EXODUS 24
In chapter 24 the great end of all that has preceded is to be reached. “He that hath blameless hands” is to “ascend into the mount of Jehovah” (Psalm 24:3,4), and hence all these testings and adjustments among the brethren promote qualification for the ascent. And so in the Lord’s supper in Luke’s gospel we have what pertains to the beginning of Exodus 21, “I love”; while in the interval reached before the mount of Olives, much is gone into by the Lord with His disciples in that gospel which would typically coincide with chapters 21 to 23 of Exodus. The people are afresh brought in to fealty to Jehovah in verse 3 of this chapter 24. The twelve pillars in verse 4 suggest that now conditions have been reached for the testimony to unite in administration.
[p. 239] The abundance of blood emphasises the realm of divine love and liberty in which we are found in relation to the cup of blessing, and the ascent into the presence of the God of Israel suggests our ascent into privilege.
The chapter closes with the peculiar liberty and glory of the mediator in the presence of God, to become the depositary of the mind of God in relation to the truth of the assembly.