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[611.80 --> 612.50] the God of Jacob. |
[612.50 --> 614.82] And after God says this to Moses, |
[615.88 --> 618.62] Moses hides his face from him. |
[619.96 --> 620.48] Why? |
[622.52 --> 623.60] The text tells us |
[623.60 --> 624.94] it's not in reverence to God. |
[625.54 --> 627.46] It's not because of shame. |
[627.60 --> 629.74] It's not because of guilt of past sins |
[629.74 --> 631.04] that he's committed. |
[632.04 --> 634.40] It's because he feared God. |
[634.48 --> 636.84] He feared to look at God. |
[637.74 --> 638.54] This was not guilt. |
[638.68 --> 639.60] This was not shame. |
[640.24 --> 641.28] This was fear |
[641.28 --> 643.70] that caused Moses to hide his face. |
[644.48 --> 645.32] This is huge. |
[645.40 --> 646.40] This is a big detail. |
[646.80 --> 648.18] There's a parallel story in the Bible, |
[648.32 --> 649.26] Isaiah chapter 6, |
[649.42 --> 651.74] where God calls out to Isaiah in a vision. |
[652.02 --> 653.50] And it's a very similar situation, |
[653.60 --> 654.36] just like this story. |
[654.70 --> 656.06] Isaiah turns his face |
[656.06 --> 657.74] from God in that story. |
[658.44 --> 659.52] But in Isaiah's case, |
[659.66 --> 661.26] it's because he feels unworthy. |
[661.88 --> 662.92] It's because he feels |
[662.92 --> 664.30] that he is too sinful. |
[664.30 --> 666.26] He is unable to look at God |
[666.26 --> 667.36] because of the sins |
[667.36 --> 668.16] that he has committed. |
[668.78 --> 670.92] And then God touches Isaiah's lips |
[670.92 --> 671.54] and says, |
[671.98 --> 673.28] your guilt is taken away. |
[673.68 --> 675.76] Your sin is atoned for. |
[677.52 --> 678.86] In fact, sin and guilt |
[678.86 --> 680.98] are often the first thing acknowledged |
[680.98 --> 682.80] when the living God |
[682.80 --> 684.12] interacts with his people. |
[684.80 --> 685.62] If you think about Jesus |
[685.62 --> 686.54] when he walked this earth, |
[686.82 --> 689.18] how often before he heals someone |
[689.18 --> 690.62] or while he's healing someone, |
[690.76 --> 693.08] is he also forgiving their sins? |
[694.30 --> 695.06] Constantly. |
[697.52 --> 699.20] But that's not here in this story. |
[700.38 --> 701.04] Notice that? |
[701.88 --> 702.24] Now remember, |
[702.34 --> 703.60] Moses is very guilty of sin, |
[703.76 --> 705.04] the least of which is murder. |
[706.10 --> 707.38] And that's why he finds himself |
[707.38 --> 708.44] in this neck of the woods anyways. |
[708.58 --> 709.74] But this is not guilt or shame |
[709.74 --> 710.60] that he's hiding its face. |
[710.66 --> 714.20] It's because he is afraid of God. |
[715.14 --> 716.68] Moral demand and forgiveness |
[716.68 --> 719.02] play little to no role |
[719.02 --> 721.80] in this encounter with God. |
[722.94 --> 723.78] So here, |
[724.48 --> 728.44] God's not portrayed as love or justice, |
[729.36 --> 731.40] but he's portrayed as power. |
[732.76 --> 733.90] Now of course God is love |
[733.90 --> 735.14] and of course God is just. |
[735.24 --> 736.24] That's not to minimize that. |
[736.24 --> 737.10] But right here, |
[737.18 --> 738.82] those characteristics aren't spoken of, |
[739.14 --> 741.12] but his power is. |
[743.10 --> 743.54] Moses, |
[744.00 --> 746.76] standing in the powerful presence of God, |
[746.76 --> 748.14] has to take his sandals off |
[748.14 --> 749.64] and hide his face. |
[751.84 --> 753.18] Now the power of God |
[753.18 --> 754.72] is definitely a constant theme |
[754.72 --> 755.20] in the Bible, |
[755.20 --> 756.38] but I think it's actually one |
[756.38 --> 758.34] that we often brush aside. |
[759.96 --> 761.98] Perhaps it's because it's |
[761.98 --> 762.90] incomprehensible. |
[763.56 --> 764.46] Perhaps because |
[764.46 --> 766.70] it's less attractive to us |
[766.70 --> 767.54] than love |
[767.54 --> 767.94] or |
[767.94 --> 769.52] or his mercy. |
[769.92 --> 770.94] Those ones we like, |
[771.10 --> 771.84] they're attractive. |
[771.98 --> 773.06] We can relate to those. |
[773.06 --> 773.82] But his power? |
[774.90 --> 775.84] Not so much. |
[777.96 --> 779.34] We can't truly grasp |
[779.34 --> 779.88] the magnitude |
[779.88 --> 781.48] of any of God's characteristics, |
[781.74 --> 781.84] though, |
[781.88 --> 782.96] unless we understand |
[782.96 --> 783.68] God's power. |
[784.74 --> 785.42] God's grace, |
[785.54 --> 786.04] God's mercy, |
[786.14 --> 786.80] God's justice, |
[786.96 --> 788.40] they are all predicated |
[788.40 --> 789.76] on this very power |
[789.76 --> 790.92] that God possesses. |
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