![]() The language Mark uses tells us that Jesus was not transformed into someone different, but rather He ‘glowed from within.’ His appearance was dazzling, shining He had an outer splendor that was created by his inner purity and sinlessness. His clothes became dazzling white, whiter than anyone in the world could bleach them.” Now jump forward to Peter, James and John with Jesus on a mountain (Mark 90:2-13). Then Moses would put the veil back over his face until he went in to speak with the Lord.” (Exodus 34:29-35) Even though he never saw God’s face, just because he was present in the cloud of God’s glory, Moses reflected God’s glory. And when he came out and told the Israelites what he had been commanded, they saw that his face was radiant. But whenever he entered the Lord’s presence to speak with him, he removed the veil until he came out. When Moses finished speaking to them, he put a veil over his face. Afterward all the Israelites came near him, and he gave them all the commands the Lord had given him on Mount Sinai. But Moses called to them so Aaron and all the leaders of the community came back to him, and he spoke to them. When Aaron and all the Israelites saw Moses, his face was radiant, and they were afraid to come near him. Yet notice the impact of God’s glory on Moses: “When Moses came down from Mount Sinai with the two tablets of the covenant law in his hands, he was not aware that his face was radiant because he had spoken with the Lord. (This why no one could enter the Temple when the cloud was over it.) So much for it being exciting – more like dangerous! Then I will remove my hand and you will see my back but my face must not be seen.”” No one can see God’s face, no one can fully experience His glory and live. 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. But,” he said, “you cannot see my face, for no one may see me and live.” Then the Lord said, “There is a place near me where you may stand on a rock. I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion. “And the Lord said to Moses, “I will do the very thing you have asked, because I am pleased with you and I know you by name.” Then Moses said, “Now show me your glory.” 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. And he stayed on the mountain forty days and forty nights.” Could anything be more exciting than being wrapped up in the glory of God?īefore you answer, read on. Then Moses entered the cloud as he went on up the mountain. To the Israelites the glory of the Lord looked like a consuming fire on top of the mountain. For six days the cloud covered the mountain, and on the seventh day the Lord called to Moses from within the cloud. Exodus 24:16-18 states “…and the glory of the Lord settled on Mount Sinai. God called Moses up into the mountain for a meeting. The life of Moses helps explain what this means. God uses the cloud to cover the fiery manifestations of His glory. Yet there’s a third symbolism of and meaning for God’s presence in the cloud. As I have indicated that cloud is a means by which God guides us and protects us. Two weeks ago I began contemplating the concept of ‘the cloud ’ more specifically the cloud referred to in the Bible – the cloud which indicates the presence of God.
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