LIFE SCRIPTS

1 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Come up to the Lord, you and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel. You are to worship at a distance, 2 but Moses alone is to approach the Lord; the others must not come near. And the people may not come up with him.” 3 When Moses went and told the people all the Lord’s words and laws, they responded with one voice, “Everything the Lord has said we will do.” 4 Moses then wrote down everything the Lord had said. He got up early the next morning and built an altar at the foot of the mountain and set up twelve stone pillars representing the twelve tribes of Israel. 5 Then he sent young Israelite men, and they offered burnt offerings and sacrificed young bulls as fellowship offerings to the Lord. 6 Moses took half of the blood and put it in bowls, and the other half he splashed against the altar. 7 Then he took the Book of the Covenant and read it to the people. They responded, “We will do everything the Lord has said; we will obey.” 8 Moses then took the blood, sprinkled it on the people and said, “This is the blood of the covenant that the Lord has made with you in accordance with all these words.”
Exodus 24:1‭-‬8 NIV

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The sealing of the Mosaic covenant had to take place through the shedding of blood. Why? Because blood symbolises cleansing from sin. God is holy yet we are sinful. What makes us worthy to come before Him is a heart that is right with Him… a life cleansed and washed by the blood. In this passage, God makes it clear about His relationship with Moses. Moses fellowshipped with Him as blossom buddies and would relay His ordinances to the congregation. In this case, God called upon Moses, Aaron, Nadab, Abihu and 70 elders of Israel as witnesses of the covenant He would make with His people. First, Moses had to write what God had made clear to him. Secondly, he built an altar to offer sacrifice to God. We shouldn’t come before God presumptuously. Instead we should prepare ourselves and our hearts. Thirdly, he tasked some young men to offer slaughter oxen and poured out the blood on the altar and sprinkled it on the people. There’s no covenant without the blood. This blood was a testament of sins of the nation being cleansed by the sacrifice of animals. In the new testament, Christ’s blood would take the place of animals and would be offered once and for all. But lastly, Moses would read the book of the covenant to the people for them to give a response. Covenants are agreements which should be understood by both parties. The people needed to understand what was expected of them. They responded in unison that they would obey God. But it would take more than just mere response but action and a life of obedience.