Exodus 24: 1-8: “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. And Moses alone shall come near the LORD: but they shall not come nigh; neither shall the people go up with him. And Moses came and told the people all the words of the LORD, and all the judgments: and all the people answered with one voice, and said, All the words which the LORD hath said will we do. And Moses wrote all the words of the LORD, and rose up early in the morning, and builded an altar under the hill, and twelve pillars, according to the twelve tribes of Israel. And he sent young men of the children of Israel, which offered burnt offerings, and sacrificed peace offerings of oxen unto the LORD. And Moses took half of the blood, and put it in basons; and half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar. And he took the book of the covenant, and read in the audience of the people: and they said, All that the LORD hath said will we do, and be obedient. And Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it on the people, and said, Behold the blood of the covenant, which the LORD hath made with you concerning all these words.”
Moses had to come to the Lord to find out what the Lord wanted him to know and to pass on to Israel. Even though the Lord was with Moses and all Israel every day that they travelled, they needed to understand that the relationship existed on His terms rather than on their terms. This is a grave mistake that many Christians make today; we try to tell the Lord what His relationship should be with us rather than accepting that He is the Lord and He defines the relationship. This event was so significant that every senior member of the Israeli leadership team was required to come and show that they all accepted the Lord’s glory. However, Moses was the only one who was able to communicate with the Lord face to face as they were all sinners but the Lord was sufficiently gracious to let this man, the meekest man on all the earth (Num 12: 3, “Now the man Moses was very meek, above all the men which were upon the face of the earth.), to come close and receive the instructions that He had to give to Israel. Everything was written down so that there could be no possible misunderstanding and then they offered sacrifices for without the shedding of blood there is no remission (Heb 9: 22). Sin leads to death but a substitute can be offered for the forgiveness of sin.
(The view expressed in this blog are my own and should not be taken as inspired in any way.)
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