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. Again, in these various figures or institutions of good things to come, the Sabbath re-appears. (Exodus 26:1-37) Christ is set forth in various ways by the curtains Christ in His human purity and righteousness Christ in what was heavenly Christ in His glory whether Jewish or extending over Gentiles also, with His judicial title asserted. (6.) PROCLAIMED THE NAME OF THE LORD Moses desired to see the _glory_ of On the name of The Lord see on Exodus 3:13. EXODUS: *ISRAEL BECOMES A NATION His descending bespeaks his condescension; he humbles himself to take cognizance of those that humble themselves to walk with him. This is greatly confirmed by what follows. And it seems well to remark it, because it is of considerable practical and also doctrinal importance, contrasting as it does the place of the Christian with that of the Jew. Translations for Exodus 34:1. This does not take them out of their condition of flesh and blood and all that pertains to it. It is not thus that the believer, even if a Jew and therefore under law, was withdrawn from its condemning power. But these are not the only things. We are children, members of the family of God. That is, we are children as having God's own nature. ", At once we find him reproaching Aaron, the most responsible man there, who makes a sorry excuse, not without sin. 5.And the Lord descended in the cloud It is by no means to be doubted but that the cloud received Moses into it in the sight of the people, so that, after having been separated from the common life of men for forty days, he should again come forth like a new man. p. 190. And till Moses had done speaking with them, he put a veil on his face. 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. There's a difference between seeing and observing, and God isn't saying, "see the things I command you, but observe", that is see and live in harmony with it. God, the cloud removed from the door of the Tent of Meeting, That is the bearing of it all. It's tragic but there are so much pressures, so many pressures being placed upon the home today. For, as we said, the sanctification is "to obedience;" and this is the very first desire implanted in a soul from the moment that there is a real divine work in him. So that they would not see the fading away of the old covenant, his face was veiled.But Paul goes on to say, "But even today their faces are still veiled when it comes to the word of God." Nevertheless, here as everywhere God maintains His right to call, and gives the requisite gifts. The former chapter tells us of the majesty of the divine revelation as it was made to Moses on the mount of God. Let us notice that, whatever was the visible pomp It was not merely a new nature or a new position, but it was a corresponding power of the Spirit of God. Here it seems to be not so much what we have by Christ, but that fragrance in Christ Himself of which God alone is the adequate judge, and which rises up before Him in all its perfection. He had to put a veil on his face. The Exodus is the central event of the Old CONTENTS: Second tables of the law. STOOD WITH HIM THE Jehovah refuses to accompany Israel to the land of promise. And Jehovah plagued the people, because they made the calf, which Aaron made." 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. Exo 33:18-19 _The Lord descended_ By some sensible token of his presence, and All the previous dealings of God with Israel had been successive revelations of His attributes, embraced in the name JEHOVAH. Yet even then Jehovah, while warning against making gods of silver and gold, deigned to direct them to make to Him an altar of ground for burnt-offerings and peace-offerings: if of stone two prohibitions instruct His people. prophets returned to these words again and again. WebExodus 34:5-8. But what I have stated is very suitable, that, lest impunity should beget audaciousness, after God has spoken of His mercy, He adds an exception, viz., that the iniquity is by no means pardoned, which is accompanied by obstinacy. neither shall the sacrifice of the feast of the passover be left unto morning. But if it isn't there, then it'll go on and it passes from generation to generation.You'll find that in your psychology and in your sociological studies that the-that a person gets his role for parenthood from his parents. Thus God has given the order of extermination to protect His own innocent children. A new nature finds its great characteristic in dependence in weakness, or sense of weakness certainly; but the Holy Ghost gives the consciousness of power, though no doubt exercised in dependence. Unbelievers fight shy of it, and take certain doings or commands wrested from their context, and without examination as to the reason why. It is the peculiar property and glory of the word of God that it communicates not merely a truth here and there, but the truth; and this in the person of Christ. concerning Himself, first, as to His nature and second, as to His Men look at their fallen brothers through their sin; but God looks at man through the idealised [sic] life, with a love that imputes to him every virtue for Christs sake." It is false that the law is dead. 5 Then the Lord came down in the cloud and stood there with him and proclaimed his name, the Lord. [1] Their current lineup consists of guitarists Gary Holt and Lee Altus, bassist Jack Gibson, drummer Tom Hunting, and lead vocalist Steve "Zetro" Souza. 