Revelation 11:19. And do thou write down for thyself all these words 4 which I declare unto thee on this mountain, the first and the last, which shall come to pass in all the divisions of the days in the law and in the testimony and in the weeks and the jubilees unto eternity, until I descend and dwell with them 5 throughout eternity.". 22. Depending on the reckoning, Moses climbed Mt. They are able to succeed because the revelation is described in such a way that even if it had actually occurred there would be no reason to expect any evidence to remain. 20 above). Some have the custom to eat milk and honey, because the Torah is compared to their sweetness and pleasure. It is customary to eat dairy foods on Shavuot. If this event had not actually happened it would be extremely difficult, if not impossible, to convince people that it had, since massive evidence should result, not least the testimony of thousands of eyewitnesses. God is present throughout the events of the exodus. The Sermon on the Mount,” because there is a vast difference between a ‘revelation’ and a ‘sermon’. The uniqueness of this account cannot be emphasized enough. A feature common to all standard revelation stories is the claim that God spoke to an individual and that individual conveyed the message to others. (courtesy) About the Author 15. Moses led the people out of the camp to the foot of Mt Sinai. 1 23. Sinai was an overwhelming experience for the Jewish people. If you remember, Charlton Heston, with brown robe and staff in hand, makes his way up the mountain and reappears, not too long after, with that “spiritual glow” only old Charlton could have after having a conversation with the Supreme Creator of the Universe. Moses would have been easily captured in that area. An eloquent and charismatic leader can convince people that God spoke to him, as indeed people have done throughout history. And I shall not forsake them nor fail them; 7 for I am the Lord their God." God did not whisper to a lone individual on a mountain top, rooftop, on the road or in a cave. Honey drops from your lips, O bride, honey and milk are under your tongue. The Torah claims that God spoke not only to Moses, but to the entire Jewish people. Milk and honey also symbolize the idea that the Torah teaches us how to live in harmony with the physical and spiritual worlds. At Mt. Mount Sinai is renowned as the principal site of divine revelation in Jewish history, where God is purported to have appeared to Moses and given him the Ten Commandments (Exodus 20; Deuteronomy 5). Mount Sinai (Exodus 24:15–18) Mount of Transfiguration (Mark 9:2–9) 15 Then MOSES [and Joshua, LXX] went up on the mountain, and the cloud covered the mountain. TRIP 3 ~ EXODUS 19:20-24 Moses is called up for final … And after this they will turn to Me in all uprightness and with all (their) heart and with all (their) soul, and I shall circumcise the foreskin of their heart 2 and the foreskin of the heart of their seed, and I shall create in them a holy spirit, and I shall cleanse them so that they shall not turn away from Me from that day unto eternity. 7. 14. The Torah describes in great detail how every man, woman and child experienced the word of God with all of their senses. Sinai to our children. 12. For inquire now regarding the early days that preceded you, from the day when God created man on the earth, and from one end of heaven to the other end of heaven – Has there ever been anything like this great thing or has anything like it been heard? According to Jewish tradition, not only the decalogue but also the entire corpus of biblical text and interpretation was revealed to Moses on Sinai. The word “Sinai” has an interesting relationship to “Horeb”. And he led the flock to the back of the desert, and came to Horeb, the mountain of God.” (Exodus 3:1) Jethro lived in the area near Mount Sinai. Neither is there any possibility of an eyewitness other than the “prophet”, so no one can dispute his claims. Sinai and there is no consensus of opinion. And do thou write for thyself 4 all these words which I declare unto thee this day, for I know their rebellion and their stiff neck, 5 before I bring them into the land of which I sware to their fathers, to Abraham and to Isaac and to Jacob, saying: "Unto your seed will I give a land flowing with milk and honey. Go out and command the people and establish for me, the United Church of Becherology.” I was terrified and yet filled with love, humbled and yet encouraged to fulfill my unique destiny, and so I come you as the prophet and seer. Ps. Fill out the form below to subscribe now. The festival of Shavuot is a communal fulfillment of this obligation. Wady of Leja. Actually it should be retitled “ The Revelation on Sinai vs. Sinai, the entire nation experienced prophecy; each and every one heard God say, “I am the Lord Your God Who took you out of Egypt”, the only God, the One Who designated Moses as His prophet. But they are Thy people and Thy inheritance, which Thou hast delivered with Thy great power 11 from the hands of the Egyptians: create in them a clean heart and a holy Spirit, 12 and let them not be ensnared in their sins from henceforth until eternity." 3. And I shall hide My face from them, and I shall deliver them into the hand of the Gentiles for captivity, and for a prey, and for devouring, 9 and I shall remove them from the midst of the land, and I shall scatter 10 them amongst the Gentiles. Sinai, on the other hand, is quite different and unique. There is, in fact, a specific mitzvah to pass on the testimony and memory of the events of Mt. And the Lord said unto Moses: "I know their contrariness and their thoughts and their stiffneckedness, 13 and they will not be obedient till they confess their own sin and the sin of their, fathers. The Jews did not have to trust Moses and rely on his testimony, they themselves heard the voice of God saying, “I am the Lord Your God Who took you out of the Land of Egypt”, every one also heard God speak with Moses and appoint him as God’s prophet and leader of the Jewish people. Our generation might call it divine inspiration, or even creativity, a way to channel the divine energy that flows through our world always, and sometimes gifts us with a spark of greatness or genius. 5. – Yitro 5781, Rabbi Mordechai Becher’s VLog – The Ten Realities – Yitro 5781, Harry’s Video Blog – All In – Beshalach 5781. The trumpet sound grew louder and louder and Moses spoke and YAHUAH answered him. 1-845-290-8710
