The Forty Day Quarantine

UV 3506/10000 The Forty Day Quarantine

Moses entered the midst of the cloud and went up the mountain; and he was on the mountain forty days and forty nights.

Exodus 24 v 18


Moses entered into quarantine with God for forty days, the precise number of days India is under lock down. Jesus Himself went into solitude for forty days and nights on the mountain near Jerusalem. Instead of resenting this lockdown and the lack of freedom it entails, the disruption of our normal schedules, we should celebrate it as a God-ordained break in our lives when we can continually spend time on the mountain of God’s presence. Moses entered the presence of God after offering the sacrifice of young bulls as a peace offering to the Lord. But Jesus Himself became our sacrifice, a peace offering forever that obviated any further sacrifice. WE can practice social distancing along with spiritual proximity and intimacy with the Lord. We can access the presence of the Lord any time and all the time. Our covenant or relationship with God relies on the foundation of the Lamb of God, Jesus.
Moses went on the mountain of the Lord to receive the stone tablets on which were written the ten commandments. But, under our new covenant through Jesus, the Word of God is written not on stone tablets but on our hearts and minds. What is written on our hearts is meant for our two way communication with the Lord while what is written on our minds is meant for our strengthening, augmenting of our intelligence, wisdom, imagination, creativity, emotional health, will power. When we emerge out of this forty day period, we should be radiant like Moses. Our faces and lives should shine with the Shekinah (Lion-like) glory and (Lamb-like) grace of the Lord.


When we stick to the Lord and His word like a leech with all our suction pads fixed on Him, He will make us immune to the evil of this world. He enables us to make the best of our lives, the best of every opportunity and the best use of our time, talent and resources. Ever since the resurrection of Jesus, the kingdom of God or rule of God on earth has arrived. We are now ruled not by fellow men or women but we are under the rule of God. He orders our steps and ordains all that happens in our lives. We live by trust in Him and His word. His absolute grace and power redeems us from all the traces or vestiges of the world. Like oil or water that has been purified by distillation, we are purified by the heat and pressure of our real life experiences that we endure by faith.