They now arrived at Sinai. After having been rescued, God was now going to make a covenant with them and give them His Laws.
God speaks to Moses and gives him the message he is to pass on to the people. God first reminds them how He set them free from Egypt, bringing them out on "eagles wings". He did this to "bring them to himself". We end up in captivity when we stray from God. He rescues us so that we can be with Him. All of God's working in your life is designed to bring you closer to Himself.
The covenant is given in verses 5 and 6. This covenant is subservient to the Abrahamic covenant, and its actual purpose was to illustrate their need for Christ (see Jeremiah 31, Galatians, Hebrews, Romans). This covenant depended upon the people obeying the Law. If they fully kept His covenant then they would be His special possession. Note also that they would be a kingdom of priests. Ie they were to be a kingdom of people who could bring others close to God. The travesty is that the priests ended up keeping people away from God (Matt 23:15).
All the people agreed to do what the Lord said. As we know, they never actually did. We need to realise that this is still true today. Merely agreeing to do God's will is not enough, for we will inevitably fail at some point. We need to be changed from the inside out.
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