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. His relationship was with them as they then were, redeemed from Egypt by His power and brought to Himself indeed, but only after an outward sort, neither born of God, nor justified. 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. the objects of such countless favours, and of such signal honour on God's part. And Jehovah plagued the people, because they made the calf, which Aaron made." Can't go more than nine days without water; we'll dehydrate and die. At the end of these communications a call is given Moses to come up to Jehovah. 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. Not an inference from the phenomena of nature. But is that the highest form of blessedness? 448-49. False report and testimony are forbidden, were a multitude to lead the way; as on the other hand there must be no partiality to the poor man's cause, nor a refusal to help an enemy, nor falsehood, nor bribery, nor oppression. As Christ is the true and perfect image of God, so is He the expression of all that is good and holy in man. 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. Now your first born son, you had to redeem from God. He had requested the return of God's favour and the renewal of God's share of the covenant. He's only watching over them. proclaimed the name of Yah Exodus 34:5 , EXODUS 34:29 _And proclaimed the name of the Lord._] In answer to Moses's Nobody doubts the good intentions of such as interpret it thus; but these are not enough with the word of God. I have no problem with a God who is able to work miracles. So three times a year they were to appear before God, the God of Israel. (2.) WebJohn Gill's Exposition of the Bible /. Help us purchase electrical generators for churches. All the previous dealings of God with Israel had been successive revelations of His attributes, embraced in the name JEHOVAH. The people thereon mourn; and Moses has recourse to a remarkable act. WebExodus 34:5 The LORD descended in the cloud and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of the LORD. What God is in and o Himself is thus defined: The Lord, the Lord God. The self-existent, self sufficient, all-powerful One. Scripture never sacrifices one truth to another. Their highest conceptions were to clothe him with clouds, while the poets robed him in terrors. morning. (2) _S Moses was called again into the mount and the promised unveiling was 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. It is in vain for any person to pretend that it was better to have the Urim and Thummim, for which one had to seek the priest from time to time when wanted, than to be indwelt always by One who knows all the truth. PROCLAIMED THE NAME OF THE LORD, called out and explained the THIRD SECTION The former in its scriptural usage is not merely, I apprehend, that we are born of God, but goes beyond new birth. Exodus 34:1 promises unless we make conscie Exodus 34:1. Whatever be the work of God, His rest remains for His people. (1.) morning. (2) _S Moses was called again into the mount and the promised unveiling was We must remember that they are but shadows, and not the very image of the thing. In the brazen altar it is the same side of truth, but there is this characteristic difference. The way was now open into the presence of God. 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! THE RENEWAL OF THE COVENANT Some seem on the very verge of denying it altogether, in their one-sided zeal for the grace of God; others who stand stoutly and so far well for the responsibility of man misuse this truth so as apparently to swamp God's grace. Ignorant of God as well as of themselves, they dared to take their stand on His law. GODS INSTRUCTIONS TO MOSES Their relationship with the parents was just so off the wall that their minds just block out years of their childhood and they can't even tell you about areas of their childhood because the psychic wounds are so great that they just-they've had to build a wall and they just blocked it out. We see this demonstrated all the time. It can press duty to God and man on pain of death, but it has no object to reveal. After that, he besought a month; then a year. The command to hew two tables of stone (Exodus 34:1)_ Thus, though physically it is an impossibility, we are dealing with a God of miraculous power and God who can set aside certain laws of nature.Now I don't recommend that you try and go forty days and forty nights without water or food. As we enjoy the vanishing glory of the sun, so did Moses exult in the vision of the Divine glory. to Moses for his instruction and comfort on EXPOSITION We may have absolute confidence in the word of God. 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 This is the peculiarity. 5. 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. It is the putting the believer into an entirely new place before God, which is a different thought from his receiving a new nature. This is put first, because it is the first wheel in all the instances of God's good-will to fallen man, whose misery makes him an object of pity, Judges 10:16; Isaiah 63:9. 