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Sinai Theophany

The theophany at Mount Sinai — in which the LORD descended in fire, cloud, and trumpet blast while Moses ascended the mountain (Ex. 19:16-20) — is identified by Jones as a type of the Second Coming of Christ and the rapture of the saints. The Sinai pattern (God’s descent + Moses’ ascent) corresponds directly in Jones’ typology with the prophetic description in 1Thess. 4:16-17. Warnock connects the trumpet of Sinai with the “last trumpet” at which Christ returns (1Cor. 15:52).

Biblical Anchoring

ReferenceContext
Ex. 19:16-20The LORD descends on Sinai in fire and cloud; Moses goes up — the Sinai pattern
Ex. 19:13”When the trumpet sounds a long blast, they shall come up the mountain”
Ex. 34:29-30Moses’ face shines after the encounter on the mountain — type of glorification
1Thess. 4:16-17”The Lord himself will descend… and we will be caught up in the clouds to meet the Lord”
1Cor. 15:52”At the last trumpet… the dead will be raised imperishable and we shall be changed”

Typological Treatment by Author

Jones

Jones develops a detailed typological parallel between the Sinai pattern and Paul’s description of the Second Coming. The descent of the LORD on Sinai types the descent of Christ; Moses’ ascent types the rapture of the saints:

“The Lord Himself shall descend from heaven” (1Thess. 4:16) — even as “the LORD descended” (Ex. 19:18). “The saints are caught away… in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air” (1Thess. 4:17) — even as “Moses went up” the mountain that was covered with a cloud (Ex. 19:20).1

In Secrets of Time, Jones also describes the Sinai theophany within the frame of Moses’ life as one of the most extensive prophetic types for salvation history. Moses’ shining face after his encounter with God on Sinai types the glorification the saints will receive at the Second Coming:

“We are now coming to the Tabernacles Age, when the glory that will be ours will never fade. This is a transfiguration experience, for when we see His face, we shall be like Him (1John 3:2). We shall be even as Moses when he came down from the Mount with his face glowing with the presence of God (Ex. 34:29).”2

Warnock

Warnock connects the trumpet of Sinai with the eschatological “last trumpet” at the resurrection and the Second Coming. In The Feast of Tabernacles he writes of the resurrection at the last trump:

“There is no question as to the fact that one day ‘the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout,’ and the saints shall be caught away to be with Him for ever (1Thess. 4:16). And again, ‘In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed’ (1Cor. 15:52).”3

The Sinai theophany is for Warnock the Old Testament prototype of the great manifestation of God’s glory that will occur at the end-time fulfillment of the Feast of Tabernacles.

  • Connected: feast-of-trumpets (Feast of Trumpets as the fall feast prophesying the second coming — the trumpet connects Sinai with eschatology)
  • Connected: moses (Moses as a type of Christ; his experiences on Sinai as a prophetic pattern)
  • Via number symbolism: 50 (Fifty days between the wave-sheaf and the Feast of Weeks; connected to the Sinai covenant giving)

Footnotes

Footnotes

  1. Jones, The Laws of the Second Coming, ch. 13 — Sinai pattern (Ex. 19:18-20) as type of 1Thess. 4:16-17; God’s descent / ascent of the saints. ↩

  2. Jones, Secrets of Time, ch. 15 — Moses’ shining face as type of glorification at the Second Coming; transfiguration experience. ↩

  3. Warnock, The Feast of Tabernacles, ch. 14 — Descent of the Lord at the last trumpet (1Thess. 4:16; 1Cor. 15:52); the Sinai trumpet as foreshadowing. ↩

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