In the scene which follows we have the magnificent pleading of Moses still more touchingly, and, I am persuaded, in advance on what went before. Though the first tables of the law had been given to Moses, they never They stood in their own strength to obey the law of God, as ignorant of their impotence or of His holy majesty. The judgment of One who could not bear sin was represented in the copper sockets of the boards which gave immutable stability; but grace in redemption was that on which all hung and shone in the chapiters and fillets also, the ornament of the work. God is not the discovery of the unaided intellect. Christ is essentially apart from sin and sinners; we by grace are set apart. 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. The new vision and commission. It was the seat of Divine Majesty in Israel; and as all know (and most significant it is), the mercy-seat was pre-eminently that throne of God the mercy-seat which afterwards we see with blood sprinkled on it and before it the mercy-seat which concealed the law destructive to the pretensions of man, but maintained it in the place of highest honour, though hidden from human view. ". Of them He came, and He deigned to have the memorial of them on this table before God. GODS INSTRUCTIONS TO MOSES Even then, being still unable, he declined the task, declaring that the more he thought of God, the less was he able to describe Him.(2.) Thou wilt spare, and bear with them, for thou art God, and not man," Hosea 11:9. upon the children. The feast [Now God lays out the various feasts that they were to have, the three feasts, "the feast",] of unleavened bread shalt thou keep. No one would really fault me for it because they know a rabid dog is gonna die anyhow.You've got the same thing, only it isn't a dog, it's people and they've got a deadly infection in their whole religious system. And they came, both men and women, as many as were willing hearted, and brought bracelets, and earrings, and rings, and tablets, all jewels of gold: and every man that offered offered an offering of gold unto Jehovah. 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. Amongst astronomers, remarks Hamilton, it is a favourite speculation that the sun himself is something else than a mere ball of fire, and that inside of his burning atmosphere there may be a mighty globe with cool meadows, seas of glass, rivers of crystal, and every conceivable provision for a vast and rejoicing populationthe possible home of even the just made perfect. But cloud by day and fire by night, the token of is presence was ever before all Israel (versesExodus 40:34-38; Exodus 40:34-38). This was the first full revelation, the last is like unto it. God is love, and they are enough for faith and hope and work Notice, 1. Exodus 34:5 It would make us feel what ought to be done, but gives not of itself the power to do it. If I may venture on such an expression without irreverence, it is the introducing us into the family circle of the heavens the Father made known in the Son by the Holy Ghost. The Lord descended in the cloud and stood there with him as he called upon the name of the Lord . For any father to make any kind of a sexual advance towards his daughter, something's got to be sick, sick, sick. Even so, in Exodus 34:6, we have the lengthened explanation of the Divine glory; while in 1 John 4 there is the same and substancethe essence of allin the three words, God is Love., (2.) How I thank God for it more and more, especially as I see people who-my heart goes out to them, they've never had a chance to know what a real loving home is all about, a real godly home is all about. He wanted to prove and manifest the heart of His servant. They prepare the way for types which, instead of displaying God in Christ to man, set forth rather man drawing near by the appointed channel to God. We can see therefore the moral propriety and beauty of this distinction, which at once separates the shadows of the latter part of Exodus into two main sections. It is a question of mortifying our members which are on earth, on the ground of our being dead, and of walking by the Spirit, even as we live by Him, and of those not in anywise fulfilling flesh's lust. For what was presented there? They are made of iron; they are made of stone. Exodus 32:1-35 reveals a sad interruption after the wonderful communications of God to His servant. And so on this occasion to the meek and wistful Moses preaching the Gospel, Jehovah expanded that one word of love into the name: The Lord God, merciful and gracious, forgiving iniquity, transgression, and sin., The sun has lost his rage; his downward orbShoots nothing more but animating warmthAnd vital lustre; that, with various ray,Lights up the clouds, those beauteous robes of heaven., (1.) This is true indeed, but not so nmch an exposition as a plausible conceit. He who cannot appreciate the blessedness of such a place, with the great high priest bearing up thus the names of God's people before God, must be very insensible to the highest favours. And so surely tremendous declarations of God's grace, God's mercy, God's forgiveness, God's goodness, God's truth. Ver. Yet Moses was able to, only by the sustaining hand and power of God. Key Chapters (Ex 1214)The climax of the entire Old Testament is recorded in Exodus 1214: the salvation of Israel through blood (the Passover) and through power (the Red Sea). They have-it's just hid and suppressed and lying dormant underneath there.So it is true, it is tragically true that often the sins of the parents are visited upon the children. Moses, painfully aware of the Israelites weakness, appealed to the grace of God, asking that he would still dwell among them and own them as his people in spite of their stubbornness (34:1-9).God then renewed his covenant, promising Israel provision and protection. Not atonement. In none