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? They left the ground of the grace of God, which they had in no wise appreciated. 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." The very notion of a king and a kingdom puts the subjects at a greater distance. Exodus 34:5. This accordingly was proposed. The Lord told him that no man could see His face and live. The veil is rent; and we walk in the light as He is in the light. "Now Moses is just saying that, "Lord, take these people, put the value on them as Your inheritance." After that, he besought a month; then a year. This was the second proclamation. They were guilty, and must have been cut off. He is merciful. revelation that "God is love." PROCLAIMED THE NAME OF THE LORD Moses desired to see the _glory_ of 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. They were a people in the flesh. Because what he is doing is psychologically destroying that daughter of his.There are so many of the young girls who come in with tremendous problems of adjusting to life because of the stupidity of their dads. 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. And so one might go through every quality and every office, and find them only in perfection in our Lord Jesus. and the childrens children, to the third and the fourth generation.. Hence, as duty is ever measured by responsibility, that of the Christian is according to the place in which grace has put him. WebPeter Pett's Commentary on the Bible. They had denied God, and attributed their deliverance merely to Moses: so Jehovah takes up these very words, and says, "Depart and go up hence, thou and the people which thou hast brought up out of the land of Egypt, unto the land which I sware unto Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying, Unto thy seed will I give it." This section coheres 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. The reason is manifest. 5. "And Jehovah descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of Jehovah. Moses intercedes for the people the fourth time (8-9) IV. Christ is essentially apart from sin and sinners; we by grace are set apart. Not just-I can't, in my wildest imagination, I cannot imagine a father abusing his own daughter, or even being attracted to his own daughter in a sexual way. And Yahweh descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, and Therefore, they were to keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread and maintain the practice of redeeming their firstborn (18-20; see 12:15-36; 13:1-16). 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. It has been remarked by another, and it is perfectly true, that in this book when we meet with any dealing of God, of whatever kind it may be, the Sabbath-day is always introduced. The work is described with as much minuteness, in the execution as in the plan, throughoutExodus 36:1-38; Exodus 36:1-38; Exodus 37:1-29; Exodus 38:1-31; Exodus 39:1-43 till Moses, inspecting all and seeing that they had done it as Jehovah had commanded, blessed them. He was a sinner, and nothing else. He sternly warned his people against copying, or even tolerating, heathen religious practices in their new land. (2.) The guilty may be spared so that they may repent, but they will not be cleared. Thank God there's always a way out, there's always-God has provided a way out through the blood of Jesus Christ that can wash, and cleanse us. 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. 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. regarded, as the historical account of how God fulfil And the Lord said unto Moses, Cut out two tables of stone, hew them Secondly, when the blood of the victims was shed, it was sprinkled on the book as well as on the people (verses 7, 8). the objects of such countless favours, and of such signal honour on God's part. Sinai." In verses 11-16 is introduced the ransom money of the people, rich and poor alike, as an offering to Jehovah, their atonement money for the service of the sanctuary (for this is the great point here), the link of all with the priests who actually entered on their behalf. The out like the first: and I will write upon these tables the words that fulfill three conditions: (1) _Earliness_: My soul, be ready in the Now we do so know Him. Exodus 34. The reason is that He would impress on His people that all His dealings, varied as they may be, are intended to keep before their minds that rest to which He was steadily working, and into which He means to bring His own in due time. Deuteronomy 10:4_. God in his grace would renew the covenant, and to this end he called Moses back up the mountain. regarded, as the historical account of how God fulfil And the Lord said unto Moses, Cut out two tables of stone, hew them The Web34. 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. CHAPTER XXXIV. "Now Lord, I've seen Your glory. 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! This is true indeed, but not so nmch an exposition as a plausible conceit. But the written word of God is the sole instrumental means and the revelation of it all. More manifestly we shall be heavenly at the coming of Christ, but not more really than at present. For the soul the great change is a fact; it remains for the body when the Lord comes. There is hardly a subject on which men are so apt to make mistakes as the true nature and application of love. THE SECOND GIVING OF THE LAW He proclaimed the name of the Lord, by which he would make himself known. Merciful, first because mans misery makes him first an object of pity (Judges 10:16; Isaiah 63:19). Lord wrote on these tables according to the first writing. The Matthew Henry' Commentary comments on this by saying: "Thus Moses, like a man of a truly public spirit, intercedes even for the children that should be born. were in the first tables, which you broke. He had to put a veil on his face. 