Exodus 33:12-23
If you pleased with me, teach me your ways to I may know you and continue to find favor with you.
How will anyone know that you are pleased with me and with your people unless you go with us?
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."
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. I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion. But you cannot see my face, for no one may see me and live".
God will not go back on his promise, but Israel has forfeited his presence. And without that, the promised land is nothing.
Again Moses pleads for the people at a time of crisis. God's answer encourages him to press a personal plea for a revelation of God in all his splendor(光輝)
Why?
Moses asked good questions to the Lord and the Lord pleased his questions.
God is the Lord, he has the authority to do what he wants, so who may get mercy and compassion depends on the mind of the Lord. God is love.
Each name of man is meaningful to the Lord, it is the identical name.
God is holy could not be seen by sinners, so Moses could see the back of the Lord only.
How?
God knows my by name, his glory and honor endure forever. God is the Lord! Praise to the Lord!
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