Exo Msg 66

1. The book of Exodus has one main point: God's redemption and salvation.
2. At Mount Sinai the children of Israel were feasting with God.
3. The law includes ordinances and commandments.
4. God whom we worship is the living and the speaking God (He has spoken from heaven, 20:22)
5. The burnt and peace offering in 20:24 is fellowship between God and His redeemed people.
6. To hold on to wealth instead of holding on to the living God is to worship idols.
7. The altar denotes the corss. Related to altar, we have death, burning, and resurrection.
8. The fact that the children of Israel could erect an altar either of earth or stone idicates that the cross is readily available.
9. "God, thank You for prreparing the cross that I may worship You. There is no need for me to work. I simply receive the cross You have prepared."
10. To hew the stones to make the altar more beautiful is to add man's work to God's work. This brings in pollution.
11. Steps refer to man-made way. Every denomination has its kind of steps. These steps cause man's nakedness to be exposed.
12. No steps means no place for human attainment or achievement, no place for man's way.
13. Burnt offering is for God's satisfaction, and the peace offering is for the people's enjoyment with God mutually.
14. A God who does not speak cannot bless. Our worship must be such that it invites the living God to come to us and bless us.