DAY THREE

 Moses and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu,

and the seventy elders of Israel went up

and saw the God of Israel. 

Under His feet was something like a pavement made of sapphire, clear as the sky itself. 

But God did not raise a hand against these leaders of the Israelites;

they saw God and they ate and drank.

The Lord said to Moses,

 “Come up to me on the mountain and stay here,

and I will give you the tablets of stone,

with the law and commandments I have written for their instruction…”

When Moses went up the mountain, the cloud covered it,

and the glory of the Lord settled on Mount Sinai. 

For six days the cloud covered the mountain,

and on the seventh day the Lord called to Moses

from within the cloud.

  To the Israelites the glory of the Lord looked like

a consuming fire on top of the mountain. 

Then Moses entered the cloud as he went up on the mountain.  And he stayed on the mountain forty days and forty nights. 

Exodus 24:9-12; 15-18

 As we move through these descriptive Scriptures, keep two things in mind, that these descriptions come from human understanding and that we are being exposed to the awesome majesty of God which is beyond human description.  Allow yourself to be caught up in the atmosphere of the presence of God and of those around the throne who were overwhelmed and overawed by the glory of God.  We are learning to pray to the God who is revealed in Scripture so that we can develop a realistic appreciation of who He is.