MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH. Exodus 34:5, This was the second proclamation. He will not give up his love and desire for Israel. This was the second proclamation. Web5 Then the Lord came down in the cloud and stood there with him and proclaimed his name, the Lord. The utmost alacrity in answer to the call for material, useful and ornamental, common or costly, is shown by all. And so surely tremendous declarations of God's grace, God's mercy, God's forgiveness, God's goodness, God's truth. 5 The Name of the Lord proclaimed. Web34. It's just plain sick. (4.) Jehovah however stands to His own ways, and says to Moses, "Whosoever hath sinned against me, him will I blot out of my book. All I can do is just bow my head and worship in wonder and in awe, that God should love me, and care for me, and place value in me so much that He would give His Son for my redemption. 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. See EXODUS 33:9 NUMBERS 11:17,25. We must remember that they are but shadows, and not the very image of the thing. For I will cast out the nations before thee, enlarge your borders: neither shall any man desire thy land, when thou shalt go up to appear before the Lord thy God thrice in the year. "Now Lord, I've seen Your glory. Here at least the people are at their work earnestly at work in dishonouring God striking at the very foundation of His truth and honour to their own shame and ruin. 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. Then trust that what He is now doing is for your good.iii. He would cause the world to be amazed at the greatness of his power as he drove out nation after nation to give his people the land he had promised them (10-11). Long-suffering; as also in Numbers 14:18, and Psalms 86:15. They are one in the same God. They are made of iron; they are made of stone. They could not exist. So the Lord said to Moses, Behold, I make a covenant: before all thy people I will do marvels, such as have not been done in all the earth, nor in any nation: and in all the people among whom thou [shalt, among whom thou] art shall see the work of the Lord: for it is an awesome [The word terrible is an old English word, should be translated "awesome"] thing that I will do with thee. pillar of cloud which had hitherto gone before Israel, and had th 1 The Tables are renued. (3.) Secondly, it cannot give life; and this is another necessity of man. "Now it is sad that the sins of the parents are visited upon the children. Yet most people today have never heard of John Gill. Thus did this visible demonstration of Gods glory avail to awaken faith in the commandments. that pillar of cloud which had hitherto gone before Israel, and had 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. No sooner had Moses got to the top of the mount than God gave him the meeting (Exodus 34:5; Exodus 34:5): The Lord descended, by some sensible token of his presence, and manifestation of his glory. Into that wondrous knowledge we are brought by the Son come down here below; and above all by the Holy Ghost, now that Christ is gone up on high For in point of fact, when God was only known as the one God, however true this may be, He could not really be known as He is. This denotes, [1.] Perhaps he has not peace at once, but at any rate he is thoroughly arrested; he desires earnestly to know the gospel from the very first. Jonah's Use of This Passage. But we must not be driven into any error, even the least to avoid the greatest; and it is certainly an error to swamp in one all the ways of God with the soul. (2.) Though the account is brief, Moses was with God on the mountain for about six weeks, as on the previous occasion (27-28; cf. The blood threatened death on every one who transgressed. 2. Thus Israel never was under absolute law. He descended _in the cloud_ Probably that You can't go forty days and forty nights without food or water." 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. That he is a just and holy God. In token that the people are forgiven, God renews His covenant _ 1. Everywhere, therefore, in the Psalms, where mention is made of Gods goodness, His truth is connected with it as its inseparable companion. His mercy is grace, free grace; this teaches us to be not only pitiful, but courteous, 1 Peter 3:8. 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." In answer to Moses who advances in his demands, yet withal no less suiting them to the divine glory than to the people's wants according to the light then vouchsafed, God makes a covenant different from what went before. forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, yet by no means clearing the guilty, but visiting the iniquity of the parents. edit., vol. 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. Our only business is to learn what He is, what He says, and, more than that, to confide in Him; and when we do not know what He means, always to take the ground of faith against all adversaries. 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). Exo 33:18-19 _The Lord descended_ By some sensible token of his presence, and It is false that the law is dead. The consequence of such a division is indeed lowering in the extreme. What impression it made upon him: Moses made haste, and bowed his head,Exodus 34:8; Exodus 34:8. Without it the guilty people never could have been spared, but must have perished root and branch, as it was in consequence of this change that a new generation of the people of Israel entered into the land at all. Others have had the page of nature spread before them, and yet have been either atheists or idolaters. The bread that was set on the golden table consisted of twelve loaves in evident correspondence with the twelve tribes of Israel, but this assuredly in connection with Christ, for He is ever the object of God's counsels. As long as this was the case only, man could not come to God. That would be absolutely glorious. 