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ISRAEL AT SINAI

September 17, 2021Uncategorized1 Kings, 2 Kings, abraham, blood, Christ, covenant, creatures, descendants, desert, dominates, earth, foot, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, holy nation, honey, Isaiah, Israel, James, jesus, Jesus Christ, land, Lord, Matthew, midst, milk, Moses, Mount sinai, mountain, new testament, Numbers, Old Testament, Pharaoh, priests, relationship, Sinai, slave, slaves, Ten Commandments, theophany, validatingabarkley8

Exodus 19 describes Israel arriving at Sinai. This chapter is important for understanding the events at Sinai, where Israel spent over two years (Numbers 10:11). God addressed the people as “the house of Jacob. . . the people of Israel . . .” (Exodus 19:3) as a way to remind them that they were the people of the covenant, the descendants of Abraham. What was about to happen at Sinai was not a new covenant with the people but an extension of the covenant God made with Abraham.

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THE WILDERNESS

September 1, 2021Uncategorizedancient, barrenness, chaos, darkness, death, died, dry desert, east, generations, God, God promised, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, grace, grateful, harmony, Heart, holy nation, hot, Israel, jesus, Jesus Christ, journey, light, mercy, negative, new testament, Noah, Noah's ark, Old Testament, order, poewerful, positive, possession, sirocco, slaves, summer, the wilderness, vegetation, wilderness, worshipabarkley8

The wilderness played an important role, affecting life in ancient Israel in several different ways. For instance, every year, at the beginning and end of summer, a hot, dry desert wind blows from the east. This wind, called sirocco, raises the temperature and can be quite destructive to vegetation. The wind was yearly reminder to Israel that the wilderness was within reach.

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