A Consecrated People: Exodus 19

In Exodus 19 a people are set apart to receive the law.

God prepares a covenant, reminding Israel of his deliverence and stipulating that if they obey then they will be his peculiar treasure, a kingdom of priests, a holy nation.

Throughout, we see Moses acting as mediator, foreshadowing the mediatorial work of Christ.

The Lord promises to reveal himself. He sets physical boundaries around the mountain in anticipation of the moral boundary of the law that will come in Exod 20.

It is fearful to approach God in his holiness. His awesome presence must be mediated to us. This points to the incarnational work of Christ.