Beats From Your Pastor’s Heart
Exodus 33:18-19, “And he said, I beseech thee, shew me thy glory. And he said, I will make all my goodness pass before thee, and I will proclaim the name of the LORD before thee; and will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will shew mercy on whom I will shew mercy.”
When Moses said to the Lord, “Show me Your glory,” the Lord’s reply was simply, “I will make all My goodness pass before you, and I will proclaim the name of the Lord before you.”
The Lord further responded to Moses by saying, v. 22, “And it shall come to pass, while my glory passeth by, that I will put thee in a clift of the rock, and will cover thee with my hand while I pass by:”
Following this speaking, Moses presented himself to the Lord to see His glory: Exodus 34:5-7, “And the LORD descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of the LORD. And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth, Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children’s children, unto the third and to the fourth generation.”
The Lord’s answer to Moses’ request, “Show me Your glory,” consisted of a wonderful heavenly scenery passing before him.
Four times in these verses the Lord emphasized the matter of Moses seeing something pass before him: “I will make all My goodness pass before you,” “My glory passes by,” “I pass by,” and “the Lord passed before him and proclaimed.”
From this we can see that to behold the Lord’s glory means to see the scenery of His Person and His work pass before us.
It was beholding this scenery that transformed Moses so that “the skin of his face shone” (Exo. 34:30).
For Moses to behold the scenery of God’s glory passing by, the Lord told him that He would put him in the cleft of the rock and cover him with His hand (Exo. 33:22).
In typology this signifies being hidden in the crucified Christ, who died for us on the cross and shed His precious blood so that we can approach God directly and behold His glory.
Thus, because of the blood, because of Christ’s finished work, because of that once-and-for-all sacrifice, because He entered into the Holiest of All and made a way for us to be there and live there, now we can fully enjoy the glory of the Lord by letting this redemptive scenery pass before our spiritual eyes.
Only the blood of Jesus ushers us into the glory.
Growth does not get us into the glory.
Being a believer for twenty-five or fifty years does not merit our getting into the glory.
Only one thing qualifies us to enjoy the glory of the Lord–the precious blood of the Lamb.
That is all.
Just the blood.
We can declare, “I am forgiven, I am washed, I am cleansed, and now I am qualified to behold the Lord face-to-face.”
Paul describes this privilege as our having “the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ” (2 Cor. 4:6).
Until Tomorrow
With A Shepherd’s Love,
Pastor Jackson
WEDNESDAY’S PRAYER REQUESTS
Jim Mabe went to Heaven yesterday. Memorial service to be announced.
Paula Ferus
Marlon Cook
June Cronan
Amy Garner
Amy Garner’s Mom & Dad
Ashely Burn’s Sisters
Brandon’s Dad
Charlene Palmer
Coly/Connor – Allison’s G’sons
Dan Haines
Darlene Thaxton
Darlene Wiggins
David Burnette
David Harrison
Denise Hulsey – Jordan’s G’mother
Donnie Butler’s Dad
Doris Loyd
Dr. and Mrs. Davis
Easton Fielder
Eric Ward
Erik Magnusson
Freddie May’s Mom
George & Linda Alexander
James Burnette
James Garner’s Friend
Jillian Gray
Jodi Bateman
John Austin
John McClain
June Cronan’s Sister
Kim McClain’s Mother
Larry Barker
Lee Cronan
Lillanna Magnusson’s Mom
Linda Alexander
Linda Breedlove’s Sister – Sarah
Linda Hodges’ Sister
Lonzo Christin
Lori Blount’s Mother
Mary Sims
Marynell Ford
Maureen Brown
Michael Stanley
Pastor & Mrs. Driskell
Ricky Gipson – Ashley’s Brother
Ricky Stubbs
Rose Fuller
Roseleigh Osborn
Sandra Graham
Scott Lanier
Soso Nzolo – 17 Yr. Old South African Pastor’s Daughter
Tom Witcher