And they 4 will make to themselves high places and groves and graven images, 5 and they will worship, each his own (graven image), so as to go astray, and they will sacrifice their children to demons, 6 and to all the works of the error of their hearts. ", 38:10 Beliar (Belial) is here, as in the Ascension of Isaiah (see Introduction to that work), a Satanic being, apparently "the prince of the devils.". The biblical narrative of the revelation at Sinai begins in Exodus 19 after the arrival of the children of Israel at Mount Sinai (also called Horeb). Sinai. (34.6-7) Upon learning this, Moses again demands that God forgive Israel. The standard revelation story goes something like this: Yesterday I was alone on a mountaintop in New Jersey, praying and meditating. The version found in the Torah is quite different. Harry’s Video Blog – Is G-d Fair? Having just received the laws about kosher food, the Jewish people had no choice but to limit themselves to easily prepared dairy or plant based foods, as opposed to meat that would require kosher slaughter, salting and other preparations before it could be eaten. Has any nation ever heard the voice of God speaking from the midst of the fire as you have heard, and survived? I come to you in the thickness of the cloud, so that the people will hear as I speak to you, and they will also believe in you forever.” Moses related the words of the people to God: God said to Moses, “Go to the people and sanctify them today and tomorrow, and they shall wash their clothing. i. Therefore, the covenant-establishing imagery of Mount Sinai appears here because the prayers of the new covenant community were about to result in the old covenant system reaching its demise. God said to Moses, “Behold! And I shall build My sanctuary 5 in their midst, and I shall dwell with them, and I shall be their God and they will be My people 6 in truth and righteousness. It is a time when the Jewish people testify together that God spoke to them at Mount Sinai and that they will continue to transmit His message through all time. 36:1 Cf. In the Book of Deuteronomy, these events are described as having transpired at Mount Horeb. You have been shown in order to know that God, He is the God! 8. And thus it will come to pass when all these things come upon them, 3 that they will recognize that I am more righteous than they in all their judgments and in all their actions, and they will recognize that I have been truly with them. 6 Although the Torah—Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy—are called the Five Books of Moses, Moses was not the author. xl. According to the Jewish Midrash, also, God showed Moses "all the generations that should arise," as well as "all the minutiæ of the Law" (Shemoth rabb. And, many will perish and they will be taken captive, 1 and will fall into the hands of the enemy, because they have forsaken My ordinances and My commandments, and the festivals of My covenant, and My sabbaths, and My holy place 2 which I have hallowed for Myself in their midst, and My tabernacle, 3 and My sanctuary, which I have hallowed for Myself in the midst of the land, that I should set My name upon it, and that it should dwell (there). On the third day when it was morning, there was thunder and lightning and a heavy cloud on the mountain, and the sound of the shofar was very powerful, and the entire people that was in the camp shuddered. The prophets refer to the Jewish people as the witnesses of God, “You are My witnesses, says God, and the servant that I have chosen.” We are identified this way because the entire nation witnessed God’s revelation and continuously testify to that revelation by following the commandments of the Torah. Traditional Judaism looks to the moment at Sinai as being the time when God gave Moses both the written Torah (the five books) and the oral Torah (the Talmud and Midrash). Moses atop Mount Sinai at the giving of the Torah as the Jews and the nations gather. Mount Horeb is the place where God addresses Moses through the burning bush and where God gave Moses the Ten Commandments. The sound of the shofar grew continually much stronger; Moses would speak and God would respond to him with a voice. Let them be prepared for the third day, for on the third day God shall descend in the sight of the entire people on Mount Sinai.”. JURI 510 Quiz 2 Question 1 2 out of 2 points Jewish law existed prior to Moses, but God’s revelation to Moses on Mount Sinai changed the existing law of Jewish people. It is packed with articles, podcasts, critical times, and more! Charles suggests reading "And I will plant them the plant of uprightness in the land. And it came to pass in the first year of the, the seventh day out of the midst of the cloud, and the appearance of the glory of the Lord was like a flaming fire on the top of the Mount. 13. 39:5 viz. And they will forget all My law and all My commandments and all My judgments, and will go astray as to new moons, and sabbaths, and festivals, and jubilees, and ordinances. 