Open Line hour 1 on Moody Radio,March 25, 2023
Karen Hendren:
I got a question from Carla who listens in on WCRF, she’s got question about Exodus 19 and 20 when Moses receives the ten commandments. She wants to know if the Lord spoke the ten commandments loud enough for the Israelites to hear from the base of the mountain while Moses was with them.
Dr Michael Rydelnik:
Doesn’t she say something about, I don’t have the questions here in front of me, but she said something about not wanting to go up or something like that …
Karen Hendren:
Right, right, so yah, she says she was reading through the bible and her question is when God spoke the ten commandments in Exodus 19, God told Moses not to let the people come up to the mountain …
Dr Michael Rydelnik:
Yah, that’s what I want to know
Karen Hendren:
He send Moses down to the people …
Dr Michael Rydelnik:
Here is the deal. In Exodus 19, He does want the people to come up the mountain, that’s what I wanted to mention. In exodus 19, it says in verse 12, put boundaries for the people all around the mountain and He says be careful not to touch it, for how long? For three days, then he says in verse 13, here it is, no animal or man will live if they touch the mountain for 3 days, they have boundaries. When the ram horn sounds a long blast on the third day, they shall go up the mountain, a lot of version says up to but the Hebrew and many other versions say they will go up the mountain, so isn’t that amazing? They are suppose to go up. Then they see fire and the thunder and the lightning and the thick cloud and then they become afraid, so they won’t come up. They disobeyed God. They don’t come up. They say to Moses, let us …, you go up for us and then God says ok now they can’t come up. And then He prohibits them. They are suppose to be a nation of priests and then they became a nation with priests, mediators. So, it started with them needing to come up and they were too afraid to come up, they never heard the words. They only saw the sounds and the scariness there. That led to that. There you go. we are going to take a break. Thank you for putting the mail bag together, Karen. I usually teach about Exodus 19 and 20, takes me an hour, I just try to do it in 2 minutes. Ha, ha, hope people can follow that …
Scriptures
Exodus 19
12 You shall set bounds for the people all around, saying, ‘Take heed to yourselves that you do not go up to the mountain or touch its base. Whoever touches the mountain shall surely be put to death. 13 Not a hand shall touch him, but he shall surely be stoned or shot with an arrow; whether man or beast, he shall not live.’ When the trumpet sounds long, they shall come near the mountain.” -nkjv
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. -kjv
12 But you shall set boundaries for the people all around, saying, ‘[c]Beware that you do not go up on the mountain or touch the border of it; whoever touches the mountain shall certainly be put to death. 13 No hand shall touch him, but he shall certainly be stoned or [d]shot through; whether animal or person, the violator shall not live.’ When the ram’s horn sounds a long blast, they shall come up to the mountain.” -nasb
12 Put limits for the people around the mountain and tell them, ‘Be careful that you do not approach the mountain or touch the foot of it. Whoever touches the mountain is to be put to death. 13 They are to be stoned or shot with arrows; not a hand is to be laid on them. No person or animal shall be permitted to live.’ Only when the ram’s horn sounds a long blast may they approach the mountain.” -niv
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