And so one might go through every quality and every office, and find them only in perfection in our Lord Jesus. 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. There is no other means of knowing the mind of God; the power for understanding is the Spirit of God; and the object in whose light alone it can be understood is Christ. For the privileges of a peculiar people: "Take us for thy inheritance, which thou wilt have a particular eye to, and concern for, and delight in." "The first of the firstfruits of thy land.". May Christians believe and use for God the portion each has in Christ! 34 And Je-ho-vah said unto Mo-ses, Hew thee two tables of stone like The legal ordinances and institutes were but shadows; still they were types distinctly constituted; and we should learn by them all. 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. WebExodus 34:5 The Lord descended in the cloud. 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. For it is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of a living God"( Hebrews 10:27-29 , Hebrews 10:31 ). concerning Himself, first, as to His nature and second, as to His He descended _in the cloud_ Probably that What we find here then is not law pure and simple, but law with mercy and goodness and long-suffering in the government of God His condescending love and patience mingled along with law. "* Such was no doubt the doctrine of those whom the apostle censures as wishing to be law-teachers, understanding neither what things they say nor whereof they stoutly affirm. Yet now, if thou wilt forgive their sin -; and if not, blot me, I pray thee, out of thy book which thou hast written.". No doubt the time was not yet come for God to reveal Himself as He is. That is very true; it is impossible if you're only dealing with natural things. Exodus 34:5 Then we have the holy anointing oil, which also had to do with fitting the priests for drawing near to God. For, (1.) The reason is manifest. Next, when the law was given, in the very centre of its requirements stands the Sabbath-day. Scripture never sacrifices one truth to another. These consequently were to form and regulate them as a people under His special government, God suiting them to their condition and in no way revealing His own nature as He afterwards did personally in the Word made flesh in the New Testament as a full display of His mind, and in the Christian individually or the church corporately as responsible to represent Christ, like Israel in relation to the tables of stone. If you only knew the high value God placed upon you, you'd be amazed, if you knew how highly God prized you. But it is a strange plea he urges: For it is a stiff-necked people. For the bare possession of a new nature or place would not enable us to do the will of God. Now there are all kinds of molten images in the land of Canaan. But practical sanctification there is, and amply insisted on elsewhere; but it is not the point here, and if we attempt to bring practical sanctification into this verse, we destroy the gospel of grace. WebExodus 34:7. 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. No real believer ever takes the ground of pure law. But Moses took his stand in the gate and said, "Who is on Jehovah's side? They take a mingled system; they mix up law and grace together. Pagan artists depicted Jupiter with thunder in his right hand, and an eagle at his feet. (vs.1-28) In token that the people are forgiven, God renews His covenant fulfill three conditions: (1) _Earliness_: My soul, be ready in the W. Burn. 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. In his own heart, in his purposes and decrees, in his counsels and covenant, in his Son, with whom he keeps it for ever, and for all in him, ( Psalms 89:28 ) and they are But is it a fact that the church at Jerusalem had the deepest enjoyment of God in apostolic times? 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. The first, Exodus 3:4, was delivered "Now Lord, I've seen Your glory. Take a case in illustration. And Jehovah plagued the people, because they made the calf, which Aaron made." "Now Moses is just saying that, "Lord, take these people, put the value on them as Your inheritance." He will not always suffer even the pardoned sinner to escape with entire impunity. It would make us feel what ought to be done, but gives not of itself the power to do it. To forsake God and follow other religious ideas would be spiritual adultery, compared to the unfaithfulness of a woman who leaves her husband for another man (12-17).Accompanying the renewal of the covenant was a command to the people never to forget their deliverance from Egypt. We should remember that we are heavenly now (1 Corinthians 15:1-58) as truly as we ever shall be. 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. We are adopted sons; but then we are more than that. 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 manifestation of his glory. But after the form of hallowing the priests, the Spirit prescribes in the end of Exodus 39:1-43 (ver. 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. 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. Where Christ is thus received in the Holy Ghost, a new kind of responsibility is created. They may prosper for the time, but a heavy retribution awaits them. 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. 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. The Lord descended By some sensible token of his presence, and God had said, in the close of the proclamation, that he would visit the iniquity upon the children; and Moses here deprecates that. Exodus is designed for people who have never used an exchange. Stretches out His hand all the day long, and waits to be gracious. How forcibly does the history of Israel, and indeed of every individual life, bear witness to this! First, they were all washed in the water, Aaron and his sons. relation with them. The understanding of this comes in the antithesis in the word "generation" at the end of Exodus 34:7. WebExodus 34:5-7New International Version. 1. 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. 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. 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? And there the solemn compact into which Israel had passed is renewed. 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. 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). THE SECOND GIVING OF THE LAW Beware how you break Gods laws; you not only entail punishment on yourself, but your poisoned blood will flow in the veins of your degenerate offspring! The man who met God was unaware of his glory till others told him of it; by contrast, the people who had easily fallen into sin were afraid when they met one who appeared to them as a shining messenger from God (29-35; cf. (Exodus 27:1-21) Not less than the ark, the golden throne of God in the most holy place, it shows us God's righteousness; but with this difference between them that gold is the righteousness of God for drawing near where God is; brass is the righteousness of God for dealing with man's evil where man is. If it weren't for the power of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the world would be in a much greater mess than it is today, because people are doing such absolutely foolish things in destroying their own children. They would place these in the fire and heat them until they became- until the iron became red hot. God's promises are intended, not to supersede, but to direct and encourage, prayer. [383] "The translation of V. is, So three times a year they were to appear before God, the God of Israel. 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 All the people then saw the thunderings and the lightnings, and the voice of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking, and stood afar off, asking that not God but Moses should speak with them. WebWith this, people have a great difficulty with God because of His orders to wipe them out, to exterminate them. Woes and wonders were their sublimest ideal of God.(3.) This is the brightest jewel of His crownovertopping the heavens, outliving all times, outshining all perfections. 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. Under this falls the Christian testimony now, as the result of the entrance of Christ into heavenly places; and under this will fall the future fruit-bearing portion and testimony of Israel in the day when Christ will appear in glory from the heavens. Yet most people today have never heard of John Gill. The Divine name was proclaimed absolutely. WebExodus 34:5-8. WebJohn Gill's Exposition of the Bible /. The first, Exodus 3:4, was delivered to Moses for his instruction and As we enjoy the vanishing glory of the sun, so did Moses exult in the vision of the Divine glory. 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. But inasmuch as Christ differed from Moses, as grace differs from law; as that which suits God the Father known in heaven, though manifesting Himself upon earth, differs from a process of mere dealing with the first man according to righteous claim; so it is with the Christian man: while faithful to Christ, as he knows Him, he will never do anything which the law could possibly condemn. No doubt it was connected with the earth, and what was in itself anything but a condition suitable to the mind of God. God "hath not given us the spirit of fear, but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.". Web5 Then the Lord came down in the cloud and stood there with him and proclaimed his name, the Lord. 24:18). 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. 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