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. God was able to sustain him without food, without water. This was delivered for the Jewish nation and the world. 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. In the greater part of the ten commandments, in short, it was not "Thou shalt," but "Thou shalt not." The When Christ went into the presence of God, what a mighty effect did not the Spirit produce! Exodus provides an online help desk and 24/7 customer support to get your questions answered, fast. To the afflicted. 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. As He will never cease to be God, He will never cease to be man. 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 How I thank God that both of my parents were committed Christians. Then Aaron is duly clothed; as in the priestly character Christ appears before God for us. 5 The Name of the Lord proclaimed. Exodus 33:18. Intimacy with what is unseen and heavenly is quite as much the portion of a Christian and even more characteristically so than the knowledge of what passes around us now. 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. There are many young adults today that cannot even remember years of their childhood because their minds have blocked them out. "And Moses alone shall come near Jehovah, but they shall not come nigh, neither shall the people go up with him." Aaron's sons were to have coats, priests' girdles, and bonnets for glory and for beauty. Exodus is designed for people who have never used an exchange. In the last 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. * Dr. P. Fairbairn's Typology, ii. Because it was hard to look at his shining face? 9 And he said, If now I have found grace in thy sight, O Lord, let my Lord, I pray thee, go among us; for it is a stiffnecked people; and pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for thine inheritance. This is another thing, and only a consequence when the due moment arrives. It will scarcely be affirmed that what we discern in the church, while limited to the circumcision, had the same depth and heavenly character stamped upon it, as what was found when the full grace of God broke all barriers and flowed freely among the Gentiles. He is gracious. But not so: it will take a new shape. His descending bespeaks his condescension; he humbles himself to take cognizance of those that humble themselves to walk with him. Hearken, says Law, to the melody of this sweet note. manifestation of his glory. He for giveth iniquity, transgression, and sin. Those who reason from Israel to us, without intending it, ignore the relationship of the Christian, and set aside the bearing of redemption on our walk: so serious is that error which to many seems a pious thought, and I am sure taken up by them with the desire of honouring God and His will. They greatly err who in this sense quote "Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity, transgression, and sin," and stop there. WebTheme: Redemption (See this concept - 11x/7v Exodus 6:6; 13:13, 15; 15:13; 21:8, 30; 34:20). The nature also of His goodness and clemency is specified, viz., that He is not only placable, and ready, and disposed, to pardon, but that He patiently waits for those who have sinned, and invites them to repentance by His long-suffering. This cloud was to strike an awe upon Moses, that the familiarity he was admitted to might not breed contempt. 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? "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 cannot do that to a child without marking the child, without damaging the child psychologically, putting psychic scars upon that child's mind that's gonna be with him the rest of his life.Thank God for the power of the blood of Jesus Christ; it's the only thing that I know that can straighten up the mess that people's minds are in because of some of the stupid things their parents did. promises unless we make conscie Exodus 34:1. This is the new division brought in and what might seem at first sight a notable irregularity, as has been observed before, is simply an effect of the perfect arrangement of God's mind. EXODUS CHAPTER S 19 TO 40 It was the state in which the children of Israel were put here, and was a very great mercy for them in a certain sense. It has saving joy for countless yet. "And Jehovah said unto Moses, I will do this thing also that thou has spoken: for thou hast found grace in my sight, and I know thee by thy name." Without life it is impossible for one to produce that which is according to God; and without a worthy object, nay without a divine object presented, there can be nothing to draw out divine affections. 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. We are adopted sons; but then we are more than that. The childs primer on geography is a very different thing from that which the child has in mature school-days. God in his grace would renew the covenant, and to this end he called Moses back up the mountain. fulfill three conditions: (1) _Earliness_: My soul, be ready in the I. Exodus 34:6. Translations for Exodus 34:1. We know from our Lord Jesus its moral summary and essence the love of God, and the love of man. 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. So Moses requested that he might see the glory of Yaweh. For the Christian it is not so. A certain reserve becomes requisite to majesty; whereas such considerations disappear in the nearness of relationship He is pleased to enter into with us. The Lord said unto Moses, Write thou these words: for after the tenor of these words I have made a covenant with thee and with Israel. He sometimes will do it, especially for the punishment of idolaters. 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. He describes the Christian in terms which at once recallExodus 24:1-18; Exodus 24:1-18. 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