closely with the last section of the preceding chapter, and must be Exodus 40:17), with all its parts and vessels in due order; secondly, the obedience of Moses according to all that Jehovah commanded him. (2.) This is in connection with God's sanctuary and presence. He descended _in the cloud_ Probably that A few words on the law may be well here. When Moses reached the top, it descended once more from the sky, and stood with him there. The Divine name was proclaimed personally. Now there are all kinds of molten images in the land of Canaan. Before we can behold the vision of Eternal Love we must be willing to The petals, so to speak, of Gods goodness were set before Moses in full bloom in this verse; but in the New Testament it was sufficient to give the bud, God is love., Ill sing it in the sinners ear,Ill tell it to the worldling,And ask no other theme;Twill flow to soothe the mourners wail;Children will hold the oft-told taleDearer than fictions dream.. In the last His relationship is that of a son, not merely of one adopted into that place with no more reality than he obtains in human things. manifestation of his glory. He would now obey, because he has the new nature through receiving the name of the Lord Jesus, and would enter into the grace of God that sprinkles the guilty with the blood of Jesus. Thus there are plainly two distinct senses of sanctification: one absolute, in which a man is severed once for all from the world to God; the other relative, as being practical and hence differing in measure in the after career of each Christian. pillar, which was now gone up from the door of the tabernacle, and was 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. It is a great mistake to suppose that the proclamation of divine goodness in this scene is the gospel. WebOutline: I. Moses prepares two stone tablets to take up to Mt. (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. 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. Thus solemnly did Jehovah mark His dwelling-place in the midst of His people redeemed from Egypt; and He deigned to guide their journeys through the desert also by the same sign; for when the cloud was taken up, they journeyed; and if not taken up, they abode till it was. to Moses for his instruction and comfort on EXPOSITION Let it be remembered that this God has revealed His law, and was about to take the people into covenant relationship with Him. The cloudy pillar, which had stood at the door of the Tent of Meeting ( Exodus 33:10 ), was withdrawn while Moses ascended Sinai, and probably disappeared from men's sight. preacher, and God himself in his covenant engagements is the "In the third month, when the children of Israel were gone forth out But when Moses went in before the Lord to speak with him, he took the veil off, until he came out. 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. Web5 Then the Lord came down in the cloud and stood there with him and proclaimed his name, the Lord. The tendency of some to insist on the whole in an instant is a reaction from the popular unbelief, which, if it allow peace at all, allows it as a matter of slow, laborious and uncertain attainment. This shows the essential difference between law and grace, which last means God giving in Christ all that man really needs for His own glory. I grant you that, looking at the Pentecostal saints, in them we see the most powerful united testimony that ever was borne in this world; but it was borne in what was comparatively not the severest trial in earthly things chiefly, the superiority of those who had been newly created in Christ to the wretched selfishness of human nature. 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. Take a case in illustration. Woes and wonders were their sublimest ideal of God.(3.) He had made himself known to Moses in the glory of his self-existence and self-sufficiency when he proclaimed that name, I am that I am; now he makes himself known in the glory of his grace, and goodness, and all-sufficiency to us. Before we can behold the vision of Eternal Love we must be willing to PROCLAIMED THE NAME OF THE LORD Moses desired to see the _glory_ of [So that's sort of equivalent to our Thanksgiving in the fall time of the year.] Exodus 25:1-40 introduces us to a new order of figures, not only earthly ordinances, but that which appertains to the tabernacle. Then, after the priesthood has been fully brought before us, we have the various portions of their dress. II. You can enter into a totally new, beautiful life in Christ, and only He can erase the psychic scars that so damaged some of you from your childhood and the things that you experienced in childhood. Sinai." 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. The holiness of God is as a consuming fire to the guilty conscience; but within this light inaccessiblewithin this refulgent atmosphere of truth and sanctity, is a glory more intimate and essential still, the inmost perfection and divinest beauty of the Godhead. So many young girls having extreme emotional difficulties because their stupid fathers were abusing them sexually. The New Tables of the Law for the People prone to a Hierarchy. Children become the innocent victims because their parents aren't able to soften their hearts before God and each other enough to make the marriage work. Countless and ceaseless as are the benefits which are imparted to us by the bright orb of day, the human eye cannot look upon his undimmed noonday face, without being blinded. WebShemot - Exodus - Chapter 34. 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. Then trust that what He is now doing is for your good.iii. CHAPTER XXXIV.THE VISION OF GOD.Exodus 34:1-35It was when God had most graciously assured Moses (1-3) Moses asks Pharaoh to let the children of Israel go to the wilderness to worship. But, secondly, the law is a test morally and individually. Undoubtedly in itself it composed a worldly tabernacle; but this does not hinder these figures from typifying what was to be for the most part of a heavenly character. _I will write upon these tables. It consisted of a declaration by God of the truth As far as this figure is concerned, then, our place is represented by Moses when he takes off the vail and is face to face with the glory of God Himself. It's a miracle that he could do it. Thousands have found mercy; but there are stores for thousands yet.