2. This was the transfiguration of Moses. 6 And he passed in front of Moses, proclaiming, "The Lord, the Lord, the Scholars of all shades of belief have extolled and praised the revelation here concerning the nature, or attributes, of God Himself. People only read in it what they want to read, but in reality He is revealed in both Testaments as gracious, and loving and kind, and merciful, and forgiving and in both Testaments as a God of judgment and wrath, by no means clearing the guilty; that is, without there being repentance. He is the intrinsic power by which the truth is received into the heart, but Christ is the object. TRANSLATION Not a soul that has been since brought to the knowledge of God but what at least ought to have profited in point of fact, must have profited by this grave lesson. WebExodus 34:5 And the Lord descended in the cloud The same with the cloudy pillar, which was now gone up from the door of the tabernacle, and was on high in the air over the [It was a part of the practice for the land to increase fertility they thought.] O God, how beautiful the thought,How merciful the blessd decree,That grace can eer be found when sought,And naught shut out the soul from Thee!. Very often it is not so little a while, as many of us know to our cost. How blessed for us! God expounds eleven attributes: YHWH, El, the Merciful One, the Gracious One, the Longsuffering One, the Mighty One, the Kind and Loving One, the True One, the One who Preserves Kindness, the Forgiving One, and the Chastising One. Certain things which happened to Israel may be types for the Christian, but nothing more. The reason is manifest. The children of Israel saw the face of Moses, the skin of Moses' face it was shining: and Moses put the veil upon his face again, until he went to speak with the Lord ( Exodus 34:29-35 ). For what was presented there? Jonah's Use of This Passage. And the Lord said unto Moses, Cut out two tables of stone, hew them out like the first: and I will write upon these tables the words that were in the first tables, which you broke. We have what answers to it. In the last with Moses. 8. WebWith this, people have a great difficulty with God because of His orders to wipe them out, to exterminate them. For they who despised Moses' law were put to death in the mouth of two or three witnesses: Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, he could be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and who hath counted the blood of His covenant, wherewith He was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite to the spirit of grace? CONCLUSION: (Exodus 34:12-17). Slow to anger, Bears long, even when the wrongs of His saints call for His vengeance (Luke 18:7). It may be looked at in its general and historical bearing, more abstractly as a moral test. Lest, however, this indulgence should be perverted into a license for sin, it is afterwards added, by way of correction, with (380) cleansing He will not cleanse, which, with the Chaldee interpreter and others, I understand as applying to His severe judgment against the reprobate and obstinate; for I do not like their opinion who say that, although God indeed pardons sins, yet He still moderately chastises those who have sinned; since this is a poor conjecture, that punishment is required though the guilt is remitted; and besides, it is altogether untrue, inasmuch as it is manifest, from experience that God passes over many sins without punishment. Now that God is about to publish a second edition of the law he prefaces it with this proclamation; for it is God's grace or goodness that gives the law, especially the remedial law. The apostle uses this to show that, as the veiled Moses speaking to the people of Israel is the most apt possible figure of the actual state in which they were placed (that is, not law simply, but with gracious care for the people mingled with it), so the condition of the Christian is in marked contrast. (3.) "And the children of Levi did according to the word of Moses; and there fell of the people that day about three thousand men." 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. The knowledge of Israel in the millennium will be genuine, for they shall be all taught of God. In the hallowing of the priestly family the following points are observable. It is of great interest to observe that the silver paid in by the children of Israel, a bekah or half shekel each, was applied to the production of the silver sockets of the veil, and the hooks of the columns. The Holy Ghost is the only power for rightly using, and applying, and enjoying the truth; and therefore He is called "the truth" no less than the Lord Jesus. Law is essentially incapable of helping, because being only a claim on God's part, and a definition of His demands, it can only condemn him whose condition makes due obedience impossible. 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. ", See the ground Moses took the unqualified promises of God's mercy, the grace assured to the fathers Impossible for Jehovah to set aside such a plea Nevertheless Moses comes down with the two tables in his hand, the work of God. And no man shall come up with thee, neither let any man be seen throughout all the mount; neither let the flocks nor herds feed before the mount. That as His power supports His goodness man need not despond.2. Exo 33:18-19 _The Lord descended_ By some sensible token of his presence, and What do people mean by restricting themselves to a sense of sanctification which necessarily involves in it so portentous a conclusion? Abundant; to Gods goodness there is no limit. 