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. It is evident that law as such, first of all, has no object to present to man. The Divine name was proclaimed condescendingly. Where Christ is thus received in the Holy Ghost, a new kind of responsibility is created. I speak of our relationship and title. preacher, and God himself in his covenant engagements is the "In the third month, when the children of Israel were gone forth out 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." fulfill three conditions: (1) _Earliness_: My soul, be ready in the What can be more lovely, more according to Christ, than this? PROCLAIMED THE NAME OF THE LORD, called out and explained the THIRD SECTION The springs of mercy are always full, the streams of mercy always flowing; there is mercy enough in God, enough for all, enough for each, enough for ever. Then follows the ritual required in the act of consecrating Aaron and his sons. It's a miracle that he could do it. Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leaven; [Leaven is a type of sin.] He keepeth mercy for thousands. We have a figure to which the apostle refers (2 Corinthians 3:1-18), confirming what has just now been stated. Therefore whatever the work introduced meanwhile whether of grace, as the effectual working of God, or whether of law as proving the inefficiency of man He always holds out His rest, to which He would also direct the eyes of all who love Him. But the difficulty is this, that man being a sinner is as far as possible from ability to meet God's law; for how indeed can there be any real stable bond between a bad man and a good law? They take a mingled system; they mix up law and grace together. ", At once we find him reproaching Aaron, the most responsible man there, who makes a sorry excuse, not without sin. The former in its scriptural usage is not merely, I apprehend, that we are born of God, but goes beyond new birth. It should seem as if Moses accepted this as a sufficient answer to his request that God would show him his glory; for we read not that he went into the cleft of the rock, whence to gain a sight of God's back parts. There were the names in a general way six on one shoulder, six on the other. But Moses took his stand in the gate and said, "Who is on Jehovah's side? Revelation of Gods Grace. And the vessels of the sanctuary described after the priesthood are those which preserve the same common character of presenting the service due to God approached in His sanctuary. Encouraged by this revelation Moses requested again (cf. *Dr. Fairbairn views Christ's whole undertaking as symbolized already in the furniture and services of the Most Holy Place, and therefore considers the things belonging to the Holy Place as directly referring only to the works and services of His people. It is a question of mortifying our members which are on earth, on the ground of our being dead, and of walking by the Spirit, even as we live by Him, and of those not in anywise fulfilling flesh's lust. He descended _in the cloud_ Probably that "I will In the hallowing of the priestly family the following points are observable. CHARACTERS: God, Moses, Aaron. Men look at their fallen brothers through their sin; but God looks at man through the idealised [sic] life, with a love that imputes to him every virtue for Christs sake." THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 33 AND 34. 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 "The first of the firstfruits of thy land.". Therefore now go, lead the people unto the place of which I have spoken unto thee: behold, mine angel shall go before thee: nevertheless in the day when I visit I will visit their sin upon them. They could not exist. As we enjoy the vanishing glory of the sun, so did Moses exult in the vision of the Divine glory. But, argues Moses, for this very reason, we most of all want Jehovah's presence. The new nature accordingly has right affections and gracious desires; but there is power in the Spirit through Christ Jesus. Exodus 33:18. God, the cloud removed from the door of the Tent of Meeting, God had given this as a reason why he would not go along with them, Exodus 33:3; Exodus 33:3. The test must have brought inevitable ruin. So in the Old Testament we have a God of grace and mercy, and longsuffering and forgiveness revealed to us. No doubt all was advancing as regards the world; but that which was brought to us now was before the world, and altogether above the world in its own nature. He is crucified with Christ and nevertheless he lives, yet not himself but Christ in him. Everywhere, therefore, in the Psalms, where mention is made of Gods goodness, His truth is connected with it as its inseparable companion. The proclamation of Jehovah (Exodus 34:5) So he would veil his face when he would go out and talk with the children of Israel, because he would have this shining on his face. What they knew not then, they were to know hereafter, as we know it now. Was this nothing? This relative proclamation may be viewed as revealing Gods goodness and Gods justice. The Divine justice is Inflexible. God is oftentimes faulted. (vs.1-28) We have the position of sons, a relationship which the Lord Jesus had in all its perfection, and in an infinitely higher sense, in which no creature can share it along with Him. Mercy entailed upon thousands of generations, even those upon whom the ends of the world have come; nay, the line of it is drawn parallel with that of eternity itself. "And Moses besought Jehovah his God and said, Jehovah, why doth thy wrath wax hot against thy people, which thou hast brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great power, and with a mighty hand? 6 The LORD passed before him and proclaimed, The LORD, the 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. 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. They can't see the truth of God in Jesus Christ. (2.) 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