A messy journal entry is straight from my prayer journal. Sometimes, I
write things down that are easier to transcribe from my prayer journal (or fix
some of the grammar and thoughts) then try to “tidy up” and make into a decent
blog post.
Here are some of my thoughts comparing Moses climbing Mt. Sinai and
Jesus climbing Golgotha. Mt. Sinai is where Moses received the ten
commandments. It was on Golgotha that Jesus was crucified.
The meaning of the word “Sinai” is “thorny”. Moses walked the mountain
of thorns. Jesus walked up to Golgotha with a crown of thorns on His head. As
Moses went up a thorny mountain, thorns pulled on his clothes. As Jesus made
His way from the Garden to Golgotha; thorns, whips, and nails pulled on His skin.
Moses conquered a mountain of thorns to receive the ten commandments. Jesus
conquered the curse of mankind who broke the ten commandments. Moses
walked on the curse (thorns) caused by Adam. Jesus, the second Adam, became
the curse for us.
When Moses went up the mountain he held the two stone tablets in one
hand; he probably had his wooden staff in the other. It was this staff that was
lifted up over the Red Sea, parting for the Israelites for freedom and consuming
the Egyptians in the waters that closed back in on them. The stone tablets would
be engraved with the law, the wooden staff would be a symbol of the mercy of
God in helping His people and vanquishing the enemy. Law and mercy come
together to ascend the mountain. Jesus, the fulfillment of the law, carried the
cross up a mountain as well. Law and mercy come together. The ultimate enemy,
Satan himself, is conquered as the cross is lifted up. Lives are forever changed.
The nation of Israel was forgiven at Mt. Sinai; the world was forgiven at Golgotha.
The wooden staff was a picture to the nation of Israel of the power of God.
The staff was raised when the Red Sea parted making a way for Israel to freedom.
It was the staff that struck the rock causing water to pour out, giving life-giving
water to a thirsty nation who came to the waters. The wooden cross is a picture
to the world of the power of God. The cross raised up made a way for man to be
freed from sin and have a relationship with God. It was the pierced side of Jesus
where blood and water flowed out, so the death of Jesus gives life to all who
come to Him.
Pictures of Jesus are found throughout the Old Testament. How amazing is
the Word of God!