calls us to be, do and say. When we are weak, Jesus is strong! We can fall on Him when we fall and be uplifted as if on eagle's wings (verse 4).
So again, Moses went up the mountain to God, and YHWH said that He will come to him in a thick cloud and that the people will hear when He speak to him and therefore, believe. God knew that the people were weak in faith. He wanted to reveal Himself in a way that would promote belief and trust in Him. Moses told YHWH what the people had said. God already knew what they had said, but was training Moses to be the mediator between Himself and the people. Perhaps so that the people will trust and accept both YHWH as the only true God and Moses as YHWH's divinely appointed leader. History had already shown how easily they turned on Moses when things did not go as they wished, when they needed water, or trapped on one side of the Red Sea.
Moses was their Captain and took instructions from He Who was really in control of all this. Jesus is our Captain, too. We should trust Him
In verse 5 YHWH tells Moses to tell the people a conditional promise. If they will obey His voice and keep His covenant, THEN they will be a special treasure to YHWH among all other nations and peoples. They will BE to YHWH a kingdom of priests and a holy (set apart in righteousness) nation. This is what we who believe in Jesus now are. We are God's treasured possession, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a chosen generation. ( 1 Peter 2:9, Hebrews 10:34). We are made righteous through Jesus and are set apart as God's workmanship created in Him for good works to the glory of God! What a privilege to be called by God! To be chosen! To be treasured!
When Moses spoke to the people all of what God had told him to speak, the people in unison pledged their agreement and consent to the terms of this promise. Oh, but how soon they came to forget this pledge. We are like that, quickly lapsing in our fervor and determination to follow ALL that God calls us to be, do and say. When we are weak, Jesus is strong! We can fall on Him when we fall and be uplifted as if on eagle's wings (verse 4).
So again, Moses went up the mountain to God, and YHWH said that He will come to him in a thick cloud and that the people will hear when He speak to him and therefore, believe. God knew that the people were weak in faith. He wanted to reveal Himself in a way that would promote belief and trust in Him. Moses told YHWH what the people had said. God already knew what they had said, but was training Moses to be the mediator between Himself and the people. Perhaps so that the people will trust and accept both YHWH as the only true God and Moses as YHWH's divinely appointed leader. History had already shown how easily they turned on Moses when things did not go as they wished, when they needed water, or trapped on one side of the Red Sea.
Moses was their Captain and took instructions from He Who was really in control of all this. Jesus is our Captain, too. We should trust Him
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