SERIES: 02 Exodus - 2011
MESSAGE: Exodus 34
SPEAKER: Skip Heitzig
SCRIPTURE: Exodus 34

MESSAGE SUMMARY
In Exodus 34, God's covenant with Israel is reestablished. Moses returned to the top of Mount Sinai, again received the Ten Commandments, and God's choice, presence, greatness, and power are confirmed.

DETAILED NOTES

  1. Introduction
    1. After 40 days, Moses came down from the mountain
      1. God pushed out of the camp (worship of the golden calf)
      2. Moses pitched his tent outside the defiled camp
        1. Met with God face to face
        2. Cloud descended on the opening, symbolized God's presence
        3. People stood and watched
      3. Lord would not be there in the fullness of His presence
        1. The people would be consumed
        2. He would send His Angel
      4. God was angry
        1. Offered Moses to start over
        2. Offered to wipe out the people
      5. Moses acted as mediator and intercessor
    2. Chapter 34: take 2
      1. God Calls Moses back up to Sinai
      2. Re-established the covenant
      3. Moses asks to see God's glory (See Exodus 33:18)
        1. כָּבוֹד; kabowd- weight, weighty (someone's weighty reputation)
        2. One translation says, "Lord, I want to see your very self"
        3. He could not see God's face
  2. Exodus 34
    1. Moses goes again
      1. The tablets
        1. The first time, God provided
        2. The second time, Moses chiseled
      2. Sinai
        1. 7,497 ft. high
        2. 3 hours on a modern trail
        3. Cold even in the summer
      3. Moses goes alone
    2. The Lord declares His name
      1. YHWH
        1. The Eternal Present One
        2. Covenant name
      2. Moses had asked to see God (Like Philip in the Upper Room: "Lord, show us the Father and we will be satisfied." [John 14:8])
      3. God allowed Moses to see the afterglow
    3. God gives a 9-fold description of Himself
      1. We know what we want; God gives what we need
        1. Moses heard God's word
        2. Paul's thorn in the flesh (See 2 Corinthians 12:3-9)
        3. Men on the road to Emmaus (See Luke 24:13-32)
      2. God's name is associated with His character
        1. Prayer in the name of Jesus
          1. Not a magical incantation
          2. Praying in alignment with His character
        2. God's name is stamped on His creation and His covenant
      3. God's positive attributes
        1. Love, grace mercy, longsuffering
        2. People view others through their sin
        3. God views others through His love
      4. Visiting Iniquity to the 3-4 generations
        1. Not a generational curse
        2. Children feel the impact of their parent's sin
        3. The soul who sins will die (See Ezekiel 18)
    4. Moses worshiped the Lord
      1. Moses didn't get what he wanted
      2. Moses saw himself in the light of who God is
      3. Worship is not about us; it is about Him
    5. Israel not chosen because they were superior to others
      1. Stiff-necked
      2. Chosen because God loves them (See Deuteronomy 7:6-7)
    6. Wooden images
      1. Asherah poles
        1. אֲשֵׁרָה; Asherah
        2. Any and all statues of pagan worship
        3. Consort of Baal, the storm God (worshiped through sexual activity)
      2. Rip down the altars
      3. Gideon cut down his father's altar to Baal and Asherah pole (See Judges 6:25-32)
    7. The Lord is Jealous
      1. The Bible says God is jealous eight times
      2. קַנָּא; qanna - jealous
        1. Red-faced
        2. Zealous over His own property
      3. "For I am jealous for you with godly jealousy. For I have betrothed you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ." (2 Corinthians 11:2)
      4. "You shall have no other gods before Me." (Exodus 20:3)
    8. Some choose spiritual path on the basis of investigation, but most do not
      1. Respond to an invitation
      2. Peer pressure
      3. Intermarriage discouraged on spiritual grounds
      4. Problem not the mixing of races but the mixing of religions
    9. Ten Sample Laws
      1. Your children belong to God
      2. Appear before the Lord 3 times a year
        1. Passover, Pentecost, Feast of Tabernacles
        2. No excuses
        3. " For those who honor Me I will honor," (1 Samuel 2:30)
        4. "When a man's ways please the Lord, He makes even his enemies to be at peace with him." (Proverbs 16:7)
    10. Moses miraculously sustained
    11. Moses came down and his face shown
      1. Confirmed God's choice: Moses as mediator
      2. Confirmed God's presence
      3. Confirmed God's greatness
      4. Confirmed God's power
        1. Brought conviction
        2. Change is apparent
          1. Change is apparent
          2. Real time in God's presence makes a change
          3. Never have to announce our time with God—it's evident
          4. "Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were uneducated and untrained men, they marveled. And they realized that they had been with Jesus." (Acts 4:13)

Hebrew terms:  כָּבוֹד; kabowd- weight, weighty (someone's weighty reputation); אֲשֵׁרָה; Asherah- Any and all statues of pagan worship
Cross References: Exodus 20:3; Exodus 33:18; Deuteronomy 7:6-7; Judges 6:25-32; 1 Samuel 2:30; Ezekiel 18; Acts 4:13; Luke 24:13-32; John 14:8; 2 Corinthians 11:2; 2 Corinthians 12:3-9;

Topic: Moses

Keywords: Moses, Mt. Sinai, second chance, YHWH


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