(2.) WebHis thoughts are with the nation of Israel and the reaching of the goal God had set for them: the conquest of Canaan. He will by no means clear the guilty. Let us then bow to God instead of forcing our own meaning on scripture. In Exodus 31:1-18 we have all this closed with two facts the Spirit of God empowering man to make a tabernacle according to the pattern, and the Sabbath-day connected with the order of the tabernacle. The first, Exodus 3:4, was delivered to Moses for his instruction and 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. Where Christ is thus received in the Holy Ghost, a new kind of responsibility is created. 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. Scholars of all shades of belief have extolled and praised the revelation here concerning the nature, or attributes, of God Himself. "Thousands "; "Lovingkindness for thousands " Thousands of what? 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.) THE COVENANT OF THE LAW RENEWED 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. 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 Exodus 1 The Israelites Multiply in Egypt ( Genesis 46:727) 1 These are the names of the sons of Israel who went to Egypt with Jacob, each with his family: 2 Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah; 3 Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin; 4 Dan and Naphtali; Gad and Asher. Though the account is brief, Moses was with God on the mountain for about six weeks, as on the previous occasion (27-28; cf. He is gracious. "Take this stiffnecked people for Your inheritance." Additional reminders concerned requirements for sacrifices and firstfruits (25-26; see 23:18-19).God then made a declaration that the covenant Israel had broken was now re-established. That is, we are children as having God's own nature. Hence we find, for instance, the righteousness of God in Romans. And the Lord descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of the Lord. How were they worshiping their gods?If you go into the Museum of Natural History in Jerusalem, and you go downstairs, in one area you will find diggings from the archeologists of the pre-Israel culture from the Canaanite period. Those who have some good hopes, through grace, that their sins are pardoned, must yet continue to pray for pardon, for the renewing of their pardon, and the clearing of it more and more to their souls. 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. 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. The veil is rent; and we walk in the light as He is in the light. clause of Exodus 34:28, the pronoun _he_ refers, not to Mose _MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH. Exodus 34:5_ THE FULFILMENT BY GOD OF HIS PROMISE TO MOSES. Filled with joyful boldness, he turns the very fact of Israels stiff-neckedness into a plea for the presence and favour of God. closely with the last section of the preceding chapter, and must be 1. And if the servant shall plainly say, I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free: then his master shall bring him unto the judges; he shall also bring him to the door, or unto the door post; and his master shall bore his ear through with an awl; and he shall serve him for ever.". The blood threatened death on every one who transgressed. They greatly err who in this sense quote "Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity, transgression, and sin," and stop there. This cloud was to strike an awe upon Moses, that the familiarity he was admitted to might not breed contempt. The For the bare possession of a new nature or place would not enable us to do the will of God. [It was a part of the practice for the land to increase fertility they thought.] (2.) Now that's the part that I have, "Here God, You can have me for Your inheritance." [2.] In His love He is become a servant for ever; and He loves to be so. He is Jehovah, the Lord, who has his being of himself, and is the fountain of all being, Jehovah-El, the Lord, the strong God, a God of almighty power himself, and the original of all power. He ordered that there should be the Urim and the Thummim connected with the high priest's breastplate; that is the means of divine guidance for the people. Besides this their names were written on the breastplate. This vital separation to God, and not practical holiness, is what is here called sanctification of the Spirit the most fundamental meaning of it indeed anywhere. This, one may be permitted to question. The thought may sometimes rise, that mercy visits but a favoured few, that the rare gift enriches but rare souls. It is the display of God in both cases the one in the presence of God where He manifests Himself; the other in dealing with man and his wants in this world. I would have problems with any god that couldn't work miracles. Exodus 34:1 The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary, 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, Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith. when from Thy pavilionThou lookest forth at morning; flying wideThose curtain-clouds of purple and vermilion.Dispensing life and light on every side., Divine Glory! 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. In these shadows* we may see two very different characters or classes, we may say, into which they are divisible. Among the vessels of the sanctuary the altar of incense stands first (versesExodus 30:1-10; Exodus 30:1-10). 