Post by Woody Williams on Apr 8, 2008 7:07:08 GMT -5
Text for the Day -- Exodus 24:1-8
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Then he said to Moses, ‘Come up to the LORD, you and Aaron, Nadab,
and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel, and worship at a
distance. Moses alone shall come near the LORD; but the others shall
not come near, and the people shall not come up with him.’
Moses came and told the people all the words of the LORD and all the
ordinances; and all the people answered with one voice, and said,
‘All the words that the LORD has spoken we will do.’ And Moses wrote
down all the words of the LORD. He rose early in the morning, and
built an altar at the foot of the mountain, and set up twelve
pillars, corresponding to the twelve tribes of Israel. He sent young
men of the people of Israel, who offered burnt-offerings and
sacrificed oxen as offerings of well-being to the LORD. Moses took
half of the blood and put it in basins, and half of the blood he
dashed against the altar. Then he took the book of the covenant, and
read it in the hearing of the people; and they said, ‘All that the
LORD has spoken we will do, and we will be obedient.’ Moses took the
blood and dashed it on the people, and said, ‘See the blood of the
covenant that the LORD has made with you in accordance with all these
words.’
Devotional
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God's covenant with Israel was sealed by a blood ritual. The covenant
was read and the people committed themselves to it. It was then
sealed by a blood sacrifice and the blood being sprinkled on the
people. In the New Testament, Jesus' death on the cross can be seen
as a sealing of the new covenant in Christ, who is the new mediator
with God for forgiveness and mercy.
Prayer
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I humbly and gratefully give thanks to you, Lord, for your
life-giving death. Amen
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Then he said to Moses, ‘Come up to the LORD, you and Aaron, Nadab,
and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel, and worship at a
distance. Moses alone shall come near the LORD; but the others shall
not come near, and the people shall not come up with him.’
Moses came and told the people all the words of the LORD and all the
ordinances; and all the people answered with one voice, and said,
‘All the words that the LORD has spoken we will do.’ And Moses wrote
down all the words of the LORD. He rose early in the morning, and
built an altar at the foot of the mountain, and set up twelve
pillars, corresponding to the twelve tribes of Israel. He sent young
men of the people of Israel, who offered burnt-offerings and
sacrificed oxen as offerings of well-being to the LORD. Moses took
half of the blood and put it in basins, and half of the blood he
dashed against the altar. Then he took the book of the covenant, and
read it in the hearing of the people; and they said, ‘All that the
LORD has spoken we will do, and we will be obedient.’ Moses took the
blood and dashed it on the people, and said, ‘See the blood of the
covenant that the LORD has made with you in accordance with all these
words.’
Devotional
----------
God's covenant with Israel was sealed by a blood ritual. The covenant
was read and the people committed themselves to it. It was then
sealed by a blood sacrifice and the blood being sprinkled on the
people. In the New Testament, Jesus' death on the cross can be seen
as a sealing of the new covenant in Christ, who is the new mediator
with God for forgiveness and mercy.
Prayer
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I humbly and gratefully give thanks to you, Lord, for your
life-giving death. Amen