I love to read the Old Testament. There are so many foundational truths shared in its pages. It contains the only accurate story of the Creation of all things! It answers life’s essential questions. It clearly states that all of mankind came from Adam and Eve, which means there is only one race. It notes the barrier God made between species, which precludes the possibility of an evolutionary tree. It reveals that families, laws, governments and nations (with borders) were ordained of God. It tells how sin and death entered the world and provides the remedy for them. It validates the evidence we can see today of a worldwide flood in the distant past. It tells us where languages came from. It explains why Israel is God’s chosen nation. It proclaims that the Creator God and His Son desire a personal relationship with each one of us. It contains numerous direct quotations of God speaking to individuals and nations. It showcases the lives of many noteworthy historical people, good and bad. It shares multiple accounts of encounters with angels; including Jesus, revealed as the Angel of The Lord, “whose goings forth have been from of old.” (Micah 5:2) It includes over 1200 prophecies, none of which have erred in fulfillment. And, there is so much more in those inspired books, including the answer to our question: Who Wrote the Ten Commandments?
This is a story about the giving of God’s Law to the young nation of Israel. The whole law of God is distilled into Ten Commandments, which were written on tablets of stone by God, Himself. Yes, these are the very same Ten Commandments that ungodly men are working to remove from our society today. They were written by the Creator God and given to us for our good! They were given to preserve and extend our lives, and the lives of our nations. Let’s read the passage.
Then Moses went up, also Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel, and they saw the God of Israel. And there was under His feet as it were a paved work of sapphire stone, and it was like the very heavens in its clarity. Then the Lord said to Moses, “Come up to Me on the mountain and be there; and I will give you tablets of stone, and the law and commandments which I have written, that you may teach them.” Exodus 24:9-10, 12 NKJV
This is a jewel of a passage–-literally; a blue sapphire passage! Seventy-four men, still in the flesh, saw God! Yes, I know about the objections people have to this. Many commentators say they saw smoke and fire and heard a voice but did not see God. But, what does the passage say? It says, “they saw the God of Israel.”
In Exodus 33:20 God says, “there shall no man see Me, and live.” This passage is clearly talking about seeing the fullness of the glory of God the Father as He is in Himself. He is too holy for a human body to survive in His presence. Jesus later told His disciples, “And the Father Himself, which has sent me, has borne witness of me. You have neither heard His voice at any time, nor seen His shape. (John 5:37) And the Apostle John wrote, “No man has seen God at any time; the only begotten Son...He has declared him.” (John 1:18)
Jewish commentators lack an understanding of the Trinity, even though the Father, the Son, and the Spirit of God are revealed in the Old Testament. Their eyes are blinded to this truth as long as they reject Jesus as their Messiah.
Many Christian commentators seem confused here too. As I noted above, Jesus is God and He has engaged in pre-incarnate “goings forth” since the beginning of creation. He walked with Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, after personally creating them! He visited with numerous Old Testament characters; such as, Enoch, Noah, Abraham, Jacob, Moses, Joshua, Gideon, Manoah’s wife first and later Manoah, etc. In New Testament times, Jesus allowed Peter, James and John to see Him in His Divine Glory before He was crucified. This is called the Transfiguration. He allowed hundreds of believers to see Him in His resurrected body between the Resurrection and His Ascension into heaven in the clouds. Jesus is the God of Israel, and also the God of all nations. He and His Father are One. He is the “fullness of the Godhead bodily.” (Col 2:9) Jesus is the only physical representation of God we have ever or will ever see. And these seventy-four men of Israel saw Him.
God, as revealed in Jesus, told Moses to join Him on the top of the mountain so He could give him the Ten Commandments which Jesus, Himself, had written on gemstone tablets for Moses so he could use them to teach the children of Israel God’s “law and commandments.”
Jesus gave the Ten Commandments to Moses to teach the people how to live righteously. (That simply means to teach them to do the right thing.) God’s commandments are powerful. They resonate in our hearts. Individuals who are regularly exposed to God’s commandments live at a higher level than those who are unaware of them. That’s why our culture has been deteriorating since they were taken out of schools and other public places. Only the light of God’s Word can overcome darkness and teach righteousness.
From this passage in Exodus the Rabbis of Israel teach that God (Yahweh, the Great I Am) inscribed the first copy of the Ten Commandments on sapphire tablets from the floor of His throne room. Since God’s law is foundational to His kingdom, I can believe He would write them on the same type of precious gemstone as He used for the pavements of His throne room floor and I’m impressed!
I am not impressed; however, that Moses broke those precious tablets inscribed by the finger of God when he came down from the mountain and discovered the idolatry of the children of Israel. Apparently, Jesus wasn’t too impressed either. He required that the next set of stone tablets for the commandments be prepared by Moses. Then Jesus wrote the Ten Commandments again. After giving that scenario some thought, I told my husband that no woman would have broken the Ten Commandments like Moses did because they would have valued the sapphire stones they were engraved on. Lol How much more should we value the wisdom and blessings to be gained by keeping them.
The 10 Commandments Exodus 20:2-17
1. You shall have no other gods before me.
2. You shall not make idols.
3. You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain.
4. Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.