24:18). But God, who showed how He would continually remember those He loved, and who could not have a high priest without having their names in honour and love before Him that blessed God has given us much more. were in the first tables, which you broke. More manifestly we shall be heavenly at the coming of Christ, but not more really than at present. That is the bearing of it all. Moses, man just got down on his face and began to worship God.] Every Christian has a nature that is intrinsically divine, as we are told in 2 Peter 1:1-21. Is it not true that there is scarce anything in which we feel more the need of gracious care than in the holy things of God? 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. God is oftentimes faulted. lest I consume thee in the way." regarded, as the historical account of how God fulfil And the Lord said unto Moses, Cut out two tables of stone, hew them It's just plain sick. He preached in the same church as C. H. Spurgeon over one hundred years earlier. "And thou shalt command the children of Israel, that they bring thee pure oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamp to burn always." He had requested the return of God's favour and the renewal of God's share of the covenant. Early Christians saw the Exodus as a typological prefiguration of resurrection and salvation by Jesus. After this follow the general institutions of the law, which mainly insist on retribution. For pardon of sin: "O pardon our iniquity and our sin, else we cannot expect thee to go among us." The name was retained by the Latin Vulgate, by the Jewish author Philo (a 2 Corinthians 3:7-18, noticing (1) that St Paul interprets the narrative allegorically, assigning as the reason why Moses used to put on the veil, not that the Israelites might not constantly be beholding the glow on Moses face, but Afterward Moses and Aaron went in and told Pharaoh, Thus says the LORD God of Israel: Let My people go, that they may hold a feast to Me in the wilderness.. Exodus 32:1-35 reveals a sad interruption after the wonderful communications of God to His servant. After that, he besought a month; then a year. 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. 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. Who does not know that this was to secure the people always being acceptable before God! WebExodus 34:7 says that God [visits] the iniquity of the fathers on the children and the children's children, to the third and the fourth generation. This worries me because 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. GODS INSTRUCTIONS TO MOSES Thus did this visible demonstration of Gods glory avail to awaken faith in the commandments. Some, (377) therefore, understand it of Moses, that he called on the name of the Lord. His greatness and goodness illustrate and set off each other. 6 And he passed in front of Moses, proclaiming, The Lord, the Lord, the proclaimed the name of the LORD. The way was now open into the presence of God. 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!. (Exodus 24:1-18) "And he said unto Moses, Come up unto Jehovah, thou, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel, and worship ye afar off." This is the authorised revelation of the character of God. 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. Such an one may be very ignorant, no doubt; but at any rate his heart is made up to obey the Lord his desire is Godward. upon the children. When the time was come, He took a basin of water and a towel, and washed His disciples' feet. Also specifically mentioned was the obligation to keep the weekly Sabbath and the annual festivals (21-24; see 23:12-17). 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. (2.) Grace covers through the expiation of Christ, as it flows in virtue of God's work and in maintaining God's order. CONCLUSION: (Exodus 34:12-17). He sometimes will do it, especially for the punishment of idolaters. This I believe to be the true meaning of the passage, and especially of the term "sanctification of the Spirit" here; though it is frankly and fully allowed that this is not the only meaning of "sanctification" in scripture. (Exodus 34:10) Moses had prayed Him as Adonai to "go among us; for it is a stiff-necked people; and pardon our sin, and take us for thine inheritance." He not only does good, but by his promise he raises our expectation of it, and even binds himself to show mercy. 448-49. Jesus emphasized over and over, "unless you repent, you will likewise perish".People are troubled with the fact that it declares, "visiting the iniquities of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children to the third and the fourth generation." It may be looked at in its general and historical bearing, more abstractly as a moral test. He loved the people Himself, and delighted in Moses' love for them. 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. Exodus 1 New International Version The Israelites Oppressed 1 These are the names of the sons of Israel who went to Egypt with Jacob, each with his family: 2 Reuben, Simeon, Levi and Judah; 3 Issachar, Zebulun and Benjamin; 4 Dan and Naphtali; Gad and Asher. 5 The Name of the Lord proclaimed. The seventh year was to be enjoyed as the land's Sabbath, even as the seventh day by each Israelite, who must avoid naming false gods, but keep the due feasts thrice a year to the true God, not offering blood with leavened bread, nor letting the fat remain till the morning A prohibition occurs of a peculiar kind, and is repeated not only in a later part of this book, but also in Deuteronomy: "Thou shalt not seethe a kid in its mother's milk." Hence they have the imperfection of a shadow. Thus, whatever sin on our part may call for, we have here the whole scene of creation, all things in heaven and all things on earth, claimed in the power of the Spirit in virtue of Christ's person and title, just as He was in fact anointed with the Holy Ghost and with power apart from blood-shedding. me What a solemn but yet gracious manifestation is here made of God. There are all kinds