DAILY READINGS: Judges 9 to 10:5; Isaiah 30; 1 Corinthians 9:1-23
Thou shalt set bounds unto the people round about, saying, Take heed to yourselves, that ye go not up into the mount, or touch the border of it: whosoever toucheth the mount shall be surely put to death. Exodus 19:12
Ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem. Hebrews 12:22a
The Israelites dared not touch Mount Sinai, lest they be slain for infringing upon the manifested glory and holiness of God. Under the Old Covenant there was distance between the Lord and His people. On this side of Calvary the believer is instructed to boldly draw near through our Great High Priest, the Lord Jesus Christ. —Keith Keyser
He’s gone within the veil, for us that place He’s won;
In Him we stand, where He Himself has gone. —J. N. Darby