God’s Presence | Exodus 33:1-5, 12-23; 34:5-8

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Preacher: Brad Jones
Scripture: Exodus 33:1-5, 12-23; 34:5-8

Exodus 13:21–22
And the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of cloud to lead them along the way, and by night in a pillar of fire to give them light, that they might travel by day and by night. The pillar of cloud by day and the pillar of fire by night did not depart from before the people.

Exodus 33:1–5
The LORD said to Moses, “Depart; go up from here, you and the people whom you have brought up out of the land of Egypt, to the land of which I swore to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, saying, ‘To your offspring I will give it.’ I will send an angel before you, and I will drive out the Canaanites, the Amorites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites. Go up to a land flowing with milk and honey; but I will not go up among you, lest I consume you on the way, for you are a stiff-necked people.”
When the people heard this disastrous word, they mourned, and no one put on his ornaments. For the LORD had said to Moses, “Say to the people of Israel, ‘You are a stiff-necked people; if for a single moment I should go up among you, I would consume you. So now take off your ornaments, that I may know what to do with you.’”

John Piper
Would you be satisfied to go to heaven…to have everyone there that you want…to have your health restored to your prime…to have everything about you that you disliked fixed…to have every recreation you’ve ever dreamed available to you and have infinite resources of money to spend…would you be satisfied…if God weren't there?

Exodus 33:14–15
And he said, “My presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.” And he said to him, “If your presence will not go with me, do not bring us up from here.

Exodus 33:16
For how shall it be known that I have found favor in your sight, I and your people? Is it not in your going with us, so that we are distinct, I and your people, from every other people on the face of the earth?”

Exodus 33:17
And the LORD said to Moses, “This very thing that you have spoken I will do, for you have found favor in my sight, and I know you by name.”

Exodus 33:18
_Moses said, “Please show me your glory.” _

Timothy Keller
_“Moses knows this, and Moses suddenly realizes, “Wait a minute. If that’s what happens when I experience the beauty of the ocean, the beauty of the diamonds, the beauty of the stars, what would it be like to see the absolute beauty of God, of which all oceans, all diamonds, and all stars are just a dim reflection? What would it be like to actually have overwhelming meaningfulness inflicted on the soul permanently because I’m seeing the beauty of God for who he is? That’s what I want,” he says. “Show me your glory.” _

Exodus 33:19–23
_And he said, “I will make all my goodness pass before you and will proclaim before you my name ‘The LORD.’ And I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show mercy on whom I will show mercy. But,” he said, “you cannot see my face, for man shall not see me and live.” And the LORD said, “Behold, there is a place by me where you shall stand on the rock, and while my glory passes by I will put you in a cleft of the rock, and I will cover you with my hand until I have passed by. Then I will take away my hand, and you shall see my back, but my face shall not be seen.” _

Exodus 34:6–7
The LORD passed before him and proclaimed, “The LORD, the LORD, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness, keeping steadfast love for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, but who will by no means clear the guilty

John 1:14
And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.

2 Corinthians 3:18
_And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another. For this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit. _