Advent 2020: Tear Down the Heavens
Tear Down the Heavens
Updated & expanded for 2023
AIM commentary
Ancient lens
What's the historical context?
Longing created by exile
For the Israelites, who escaped enslavement and exile in Egypt, the experience at Mt. Sinai in Exodus 19 was formative. It framed their past, their present, and their future. The day that the Lord came down and revealed himself to Moses and Aaron was seared in the collective memory of the people and their offspring, “Mount Sinai was wrapped in smoke because the Lord had descended on…
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