Dear Family,
Today is Sunday, May 29, 2022, Day 1 of Week 7. This is the 43rd Day in our Count to Pentecost. It has been called the Week of Camping Before Mt. Sinai.
As we begin the 7th and final week in our Count to Pentecost, we find ancient Israel nearing the foot of Mt. Sinai where they will camp for about a year. At Mt. Sinai, God made a covenant with them, an earthly covenant, which was a type and foreshadowing of the everlasting covenant God is making with His people now.
And, just as they had to prepare to meet God at Mt. Sinai, we are to prepare as well. At Mt. Sinai, God showed the people that He maintained strong boundaries and guidelines to approaching Him. His presence was not to be taken for granted, not even by nearing the mount and touching it without specific permission or invitation.
Exodus 19:10-13 (10) And the Lord said unto Moses; Go unto the people, and sanctify them to day and tomorrow, and let them wash their clothes, (11) And be ready against the third day: for the third day the Lord will come down in the sight of all the people upon mount Sinai. (12) And thou shalt set bounds unto the people round about, saying; Take heed to yourselves, that ye go not up into the mount, or touch the border of it: whosoever toucheth the mount shall be surely put to death: (13) There shall not an hand touch it, but he shall surely be stoned, or shot through; whether it be beast or man, it shall not live: when the trumpet soundeth long, they shall come up to the mount.
As we prepare ourselves for meeting with God in a special commanded assembly before Him at Pentecost, let’s be sure that we submit ourselves to God, giving ourselves to Him in His way! Let us appreciate what God has sanctified.
Let us realize that God Himself has sanctified us. After all, we are His saints. Let us present ourselves before God, clean, and ready to fellowship with our Father and our Savior!
After all, our loving God looks upon us as He did Israel, with at least one major difference. That nation was to be temporary. The nation He is building now will be everlasting.
1 Peter 2:9 But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of Him who hath called you out of darkness into His marvellous light.
Brethren, may our great and loving God draw us closer and closer to Him. And, that He will bless us with the reverence He requires of us when we fellowship with our Father, our Savior, and with His people.
Ben Faulkner, Pastor
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