Exodus 34: 27 – 35 “The LORD also said to Moses, “Write down these words, for in accordance with these words I have made a covenant with you and with Israel.” So Moses was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights without eating bread or drinking water. He wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant—the Ten Commandments.
And when Moses came down from Mount Sinai with the two tablets of the Testimony in his hands, he was unaware that his face had become radiant from speaking with the LORD. Aaron and all the Israelites looked at Moses, and behold, his face was radiant. And they were afraid to approach him. But Moses called out to them; so Aaron and all the leaders of the congregation returned to him, and Moses spoke to them. And after this all the Israelites came near, and Moses commanded them to do everything that the LORD had told him on Mount Sinai. When Moses had finished speaking to them, he put a veil over his face. But whenever Moses went in before the LORD to speak with Him, he would remove the veil until he came out. And when he came out, he would tell the Israelites what he had been commanded, and the Israelites would see that the face of Moses was radiant. So Moses would put the veil back over his face until he went in to speak with the LORD.”
You will always be known by the company you keep. If you consort with evil people, you will become evil and you will radiate evil. But here Moses has spent forty days and nights with God. Why didn’t Moses have to eat or drink? Well, Moses was in the company of the One who had created him; why couldn’t God keep him going supernaturally? If God is the God of time and space and exists outside both of those, then God has control over space and time and can multiply or contract things at will. Now Moses is coming off the mountain, but this is a Moses whom nobody has ever seen before!
After spending all that time with God, Moses has absorbed God’s glory to such an extent that his face is radiant, shining so much that even his closest associates fear to be near him. Moses removes a veil from his face just long enough to communicate God’s words to the Israelites and then replaces the veil so that he can move among his friends and family easily.
APPLICATION: “Did I really just see what I think I did?” The year was 1988, and we had just come to Ghana. One of the key people in our situation at that point was allegedly a church member; however, once we got into the country and became better acquainted, we soon realized this man was demon – possessed. At times, this man would appear to be a sweet – natured, helpful and generous individual. At those times the demons were hiding. But when the demons decided to manifest themselves, the looks that came from this man’s eyes were purely evil. We later learned that this man’s mother had wanted a second son so badly that she had promised a fetish priest that if the fetish would give her a son, she would dedicate the son to the fetish from the womb. This poor fellow really didn’t stand much of a chance because nobody in his situation was brave enough to confront him and help him get delivered from his demons. Church members took advantage of this man’s wealth without caring for his soul.
Moses radiated God’s holiness and purity because he spent so much time with God. Each of us needs to ask ourselves what spirit do we radiate? One of our friends who was a vibrant Christian used to pray that God would help her to draw closer to Him each day than she had the day before. That’s a good prayer for all of us!
PRAYER: Father God, thank You for Your holiness, Your purity, Your glory, and Your grace. Please draw each of us closer and closer to you, so that when people are with us, they will see you and not just us. In the matchless Name of King Jesus. Amen.
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