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Exodus 19:10-13
Excerpted from: The Purpose of the Church

The theme of this Feast of Tabernacles has been sanctification unto holiness and how we have to apply ourselves in our responsibility to that.

Does that make a relationship with Ephesians 5, “the washing of the water by the word”? What did they have to do? They had to wash their clothes. What is clothes the symbol of? It is a symbol of righteousness. And what does the bride in the New Covenant prepare herself for? We will see it in just a little bit.

Notice carefully a major difference between the Old and the New Covenants. How long did the Old Covenant people have to sanctify themselves? Three days. How long do you, brethren, have to sanctify yourselves? A lifetime! That is how serious the responsibility is, that is how much greater the New Covenant is than the Old Covenant. God is shooting all the works, as we might say. He is putting all His money that He is going to be able to sanctify a people so that they will be ready for that marriage when it finally takes place. You notice the instruction was given to Moses to sanctify the people. Moses is a type of Christ. Who is doing the sanctifying? Jesus Christ. He is washing us in order to prepare us so that we will be ready, and He can present us to Himself.

The parallels are so close, it is scary, so that we can understand what it is that God wants from us and what we can turn our lives to. That New Covenant is not going to be completed until we are sanctified and those three days have gone by and we are washed clean. And did you notice, the Israelites were told to wash their clothes. Did you see what it says the bride has on? Fine linen, clean and white. She has been cleaned inside and out. In the outside, we are only reflecting what is on the inside. What we are being cleansed of is the image of man, all of our carnality.

Exodus 19:9-11
Excerpted from: Knowing God: Formality and Customs (Part 5)

Genesis 35 and Exodus 19 are two examples of people dressing up in preparation for being in God's presence. In the first, Jacob voluntarily prepares, clearly following an already-established custom. In the second, God commands it. Dressing up to be in God's presence is a matter of respect, and God expects it. You can tell that especially from Exodus 19. It is a matter of respecting His holiness, and honoring the dignity of His office as Creator and Ruler.

The bathing of oneself and the changing of clothing symbolize that the internal cleansing of the heart is either already done or it is in progress. Cleansing, dressing up, in short symbolize the process of justification and sanctification. If you thought the day of symbolism and ceremony is over, you are wrong! It did not end with the Old Covenant, but it continues right on through, and we are to acknowledge it.

Exodus 19:10-11
Excerpted from: The Appointed Weeks of Pentecost

So, the mention of the third month reinforces the time context of Pentecost.

So, there was a time of sanctification, and then God appeared on the third day and thundered the Ten Commandments.

Tradition suggests that Pentecost was when God gave the law. However, there is a difficulty to be aware of. As we just read, it was on the second day of sanctification that the whole nation washed their clothes. It was National Laundry Day. But if the third day was Pentecost, then Laundry Day would have been on the Sabbath, which is not something God would have commanded. Washing clothes is work for a preparation day.

However, if we move the starting point back one day and put Laundry Day on the preparation day, then the law would have been given on the Sabbath. But not just any Sabbath; the 7^th Sabbath, the final day of the perfect perfection of time.

Exodus 19:9-13
Excerpted from: Sanctification and Holiness (Part 1)

In verse 10 the word "sanctify" there should be understood in the sense of devote, or dedicate, or consecrate. It meant that Moses was to focus their attention on what they were about to enter into. The clean clothing then is symbolic of the righteousness of the saints. That is a symbol of becoming holy, clean, in order to appear before God. Consecrated. Devoted. Not merely set apart, but with their mind focused, and therefore consecrated to God.

Exodus 19:9-12
Excerpted from: His Eye is on the Sparrow (Part Four)

What is He saying there, do not come near the mountain, you can come up to it but do not try to come up the mountain where I am. If you come up to the mountain you will die. We are beginning to see a little bit of the difference between holiness of God, and mankind as we are today. There is a reason why I am going through this, because God points out why we have to go through it.

Sermons
The Handwriting Is on the Wall (2021)
Radiating the Glory of God
The Third Day (Part Two)
God's Sea of Glass (Part 1)
Do You Recognize This Man? (Part 5)

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