CHAPTER TWELVE

GOD’S HISTORY IN TIME
(FROM THE CREATION OF THE UNIVERSE
TO THE FINAL JUDGMENT
AT THE GREAT WHITE THRONE—
GENESIS 1:1—REVELATION 20:15)

(11)

WORKING ON HIS ELECT THROUGH MOSES

(2)

BEARING THEM THROUGH THE WILDERNESS
AND
BRINGING THEM TO HIMSELF AT MOUNT SINAI

Scripture Reading: Exo. 15:22-27; 16:13-18; 17:1-16; 19:1-8

OUTLINE

1. Bearing them through the wilderness:
   1. As on eagles’ wings—Exo. 19:4.
   2. Changing the bitter waters into sweet waters for them by casting a tree (typifying the healing cross of Christ—1 Pet. 2:24) into the waters of Marah, signifying that Jehovah heals them from the Egyptians’ diseases—Exo. 15:22-26.
   3. Providing them with twelve springs of water (signifying the all-inclusive Spirit of Christ—John 7:38-39) and seventy shading palm trees (signifying the overshadowing Christ—2 Cor. 12:9) at Elim—Exo. 15:27.
   4. Feeding them with manna, the heavenly food (typifying Christ as the bread from heaven—John 6:50-51; 1 Cor. 10:3)—Exo. 16:13-18.
   5. Quenching them with the living water (1 Cor. 10:4a), typifying the overflowing Spirit (John 7:37-39), out of the cleft rock, typifying the crucified Christ (John 19:34; 1 Cor. 10:4b)—Exo. 17:1-6.
   6. Defeating the Amalekites (signifying the flesh of the believers—Gal. 5:16-24) for them—Exo. 17:8-16.
   7. Establishing them as a kingdom (19:6) with authorities (Moses typifying Christ as the head authority, and the captains of thousands, hundreds, fifties, and tens as deputy authorities) to keep their condition in a good order—18:13-26.
2. Bringing them to Himself at Mount Sinai—19:1-4:
   1. Making them His own personal treasure among all the peoples, a kingdom of priests and a holy nation—vv. 5-6.
   2. Exposing them by giving them the law as His testimony (Psa. 19:7) so that they might know that they were sinful in nature and evil in deeds and that they had no ability to keep His law—Exo. 20—23; cf. 19:8.
   3. Revealing to them the way to partake of the Triune God as their portion for their enjoyment—chs. 25—27; 30; 36—38; 40:
      1. To get them washed in the laver, typifying the cleansing Spirit, from the dirt of the earth—30:17-21; 40:11-12, 30-32.
      2. To get them redeemed from their sins through the offerings (typifying Christ—John 1:29) and to offer them with Christ to God at the altar, typifying the cross of Christ—Exo. 27:1-8; 38:1-7; 40:6.
      3. To enter into the tabernacle as the dwelling of the Triune God on earth, typifying Christ as the embodiment of the Triune God among men (John 1:14)—Exo. 26; 36:8-38; 40:2, 17-28, 33-34.
      4. To feed on the table of the bread of the Presence, typifying Christ as the believers’ life supply (John 6:48, 51)—Exo. 25:23-30; 37:10-16; 40:4a, 22-23.
      5. To be enlightened by the lampstand, typifying Christ as the light of life to the believers (John 1:4; 8:12)—Exo. 25:31-39; 37:17-24; 40:4b, 24-25.
      6. To be accepted by God in prayer with Christ as the fragrance (cf. Rev. 8:3-4) at the golden altar—Exo. 30:1-10; 37:25-29; 40:5, 26-27.
      7. To meet God through the propitiatory blood on the propitiation cover of the Ark (typifying Christ as the center of God’s dwelling—Rom. 3:25) in the Holy of Holies—Exo. 25:10-22; 37:1-9; 40:3, 20-21.