Q:God's charge on Moses "Set bounds about the mount, and sanctify it" perhaps points to the heavenly Jerusalem above and mount Agar as two emblems for the Law of the Spirit and Law of sin?
A: Yes indeed. God gives the Law whereby a nation may redeem themselves by obedience. Instead it judges them. These laws are figuratively set as two mounts . Both together serve as millstone. The Law therefore sets the law. "No man shall take the nether or the upper millstone to pledge: for he taketh a man's life to pledge."(De.24:6). How does God judge Babylon? "And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all."(Re.18:21)
The Spirit gives us a similar action in the manner Abimelech was judged."And a certain woman cast a piece of a millstone upon Abimelech's head, and all to brake his skull."(Ju.9:23).The Spirit uses them as warning. "Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come."(1 Co.10:11-12)
Finally coming back to the sword of the Spirit discussed earlier, "And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming." (2 The.2:8) we have an instance from the life of Elijah," Hear me, O Lord, hear me, that this people may know that thou art the Lord God, and that thou hast turned their heart back again./ Then the fire of the Lord fell, and consumed the burnt sacrifice, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench./ And when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces: and they said, The Lord, he is the God; the Lord, he is the God."(1 Ki.18:37-39)
Q:God's charge on Moses "Set bounds about the mount, and sanctify it" perhaps points to the heavenly Jerusalem above and mount Agar as two emblems for the Law of the Spirit and Law of sin?
A: Yes indeed. God gives the Law whereby a nation may redeem themselves by obedience. Instead it judges them. These laws are figuratively set as two mounts . Both together serve as millstone. The Law therefore sets the law. "No man shall take the nether or the upper millstone to pledge: for he taketh a man's life to pledge."(De.24:6). How does God judge Babylon? "And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all."(Re.18:21)
The Spirit gives us a similar action in the manner Abimelech was judged."And a certain woman cast a piece of a millstone upon Abimelech's head, and all to brake his skull."(Ju.9:23).The Spirit uses them as warning. "Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come."(1 Co.10:11-12)
Finally coming back to the sword of the Spirit discussed earlier, "And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming." (2 The.2:8) we have an instance from the life of Elijah," Hear me, O Lord, hear me, that this people may know that thou art the Lord God, and that thou hast turned their heart back again./ Then the fire of the Lord fell, and consumed the burnt sacrifice, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench./ And when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces: and they said, The Lord, he is the God; the Lord, he is the God."(1 Ki.18:37-39)
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