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Let us not forget it. THE LORD DESCENDED IN THE CLOUD. Exo 33:18-19 _The Lord descended_ By some sensible token of his presence, and This follows here. 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 Surely the scripture describes the days in which we live when it refers to "unnatural affections". As Christ is the true and perfect image of God, so is He the expression of all that is good and holy in man. It has saving joy for countless yet. WebExodus 34:1 Now the LORD said to Moses, "Cut out for yourself two stone tablets like the former ones, and I will write on the tablets the words that were on the former tablets 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. "There is nothing more terrible than the way in which sin clings to a man and dogs his footsteps. But there was another requisite next set forth. Six days shalt thou work, but the seventh day shall be a day of rest: even in the harvest time and in the earing time thou shalt observe the feast of weeks, [that is] the first of the wheat harvest ( Exodus 34:21-22 ). It is certain therefore that all the common-places about the law as the rule of the Christian's life are practically a denial of what Christianity is. Comp. There isn't a God of the Old Testament, and a different God of the New. Exodus is an American thrash metal band formed in 1979 in Richmond, California. 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. Deuteronomy 10:4_. Christ is essentially apart from sin and sinners; we by grace are set apart. On the name of The Lord see on Exodus 3:13. EXODUS: *ISRAEL BECOMES A NATION 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. Next, when the law was given, in the very centre of its requirements stands the Sabbath-day. This is the authorised revelation of the character of God. His joy in this discovery which God had made of himself, and his thankfulness for it. 5 The descendants of Jacob numbered seventy[ a] in all; Joseph was already in Egypt. 10 God maketh a couenant with them, repeating certaine dueties of the 1. God's promises are intended, not to supersede, but to direct and encourage, prayer. EXODUS CHAPTER S 19 TO 40 "And Moses said unto the children of Israel, See, the Lord hath called by name Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah; and he hath filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship; and to devise curious works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, and in the cutting of stones, to set them, and in carving of wood, to make any manner of cunning work. On Moses reaching the summit of CHAPTER XXXIV. The O.T. Exodus 34:1 "As is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly." The Divine name was proclaimed absolutely. The understanding of this comes in the antithesis in the word "generation" at the end of Exodus 34:7. This is not the time to enter into details; but hear what Moses says to Jehovah now: "See, thou sayest unto me, Bring up this people: and thou hast not let me know whom thou wilt send with me. To the sinner. WebExodus 34:79. Thus he who rejected every overture for his own advancement at the expense of the people now arms the Levites against their brethren. (378) A.V. Now this is exactly what grace does in Christ. No.In Corinthians we are told that the reason for the veil over his face is so that they would not see the shining go away, fading. "Yea," says Moses, "the rather go along with us; for the worse they are the more need they have of thy presence and grace to make them better." Director Otto Preminger Writers Dalton Trumbo (screenplay) Leon Uris (novel) Stars Paul Newman Eva Marie Saint Ralph Richardson And be ready in the descended Exodus 19:18 Exodus 33:9 Numbers 11:17 Numbers 11:25 1 Kings Aaron's sons were then clothed, and girded for priestly work. As He will never cease to be God, He will never cease to be man. 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. Pressense says, that whatever opinions men may hold as to the integrity of that primitive witness, all must own that it contains pages in which one beholds, as it were, the reflection of the lustre which caused Mosess face to shine when he held converse with God. 28 Moses afte And the Lord descended in the cloud, in the pillar in which His glory 1. This section coheres Now three times in a year shall all your men children appear before the Lord God, the God of Israel ( Exodus 34:22-23 ). Fixed views of God are reserved for the future state; the best we have in this world are transient. In the last (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 says that we are elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father through sanctification of the Spirit unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus. Yahweh Makes A Proclamation Concerning Himself To His People's Representative (Exodus 34:5). And what sweet beauties did his eyes descryemblems of those invisible beauties which the soul in communion with God beholds, The vivid brilliant streaksOf crimson disappear, but oer the hillsA flush of orange hovers, softening upInto harmonious union with the blueThat comes a-sweeping down., (1.) Take heed to thyself, lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land where you are going, lest it be for a snare in the midst of thee: But ye shall destroy their altars, break their images, and cut down their groves: For thou shalt worship no other god: for the Lord, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God ( Exodus 34:11-14 ): Now there are people who have difficulty with God demanding the extermination of the people within the land. Exodus 36:1-38 shows us the chosen workmen engaged in their allotted tasks, and even begging Moses to check the over-abounding supplies of Israel's liberality. Apologetically. And Yahweh descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, and 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. (vs.1-28) 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. 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 But if they are allowed to make a covenant and live among the people, they will infect God's people with this same deadly corruption. 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. 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. 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. "Exodus" is a Latin word derived from Greek Exodos, the name given to the book by those who translated it into Greek. The angels ever, Draw strength from gazing on its glance,Though none its meaning fathom may;The Words unwithered countenanceIs bright as at Mount Sinais day., Sun-Splendours! 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. 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. We are adopted sons; but then we are more than that. CONCLUSION: (Exodus 34:12-17). The truth has touched his conscience by grace, and God's mercy, however dimly seen, is enough to attract his heart to obey. Now that's asking God for an awful lot. Exodus 34:1 Clearer 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. (1.) 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. What a place for us, and for us now! 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. Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leaven; [Leaven is a type of sin.] 