Exodus 19:11 - Forerunner Commentary

Exodus 19:11

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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 19:9-13
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.

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