Mount Sinai, Part1

 

Hello John and Doves,

Israel's exodus from Egypt, their journey under Mount Sinai, and the time they spent under the mountain before Moses first brought the tablets of the law into the camp, correspond exactly to the calculation of the day of the feast of Pentecost from the Scriptures. The feast of Pentecost is therefore connected in the Scriptures with the journey of Israel and with the events that unfolded on Mount Sinai. That this is a type of Pentecost is clearly confirmed by the fact that the Israelites, after leaving Egypt on the 15th of Nisan, arrived at the foot of Mount Sinai on exactly the same day that we found out in the first part of the calculation of the day of Pentecost from Scripture, i.e., the 15th of Sivan,  it is written in Ex 19:1-2. They arrived at Mount Sinai therefore exactly on the 15th of Sivan.

 

For two months the Jews journeyed from Egypt to Mount Sinai. Why did God lead them through the pillar of cloud and fire for exactly two months? I believe that this is a foreshadowing of the two thousand years of the church’s journey. In the second part of the calculation of the day of Pentecost, 50 days are counted from the 15th of Sivan. We know from Scripture that the events on Mount Sinai from the beginning to the first return of Moses from the mountain to the camp also lasted 50 days. God’s negotiation on Mount Sinai were accompanied by supernatural manifestations. Ex 19:10,11,16,19: “10The Lord said to Moses, “Go to the people and consecrate them today and tomorrow. Let them wash their clothes 11and be ready for the third day, for on the third day the Lord will come down on Mount Sinai in the sight of all the people. 16On the third day, when morning came, there were thunders and lightnings and a thick cloud on the mountain, and a very loud sound of a ram’s horn. All the people in the camp trembled. 19As the sound of the ram’s horn grew louder and louder, Moses spoke, and God answered him with a loud voice.” Here were the first three days on Mount Sinai.

 

Ex 24:15-18: “Moses went up the mountain, and the cloud covered the mountain. 16The glory of the Lord settled on Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it for six days. On the seventh day the Lord called to Moses from the cloud. 17The glory of the Lord appeared to the Israelites like consuming fire on the top of the mountain. 18Moses entered the cloud and went up the mountain. Moses was on the mountain forty days and forty nights.” Now another seven days and then forty days unfold on Mount Sinai. So we have a total of 3 + 7 + 40 days. So on the fiftieth day Moses went down to the camp.

 

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Blessings to all, Petr