 |  |
however is not Sinai with its law, but Moriah and Calvary with its grace (Gen. 22: 13,
14; Numb. 10: 33; Psa. 24: 3; Isa. 2: 3; 30: 29; Mic. 4: 2; Zech. 8: 3):--
"A burnt offering instead of his son . . . . . in the mount of the Lord it shall be seen"
(Gen. 22: 13, 14).
"And they departed from the mount of the Lord three days' journey; and the ark of
the covenant of the Lord went before them" (Numb. 10: 33).
Here Sinai, the mount of law and fire, becomes the mount of the Lord, because the ark
and mercy seat and the redemption they stand for had been provided.
Psalm 24: can never be understood without reference to Psalms 22: and 23:,
the cross, the crook and the crown. The ascension into the mount of the Lord is by
reason of righteousness and resurrection. Isa. 2: 3 and Mic. 4: 2 speak of the day that
is coming when the Lord reigns upon earth, and Zech. 8: 3 speaks of the blessed
period of restoration yet to be. Isa. 30: 29 brings the mountain of the Lord into a
context of judgment on His enemies, and also of the binding up of the breach of His
people. Here once again we read of "devouring fire":--
"Tophet, ordained of old for the king, . . . . . the breath of the Lord, like a stream of
brimstone, doth kindle it" (Isa. 30: 26-33).
We have considered this feature at some length in order to get scriptural light upon the
position of the anointed cherub. When Moses came to the mountain of God, as recorded
in Exod. 3::--
"The angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a flame of fire . . . . . and God called
unto him . . . . ." (Exod. 3: 2; cf. Acts 7: 35).
In the last reference by Moses we read:--
"They saw the God of Israel . . . . . the Lord said . . . . . I will give thee tables of stone"
(Exod. 24: 10-12).
Stephen, speaking of this same period, says of Moses:--
"This is he that was in the church in the wilderness with the angel which spake to
him in mount Sinai . . . . . . . who have received the law by the disposition of angels"
(Acts 7: 38, 53).
Again in the opening reference to the mountain of the Lord we read:--
"The angel of the Lord called unto him out of heaven" (Gen. 22: 11).
The angel of the Lord is mentioned in the next reference (I Kings 19: 7, 8); and yet
once more, in Psa. 68:, we have the passage in reference to the mountain of God of
verse 15:--