God desired to take His people apart from the world and prepare them to receive His word. From Egypt He led them to Mount Sinai, where He revealed to them His glory. Here was nothing to attract their senses or divert their minds from God; and as the vast multitude looked at the lofty mountains towering above them, they could realize their own nothingness in the sight of God. Beside these rocks, immovable except by the power of the divine will, God communicated with men. And that His word might ever be clear and distinct in their minds, He proclaimed amid thunder and lightning and with terrible majesty the law which He had given in Eden and which was the transcript of His character. And the words were written on tables of stone by the finger of God. Thus the will of the infinite God was revealed to a people who were called to make known to every nation, kindred, and tongue the principles of His government in heaven and in earth. {6T 9.3}

Gud ønskede at skille sit folk fra verden og berede dem til at tage imod hans ord. Fra Ægypten førte han dem til Sinaj bjerg, hvor han åbenbarede sin herlighed for dem. Her var intet, som kunne tiltrække sig deres sanser eller adlede deres sind fra Gud og idet den store skare betragtede de høje bjerge, der tårnede sig op over dem, kunne de indse deres egen intethed i Guds øjne. Omgivet af disse klipper, der ikke kunne rokkes uden ved den guddommelige viljes (10) kraft, talte Gud til menneskene. Og for at hans ord altid måtte stå klart og tydeligt for deres sind, forkyndte han under torden og lyn og med forfærdelig majestæt den lov, som han havde givet i Eden og som var afskriften af hans karakter og med Guds finger blev ordene skrevet på stentavler. Således blev den evige Guds vilje åbenbaret for et folk, der var kaldet til at oplyse alle slægter, stammer og tungemål om de principper, som råder i hans regering i himmelen og på jorden.