Exodus 19:3
Then Moses went up to God, and the LORD called to him from the mountain...
Ever
wonder why the word God and the LORD are used, seemingly
interchangeably? Well, we must go back to the Hebrew words to
understand. The word God is Eloheim (meaning Father, Son, and Holy
Spirit). The word LORD is Yehovah (meaning Jesus). Moses went up the
mountain to Father, Son, and Holy Spirit but is was the Son who spoke to
him. Using the meanings of the Hebrew words gives us a better vision.
This same thing is especially true with the following verse:
Exodus 19:16
On the morning of the third day there was thunder and lightning, with a thick cloud over the mountain and a very loud trumpet blast.
Now
if we look only at the English words, we envision a storm on the
mountain, black heavy clouds, booming thunder, and flashes of
lightning. But using the Hebrew word meanings, we get a completely
different picture. Here's how it would read in the Hebrew.
"There
were loud voices in proclamation blowing a great trumpet accompanied
by bright, glittering gleams enveloped in bright clouds."
Does
that sound a bit like the company of angels that announced the birth
of Jesus to the shepherds??? It should. Just read these verses: Dan
7:9-10, Matt 17:2-5, Acts 7:53, Gal 3:19, Heb 2:2, Rev 4:1, Rev 8:13,
Rev 9:14.
God spoke the words of the Ten Commandments
the first time. The people did not want to listen to the voice of
God. They didn't want to get too close to God. A similar thing
happened with Jesus.
John 12:28-29
Father, glorify your
name!" Then a voice came from heaven, "I have glorified it, and will
glorify it again."The crowd that was there and heard it said it had thundered; others said an angel had spoken to him.
Who is this "angel" God sent to go with them who has the power to forgive sin?
1 Cor 10:1-4
For
I do not want you to be ignorant of the fact, brothers, that our
forefathers were all under the cloud and that they all passed through
the sea.They were all baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea.
They all ate the same spiritual food and drank the same spiritual
drink; for they drank from the spiritual rock that accompanied them,
and that rock was Christ.
John 5:22
Moreover, the Father judges no one, but has entrusted all judgment to the Son
Pretty clear...the "angel", God's Presence, was God, the Son.
Another example of how God, the Son interacted with people in the Old Testament is found in this passage.
Exod 24:9-11
Moses
and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and the seventy elders of Israel went up
and saw the God of Israel. Under his feet was something like a
pavement made of sapphire, clear as the sky itself. But God did not
raise his hand against these leaders of the Israelites; they saw God, and they ate and drank.
And then we have this verse.
John 6:46
No one has seen the Father except the one who is from God; only he has seen the Father.
If
no one can see the Father then how can Moses, Aaron, Nadab, and
Abihu, along with the seventy elders see God? Again, it's perfectly
clear... the leaders saw God, the Son.
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