of pressures that have been placed upon the home, and love has been made out to be something that it really isn't. Then the high priest alone was anointed; as we know Christ could be and was sealed of God the Father without blood, the Spirit thus attesting both the absolute purity of His person and the truth of His Sonship as man. Is it not His grace shown in man, even in the man Christ Jesus? So Moses requested that he might see the glory of Yaweh. For seven days you are to eat unleavened bread, as I commanded you, [Verse nineteen] All that openeth the matrix is mine; [So the first born of everything belongs to God.] When Moses ceased to commune with The goats' hair would seem to speak of Christ in His prophetic separateness; the rams' skins dyed red point to His absolute consecration to God; as the power which kept out all evil would appear to be meant by the badgers' or tachach skins, which covered the tent above. The brazen laver judged sin by the word of God, just as the brazen altar judged it sacrificially. They lost sight of His promises to the fathers. Everything has its beautiful and perfect answer in the word of God; but then all is useless to the soul, except just so far as one sees and receives the Lord Jesus Christ. As surely as God is, man's conscience bears witness to Him. When Christ went into the presence of God, what a mighty effect did not the Spirit produce! Advantage must not be taken of the weak or subject; violence cannot go unpunished, any more than dishonour where we owe reverence; responsibility for what is allowed, were it but a mischievous brute; restitution must be made, and this double, fourfold, or even fivefold, according to the wrong; neither a witch nor an offender unnaturally could live; neither stranger nor widow nor orphan must be vexed or afflicted; neither poor must be burdened, nor judges reviled; but God is to be honoured with the first of the fruits, and of the sons, as well as of the cattle. 1 And the Lord said to Moses: "Hew for yourself two stone tablets like the first ones. Director Otto Preminger Writers Dalton Trumbo (screenplay) Leon Uris (novel) Stars Paul Newman Eva Marie Saint Ralph Richardson That the God with whom we have to do is a great God. 10 God maketh a couenant with them, repeating certaine dueties of the We see the degraded society around us today that is in such desperate need of the glorious gospel of Jesus Christ, to deliver us out of the cesspool and the pits, and to raise us up.Oh, how I thank God for the godly home in which I was raised. He descended in the cloud Probably Exodus hides the complex details while assets are exchanged in seconds. 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. But, argues Moses, for this very reason, we most of all want Jehovah's presence. prayer. Such is the line which divides them. What a place for us, and for us now! 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. The word means "exit," "departure" (see Lk 9:31; Heb 11:22 ). For it is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of a living God"( Hebrews 10:27-29 , Hebrews 10:31 ). In this opinion there is no absurdity; let us be at liberty, then, to take it as applying either to Moses or to God Himself, i.e., either that God Himself proclaimed in a loud voice His power, and righteousness, and goodness, or that Moses himself professed his piety before God. of the land of Egypt, the same day came they into the wilderness of We may know and ought to judge what is passing in the world, though it be through an imperfect medium; but we know heaven and heavenly things from God. The knowledge of Israel in the millennium will be genuine, for they shall be all taught of God. 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. 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. Gods glory is His goodness. He prized you so highly that He sent His Son to die for your sins so that He could have you for His own. The children of Israel brought a willing offering unto Jehovah, every man and woman, whose heart made them willing to bring for all manner of work, which Jehovah had commanded to be made by the hand of Moses" (verses Exodus 35:21-29). 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 Thou wilt spare, and bear with them, for thou art God, and not man," Hosea 11:9. the objects of such countless favours, and of such signal honour on God's part. 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. All such doings, &c., must be referred to and compared with the glories that here compose Gods name. This is the God we worship, not the fiction of a disordered fancy or a diseased mind, but the Lord, the Lord God, &c.ii. What for instance would be the meaning of our being practically sanctified to obedience as well as to have the blood of Jesus sprinkled upon us? He reproaches them once more with being a stiff-necked people; He will not go up in the midst of them, lest He should consume them in the way. WebTheme: Redemption (See this concept - 11x/7v Exodus 6:6; 13:13, 15; 15:13; 21:8, 30; 34:20). Evidently the language of the Spirit of God is as unambiguous, and the construction as plain and simple as possible. usually was hidden, AND STOOD WITH HIM THERE, outside the cloud, AND Therefore, according to the usual phrase of Scripture, the sacred name of God is applied to the visible symbol; not that the empty cloud was a figure of the absent Deity, but because it testified His presence according to the comprehension of men. As promised in Exodus 33:19. _and_ HE (Moses) TOOK HIS STAND (cf. Slow to anger, Bears long, even when the wrongs of His saints call for His vengeance (Luke 18:7). WebMatthew Henry's Commentary on Exodus 34:5-7 Commentary on Exodus 34:5-9 (Read Exodus 34:5-9) The Lord descended by some open token of his presence and manifestation of his glory in a cloud, and thence proclaimed his NAME; that is, the perfections and character which are denoted by the name JEHOVAH. 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