Seeing God’s Face

Old Covenant People

Exodus 33:20-23
New King James Version (NKJV)

²⁰ But He said, “You cannot see My face; for no man shall see Me, and live.” ²¹ And the Lord said, “Here is a place by Me, and you shall stand on the rock. ²² 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. ²³ Then I will take away My hand, and you shall see My back; but My face shall not be seen.”

• Even Moses, through whom the Law was given, the pick of the crop couldn’t see God’s face

New Covenant People

• God showed His back to Jesus on the cross, so that we all could see God’s Face
• When Jesus received our sin’s, God saw Jesus as a great sinner

Matthew 27:46
New King James Version (NKJV)

⁴⁶ And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, “Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?” that is, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?”^[a]

Isaiah 53:4
New King James Version (NKJV)

⁴ Surely He has borne our griefs
And carried our sorrows;
Yet we esteemed Him stricken,
Smitten by God, and afflicted.

Footnotes:

1. Matthew 27:46 Psalm 22:1

Psalm 22:1
New King James Version (NKJV)

22 My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?
Why are You so far from helping Me,
And from the words of My groaning?

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