In Exodus 34, Moses was on Mt. Sinai meeting with God, and receiving the second copy of the 10 commandments.
Exodus 34:1-7 says, "And the LORD said to Moses, “Cut two tablets of stone like the first ones, and I will write on these tablets the words that were on the first tablets which you broke. So be ready in the morning, and come up in the morning to Mount Sinai, and present yourself to Me there on the top of the mountain. And no man shall come up with you, and let no man be seen throughout all the mountain; let neither flocks nor herds feed before that mountain.”
So he cut two tablets of stone like the first ones. Then Moses rose early in the morning and went up Mount Sinai, as the LORD had commanded him; and he took in his hand the two tablets of stone.
Now the LORD descended in the cloud and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of the LORD. And the LORD passed before him and proclaimed, “The LORD, the LORD God, merciful and gracious, long suffering, and abounding in goodness and truth, 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.” The underlined part is God quoting His name, or character to Moses. He was actually quoting right out of the 2nd commandment of the 10 commandments which states, Exodus 20:5 & 6, "you shall not bow down to them nor serve them. For I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me, but showing mercy to thousands, to those who love Me and keep My commandments.
So he cut two tablets of stone like the first ones. Then Moses rose early in the morning and went up Mount Sinai, as the LORD had commanded him; and he took in his hand the two tablets of stone.
Now the LORD descended in the cloud and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of the LORD. And the LORD passed before him and proclaimed, “The LORD, the LORD God, merciful and gracious, long suffering, and abounding in goodness and truth, 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.” The underlined part is God quoting His name, or character to Moses. He was actually quoting right out of the 2nd commandment of the 10 commandments which states, Exodus 20:5 & 6, "you shall not bow down to them nor serve them. For I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me, but showing mercy to thousands, to those who love Me and keep My commandments.
In the Bible, name means character. The name Jacob means deceiver, so, God proclaimed His name or character to Moses, and wrote it in stone. If the 10 commandments could be summed up in one word, I believe it would be LOVE.
If you jump to Revelation 14, it says in verse 1, "Then I looked, and behold, a Lamb standing on Mount Zion, and with Him one hundred and forty-four thousand, having His Father’s name written on their foreheads." It means that the people mentioned in verse 1 have chosen in their minds to keep the commandments or the character of God. Jesus came to give us His perfect keeping of the law, His righteous character and name.
In the next post, I will show you some comparison verses about the law of God, and the character of God.
God B in U & through U, Joy J
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