- From Exodus 34
There are many thoughts swirling about in my mind, about this reading of the appearance of Moses, after he returned from Mt Sinai, having been up there for a period of time.
He spent all that time talking with God.
If you had been with God for 40 days and nights, speaking to Him directly, being spoken to by Him; being taught, being enlightened; think about the vast extent of knowledge that you could gain. As Archie Woods shared once, our faces give off light. When Moses had been with God, the light emitters in his face had been so energized, that his face literally shone. Did God show Moses the end from the beginning? Did He use something like a video projector, to make Moses a witness to Creation? Did Moses get virtual live coverage of the crucifixion?
He was so shiny that it was a total distraction to the people. It troubled them, and made them fearful, to the point that it became a problem. Moses had to veil his face.
He put on a veil, not because he wanted to practice modesty. Not because he did not want the eyes of the ladies to follow his handsomeness.
He had to veil his face because the people could not handle even the sight of someone that had been with God.
The spirit of God enlivened and enlightened Moses. It was a sampling of our glorified bodies when Christ returns and eternity is initiated.
Our imaginations cannot even begin to fathom the sights Moses saw, and the things he heard, while spending 40 days and 40 nights on Mt Sinai. The time flew by. Moses probably did not even realize he had not slept, or eaten, during that time.
Consider this:
Imagine God showing Moses the entire human timeline, observing it as we would a large map on a dining room table. Their extra-dimensional realm enabled God and Moses to look at all of it, all at once.
And then, at some point, God sends Moses personally to a moment in time.
The Transfiguration of Christ.
And there, at the other side of the Lord, is Elijah. And Moses knows him at first sight, although Elijah himself will not live until centuries later. They begin talking. A conversation takes place, for the ages. Part of Moses' experience as He talked to God, for 40 Days and 40 Nights, is to have this moment with Christ, and the great prophet Elijah.
Moses looks down at the ground, and sees three friends of Jesus: Peter, John, and James. He knows who they are . . . but his attention is laser-focused on the Son of God.
Moses gains understanding of everything, like few others have, in all of history. He is brought back to the present. He regains his bearings, and descends down Mt. Sinai. Most of what he has witnessed, cannot possibly be shared with the people. Especially . . . when he learns that they have rejected their God and made their own, out of molten gold.
Sound crazy?
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