The more we see of God's goodness the more ashamed we should be of our own sins, and the more earnest for an interest in it. 8 Moses intreateth God to go with them. On the list of blessings that God has given to me, I'll tell you that's the-near the top of the list that godly home that I had. First, God was dealing with Israel in their responsibility as witnesses of Jehovah, the one true self-existing God, the almighty God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. If his master have given him a wife, and she have borne him sons or daughters; the wife and her children shall be her master's, and he shall go out by himself. 3. A man hitherto has been altogether indifferent to the word of God. Practical sanctification for obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus! This always abides; for the law is lawful if a man use it lawfully. Thus, it means thousands of generations! "Lord, do not only pardon it to them, but to their children, and let our covenant-relation to thee be entailed upon our posterity, as an inheritance." And Moses was not able to enter because the cloud dwelt thereon, and the glory filled the tabernacle. In the brazen altar it is the same side of truth, but there is this characteristic difference. The Lord told him that no man could see His face and live. Now there are all kinds of molten images in the land of Canaan. There is distance, even though they are called to this place of distinction. Afterwards He proclaims the greatness of His mercy and truth, and on these two supports the confidence of the pious is based, whilst they embrace the mercy offered to them, and securely repose on the faithfulness and certainty of the promises. Human sacrifice was commonly practiced, as well as all kinds of licentious practices.Now by the very nature of their worship they would soon destroy themselves. me What a solemn but yet gracious manifestation is here made of God. Perhaps this satisfied him, and he desired no more; as we read not that Thomas did thrust his hand into Christ's side, though Christ invited him to do it. As you see these little gods that are representations, or were representations to the people of Baal, you'll see that Baal's arms are always folded, and the hands in an upright position like this. And afterward all the children of Israel came near: and he gave them in commandment all that the Lord had spoken with him in mount Sinai. proclaimed the name of Yah Exodus 34:5 , EXODUS 34:29 And he wrote upon the tables the words of the ten commandments ( Exodus 34:26-28 ). must be followed: the subject of the verbs is Moses (see Exo Moses is commanded to hew two tables of stone, similar to those which He descended in the cloud Probably Clearly it was for drawing near to God. That is clarified a little bit more in the commandments that God gave, for it there adds, "to those that continue in them. THE PROCLAMATION OF THE DIVINE NAME. The Spirit given to the Christian is of power, love, and a sound mind. Impossible for such access to exist and be enjoyed till God had drawn near to man and shown us what He is to man. It was necessarily so with the high priest taken from among men, after the witness already given to Christ's exceptional place. The conditions are the same as before. When He says they were washed, He is referring to the water of the word used by the Spirit of God to deal with man. 5, p. 346. It is not merely as having the word that reveals heaven; but we know it from Him who comes from heaven and is above all, and testifies what He has seen and heard; we know it through the Holy Ghost who has come down from it, and hence should know it better than the earth, and the things of the world which ensnare the flesh. God in his grace would renew the covenant, and to this end he called Moses back up the mountain. He forgives offences of all sorts--iniquity, transgression, and sin, multiplies his pardons; and with him is plenteous redemption. Exo 33:18-19 _The Lord descended_ By some sensible token of his presence, and Thus Israel never was under absolute law. THE FULFILMENT BY GOD OF HIS PROMISE TO MOSES. MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH. Exodus 34:5, This was the second proclamation. His fresh revelation to Moses therefore emphasized his love and mercy, but it also reminded the people of his righteous justice. th College Press Bible Study Textbook Series, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible, Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly, John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible, Joseph Bensons Commentary on the Old and New Testaments, Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible, Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures, Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible, Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible, Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible, Notes on the Pentateuch by Charles Henry Mackintosh, Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments, The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary, Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith. Now