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 first, Exodus 3:4, was delivered to Moses for his instruction and comfort on his special mission. See EXODUS 33:9 NUMBERS 11:17,25. It is true He was born King of the Jews, and He never can cease to be really so; but it is not so that we know Him. Then Aaron is duly clothed; as in the priestly character Christ appears before God for us. 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. 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. Web5 Then the Lord came down in the cloud and stood there with him and proclaimed his name, the Lord. WebPeter Pett's Commentary on the Bible. The pardon of Israel's sin in worshipping the calf was now to pass the seals; and God, by this declaration, would let them know that he pardoned ex mero motu--merely out of his own good pleasure, not for their merits' sake, but from his own inclination to forgive. Next, when the law was given, in the very centre of its requirements stands the Sabbath-day. This follows here. In June, fifty days after Passover, after seven weeks after Passover, then the next day began-seven weeks would be forty-nine days. God's promises are intended, not to supersede, but to direct and encourage, prayer. One inscription was in the shoulder-pieces. They are made of iron; they are made of stone. Yahweh Makes A Proclamation Concerning Himself To His People's Representative (Exodus 34:5). He immediately adds, "and by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation." WebExodus 34:5-7New International Version. (3.) And so one might go through every quality and every office, and find them only in perfection in our Lord Jesus. This is the authorised revelation of the character of God. He uses all the personal confidence that God had in him on behalf of the people. This is pursued to the end of the chapter, and in a very interesting way. 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. And none shall appear before me empty ( Exodus 34:18-20 ). His joy in this discovery which God had made of himself, and his thankfulness for it. 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. The Spirit given to the Christian is of power, love, and a sound mind. into the Tent of Meeting (which is here presupposed): cf. The brazen laver judged sin by the word of God, just as the brazen altar judged it sacrificially. This Exodus 34:1 He descended _in the cloud_ Probably that This is another thing, and only a consequence when the due moment arrives. 1. 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. The proclaiming of it denotes the universal extent of God's mercy. CHAPTER 34 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 Now, let me ask, what mind of man could ever have thought of a decision so excellent, though surely far below the surface? Then trust that what He is now doing is for your good.iii. God had said, in the close of the proclamation, that he would visit the iniquity upon the children; and Moses here deprecates that. 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. not go up in the midst of thee; for thou art a stiff-necked people; manifestation of his glory. WebExodus 34:5-8. 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. And so it always is No doubt there was large and rich blessing and of the most unexpected kind when God sent down the Holy Spirit here below, and His church was first seen. 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 Israelites were elect as a nation according to the sovereign call of Jehovah the known God of their fathers. In divine things there is nothing like simplicity; by it we enjoy a wisdom far higher than our own and real power to strengthen and guide the heart. The priesthood undeniably consisted of that class of persons who had the privilege and duty of going into the sanctuary on behalf of the people. 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. Thus he avails himself of the special affection God had shown him to put himself with the people, and to secure God's presence going with the people, who otherwise could never enter the land. Now there are people who try to say that there is a God of the Old Testament, and a God of the New Testament. Sinai." regarded, as the historical account of how God fulfil And the Lord said unto Moses, Cut out two tables of stone, hew them clause of Exodus 34:28, the pronoun _he_ refers, not to Mose _MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH. Exodus 34:5_ "And the children of Levi did according to the word of Moses; and there fell of the people that day about three thousand men." Divorce has become such an easy thing. The O.T. Exodus 34:5. Now that's the part that I have, "Here God, You can have me for Your inheritance." 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. So they are going to destroy themselves. They were a people in the flesh. (2.) It consisted of a declaration by God of the truth proclaimed the name of the LORD. Along with them there is the greatest possible care for the maintenance of one true God an immense principle. and, as it would seem, disappeared. 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). (1.) You know, a nation who was really committed unto God. This accordingly was proposed. When he'd go before the Lord he'd take the veil off.Now twice in the New Testament this veil is mentioned there in a couple of different ways. The Divine name was proclaimed condescendingly. 