But God did not raise his hand against these leaders of the Israelites; they saw God, and they ate and drank. They ate and drank in the divine presence and were not destroyed. The sharing of a meal in God's presence is the covenant fellowship its most intimate expression — the same God who is holy enough to require a boundary around the mountain shares food with the representatives of the people He has redeemed. Revelation 3:20 says here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with that person, and they with me. The table in God's presence that Sinai opened in covenant is the table at every door that Christ knocks on in the New Covenant. The meal with God is the consummation of the covenant relationship.

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