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. ], Moses response to Gods gracious revelation was submission and worship (Exodus 34:8). It is Christ put on us. It is not a merely legal way of escaping the dreadful doom that he sees is the just portion of those that despise God. Apologetically. And the vessels of the sanctuary described after the priesthood are those which preserve the same common character of presenting the service due to God approached in His sanctuary. 28 Moses afte And the Lord descended in the cloud, in the pillar in which His glory Exodus 30:1-38; Exodus 30:1-38 resumes the account, for a reason already explained, of the various vessels of the sanctuary which had to follow the priesthood, and pursue the truth meant by it, namely, the means of access to God. _I will write upon these tables. * Dr. P. Fairbairn's Typology, ii. We have the position of sons, a relationship which the Lord Jesus had in all its perfection, and in an infinitely higher sense, in which no creature can share it along with Him. WebWilliam Nicoll Expositor's Bible Commentary - Exodus 34:1-35. promises unless we make conscie Exodus 34:1. They're not to make any covenant because, verse fifteen. made to him. The new nature accordingly has right affections and gracious desires; but there is power in the Spirit through Christ Jesus. upon the children. [383] "The translation of V. is, CHAPTER 34 THE RESULT: THE SECOND COVENANT AND THE GLORY Ready to exchange Bitcoin for another asset? So Moses requested that he might see the glory of Yaweh. Thus he is sanctified by the Spirit unto the obedience and the sprinkling of the blood of Jesus. He is long-suffering, that is, he is slow to anger, and delays the execution of his justice; he waits to be gracious, and lengthens out the offers of his mercy. manifestation of his glory. This is prefixed before the display of his mercy, to teach us to think and to speak even of God's grace and goodness with great seriousness and a holy awe, and to encourage us to depend upon these mercies; they are not the mercies of a man, that is frail and feeble, false and fickle, but the mercies of the Lord, the Lord God; therefore sure mercies, and sovereign mercies, mercies that may be trusted, but not tempted. So Moses hewed out the two tables of stone like the first; and Moses rose up early in the morning, and went up unto mount Sinai, as the Lord had commanded him, and took in his hand the two tables of stone. And I love dogs, but the dog has rabies. Mercy entailed upon thousands of generations, even those upon whom the ends of the world have come; nay, the line of it is drawn parallel with that of eternity itself. Then, after the priesthood has been fully brought before us, we have the various portions of their dress. What can be more lovely, more according to Christ, than this? We cannot expect the benefit of God's But man was insensible, and therefore, inasmuch as his heart was continually taking the place of self-righteousness, God's law put him thoroughly to the test. You say, "Well, that's impossible. The conditions are the same as before. The last chapter records, first, Jehovah's call to Moses to set up the dwelling of the appointed tent on the first day of the first month (i.e., in the second year, ver. 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. 3. This bespeaks both freeness and kindness; it intimates not only that he has a compassion to his creatures, but a complacency in them and in doing good to them, and this of his own good-will, and not for the sake of any thing in them. Yahweh Makes A Proclamation Concerning Himself To His People's Representative (Exodus 34:5). usually was hidden, AND STOOD WITH HIM THERE, outside the cloud, AND Thus did this visible demonstration of Gods glory avail to awaken faith in the commandments. The name of the God of the Jews, who is also the God of the Christians, is The Lord God, merciful and gracious., Most glorious art Thou! Another reason also is because Gods mercy cannot be comprehended, except upon the testimony of His word, the certainty of which must needs be well assured lest our salvation should be wavering and insecure. He considers that distinct meanings to be attached to the materials, colours, etc., can have no solid foundation, and are " here out of place"! It was a perfectly righteous thing therefore that God should propose terms of law. Had there been any true understanding of their own state in the sight of God they had confessed that, however righteous the obligation to render obedience to the law, they being unrighteous could only be proved guilty under such a proof. Number one, why the veil over the face of Moses? Such was the choice of Jesus not to be merely a servant here on the earth for a time He has chosen of His own gracious will to be servant for ever. Observe thou that which I command thee this day ( Exodus 34:10-11 ): Now God is saying, "Observe it, not just see it". "And Jehovah descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of Jehovah. Who does not know that this was to secure the people always being acceptable before God! 6 And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth, 7 Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, unto the third and to the fourth generation. So he would veil his face when he would go out and talk with the children of Israel, because he would have this shining on his face. As the foolishness of God, says the apostle, is wiser than man, so (may we not say?) We may have absolute confidence in the word of God. Moses, man just got down on his face and began to worship God.] A remarkable provision is that the ephod of the high priest, which was the most important part of his costume, had the names of the children of Israel twice over. 