Hi there.  Haven't seen you in quite a while.  Hope things are going well for you.

Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to the backside, of the desert, and came to the mountain of God, even to Horeb. And the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush" (Exod. 3:1,2).


The vision came in the midst of common toil, and that is where the Lord delights to give His revelations. He seeks a man who is on the ordinary road, and the Divine fire leaps out at his feet. The mystic ladder can rise from the market place to Heaven. It can connect the realm of drudgery with the realms of grace.
My Father God, help me to expect Thee on the ordinary road. I do not ask for sensational happenings. Commune with me through ordinary work and duty. Be my Companion when I take the common journey. Let the humble life be transfigured by Thy presence.
Some Christians think they must be always up to mounts of extraordinary joy and revelation; this is not after God's method. Those spiritual visits to high places, and that wonderful intercourse with the unseen world, are not in the promises; the daily life of communion is. And it is enough. We shall have the exceptional revelation if it be right for us.
There were but three disciples allowed to see the transfiguration, and those three entered the gloom of Gethsemane. No one can stay on the mount of privilege. There are duties in the valley. Christ found His life-work, not in the glory, but in the valley and was there truly and fully the Messiah.

Notice that the "new covenant" is with Judah.  Many people read it as referring to Gentiles, but I do not.

Gentiles never hear the Voice of God -- or the Divine Word -- as Israel did.  Moses heard it all and understood it all.  Joshua understood more; but the people heard and understood only the Decalogue often called the Ten Commandments.  There were far more than ten given however.  The ten sayings or ten words were what Israel could understand.

They did not want to hear the Voice of God. It was too loud and threatening to them.  If they had been totally perfect or even willing to be totally perfect, it would have been a "profound silence."  They rejected God then in large part in a way Gentiles never did since they didn't face this test.

The "written laws" Moses produced then were in the human language.  It was not the Living Word however.  It was the "Word of God" only in a limited way, the best a human language could convey the Truth.  The Living Word is Eternal, will never pass away. It was Perfect from the beginning and there was never any reason to change any of it or to drop parts of it. David and Jesus were referring to the Spiritual Law and not to the written words of humans when they wrote:

Psalm 19:7 The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple.

Matthew 5:18 For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.

How else could Gentiles do the things "in the law" and be rewarded for it?  If they obeyed their consciences, they could.

Romans 2:14 For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves:
15 Which shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another;)

I say it's not really Scripture until it's written on the heart as Jeremiah wrote.

Deuteronomy 11:18 Therefore shall ye lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul, and bind them for a sign upon your hand, that they may be as frontlets between your eyes.

These physical objects were meant to remind Israel to lay up God's words in their hearts and souls.

I can think of three others who "attained" while in physical bodies on this earth; but the world was not ready yet to receive the Gospel in full.  Enoch, Moses, and Elijah all partook of the Tree of Life, I would say.  Why were they here if the world was not ready yet?  To prepare the world in part, and to intercede also, and to pass down their annointing as Elijah did to Elisha. 

Yet the Cross should be seen as a physical symbol of the spiritual Tree of Life.

Also of interest is how Eve was drawn from the side of Adam -- again our Bibles tend to mistranslate that saying she was made from one of Adam's ribs  -- but it's from the side.  Compare that now to the blood which came from the side of Jesus at the Crucifixion.  Surely this represents the Spiritual Blood of Christ -- and the Bride of Christ was formed from it.

CB has always been a busy forum Mike, but it’s content and membership is made up of a wide variety of people and many are very argumentative and judgemental - yes there are many who  are not like that, but it doesn’t always make for a friendly place to post at times.
Here there may only be a few of us but we are friends and can share freely. Sometimes it’s not the size that counts but the atmosphere that matters.
Does it really matter that we don’t talk that often here, or that’s it’s not as busy as you would like it to be. Personally I value the fact that we can keep in contact , because of the friendships. Sure I wish those who originally joined would post, but life gets in the way sometimes.
Enjoy your time on CB, and here.
You wait till the presidential election is nearer, this will be oasis !!!

Mike your post did not go un-noticed I responded with my affirmative’like’
 At some time I shall do it the justice it deserves but by what I read you know the types and shadows that are for our admonition.
Firstly is there a biblical eighth day, I have to give it a little thought too, plus my time is limited for posting by daily cares, so my favourite scripture on this is  “ and the righteous do not make haste”

Maybe Christianity should be more about what the Lord is doing and not what has been done, Helen’s older brothers wife yesterday was taking an older lady home after she had come to visit Neil who has been afflicted with shingles, they was going through a park road when an old Oak tree crashed onto them trapping them in the car, the car is total write off,  the windshield shattered and both were hit by the pieces, the EMS came to extricate them and were amazed that they survived and they were taken to hospital for treatment to get the glass out of heads and eyes, and HE shall give
His angels charge over thee, comes to mind.
 
Eleven bells here, so the party’s over, time to call it a day, have a kings and priest week Mike.