·         Holy – [qôdesh], ko'-desh – apartness, sacred, inviolable (secure from violation or profanation), separate from all defilement, profanity or impurity. 

·         Majestic – [hôwd], hode – divine splendor, light and glory, dignity, vigor and authority. 

Exodus 6:5-8 And I have also heard the groaning of the children of Israel whom the Egyptians keep in bondage, and I have remembered My covenant. 6 Therefore say to the children of Israel: ‘I am the Lord; I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, I will rescue you from their bondage, and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with great judgments. 7 I will take you as My people, and I will be your God. Then you shall know that I am the Lord your God who brings you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians. 8 And I will bring you into the land which I swore to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; and I will give it to you as a heritage: I am the Lord.’

·         POINT 1: The Holiness and Majesty of God are not to be trifled with.

·         POINT 2: A true encounter with the Holiness and Majesty of God induces HOLY AWE & Wonder.

·         POINT 3: The Holiness and Majesty of God should produce in us a desire for personal holiness.

·         Rabbinical Notes:

·         Acts 2:1-13 Dr. Joseph Hertz, The Authorized Prayer Book, NY Block Publishing, pg. 781: “Revelation at Sinai, it was taught, was given in desert territory which belongs to no one nation exclusively; and it was not heard by Israel alone, but the inhabitants of all the earth.  The Divine Voice divided itself into 70 tongues then spoken on the earth, so that all the children of men might understand its world embracing and man – redeeming message… When God gave the Torah on Sinai He displayed untold marvels to Israel with His Voice.  What happened?  God spoke and the Voice reverberated throughout the world…It says, (Ex 20:18) ‘And all the peoples witnessed the thunderings.”

·         Midrash, Exodus, Rabbah 5.9, Rabbi Johanan: “God’s Voice, as it was uttered, split up into 70 voices, in 70 languages, so that all nations should understand.  When each nation heard the Voice in their own vernacular, their soul departed [they were in fear], save Israel, who heard but were not hurt.”

·         Rabbi Moshe Weissman, The Midrash Says of Shemot, Benei Yakov, pg.182: “On the occasion of Matan Torah (giving of Torah), the Bnai Yisrael (children of Israel) not only heard HaShem’s Voice, but actually saw the sound waves as the emerged from HaShem’s mouth.  They visualized them as a fiery substance.  Each commandment that left HaShem’s mouth traveled around the entire camp and then came back to every Jew individually, asking him, “Do you accept upon yourself this commandment with all the halachot (Jewish Law) pertaining to it?”  Every Jew answered, “Yes”, after each commandment.  Finally, the fiery substance which they saw, engraved itself on the luchot (tablets).”

Hebrews 12:28-29 Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom which cannot be shaken, let us have grace, by which we may serve God acceptably, with reverence and godly fear. 29 For our God is a consuming fire.”

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