This is part of a video series covering the entire Bible in 4 years, one chapter at a time. Start at the beginning with Genesis 1 (Youtube link: https://youtu.be/wC2qD4RGOdo) and work through the playlist. Or go to https://www.peace.org.au/bible.html for more information.

In this video listen to Exodus 34 read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer.

In Exodus 34 Moses goes back up the mountain to spend a second forty days with the Lord. He is there to reissue the covenant, with new tablets and God goes over everything again, although greatly summarised in this chapter. But a few different things happen.

Firstly the people know what is going to happen this time, and they don’t go wild in his absence and there is no golden calf on his return. While Moses is gone, he has an experience of God’s love which greatly touches him, and he is covered in the glory of God. When he comes back down the mountain his face is shining.

And so Moses must feil his face so as to talk with people, because the glory was too bright for them to handle. Paul writes about this in 2 Corinthians 3, comparing the glory of this covenant and the glory of the new covenant, which is much brighter.

And the gospel today is covered and cannot be seen if anyone to tries to approach it via Moses, or via any other means than Christ. This video explains these things in more detail.

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