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00:00Fixing the Foundations Israel's time at Sinai is recorded in a framework
00:06provided by Moses' seven ascents of the mountain to commune with God and bring back word to
00:11the people.
00:13The three ascents in chapter 19 lay the foundations of what it means to be an Israelite.
00:18First, we see what an Israelite must understand about salvation.
00:23It is the work of God who declares I did.
00:26I bore.
00:28It achieves reconciliation to myself.
00:31It leads to obedience the Israelites are to obey.
00:35And keep.
00:36It bestows a privileged relationship Israel is God's treasure.
00:41It gives access to God as priests.
00:44And it confers both a status and an objective.
00:48Holiness.
00:49Secondly, we see what an Israelite should understand about revelation.
00:54The Lord speaks his word, couched in his own words I speak.
00:59He acts through chosen channels of his word with you setting up a scheme of revelation
01:03that can be trusted.
01:05The testimony of verses 10-17 is much more than an interlude.
01:09They prepare for the message of the third ascent.
01:12To meet with God is a more serious business than we often allow.
01:17There should be personal preparation, symbolized by washing.
01:21The prohibition in verse 15 does not imply that married sex is an impure or defiling
01:26thing but rather that coming to God we must take steps to disengage our hearts and focus
01:31our love on him.
01:33So we come to the third foundation mark of an Israelite, a sensitivity towards the holiness
01:38of God.
01:40The Lord takes even Moses by surprise in the command to go back and warn the people of
01:44this Moses thought enough had been done to secure the divine holiness against intrusion.
01:50And no, the divine holiness is an awesome matter and no way to be presumed upon.
01:56Was familiarity breeding carelessness?
02:00Consider this, it takes all the power of the blood of Christ to allow us to stand before
02:04the throne.
02:06Reflection Read 1 Peter 1 verse 17-21
02:11To fear is, of course, deep, sensitive reverence, not craven fear.
02:16That prompts this reverence.