Wednesday | 10 June 2026
The nation that was delivered out of Egypt, journeyed to Mount Sinai to be married to Christ, the Son of God, who was enthroned above the pillar of cloud and fire. The Law was the covenant of their marriage. Jer 31:31‑32. At this point in God’s unfolding covenant purpose, the people were not yet able to be temples for the Holy Spirit. This means that they did not yet possess the seven Spirits of the Lord. Rather, the Holy Spirit was an anointing upon them, enabling them to hear and to receive the word of the Lord spoken through the disposition of angels. Act 7:53. The Angel of the Lord spoke the word to Moses, and then he proclaimed it to the children of Israel. Exo 3:2.
Moses declared that the Lord ‘loved the people’ and that ‘His saints were in His hand; they sat down at the Lord’s feet and received His word’. Deu 33:3. Mary, the sister of Martha and Lazarus, demonstrated how we sit at the Lord’s feet. Luke recorded that Mary ‘sat at Jesus’ feet and heard His word’. Luk 10:39. Jesus said, ‘Mary has chosen that good part, which will not be taken away from her.’ Luk 10:39,42. Of course, this was only the beginning of receiving the word. She then needed to become a believer.
After Mary had met Christ as King, and had received faith to believe for resurrection life in her house, she ‘took a pound of very costly oil of spikenard, anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped His feet with her hair. And the house was filled with the fragrance of the oil.’ Joh 12:3. This was a woman whose testimony was, ‘How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him who brings good news, who proclaims peace, who brings glad tidings of good things, who proclaims salvation’. Isa 52:7. Through Jesus’ word, as she anointed His feet, she was a participant in the fellowship of His death, burial and resurrection. The fragrance of this testimony, or proclamation, filled the whole house.
Further Study:
Deuteronomy 33
References:
Jer 31:31-32
Behold, the days are coming, says the LORD, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah — not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt, My covenant which they broke, though I was a husband to them, says the LORD.
Act 7:53
Who have received the law by the direction of angels and have not kept it.
Exo 3:2
And the Angel of the LORD appeared to him in a flame of fire from the midst of a bush. So, he looked, and behold, the bush was burning with fire, but the bush was not consumed.
Deu 33:3
Yes, He loves the people; all His saints are in Your hand; they sit down at Your feet; everyone receives Your words.
Luk 10:39
And she had a sister called Mary, who also sat at Jesus’ feet and heard His word.
Luk 10:42
But one thing is needed, and Mary has chosen that good part, which will not be taken away from her.
Joh 12:3
Then Mary took a pound of very costly oil of spikenard, anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped His feet with her hair. And the house was filled with the fragrance of the oil.
Isa 52:7
How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him who brings good news, who proclaims peace, who brings glad tidings of good things, who proclaims salvation, who says to Zion, ‘Your God reigns!’