of these types can one find the full truth of Christ and of His work. It is in vain to argue that the fruit of the teaching of Peter or of James had the same power with it as the fruit of Paul not very long after, or of John latest of all. No doubt all was advancing as regards the world; but that which was brought to us now was before the world, and altogether above the world in its own nature. These verses, as Stock says, show that the revelation of God was not merely to the outward sight, but chiefly to the heart and mind of Moses. WebExodus 34:5 The Lord descended in the cloud. Next, from the latter part ofExodus 27:1-21; Exodus 27:1-21 we have a change evident, and of more weight. If a Hebrew servant were bought, he was to serve for six years, in the seventh to go out free for nothing "If he came in by himself, he shall go out by himself: if he were married, then his wife shall go out with him. The last of these types is the holy perfume. Every one that did offer an offering of silver and brass brought Jehovah's offering: and every man, with whom was found shittim wood for any work of the service, brought it. ], Moses response to Gods gracious revelation was submission and worship (Exodus 34:8). As the sun abounds in sparkling rays, the sea in drops, the sky in glittering orbs; so God is one vast treasure-house of mercy. 10 God maketh a couenant with them, repeating certaine dueties of the Thus he avails himself of the special affection God had shown him to put himself with the people, and to secure God's presence going with the people, who otherwise could never enter the land. WebExodus 34:5 Keil and Delitzsch Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament When Moses had restored the covenant bond through his intercession ( Exodus 33:14 ), he was Even the goodness of God must be looked upon by us with a profound veneration and holy awe. pillar, which was now gone up from the door of the tabernacle, and was The You know, that would be such a glorious thing if you had a religious nation. It is an inexcusable error, however, to suppose that God will finally accommodate to human wickedness. Sinai." After this follow two things worthy of all heed, a nearness of communication between Jehovah and His servant never enjoyed before, and more than that, a blessing secured to the people never vouchsafed before. By and by we shall bear the image of the heavenly. Sinai." The knowledge of Israel in the millennium will be genuine, for they shall be all taught of God. Forgiveness is for the repentant. When Moses reached the top, it descended once more from the sky, and stood with him there. No doubt the time was not yet come for God to reveal Himself as He is. The measure of it for the Christian is based on the fact that he possesses life, and that he has Christ Himself, the object which shows him the position in which he stands, and consequently the character of the relationship that attaches to him. This warning was particularly appropriate in view of recent events in the worship of the golden idol. Just as in the type the priests had not only to be washed completely in the laver in order to be consecrated; but whenever they entered into the presence of God, they washed their hands and feet. At the end of the verse, to call in the name of the Lord, is equivalent to proclaiming His name, or promulgating what God would make known to His servant. The thought may sometimes rise, that mercy visits but a favoured few, that the rare gift enriches but rare souls. But Moses took his stand in the gate and said, "Who is on Jehovah's side? There, the sins of the parents being visited upon the children.Taking it from a sociological standpoint, and a psychological standpoint there are people today who are having a hard time making it in life because their parents were so totally messed up. Moses stressed the mercy of God in this exposition of Gods name, Yahweh (cf. He loved the people Himself, and delighted in Moses' love for them. I. A few words on the law may be well here. This is what is going on every day now in Christendom. ", At once we find him reproaching Aaron, the most responsible man there, who makes a sorry excuse, not without sin. 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. Their relationship with the parents was just so off the wall that their minds just block out years of their childhood and they can't even tell you about areas of their childhood because the psychic wounds are so great that they just-they've had to build a wall and they just blocked it out. From the time that man fell, He presented grace as the only hope for a sinner. And hence the Prophets seem to have quoted from this passage, (381) Clearing should ye be cleared? ( Jeremiah 25:29,) when they address the reprobate, to whom pardon is denied. Exo 33:18-19 _The Lord descended_ By some sensible token of his presence, and And what was the object of the priesthood? And every man, with whom was found blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' hair, and red skins of rams, and badgers' skins, brought them. The words, therefore, may be properly paraphrased thus: Although God is pitiful and even ready to pardon, yet He does not therefore spare the despisers, but is a severe avenger of their impiety. He keepeth mercy for thousands. It was now a question of a nation, and not of individuals merely, thus governed of one nation in the midst of many which were to behold in it the consequences of fidelity or the lack of it toward the law of Jehovah. His joy in this discovery which God had made of himself, and his thankfulness for it. He loved sin so well that God had to interdict it. (H8691) proclaimed H7121 (H8799) name YAHWEH MAKES A PROCLAMATION CONCERNING HIMSELF TO HIS PEOPLE'S '' Hosea 11:9. upon the children the mercy of God for thou art God, and thankfulness. 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