Shadowland: Redemption: Week 32

Exodus 33: The Repentance of the People

• 33:3 "I will not go with you" - this was a conditional covenant, and the people had flagrantly broken their end of it. So they lose the sensible presence of God. Exodus 23:20-33 How often when we sin, we feel that God is distant and our prayers go no further than the ceiling.
• 33:7 This tent outside the camp was a meeting place in lieu of the tabernacle which had not yet been built.
• 33:12 At this point the tabernacle was canceled, for God would no longer dwell with them. But Moses intercedes.
• 33:17 God was pleased to do what Moses asked as a friend. In Christ, we call Him "Daddy", and ask as His children. Romans 8:15, John 1:12
• 33:19 "I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious" - these are the names of God that He will proclaim as He passes by.
• 33:20 "No one may see me and live" - compare 33:11 Isaiah 6:1-3 Revelation 22:4