we do so know Him. This is greatly confirmed by what follows. ], Moses response to Gods gracious revelation was submission and worship (Exodus 34:8). Exodus Bitcoin & Crypto Wallet Manage and exchange 260+ cryptos and NFTs on your web browser, mobile, desktop, and hardware wallets Watch Video Get Exodus Now Buy Crypto directly with USD, EUR, and GBP On ramp to 25+ cryptocurrencies using your credit/debit card, bank account or Apple Pay within Exodus mobile Learn More About Fiat On-Ramp It can press duty to God and man on pain of death, but it has no object to reveal. And, (3.) They were guilty, and must have been cut off. Nobody doubts the good intentions of such as interpret it thus; but these are not enough with the word of God. So in the Old Testament we have a God of grace and mercy, and longsuffering and forgiveness revealed to us. This sacred glimpse of God's loving mercy lies behind the N.T. The command to hew two tables of stone (Exodus 34:1)_ As divine life alone can have affections according to God, so a divine object alone can either act on those affections or minister to them. There cannot be a more striking illustration of the truth that Christ is the continual object of the Holy Ghost than that, even in these temporary ordinances, God cannot refrain from looking onward to His Son. regarded, as the historical account of how God fulfil And the Lord said unto Moses, Cut out two tables of stone, hew them PROCLAIMED THE NAME OF THE LORD, called out and explained the THIRD SECTION We see this demonstrated all the time. Since Exodus continues the sacred story of the divine promise to Israel begun in Genesis, it must be seen as part of a larger literary unit that is variously understood to include the first four, five, or six books of the Bible. Because it was hard to look at his shining face? He will not give up his love and desire for Israel. Both unite in Christ and His atoning death. manifestation of his glory. To report dead links, typos, or html errors or suggestions about making these resources more useful use the convenient, Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology, Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament, Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary, International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. Sinai. 5 The Name of the Lord proclaimed. Was this nothing? This proclamation is of valuei. But the same Moses returns to Jehovah with the confession "Oh, this people have sinned a great sin, and have made them gods of gold. Also specifically mentioned was the obligation to keep the weekly Sabbath and the annual festivals (21-24; see 23:12-17). In June, fifty days after Passover, after seven weeks after Passover, then the next day began-seven weeks would be forty-nine days. "Now therefore, I pray thee, if I have found grace in thy sight, show me now thy way, that I may know thee, that I may find grace in thy sight: and consider that this nation is thine." There are many young adults today that cannot even remember years of their childhood because their minds have blocked them out. The Jew had it after this outward sort, all being comparatively external in Israel. Revelation of Gods Grace. And be ready in the morning, and come up in the morning unto mount Sinai, and present thyself there to me in the top of the mount. It is not to be allowed that God's word makes mistakes: man does, but is it with the Spirit of God? Ay, God is indeed full of mercys flowers and fruits. The whole of the Old Testament pants and throbs with this Divine yearning, and it also shows us the finger of God writing in the heart of man the great preparation for the Gospel. lest I consume thee in the way." All this was plain, but in the tabernacle we have more than this. And when he would come out, and speak with the children of Israel that which was commanded. He asked to see His glory. The O.T. This is unfortunate, since his works contain priceless gems of information that are found nowhere except in the ancient writings of the Jews. We cannot expect the benefit of God's In the greater part of the ten commandments, in short, it was not "Thou shalt," but "Thou shalt not." Gods boundless mercy is to sinful manLike to the ever wealthy ocean;Which, though it sends forth thousand streams, tis neerKnown, or else seen, to be the emptier.. By the law he died to the law that he might live to God. W. Bush gives a very careful note on this clause, which he says is of exceedingly difficult interpretation, and declares himself satisfied that the sense which C. condemns is the true one, viz., who will not wholly, entirely, altogether clear, i.e., who, although merciful and gracious in his dispositions, strongly inclined to forgive, and actually forgiving in countless cases and abundant measure, is yet not unmindful of the claims of justice. For the first time the face of Moses shines after communications with God. It is the riches of His riches. But there is now an intimacy of acquaintance with the God and Father of the Lord Jesus which none on earth can ever know as a Christian ought to know it. on high in