Today's text from the ESV Study Bible: Exodus 22-24.
I found chapter 24 to be the most amazing scene. God has given Moses the Book of the Covenant, he reads it to the people, the agree to obey, and a most solemn ratification of this covenant is done on an alter before the Lord.
Then, look at this:
"Then Moses and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel went up, and they saw the God of Israel. There was under his feet as it were a pavement of sapphire stone, like the very heaven for clearness. And he did not lay his hand on the chief men of the people of Israel; they beheld God, and ate and drank." (Exodus 24:9-11)
They saw God!
Something holy has happened here. I suppose we don't know fully what "saw God" might mean, but nonetheless, they were in the presence of God and were not destroyed.
Unfortunately, Israel is soon to build the golden calf, but I will be savoring this scene throughout the day with wonder.
