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Talmud and Middle Persian Culture. Teacher of Righteousness. Ten Lost Tribes. Timeline for History of Jerusalem. Timeline for History of Judaism. Translation and Translators. Travelers and Explorers. Twelve Tribes of Israel. They thought they could create a God. Moses was furious and threw the tablets on the ground Exodus When he went back up the mountain he pleaded on their behalf.
He cleared the stones which were rewritten by God Exodus A food offering was presented at Mount Sinai Numbers Another amazing fact is that Moses was familiar with the area since an angel appeared to him in a burning bush near Mount Sinai Acts This landmark was significant to the communication between God and Moses, as well as the place of intimacy.
Mount Sinai itself is not holy, however, the Lord dwelling on top of that mountain made it holy. Galatians goes into detail about Hagar and Sarah regarding the law. Hagar represents Mount Sinai in being slaves to the law. However, in the same way, it also revealed their sins. Those who accept Jesus are freed by His blood. Essentially, Mount Sinai is a symbol of our sin and a reminder of our need for a Savior.
The people could not even touch the ground of the mountain because of the holiness of God and their unholiness in their sin.
We are reminded at Mount Sinai of the seriousness of our sins and the division that they cause between us and our Heavenly Father. We are also given newfound gratitude that we no longer live under the law of sin, but the law of liberty through Christ Jesus. Mount Sinai is still applicable to the believer today because when we love God, we delight in obeying Him. We know that His ways are ultimately what are best for us and will bless us in the end. The mountain returned to Egyptian rule again in The religious context and events associated with Mount Sinai makes it an important pilgrimage site.
Moreover, there is controversy as to the actual name and location of Mount Sinai. Moses, the founder of Judaism, is directly related to the historical and religious context of Mount Sinai. Moses was born as a son of a Hebrew slave in Egypt.
In Egypt, the Hebrews were in bondage for four hundred years, but a prophecy by an Egyptian priest stated that the Hebrews will be freed from slavery by a Hebrew child.
Upon hearing this prophecy, the Pharoah ordered that every Hebrew child should be killed. Ironically, the daughter of the Pharoah found him and raised him as part of the royal family. This triggered him to assault and kill an Egyptian overseer.
Then, he fled into exile in the Sinai Peninsula. In addition to maintaining the 1,year-old structure and managing the flow of tourists — a full-time task in itself — the monks are also working to preserve its vast treasury of manuscripts and artwork. In , the St. In a four-year restoration project in collaboration with the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art, completed in , the monastery converted one of its buildings into an art museum housing its iconography collection. Catherine Foundation, began a conservation-preservation project for St.
In late a contract was awarded for a library expansion and improvement project, including updated storage facilities for the collection, a conservation workshop and a digitization studio.
Community and Environmental Services Center at St. Community and Environmental Services Association. Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency. Feller, Bruce. Hobbs, Joseph J. Katherine National Park. Holy Image, Hallowed Ground , video. Jobbins, Jenny. Medicinal Plants Conservation Project. Mount Sinai Foundation. Holy Monastery of St. Catherine at Mount Sinai. Operation Wallacea. Skip to content. Mount Sinai. Operation Wallacea accepts summer volunteer research assistants primarily university students for its St.
Catherine Protectorate biodiversity mapping project; high-school groups can also arrange trips to participate as general surveyors.
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