The
Hebrew writer told his readers, they had “not
come unto the mount that might be touched, and that burned with fire,
nor unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest”,
and in chapter twelve and verse nineteen
of Hebrews the writer shared
how this mountain also had “the sound
of a trumpet, and the voice of words” where
we read:
The
verse begins, “And the sound of a
trumpet, and the voice of words;”. The
writer began with the words, “And the
sound”
which means “in addition the loud noise” “of
a trumpet”
which refers to “the trumpet that sounds at God's command”, “and
the voice”
which means “the tone and sound of uttered sound, speech, language
and tongue” “of words”
or “discourse, what one has said, utterance, narration and
occurrence”. The mountain of which the writer of Hebrews referred
was Mount Sinai where God spoke to Moses and the people of Israel
overheard His voice.
The
verse continues, “which voice
they that heard intreated that the word should not be spoken to them
any more:”. The
writer added the words, “which voice
they that heard”
which means “the tone, sound of uttered speech, language and tongue
that the people around the mountain were endowed with the faculty of
hearing, not deaf, could attend to, consider, understand, perceive or
learn” “intreated”
or “asked alongside, begged and supplicated” “that
the word”
or “so the speech, utterance, decree and mandate” “should
not be spoken”
which refers to “won't be added, increased, given or proceeded any
further” “to them”
or “toward the people surrounding the mount” “any
more”
which means “neither or never again”. When the people who
surrounded the mountain heard the voice of God, they asked Moses not
to ever hear God's voice personally again. (See Exodus 19:16-25)
When
we meditate upon these words in Hebrews, we begin to understand the
awesome reverence and worship that should be giving to our “holy”
and “righteous” Heavenly Father. God spoke upon Mount
Sinai when He gave the ten commandments to Moses, and the sound from
Him was so intimidating that the people “begged” Moses to speak
to God on their behalf. Jesus Christ came to give us access to God
Almighty which could only be obtained by the sacrifice of His blood
upon the cross for our sins. Reverence and worship should be given to
him, and lest we be as those who “intreated” Moses to not
have God to speak to us any more, let us be among those who align in
adoration of Him.
Next
time the writer shares how the people of Israel “could
not endure that which was commanded”,
so read ahead, and we shall join together then.
Until tomorrow…there is more…
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