The Lord is awe-inspiring, fearsome, fascinating, intriguing, majestic, and full of splendor: breathtaking! Here is what I saw of him today and what came to my heart and mind in Exodus 6:2-3,
"I am the Lord. I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac and to Jacob as God Almighty, but by my name the Lord I did not make myself fully known to them."
As the Lord sent Moses back to Pharaoh a second time to demand he let the Israelites go for three days to worship him, he tells Moses he is revealing himself progressively.
In the accounts of the Lord interacting and revealing himself to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, he let himself be known as "God Almighty" or "El-Shaddai" in the Hebrew. Now, centuries later, he tells Moses his name is "I Am" or "I Am Who I Am" (see Exodus 3:14.) Both these names reveal something of God, and not exactly the same things. God didn't lay everything out about himself and what he is busy doing at the beginning of things. To me, this is something that is important to know about God.
There are other examples of the progressive nature of God's revelation of himself and the things he does. Here are a couple from the book of Romans:
"Now to him who is able to establish you in accordance with my gospel, the message I proclaim about Jesus Christ, in keeping with the revelation of the mystery hidden for long ages past, but now revealed and made known through the prophetic writings by the command of the eternal God, so that all the Gentiles might come to the obedience that comes from faith— to the only wise God be glory forever through Jesus Christ!" This is Paul's doxology at the end of the book of Romans. Romans 16:25-27.
"But now apart from the law the righteousness of God has been made known, to which the Law and the Prophets testify." Romans 3:21. In this passage Paul points out that God is revealing himself in his day through what was written previously by prophets. The Scripture was there, but its meaning not clearly revealed yet as it was by God in Paul's day.
Additionally, we can simply realize that more revelation from God came as time rolled on. The Bible was written over a period of more than 1,400 years. As new revelation came, more information about God, his purposes and his activities were provided. All the way from Moses to the Apostle John.
"I am the Lord. I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac and to Jacob as God Almighty, but by my name the Lord I did not make myself fully known to them."
As the Lord sent Moses back to Pharaoh a second time to demand he let the Israelites go for three days to worship him, he tells Moses he is revealing himself progressively.
In the accounts of the Lord interacting and revealing himself to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, he let himself be known as "God Almighty" or "El-Shaddai" in the Hebrew. Now, centuries later, he tells Moses his name is "I Am" or "I Am Who I Am" (see Exodus 3:14.) Both these names reveal something of God, and not exactly the same things. God didn't lay everything out about himself and what he is busy doing at the beginning of things. To me, this is something that is important to know about God.
There are other examples of the progressive nature of God's revelation of himself and the things he does. Here are a couple from the book of Romans:
"Now to him who is able to establish you in accordance with my gospel, the message I proclaim about Jesus Christ, in keeping with the revelation of the mystery hidden for long ages past, but now revealed and made known through the prophetic writings by the command of the eternal God, so that all the Gentiles might come to the obedience that comes from faith— to the only wise God be glory forever through Jesus Christ!" This is Paul's doxology at the end of the book of Romans. Romans 16:25-27.
"But now apart from the law the righteousness of God has been made known, to which the Law and the Prophets testify." Romans 3:21. In this passage Paul points out that God is revealing himself in his day through what was written previously by prophets. The Scripture was there, but its meaning not clearly revealed yet as it was by God in Paul's day.
Additionally, we can simply realize that more revelation from God came as time rolled on. The Bible was written over a period of more than 1,400 years. As new revelation came, more information about God, his purposes and his activities were provided. All the way from Moses to the Apostle John.
I suspect as this age comes to a close and while we are still in it, there will be many further things revealed to us. I'm not suggesting the Bible will grow in material (who knows?), but that just as God revealed things previously written and the understanding of them made known at a later point in time, a lot of things from God just may be headed our way.
Anything of the Lord capture your heart from Scripture today? Share what moved you about him from your Bible reading today. I'd love to hear from you!
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Anything of the Lord capture your heart from Scripture today? Share what moved you about him from your Bible reading today. I'd love to hear from you!
If you have someone you would like to receive these ruminations, send me their email address. I'm happy to add them to the list. If you are receiving this and would like to be removed from the list, just reply and let me know. A blog with all my posts can be found here: http://worshipfortoday.blogspot.com/
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