The Final Events.
Foundation of God’s Government.
Part Forty-seven in a Series.
https://secondcoming.org/blog/
The ten commandments on the two tables of stone were in the ark, under the mercy seat, showing that the law of God is the basis of His throne and government. “The Lord reigns; Let the earth rejoice let the multitude of isles be glad thereat. Clouds and darkness are round about Him; righteousness and judgment are the foundation of His throne.” “Justice and judgment are the foundation of Thy throne; mercy and truth go before Thy face.” Psalms 97:1,2; 89:14
Since the tabernacle and all that it contained was to be made exactly like the pattern given to Moses, and they were “the patterns of things in the heavens,” it necessarily follows that the ten commandments on the tables of stone were exact copies of the law which is the foundation of God’s true throne in heaven. This enables us to understand more clearly how “it is that it is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than one tittle of the law to fail.” Luke 16:17. As long as God’s throne stands, God’s law as spoken from Sinai will remain unchanged.
“If the foundation be destroyed what can the righteous do?” Psalms 11: 3. If the ten commandments, the foundation stones of God’s throne were destroyed, the throne itself would fall and the hope of the righteous would perish. But none need fear such a catastrophe. “The Lord is in His holy temple; The Lord’s throne is in heaven,” because His word is settled forever in heaven. That is “one of the things which cannot be shaken.”
Now we were able to see that Mount Sinai, which is a synonym for law, and which at the giving of the law was really the embodiment of the awful law, is also a type of God’s throne. Indeed, for the time being it was God’s throne. God was present upon it with all His holy angels.
Moreover, the awful terror of Sinai is only the terror of God’s throne in the heavens. John had a vision of the temple of God in heaven, and of the throne, with God seated in it; “and out of the throne proceeded lightnings and thundering and voices.” “And the temple of God was opened in heaven and there was seen in His temple the ark of His testament; And there were lightnings, and voices, and thunderings, and an earthquake and great hail.” “A fire goes before Him.”
The terror of God’s throne is the same terror that was at Sinai- the terror of the law. Yet the same throne is “the throne of grace”, to which we are exhorted to come with boldness. Even so “Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God was” on Sinai. Exodus 20:21. Not only Moses, but “Aaron, Nadab and Abihu and seventy of the elders of Israel” went up into the mount; “and they saw the God of Israel; and there was under His feet as it were a paved work of sapphire stone, and as it were the body of heaven in his clearness. And upon the nobles of Israel, He laid not His hand; also they saw God, and did eat and drink.” Exodus 24:9-11. If it had not been so, then we should not have had a positive demonstration of the fact that we may indeed come with boldness to the throne of grace– that awful throne where come lightnings and thunderings, and voices- and find mercy there. The law makes sin to abound, “but where sin abounded, grace did much more abound.” The cross was at Sinai, even there was God’s throne of grace.
The Final Events will end with the splendor of the Second Coming of Jesus Christ also known as the Parousia. The Signs of Parousia are detailed in the Final Events Blog series and emphasize the Imminent Return and Second Coming of Jesus Christ, and the Love of the Father for all mankind.
For let it be remembered that it is only “by the blood of Jesus” that we have “boldness to enter into the holiest.” Hebrews 10:19. But for that blood it would be a certain death for us to come to God’s throne and take His name upon our lips, as it was for anyone who should lightly approach Sinai. But Moses and others did draw near to God on Sinai, even into the thick darkness, and did not die, sure evidence that the blood of Jesus saved them. The living stream from Christ was flowing at Sinai, even as “the pure river of water of life, clear as crystal” proceeds “from the throne of God and of the Lamb.” Revelation 22:1
That stream comes from the heart of Christ, in which the law was and is enshrined. Christ was the temple of God, and His heart was God’s dwelling- place. We know that the stream-living water for the people- came from Christ at Sinai, and that the blood and the water, which in one came from His side at Calvary, -a living stream for the life of the world. Yet although the cross of Calvary is the highest possible manifestation of the tender mercy and love of God for man, it is a fact that the terror of Sinai- the terrors of God’s throne- were there. There was thick darkness and an earthquake, and the people were filled with an awful dread, because God displayed the awful consequences of violation of His law. The law in its terror to evil doers was at Calvary as well as at Sinai or in the midst of the throne of God.
When John saw the temple in heaven and “God’s awful throne” he saw “in the midst of the throne” “a Lamb as it had been slain.” Revelation 5:6. So the river of water of life from the midst of the throne of God proceeds from Christ, even as did the stream from Sinai and Calvary.
Sinai, Calvary and Zion, three sacred mountains of God, all agree in one to those who come to them in faith. In all we find the terrible, death- dealing law of God flowing to us in a sweet and refreshing stream of life.
“There is a wideness of God’s mercy,
Like the wideness of the sea,
There’s a kindness in His justice,
That is more than liberty.”
The Final Events.
Foundation of God’s Government.
Part Forty-seven in a Series.
https://secondcoming.org/blog/
The Final Events will end with the splendor of the Second Coming of Jesus Christ also known as the Parousia. The Signs of Parousia are detailed in the Final Events Blog series and emphasize the Imminent Return and Second Coming of Jesus Christ, and the Love of the Father for all mankind.