PRAYER - "Averting Judgment by Confession"

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God threatened horrifying judgments on Israel if they spurned and disobeyed His laws. (Video) That was fair enough. He had just delivered them from slavery, and was performing one miracle after another to sustain them. So if they rejected him, He would deal severely with them. BUT - if they confessed their wrong-doing, He promised to reverse judgment and reinstate all the blessings. That was more than fair.

Leviticus 26:40-42 - "If they shall confess their iniquity, ...if then their uncircumcised hearts be humbled, and they then accept of the punishment of their iniquity: Then will I remember my covenant..." Let's read the story.  Bible

PRINCIPALS - "God's Sound and Light Show"

Modern rock concerts use pyrotechnics and state-of-the-art light and sound equipment to dazzle their audiences. But when Almighty God presented the Ten Commandments, the mountain quaked, covered in smoke, lightnings, and thunderings. God spoke from a great ball of fire surrounded by thick darkness. A heavenly trumpet sounded so loudly that two million people ran far away from the mountain.

Exodus 19:16 - "...there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the trumpet exceeding loud; so that all the people that was in the camp trembled."  Let's read the story. Bible and Commentery

PRINCIPLES - "Sundry Laws"

Besides the Ten Commandments, God gave Moses countless "miscellaneous" laws. Every aspect of domestic life was considered. Laws about family, commerce, criminal and civil laws, moral, even sexual codes were defined. God's laws were to define right and wrong, with a prescription for punishment for non-compliance. Centuries earlier, Hammurabi of Babylon had written sundry laws on the now-famous stele, but his code has mostly perished. Today, in governments and societies around the world, the profound influence of "Moses'" law can be seen.

Exodus 21:1 - "Now these are the judgments which thou shalt set before them."Let's read

the story. Bible and Commentery

PROPHECIES - "The Altar of Incense"

The Altar of Incense (Video) was roughly four-feet-cubed, gold-plated, gold-crowned shittim wood, with horns on the top corners, and rings for the staves with which the priests carried it. It stood before the Veil, immediately outside the Mercy Seat, where the High Priest met God. The Priest offered holy incense morning and evening, perpetually before the Lord. Once annually, a blood atonement was made here. Incense represents the sweet odors of the prayers of the saints.

Exodus 30:1 - "...thou shalt make an altar to burn incense upon: of shittim wood shalt thou make it."  Let's read the story. Bible and Commentery