5. Honor your father and your mother.
6. You shall not murder.
7. You shall not commit adultery.
8. You shall not steal
9. You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
10. You shall not covet.
No nation shall long endure if it rejects the Law of God. Sin deceives and enslaves those who embrace it. Righteousness exalts a nation! God’s Ten Commandments are the bedrock of freedom. Let’s remember to obey, defend and promote them. It’s not a good time to be removing them from public spaces. We need them now more than ever before.
God in Jesus Christ wrote them!
This is a story about the giving of God’s Law to the young nation of Israel. The whole law of God is distilled into Ten Commandments, which were written on tablets of stone by God, Himself. Yes, these are the very same Ten Commandments that ungodly men are working to remove from our society today. They were written by the Creator God and given to us for our good! They were given to preserve and extend our lives, and the lives of our nations. Let’s read the passage.
Then Moses went up, also Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel, and they saw the God of Israel. And there was under His feet as it were a paved work of sapphire stone, and it was like the very heavens in its clarity. Then the Lord said to Moses, “Come up to Me on the mountain and be there; and I will give you tablets of stone, and the law and commandments which I have written, that you may teach them.” Exodus 24:9-10, 12 NKJV
This is a jewel of a passage–-literally; a blue sapphire passage! Seventy-four men, still in the flesh, saw God! Yes, I know about the objections people have to this. Many commentators say they saw smoke and fire and heard a voice but did not see God. But, what does the passage say? It says, “they saw the God of Israel.”
In Exodus 33:20 God says, “there shall no man see Me, and live.” This passage is clearly talking about seeing the fullness of the glory of God the Father as He is in Himself. He is too holy for a human body to survive in His presence. Jesus later told His disciples, “And the Father Himself, which has sent me, has borne witness of me. You have neither heard His voice at any time, nor seen His shape. (John 5:37) And the Apostle John wrote, “No man has seen God at any time; the only begotten Son...He has declared him.” (John 1:18)
Jewish commentators lack an understanding of the Trinity, even though the Father, the Son, and the Spirit of God are revealed in the Old Testament. Their eyes are blinded to this truth as long as they reject Jesus as their Messiah.
Many Christian commentators seem confused here too. As I noted above, Jesus is God and He has engaged in pre-incarnate “goings forth” since the beginning of creation. He walked with Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, after personally creating them! He visited with numerous Old Testament characters; such as, Enoch, Noah, Abraham, Jacob, Moses, Joshua, Gideon, Manoah’s wife first and later Manoah, etc. In New Testament times, Jesus allowed Peter, James and John to see Him in His Divine Glory before He was crucified. This is called the Transfiguration. He allowed hundreds of believers to see Him in His resurrected body between the Resurrection and His Ascension into heaven in the clouds. Jesus is the God of Israel, and also the God of all nations. He and His Father are One. He is the “fullness of the Godhead bodily.” (Col 2:9) Jesus is the only physical representation of God we have ever or will ever see. And these seventy-four men of Israel saw Him.
God, as revealed in Jesus, told Moses to join Him on the top of the mountain so He could give him the Ten Commandments which Jesus, Himself, had written on gemstone tablets for Moses so he could use them to teach the children of Israel God’s “law and commandments.”
Jesus gave the Ten Commandments to Moses to teach the people how to live righteously. (That simply means to teach them to do the right thing.) God’s commandments are powerful. They resonate in our hearts. Individuals who are regularly exposed to God’s commandments live at a higher level than those who are unaware of them. That’s why our culture has been deteriorating since they were taken out of schools and other public places. Only the light of God’s Word can overcome darkness and teach righteousness.
From this passage in Exodus the Rabbis of Israel teach that God (Yahweh, the Great I Am) inscribed the first copy of the Ten Commandments on sapphire tablets from the floor of His throne room. Since God’s law is foundational to His kingdom, I can believe He would write them on the same type of precious gemstone as He used for the pavements of His throne room floor and I’m impressed!
I am not impressed; however, that Moses broke those precious tablets inscribed by the finger of God when he came down from the mountain and discovered the idolatry of the children of Israel. Apparently, Jesus wasn’t too impressed either. He required that the next set of stone tablets for the commandments be prepared by Moses. Then Jesus wrote the Ten Commandments again. After giving that scenario some thought, I told my husband that no woman would have broken the Ten Commandments like Moses did because they would have valued the sapphire stones they were engraved on. Lol How much more should we value the wisdom and blessings to be gained by keeping them.
The 10 Commandments Exodus 20:2-17
1. You shall have no other gods before me.
2. You shall not make idols.
3. You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain.
4. Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.
5. Honor your father and your mother.
6. You shall not murder.
7. You shall not commit adultery.
8. You shall not steal
9. You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
10. You shall not covet.
No nation shall long endure if it rejects the Law of God. Sin deceives and enslaves those who embrace it. Righteousness exalts a nation! God’s Ten Commandments are the bedrock of freedom. Let’s remember to obey, defend and promote them. It’s not a good time to be removing them from public spaces. We need them now more than ever before.
Who wrote the 10 Commandments?
God in Jesus Christ wrote them!
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