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. WebEnglish Standard Version. It is not merely as having the word that reveals heaven; but we know it from Him who comes from heaven and is above all, and testifies what He has seen and heard; we know it through the Holy Ghost who has come down from it, and hence should know it better than the earth, and the things of the world which ensnare the flesh. Hearken, says Law, to the melody of this sweet note. were in the first tables, which you broke. exodus 34:5 the lord descended in the cloud and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of the lord. 1. They were sanctified from the nations by this fleshly separation to obey the law under its solemn and extreme penalty. The feast [Now God lays out the various feasts that they were to have, the three feasts, "the feast",] of unleavened bread shalt thou keep. "And Moses alone shall come near Jehovah, but they shall not come nigh, neither shall the people go up with him." Law-Lights! How I thank God that both of my parents were committed Christians. Before we can behold the vision of Eternal Love we must be willing to His angel is promised, not only to keep and lead Israel, but to bring them in, spite of the doomed Canaanites, who should be driven out: they should have no covenant with them or their gods. 24/7 Support We wont leave you out to dry. Moses had not asked for a renewal of the tables. 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. _v._2) _with him there, and_ Pardoning mercy is specified, because in this divine grace is most magnified, and because in this divine grace is most magnified, and because it is this which opens the door to all other gifts of his divine grace, and because of this he had lately given a very pregnant proof. is one of the most striking sermons in the Bible. [Note: Meyer, pp. PROCLAIMED THE NAME OF THE LORD, called out and explained the THIRD SECTION THE LORD DESCENDED IN THE CLOUD. In the latter part of the chapter we have clearly the legal glory. usually was hidden, AND STOOD WITH HIM THERE, outside the cloud, AND It is not thus that the believer, even if a Jew and therefore under law, was withdrawn from its condemning power. And he wrote upon the tables the words of the ten commandments ( Exodus 34:26-28 ). 8 And Moses made haste, and bowed his head toward the earth, and worshipped. That he is a just and holy God. His descending bespeaks his condescension; he humbles himself to take cognizance of those that humble themselves to walk with him. Key Verses (Ex 6:6; Ex 19:56). lest I consume thee in the way." There were believers before it and all through; but this of course wholly distinct from Judaism. [This is a feast of Passover.] air above the mount, but came down to the top of it when God spake Forgiveness is for the repentant. 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. THE NEW FLAT STONES WITH GODS *COMMANDMENTS ON THEM VERSES 1-9 MOSES ALLOWED TO SEE GODS GLORY. behold, I drive out before thee the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Hittite, Perizzite, Hivite, and Jebusite. But these are not the only things. 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). 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. 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. And I love dogs, but the dog has rabies. The Lord descended in the cloud. I do not mean man as man, but that there was no bar to man. Surely the scripture describes the days in which we live when it refers to "unnatural affections". So in the Old Testament we have a God of grace and mercy, and longsuffering and forgiveness revealed to us. 8 Moses intreateth God to go with them. Revelation alone emblazons God in the full circle of His perfections. People who seem to think that the God of the New Testament is all love and forgiveness, and the abrogating of the capital punishment and all of this, had better read the book of Revelation, and they'll find out that He is also a God of judgment, and a God of wrath that shall come and be visited. Connected with the subjoined revelation of His goodness, this teaches. forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, yet by no means clearing the guilty, but visiting the iniquity of the parents. ". It is not Christianity to talk of "deficiencies of the Spirit," any more than of "still remaining tendencies to sin;" still less to call in the discipline of the law to mend matters. He descended in the cloud, probably that pillar of cloud which had hitherto gone before Israel, and had the day before met Moses at the door of the tabernacle. 2. He underwent death to the law by the body of Christ that he should belong to another Him that was raised from the dead in order that we should bear fruit to God. Wherefore should the Egyptians speak and say, For mischief did he bring them out, to slay them in the mountains, and to consume them from the face of the earth? 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. And he took the calf which they had made, and burnt it in the fire, and ground it to powder, and strewed it upon the water, and made the children of Israel drink of it. Was there not comfort for any heart which confides in God, that He should take such a seat as this, and give it such a name, in relationship with a guilty people on the earth? 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