The Twofold Significance of Mount Horeb, The Mountain of God

In Exodus 3:1, we read that Moses came to the Mountain of God, Mount Horeb. And in verse twelve we read:

And He said, "Certainly I will be with thee; and this shall be the token unto thee, that I have sent thee: when thou hast brought forth the people out of Egypt, ye shall serve God on this mountain".

The word of God refers us to a mountain and this mountain is called by two different names, Mount Horeb or Mount Sinai.

Mount Horeb is called the mountain of God, Exodus 3:1,12; 18:5; 24:13; Numbers 10:33, and 1st Kings 19:8.

God refers to His Mountain by two different names, the same way that a twenty four hour day is referred to as the day part and a night part, yet one day. In scripture, God is referred to as light and is of the day, such as the Lord’s day, day of visitation, all of the feasts days, and the Sabbath day. This is God’s side and a positive side of God’s dealings. With every positive side, there is also a negative side. The Mountain of God, Horeb, consists of a light side or a positive side as well and Mount Sinai consists of a night side or negative side.

The Difference Lies in The Heart And Attitude of The People.

Many people approach the Bible in the same way as the people approached Mount Horeb. This same Book can be to some as light and of the day, and others approach this Book as of and in the night. If all churchgoers approached the Bible as of the light and of the day, the Holy Bible would say the same thing to everyone. It is when the Bible is looked at according to the night or dark side that there are many differences, quarreling and fighting. This is one of the reasons why there are so many different church denominations.

This is not a problem with the Holy Book; it is a heart and attitude problem with the reader. Even though God is dealing with all His churchgoers, some approach the scriptures from the light side and some from the night side.

Two Types of People at The Mountain of God.

Exodus 19:3, And Moses went unto God and the Lord called unto him out of the mountain saying, "thus shall thou say to the house of Jacob, and tell the children of Israel".

The two types of people are the house of Jacob and those of the house of Israel. The interesting thing about God’s statement is that the same man Jacob is referred to as Israel in many other places in the scriptures. His name is called Jacob before his conversion and God changed his name to Israel after his conversion. Genesis 32:28.

The People Were to Feast With God

Exodus 5:1, And afterward Moses and Aaron went in, and told Pharaoh, " Thus saith the Lord, the God of Egypt, ‘Let My people go that they may hold a feast unto Me in the wilderness’."

Exodus 10:9, And Moses said, "we will go with our young and with our old, and with our sons and with our daughters, with our flocks and with our herds will we go; for we must hold a feast unto the Lord".

When the people were in Egypt, they were told to get a lamb for every household, kill it, and feast on the lamb all night. This was in type, Christ, who would become the lamb of God, John 1:29. This is also called a feast to the Lord.

Exodus 12:14, And this day shall be unto you for a memorial; and ye shall keep it a feast to the Lord throughout your generations; ye shall keep it a feast by an ordinance forever.

This was the time when the Egyptians had God’s plague poured out upon them. As long as God’s people were feasting on the lamb, they were protected from the plague. The house of Jacob and the children were under grace, not law. The people didn’t have to do anything but put blood on their doorposts and feast on the lamb for their protection. The plague was poured out upon the Egyptians because of God’s judgment of sin defined by God’s law. The light part of the day did not occur to the people until they had consumed the lamb. It was at this time that the night had to give way to the day. The people had within them, the lamb in type, being Christ, which paid the ransom for sin which is within us all.

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