Moses asked God to show him His glory after God told Moses He would not go with the Israelites. God revealed His goodness, sovereignty, mercy and compassion to Moses but told him no one could see His face and live. God allowed Moses to see His back as His glory passed by and protected Moses in the cleft of a rock. Moses' face shone radiantly after being in God's presence, showing the transformative power of encountering God's glory.

1. July 5th, 2009

2. Announcements
• bcbc-sundayschool@googlegroups.com
• Please complete a survey if you have not done
so already
• Sign-up to serve in a Class Ministry Team
• New Care Group Assignments
• Notes for Missions (NYC, Serbia)
• Women’s Ministry Fall Retreat Oct 2&3
• Substitute for July 18th

4. How can we gain
confidence in our Father’s
love?

5. Focal Passage
Exodus 33: 18-23

6. Exodus 19 - 31
“In the third month after the Israelites
left Egypt – on the very day – they
came to the Desert of Sinai. After they
set out from Rephidim, they entered the
Desert of Sinai, and Israel camped
there in the desert in front of the
mountain.”
Exodus 19:1-2

7. Fatherly Instructions
• Exodus 20: Ten Commandments
• Exodus 21 - 22: Personal and
Community Laws
• Exodus 23: God’s Angel to prepare
the way

8. Exodus 24 - 31
• Moses shares God’s instructions
with the Israelites
• Moses returns atop Mt. Sinai to
fellowship with God for 40 days
and 40 nights
• God provides further instructions
to Moses

9. Exodus 32:1
When the people saw that Moses
was so long in coming down from
the mountain, they gathered
around Aaron and said, “Come,
make us gods who will go before
us. As for this fellow Moses who
brought us up out of Egypt, we
don't know what has happened to
him.”

10. A Failed Understanding
The Israelites God
• We're better off as • I'll use Pharaoh and his
slaves in Egypt than as entire army, his chariots
corpses in the and horsemen, to put
wilderness. my Glory on display so
(Exodus 14:12) that the Egyptians will
realize that I am God.
(Exodus 14:17-18)

11. A Failed Understanding
The Israelites God
• You've brought us out • Future generations
into this wilderness to should know that I fed
starve us to death you in the wilderness
(Exodus 16:3) (Exodus 16:32)

12. A Failed Understanding
The Israelites God
• We thought that He had • In no time at all they've
abandoned us, so we turned away from the
sought a new direction way I commanded them
(Exodus 32:1) (Exodus 32:7-8)

13. A Critical Juncture
God’s Command
Exodus 33:1-2

14. A Critical Juncture
Then the LORD said to Moses, "Leave this
place, you and the people you brought
up out of Egypt, and go up to the land I
promised on oath to Abraham, Isaac
and Jacob, saying, 'I will give it to your
descendants.’
Exodus 33:1

15. A Critical Juncture
I will send an angel before you and drive
out the Canaanites, Amorites, Hittites,
Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites. Go up
to the land flowing with milk and
honey. But I will not go with you,
because you are a stiff-necked people
and I might destroy you on the way."
Exodus 33:2

16. A Critical Juncture
Moses’ Response
Exodus 33:12-13

17. A Critical Juncture
Moses said to the LORD, "You have been
telling me, 'Lead these people,' but you
have not let me know whom you will
send with me. You have said, 'I know
you by name and you have found favor
with me.' If you are pleased with me,
teach me your ways so I may know you
and continue to find favor with you.
Remember that this nation is your
people."

18. A Critical Juncture
What did Moses request
of the Lord?

19. A Critical Juncture
1. Teach me your ways
2. Let me know you
3. Let me find favor with you
4. Don’t send me out on my own

20. A Critical Juncture
God’s Response
Exodus 33:14-17

21. A Critical Juncture
The LORD replied, "My Presence will go
with you, and I will give you rest."
Then Moses said to him, "If your
Presence does not go with us, do not
send us up from here. How will anyone
know that you are pleased with me and
with your people unless you go with
us? What else will distinguish me and
your people from all the other people
on the face of the earth?"

22. A Surprising Request
Then Moses said, "Now
show me your glory.“
Exodus 33:18

23. What was Moses
asking to see?

24. Glory Defined
• Something that secures praise or
renown
• A distinguished quality or asset
Merriam-Webster Dictionary

25. Glory Defined
• Glory translates the Hebrew word
“kabod”
• “Something heavy in weight” in
importance or honor
• When used of God, it refers to the honor
of who He is

26. Why was Moses
wanting to see the
glory of God at this
juncture?

27. The Levels of Prayer
1. Show me your glory
2. Help them
3. Thank you
4. Forgive me
5. Help me
6. Give me

28. Glory Revealed
Exodus 33:19-23

29. Exodus 33:19-23
And the LORD said, "I will cause all my
goodness to pass in front of you, and I will
proclaim my name, the LORD, in your
presence. I will have mercy on whom I will
have mercy, and I will have compassion on
whom I will have compassion. But," he said,
"you cannot see my face, for no one may see
me and live."

30. Exodus 33:19-23
Then the LORD said, "There is a place near me
where you may stand on a rock. When my
glory passes by, I will put you in a cleft in the
rock and cover you with my hand until I have
passed by. Then I will remove my hand and
you will see my back; but my face must not
be seen."

31. What did God reveal
to Moses?

32. Glory Revealed
• His Goodness
• His Sovereignty
• His Mercy
• His Compassion
• His Fullness (face) is too great for us
• His Purpose in retrospect

33. Knowing the Father
• God desires to reveal Himself to us
• We should continually be open to God
and what He wants to reveal to us
• There is always more of Him to know
and experience
• God is awesome, and being in His
presence is something not to be taken
lightly

34. A Lasting Impact
How was Moses impacted
by his encounter by God?
Exodus 34:29-35

35. Exodus 34:29-35
When Moses came down from Mount Sinai
with the two tablets of the Testimony in his
hands, he was not aware that his face was
radiant because he had spoken with the
LORD. When Aaron and all the Israelites saw
Moses, his face was radiant, and they were
afraid to come near him. But Moses called to
them; so Aaron and all the leaders of the
community came back to him, and he spoke
to them.

36. Exodus 34:29-35
Afterward all the Israelites came near him, and
he gave them all the commands the LORD
had given him on Mount Sinai. When Moses
finished speaking to them, he put a veil over
his face. But whenever he entered the LORD's
presence to speak with him, he removed the
veil until he came out. And when he came out
and told the Israelites what he had been
commanded, they saw that his face was
radiant. Then Moses would put the veil back
over his face until he went in to speak with
the LORD.

37. 2 Corinthians 3:16-18
Whenever anyone turns to the Lord, the
veil is taken away. Now the Lord is the
Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord
is, there is freedom. And we, who with
unveiled faces all reflect the Lord's
glory, are being transformed into his
likeness with ever-increasing glory,
which comes from the Lord, who is the
Spirit.

38. Homework
Are you willing to have
God’s glory unveiled to
you and in you?