Day 37 Feb 06

Exodus 23:14-25:40
God continues his instructions to Moses and to the Hebrews, he declares there are three festivals that they must celebrate every year. He also tells them he is sending an angel before you to protect you, he also declares to make sure that every one obeys this angel. Is this angel Moses? He tells them that he is clearing the way ahead of them, he is laying out their territories and tells them to make no treaties with these people. He then has Moses and 70 elders come up the mountain, he shows himself to the elders and it sounds like quite the display. Moses went high into the mountain for 40 days and 40 nights the Lord then gives him very strong instruction on how to build the Ark of the Covenant.
Matthew 24:29-51
Jesus tells how there will be a mighty blast of a trumpet and they will gather his chosen ones from all over the world. Jesus is saying in 24:34 that this generation will not pass from this scene until all these things take place. What does this mean it didn't happen this way? No one knows when this day will happen there is a great analogy how we don't know when the rapture will be. If a homeowner knew when a burglar was coming he would watch and not allow his house to be broken into. We must be ready always as his son will come when we least expect it. He also says a good one about if we knew we would change how we behave, if we don't know we will always behave good.