Christ Speaks From Sinai

FOR the very reason that sin separates man from God, so that the Father withdraws his visible presence, the Son becomes a mediator through whom he speaks to sinful men. This is alike true in the days of Adam, Noah, Abraham, Moses, and the beloved John who bears decided testimony to the point: "My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: and he is the propitiation for our sins; and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world." 1 John 2:1, 2.

And if God did not communicate directly with Adam, Noah, and Abraham, for the reason that he could not speak to sinful men and maintain the dignity of his throne, he did not speak with Moses and the hosts of Israel when assembled at the base of Sinai to hear the ten precepts of the moral code. The Son, burdened with the word of the Father, descends upon Sinai wrapped in fire and flame, and speaks the ten commandments in the audience of the people.

That Christ was with Moses in the Mount Sinai, is evident from the address of Stephen, who bears this important testimony: "This [Moses] is he that was in the church in the wilderness with the angel [Christ] which spake to him [Moses] in the Mount Sinai, and with our fathers, who received the lively oracles to give unto us." Acts 7:38. The conclusion seems irresistible that the Son of God spoke the ten commandments from Sinai.