Preparing for the Third Day

Exodus 19:1, 10-16

​After Pastor Doug’s sermon yesterday about the Ten Commandments, I decided I wanted to write about the back story and compare it to the Gospel this week.

When Israelites arrived in the wilderness in Sinai, God told Moses he would reveal Himself on the third day. The Israelites were to prepare for the arrival, cleaning up and putting on their Sunday best. They must wait for the third day, but once the third day came, God made His declaration and the people where able to go to the base of Mount Sinai. When Jesus died on the cross, the people were separated from God. God’s declaration, the resurrection, allowed us to go to the base of the mountain and be near God. The second coming of Jesus will allow us to go up the mountain and be with God!