I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion

Exodus 33:12-23

Moses said to the Lord, “You have been telling me, ‘Lead these people,’ but you have not let me know whom you will send with me. You have said, ‘I know you by name and you have found favor with me.’ If you are pleased with me, teach me your ways so I may know you and continue to find favor with you. Remember that this nation is your people.”

The Lord replied, “My Presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.”

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. I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion. But,” he said, “you cannot see my face, for no one may see me and live.” But,” he said, “you cannot see my face, for no one may see me and live.”

Face to face: Numbers 12:8 adds by way of explanation 'clearly and not on riddles.'

Moses wants to see God as he is, but human beings can witness God only in his passing, can see God only in what he has done.

Why?

If you are pleased with me, teach me your ways so I may know you and continue to find favor with you. This is an honest way to ask the Lord, how to do to please the Lord. 

God has all of the authority, mercy, and compassion to whom God will have. We have not right to ask the Lord.

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耶和華不和以色列人同去了。本處是神和摩西的談話內容。

摩西向神提到3次你的百姓。如果神沒有和百姓就沒有意思了！我們和其他民族不同是因為有神的同在。神的同在比一切恩典更重要。我們沒有什麼地方比別人強。摩西重視神的同在，所以要看到神的榮耀。神的名就是神的屬性、本質。是否看到神的面不重要，重要是看到神的同在。摩西一定要看到神的面，才放心神同在，神按神的方法讓摩西看到神。

神按著摩西的名認識祂，即認識摩西的性格、心中所求的。神以看見神面的方法更好的方式。神宣告祂的名是有恩典、憐憫、信實的。神沒有按照摩西所求的，卻是比摩西求的更好。同樣我們向神求的，有時候神並沒有給我們，因為那對我們不好。神給我們是更好的。我們是神重價買回來的。

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How?

Keep a good relationship with the Lord is obey God's command, there is no other way to be blessed by the Lord.

Moses has the favor from the Lord so he may ask such a special request. 

This special relationship between Moses and the Lord, no one can compare, it is the authority of the Lord and Moses is honest to the Lord so the Lord pleased with Moses.