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. So many young girls having extreme emotional difficulties because their stupid fathers were abusing them sexually. Let us not forget it. It is the type of Christ interceding for us, and along with this the high priest's work that the manifestation of the Spirit be not hindered. THE FULFILMENT BY GOD OF HIS PROMISE TO MOSES. 5 The Lorddescended in the cloud and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of the Lord. God had given this as a reason why he would not go along with them, Exodus 33:3; Exodus 33:3. Thus 2 Corinthians 5:1-21 corresponds with the ark rather than the brazen altar. Gracious, because unless Gods goodness was tree, spontaneous, and unconstrained, man could never enjoy it, as he has not the wherewith to purchase or deserve or draw it forth (2 Corinthians 8:9). God had said, in the close of the proclamation, that he would visit the iniquity upon the children; and Moses here deprecates that. of the land of Egypt, the same day came they into the wilderness of The Divine name was proclaimed personally. God ordering their extermination; they're gonna die anyhow, they're gonna destroy themselves. How I thank God that both of my parents were committed Christians. When the people first swore their faithfulness to the covenant, they promised to keep all its requirements (see 24:3-8), but in practice they failed badly. CONCLUSION: (Exodus 34:12-17). Faith, hope, and charity abounded in the mediator; and if the people were to be blessed, from God he drew on every spring of the blessing for His own glory. "I will In His love He is become a servant for ever; and He loves to be so. Christ is essentially apart from sin and sinners; we by grace are set apart. It would be a glorious thing that three times a year all the men in the nation would have to come and stand before God in this time of worship and so forth. And the Lord passed by before him and proclaimed.. God may treat them as the people of Moses, and say, "They are the people you have brought up: they are your people." He keepeth mercy for thousands. But not so: it will take a new shape. He who has wrought expiation for our sins is our life, and at the same time He is the object whom God has revealed to our faith. Every Christian has a nature that is intrinsically divine, as we are told in 2 Peter 1:1-21. closely with the last section of the preceding chapter, and must be manifestation of his glory. The Lord told him that no man could see His face and live. 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. Even the goodness of God must be looked upon by us with a profound veneration and holy awe. We cannot look upon him in his full brightness; but when he is passing away, we can, as it were, enjoy and wonder at the beauty he has, or the splendour he leaves behind. It should seem as if Moses accepted this as a sufficient answer to his request that God would show him his glory; for we read not that he went into the cleft of the rock, whence to gain a sight of God's back parts. The Lord God is CHAPTER XXXIV.THE VISION OF GOD.Exodus 34:1-35It was when God had most graciously assured Moses of His affection, that he ventured, in so brief a cry that it is almost a gasp of longing, to ask, "Show me, I pray Thee, Thy glory" (Exodus 33:18).We have seen how nobly this petition "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." You know, that would be such a glorious thing if you had a religious nation. And when he would come out, and speak with the children of Israel that which was commanded. 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. But after the form of hallowing the priests, the Spirit prescribes in the end of Exodus 39:1-43 (ver. First, they were all washed in the water, Aaron and his sons. Surely this is a wondrous truth, and of the greatest possible importance. Comp. came into the camp. clause of Exodus 34:28, the pronoun _he_ refers, not to Mose EXPOSITION Let it be remembered that this God has revealed His law, and was about to take the people into covenant relationship with Him. He will "by no means clear the guilty"; and despite some efforts to distort the meaning of that promise by reading it, "He will not even completely destroy the guilty," no such rendition is honest. (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. It has ever been the pious mind which has through the eyes beheld the chain of revelation and the long series of Divine manifestations gradually unwind themselves. This bespeaks his tender compassion, like that of a father to his children. Moses intercedes for the people the fourth time (8-9) IV. Finally, when the work was finished and all duly set up, a cloud covered the appointed tent, and the glory of Jehovah filled the dwelling. 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.