Four Promises from Mount Sinai

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Brian Hunter · October 19, 2025

Scripture Referenced

Recap

Brian opened by sharing genuinely emotional news: after two years of waiting, hostages held by Hamas had just been released, and Monday evening the Tribe community had gathered in the town square with Jackson’s Jewish community to celebrate. From that real, present-tense moment of relief, Brian pivoted to Exodus 19’s account of Israel arriving at Mount Sinai: noting that the original Hebrew is written in present tense, not past, so that the reader isn’t just remembering an ancient event but is invited to stand at the foot of the mountain themselves, right now.

This message was recorded while Brian and his wife were actually en route to the traditional site of Mount Sinai as part of an archaeological expedition, and he used the moment to trace the mountain shaking, covered in smoke and fire, the ram’s horn blast growing louder, as God descends to meet Moses. From that dramatic scene, Brian pulled out four promises he framed as available to anyone today, regardless of circumstance: I will free you, I will redeem you, I will claim you as my own, and I will be your God. He connected each one to Jesus: freedom from slavery to sin, redemption purchased through the cross, and being personally claimed and known, the way a name written on the bottom of a boot marks true ownership.

Brian closed by inviting the church to sit with which of the four promises felt most exciting to claim and which felt hardest to receive, previewing that he’d have more to share about the Sinai expedition itself the following week.

Touch Points

1. Of the four promises (I will free you, I will redeem you, I will claim you as my own, I will be your God) which resonates with you most right now?
2. Which of those four promises is hardest for you to actually receive, and why?
3. The Hebrew text treats the Sinai encounter as present tense, not just history. What would it look like to approach this story as something happening to you today rather than something that happened long ago?
4. Where in your life right now do you most need to be reminded that God has redeemed and claimed you as his own?

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