the air over the mount, and on which the Lord now de And the LORD descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, and And all the women that were wise hearted did spin with their hands, and brought that which they had spun, both of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, and of fine linen. He descended _in the cloud_ Probably that I grant you this that, looked at as a whole, distressing failure was setting in just as it was here; yet as here the very failure isolated the truehearted, but isolated them not in want of love but in the strongest possible manifestation of divine charity and sense of God's glory. In none of these types can one find the full truth of Christ and of His work. (1-3) Moses asks Pharaoh to let the children of Israel go to the wilderness to worship. And perhaps Jeremiah alluded to this passage, where (382) he mitigates the severity of the vengeance of which he had been speaking by this same expression, for there it can only be translated, With cutting off I will not cut thee off. If this be preferred, it will be the assignment of the reason why God pardons sins, viz., because He is unwilling to cut off men, which would be the case if He insisted on the utmost rigor of the Law. The habitual means whereby God gives proof that He is right, graciously enabling us to understand is by His word. But it is as far as possible from the truth that "the discipline of the law comes in to supply the deficiencies of the Spirit, and curb the still remaining tendencies to sin. "Take this stiffnecked people for Your inheritance." usually was hidden, AND STOOD WITH HIM THERE, outside the cloud, AND Exodus hides the complex details while assets are exchanged in seconds. He that hath an ear, let him hear, and know, and believe. They had denied God, and attributed their deliverance merely to Moses: so Jehovah takes up these very words, and says, "Depart and go up hence, thou and the people which thou hast brought up out of the land of Egypt, unto the land which I sware unto Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying, Unto thy seed will I give it." How Moses received this declaration which God made of himself, and of his grace and mercy. Hearken, says Law, to the melody of this sweet note. preacher, and God himself in his covenant engagements is the "In the third month, when the children of Israel were gone forth out concerning Himself, first, as to His nature and second, as to His _v._2) _with him there, and_ So the LORD said to Moses: God showed amazing patience with His servant Moses. And then they would take their babies and place them in the arms of Baal and allow them to be burned to death as they sacrificed unto this little idol. Because it has rabies, it's gonna die. Apologetically. The name el, is added, which, originally derived from strength, is often used for God, and is one of His names. He sternly warned his people against copying, or even tolerating, heathen religious practices in their new land. You can't go forty days and forty nights without food or water." The prime idea in blood seems always to be the life given up, i.e., death, in acknowledgment of the guilt of the one concerned. Now, in all these things it is the display of what God is to man; God Himself in His own sole majesty in the ark, God Himself associated with man, with Israel, in the show-bread, God Himself with this light of the sanctuary or the power of the Spirit of God. All these, I have no doubt, have their own proper significance, as manifesting the character of Christ here below. THAT ALL COVENANT WITH GOD MUST REST ON THE BASIS OF THE MORAL LAW. It was bold faith, working in unfeigned love of the people, and with a deep sense of what God is spite of all demerits; yet its highest petition is based on revealed grace, and is therefore the very reverse of human presumption. Key Verses (Ex 6:6; Ex 19:56). with Moses. It was the power of the Spirit. For any father to make any kind of a sexual advance towards his daughter, something's got to be sick, sick, sick. EXODUS CHAPTER S 19 TO 40 So if their dads were guilty of doing a stupid thing, they'll usually follow that because that's the role model that they had. went in before Jehovah] viz. Mark the answer of Jehovah: "And he said, My presence shall go with thee, and I will give thee rest. Moses was near enough to God in the tabernacle, outside the camp, to get a better view of His grace than he ever enjoyed before. CHAPTER 34 THE RESULT: THE SECOND COVENANT AND THE GLORY The knowledge of Israel in the millennium will be genuine, for they shall be all taught of God. (380) A.V., Will by no means clear; S. M. and C., Not making (the guilty) innocent; or, in C.s own comment, He will not with cleansing cleanse; but C. presently acknowledges that it might be taken to mean, He will not utterly cut off, inasmuch as the verb is sometimes used for to blot out, to destroy, to exterminate; to which class of meanings more than one lexicographer has assigned its use in this text. Exodus is designed for people who have never used an exchange. 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