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. Again, in these various figures or institutions of good things to come, the Sabbath re-appears. Then (Exodus 20:1-26) are uttered those wonderful ten commandments which are the great centre of divine communications through Moses the fundamental expression of God's law. You've passed by me, declared Your name, now Lord go ahead and pass among the people, pardon their sin; and take us for Your inheritance." From this moment a new plea is urged: the faultiness of the people is used as a reason why God should go up the very reason which righteousness made a ground for refusing to go with them, lest His anger should burn against such a stiff-necked people. For this reason He is called slow (378) to anger, as if He would abstain from severity did not mans wickedness compel Him to execute punishment on his sins. Exodus 1960 Approved 3 h 28 m IMDb RATING 6.7 /10 10K YOUR RATING Rate Play trailer 2:48 1 Video 49 Photos Action Drama War The State of Israel is created in 1948, resulting in war with its Arab neighbors. lest I consume thee in the way." Observe thou that which I command thee this day ( Exodus 34:10-11 ): Now God is saying, "Observe it, not just see it". This relative proclamation may be viewed as revealing Gods goodness and Gods justice. But Moses took his stand in the gate and said, "Who is on Jehovah's side? But, again, Aaron with the golden plate (engraved "Holiness to Jehovah") always on his forehead, bears the iniquity of Israel's holy things that they may be accepted; an important consideration, especially when we know the seriousness and the facility of iniquity therein. Grace binds us with Christ as Aaron with his sons. For pardon of sin: "O pardon our iniquity and our sin, else we cannot expect thee to go among us." 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. They were a people in the flesh. "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." They stood in their own strength to obey the law of God, as ignorant of their impotence or of His holy majesty. 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. concerning Himself, first, as to His nature and second, as to His Now we must always bear in mind that, though in the Christian walking aright the righteousness of the law will surely be fulfilled, never has Christianity either a legal principle or a legal character: not a legal principle because it flows from the known grace of God to the soul; not a legal character because it is consistency with Christ risen from the dead, not merely with the Ten Command meets. (1.) Now that's the part that I have, "Here God, You can have me for Your inheritance." But it remains always true that there is this difference. Also specifically mentioned was the obligation to keep the weekly Sabbath and the annual festivals (21-24; see 23:12-17). It is the application of the full power of the work of the Lord Jesus. But in every soul there is the absolute separation of the Holy Spirit from conversion. WebWilliam Nicoll Expositor's Bible Commentary - Exodus 34:1-35. But is that the highest form of blessedness? 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. WebHis thoughts are with the nation of Israel and the reaching of the goal God had set for them: the conquest of Canaan. It is true that God had taken every care to show His own mind about it. Their conduct proved that His grace had not at all entered into their hearts. But at any rate His goodness is caused to pass before him, which in Exodus 34:1-35 he sees. And all the women whose heart stirred them up in wisdom spun goats' hair. 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. Decalogue is inscribed on two fresh tables, a See on Exodus 33:19. And the Holy Ghost completes this wonderful circle of divine intimacy. After the call to the people to bring their offerings, we find the use to which they were to be applied First and foremost stands the centre of Levitical worship the ark. 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. Every Christian has a nature that is intrinsically divine, as we are told in 2 Peter 1:1-21. "In the tabernacle of the congregation without the veil, which is before the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall order it from evening to morning before Jehovah." All the people answer when the words and judgments are pronounced, "All the words which Jehovah hath said will we do." Some read it so as to express a mitigation of wrath, even when he does punish: When he empties, he will not make quite desolate; that is, "He does not proceed to the greatest extremity, till there be no remedy." 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. The new nature accordingly has right affections and gracious desires; but there is power in the Spirit through Christ Jesus. Where will one find what man should be but in Christ? were in the first tables, which you broke. It is the condition of a slave; nevertheless even there God has Christ before Him. He sometimes will do it, especially for the punishment of idolaters. Certain things which happened to Israel may be types for the Christian, but nothing more. 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. Doubtless to a superficial glance it appears somewhat unaccountable, in the midst of describing the various parts of the sanctuary, to interrupt the course of it by dragging into the very midst of it the consecration of Aaron and his sons. Secondly, when the blood of the victims was shed, it was sprinkled on the book as well as on the people (verses 7, 8). Unbelievers fight shy of it, and take certain doings or commands wrested from their context, and without examination as to the reason why. dus ek-s-ds eg-z- 1 capitalized : the mainly narrative second book of canonical Jewish and Christian Scripture see Bible Table 2 : a mass departure : emigration Did Divorce has become such an easy thing. So the LORD said to Moses: God showed amazing patience with His servant Moses. What were they doing at the high places? They greatly err who in this sense quote "Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity, transgression, and sin," and stop there. CHARACTERS: God, Moses, Aaron. 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. But if I look at the passage where it is said, "He made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him," it is evident that we are brought into the very presence of God. Is it not His grace shown in man, even in the man Christ Jesus? He visits the iniquity of the fathers upon the children. It is Christ put on us. Exodus is designed for people who have never used an exchange. Was this nothing? For instance, in the earlier half of Exodus, where we have God's dealings in grace, the Sabbath-day is brought in, marked out by the bread God provided for His people, the manna the figure of Christ come down from heaven to be the food of the hungry on earth: then followed the Sabbath at once. (6.) The word means "exit," "departure" (see Lk 9:31; Heb 11:22 ). me What a solemn but yet gracious manifestation is here made of God. 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 ). One loaf? The way was now open into the presence of God. 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. If the true God deigns to give a law to man, it must be an unimpeachably wise and worthy law adapted to the condition of man, as far as a law possibly can be; and such is God's law holy, just, and good. Lord wrote on these tables according to the first writing. 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.