62. Sinai about eight times to meet with the Lord. And I will send witnesses unto them, that I may witness against them, but they will not hear, 7 and will slay 8 the witnesses also, and they will persecute those who seek the law, and they will abrogate and change everything so as to work evil before My eyes. Interestingly, according to Rashi, Resh Lakish is not implying that the entire Torah was given all at once on Mount Sinai, but rather, as each passage was told to Moses, Moses wrote it down, and in line with the passage from Menachot quoted above, at the end of the 40 years of travel through the desert, Moses compiled them and sewed them all together (s.v. 4. The revelation on Sinai which we saw with our own eyes, and heard with our own ears, not having to depend on the testimony of others... (Mishne Torah - Foundations of Torah 8:1) Here we have it. And Moses fell on his face and prayed and said, "O Lord my God, do not forsake Thy people and Thy inheritance, 8 so that they should wander in the error of their hearts, and do not deliver them into the hands of their enemies, the Gentiles, lest they should rule over them and cause them to sin against Thee. The Torah Pronunced: TORE-uh, Origin: Hebrew, the Five Books of Mose… those contained in our Book (the Book of Jubilees) as distinguished from the Book of the First Law (vi. Moses requests that God show him his glory (Ex. 21. God did not just appear to Moses in a private rendezvous; He appeared to everyone, some 3 million people. 16 The glory of the Lord dwelt on Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days.And on the seventh day he called to Moses out of the midst of the cloud. 19 On the first day of the third month after the Israelites left Egypt —on that very day—they came to the Desert of Sinai. The lack of tangible evidence does not, therefore, elicit any skepticism. When they reached a Mount Sinai, in present day Egypt, God spoke to Moses high on the mountain slopes and made a deal (called a covenant) with … And I shall disclose to them abounding peace with righteousness, and I shall †remove them the plant of uprightness†, 1 with all My heart and with all My soul, 2 and they will be for a blessing and not for a curse, 3 and they will be the head and not the tail. God descended upon Mount Sinai to the top of the mountain; God summoned Moses to the top of the mountain, and Moses ascended. 26. “Its ways are ways of pleasantness and all its paths are peace.” Milk and honey are both foods that do not require the taking of life or even the interruption of growth to be obtained. https://www.gatewaysonline.org/the-revelation-at-mount-sinai 25. 38:1 The obelized words are corrupt. Watch new and undeniable archaeological evidence of the real location of Mount Sinai! 26. 18. From heaven He caused you to hear His voice in order to teach you, and on earth He showed you His great fire, and you heard His words from the midst of the fire. 19. 7 10. Mount Horeb or Mount Sinai? And they will all be called children of the living God, 3 and every angel and every spirit will know, yea, they will know that these are My children, and that I am their Father in uprightness and righteousness, and that I love them. "Sinai" and "Horeb" are generally considered to refer to the same place by scholars. 38:12 Cf. The revelation and giving of the Torah on Mt. 20. Sinai may derive from the word Sin, the Moon god of the ancient East. It’s a topic of endless fascination. Let Thy mercy, O Lord, be lifted up upon Thy people, and create in them an upright spirit, 9 and let not the spirit of Beliar 10 rule over them to accuse them before Thee, and to ensnare them from all the paths of righteousness, so that they may perish from before Thy face. And Moses was on the Mount forty days and forty nights, and God taught him the earlier and the later history 1 of the division of all the days of the law and of the testimony. It is referred to as Mount Sinai in the Bible. Office@GatewaysOnline.org. I have often wondered whether this mistake comes from Cecil B. DeMille’s epic movie The Ten Commandments. The professor actually has moved a pivotal site … The [revelation] at Mount Sinai. YAHUAH then descended on Mt Sinai and called Moses up. At Mount Sinai. 39:4 Viz. Sinai is described in Exodus 19:2–7. (Credit: Jean-Léon Gérôme/Wikimedia Commons) It may surprise you to know that researchers have proposed about 20 different locations for Mt. This is one reason that the Torah’s account continuously mentions the public nature of the revelation and the fact that the Jewish people were witnesses to both the commands of God and His appointment of Moses as a prophet. Dr. Charles Whittaker has claimed the biblical Mount Sinai, the holy site where Moses received the Ten Commandments from God in the Book of Exodus, is at the east of the Sinai Peninsula, Saudi Arabia. “Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of Midian. There is none beside Him. Three months after the exodus from Egypt, the Israelites arrived at Mt. God came to me in a vision and said, “Becher, you are my prophet. 6. 37:3 The Tabernacle is apparently thought of as still in existence (in Jerusalem) during the time of the monarchy. 6 9. But theophanies represent events of intensive presence that underline the principle that he is always present with his people and that he is faithful to his word and his covenant.After the incident with the golden calf (Exodus 32), Israel’s future appears to be in doubt. In the absence of such testimony, even an eloquent and charismatic leader could not convince people that the revelation had occurred. 16. Or has any god ever miraculously come to take for himself a nation from amidst a nation, with challenges, with signs, and with wonders, and with war, and with a strong hand, and with an outstretched arm, and with greatly awesome deeds, such as everything that God, your God, did for you in Egypt before your eyes? in the perfect theocracy inaugurated by the Messianic Kingdom. Some explain this as one component in re-enacting Sinai. ; Megilla 19b). exodus of the children of Israel out of Egypt, in the third month, 5on the sixteenth day of the month, that God spake to Moses, saying: "Come up to Me on the Mount, and I will give thee two tables of stone of the law and of the commandment, which I have written, that thou mayst teach them." 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