Ex
33:20
And he
said, Thou canst not see my face:
for there shall no man see me, and live.
The Lord’s Face Cannot Be Seen
When
the Lord was speaking to Moses, He explained that a human could not see His
face and live. Was this really an appearance
of Jesus in His heavenly form before the incarnation and thus in a state that
flesh could not behold? Was this the
Father and Moses was being told He could not see His face? Was this speaking about the Godhead and
showing that no human visual of God in His triune nature could be seen by a
human without his or her glorified body?
I am not sure. I just look at
God’s statement and realize how incredibly different in nature and substance
are we than Him. Even the angelic beings
in Isaiah six have their wings covering their eyes as they worship the
Lord. This statement that the Lord makes
about Himself reveals that, although fellowship with God is available through
Jesus Christ, we ought always to remember that He is God and we are human. Let’s sanctify the Lord and approach Him not
only with the sense that He is our Father but in awesome reverence for His
nature and being.
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