Saturday, October 5, 2013

The Rock, part 1


Mo. 10/7/13: Exodus 33:18, 21 – 23                  What did Moses see?
And he said, “Please, show me Your glory.”
And the Lord said, “Here is a place by Me, and you shall stand on the rock. So it shall be, while My glory passes by, that I will put you in the cleft of the rock, and will cover you with My hand while I pass by. Then I will take away My hand, and you shall see My back; but My face shall not be seen.”
What did Moses see? Moses saw the rock cleft for him and the protecting hand of God! This is the glory of the Lord.
Tu. 10/8/13: Deuteronomy 32:3 – 4                  What song did Moses teach?
      For I proclaim the name of the Lord:
      Ascribe greatness to our God.
      He is the Rock, His work is perfect;
      For all His ways are justice,
      A God of truth and without injustice;
      Righteous and upright is He.
What song did Moses teach? Moses received the song from God and taught it to Israel. God is the Rock of Truth and Justice
We. 10/9/13: Deuteronomy 32:15b                  What would Israel do?
      Then (Israel) forsook God who made him,
      And scornfully esteemed the Rock of his salvation.
What would Israel do? Israel would scorn the Rock of their salvation.
Th. 10/10/13: Deuteronomy 32:16 – 18                  What did the Rock do?
      They provoked Him to jealousy with foreign gods;
      With abominations they provoked Him to anger.
      They sacrificed to demons, not to God,
      To gods they did not know,
      To new gods, new arrivals
      That your fathers did not fear.
      Of the Rock who begot you, you are unmindful,
      And have forgotten the God who fathered you.
What did the Rock do? God, the Rock, begot them: he fathered them.
Fr. 10/11/13: Deuteronomy 32:30 – 31                  What would happen?
      How could one chase a thousand,
      And two put ten thousand to flight,
      Unless their Rock had sold them,
      And the Lord had surrendered them?
      For their rock is not like our Rock,
      Even our enemies themselves being judges.
What would happen? Israel would flee their enemy: God deserted them.

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