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In Exodus 33-34, God reveals himself to Moses by describing his attributes, including his mercy, grace, and faithfulness. This self-revelation is considered a seminal moment in the Bible.
Questions:
- Who is the God of the Bible?
- What does He do?
- What does He want?
- How do we relate to Him?
What happens in Exodus 34?
- Moses asks God to show him his glory
- God passes in front of Moses and proclaims his name, “The Lord, the Lord”
- God describes His (most important) attributes, including His eternal Character to:
- Have Mercy on some
- Have Grace on some
- Forgive the Elect
- Judge the rest
- Visit Iniquity to the Fourth Generation
- Show Loving Kindness to the Thousandth Generation
What is the significance of Exodus 34?
- It is the most foundational understanding of God’s character
- It highlights God’s balance of mercy and justice
- It is one of the most important theological texts in the Bible
- It outlines Who God is and What He is going to Do
- These characteristics help us understand the God of the Bible and make sense and become successful in His Eternal Kingdom
- Is a critical set of laws to navigate the Kingdom of God and be the Righteous
The modern Commercial Churches accept some of these characteristics and reject others. The result is not a blessing as we can see.
Exodus 33
19 Then He said, “I will make all My goodness pass before you, and I will proclaim the name of the Lord before you. I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.” ” (Exodus 33:19, NKJV)
Exodus 34
6 And the Lord passed before him and proclaimed, “The Lord, the Lord God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abounding in goodness and truth, 7 keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children and the children’s children to the third and the fourth generation.” ” (Exodus 34:6, NKJV)
Numbers 14
18 ‘The Lord is longsuffering and abundant in mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression; but He by no means clears the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and fourth generation.’ ” ” (Numbers 14:18, NKJV)
Romans 9
15 For He says to Moses, “I will have mercy on whomever I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whomever I will have compassion.” 16 So then it is not of him who wills, nor of him who runs, but of God who shows mercy.
17 For the Scripture says to the Pharaoh, “For this very purpose I have raised you up, that I may show My power in you, and that My name may be declared in all the earth.” 18 Therefore He has mercy on whom He wills, and whom He wills He hardens.
” (Romans 9:1–33, NKJV)
Jeremiah 9
23 Thus says the Lord:
“Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom,
Let not the mighty man glory in his might,
Nor let the rich man glory in his riches;
24 But let him who glories glory in this,
That he understands and knows Me,
That I am the Lord, exercising lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness in the earth.
For in these I delight,” says the Lord.
” (Jeremiah 9:23–24, NKJV)
