To honor GOD and strengthen understanding, the prophet Moses, and speaking to GOD “face to face” are topics, today. Also, there is more on how GOD inhabits praise. A writer at “Yahoo! Answers Malaysia” using the ID “Evol ruoY” (Level 1 with 72 points, a member since January 27, 2014) posted the following first asked at Yahoo Answers Canada:
Do you need to be a Moses to speak to God face to face?
THE BATTLE AXE: GOD Inhabits Praise (01/27/2014)—As a unique appearance of divinity, praise is spirit substance that resides as an aspect of fullness within created beings and living creatures. Because praise is also the acknowledgment, and expression of desire, longing, and love for the attributes and manifestations of divine person, we may say: Who loveth not, praises not. To praise is to invite and warmly welcome divine presence by adoration, attentiveness, devotedness, dutifulness, and focused action. While praise may be offered by assemblies and congregations as part of worship, praise is intimate and personal like prayer, or the whispered conversation of a married couple. Gestures and signals may be used that are only recognizable (and acceptable) to GOD for whom they are intended. Praise pertains to consciousness, reverence, and survival, yet, may be invisible. Given praise is a body or vessel of GOD, all created beings and living creatures are to be vessels of praise. See Psalm 115: 16-18, Isaiah 38: 18-20, Psalm 78: 1-8 and Habakkuk 3: 2-4, KJV.
THE GOLDEN ARROW: And the LORD spake unto Moses that selfsame day, saying, Get thee up into this mountain Abarim, unto mount Nebo, which is in the land of Moab, that is over against Jericho; and behold the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel for a possession: And die in the mount whither thou goest up, and be gathered unto thy people; as Aaron thy brother died in mount Hor, and was gathered unto his people: Because ye trespassed against me among the children of Israel at the waters of Meribah-Kadesh, in the wilderness of Zin; because ye sanctified me not in the midst of the children of Israel. Yet thou shalt see the land before thee; but thou shalt not go thither unto the land which I give the children of Israel. (Deuteronomy 32: 48-52, KJV)
THE DOUBLE DAGGER: A Halo Upon Jesus? (09/25/2013); Moses Killed? (09/23/2013); Salted with Fire? (09/24/2013); A Relationship not Just Knowledge? (06/25/2013); Lost Without GOD? (06/26/2013); “Authorized Personnel Only” (03/13/2013); Before Abraham Was… (03/14/2013); The Meek Will Inherit (10/16/2012)
“Evol ruoY”, here are a few points many Christian believers take into account when considering Moses, and their own opportunities to have place as the children of GOD:
(1.) Moses was flawed and imperfect in many ways: he had a speech impediment (stuttering); he was impulsive, and often acted without first seeking the advice of others, or carefully weighing the consequences of his words and actions; and Moses was not always able to control his temper. From the men of fighting age who formed the army of Israel created out of the multitude that left Egypt, only two actually arrived into the Promised Land (Joshua and Caleb). Moses was only privileged to “see” the land, and was not permitted to claim a home there, because he “forgot GOD” during an angry outburst against those who had provoked Moses by their complaining.
(2.) Moses was specially acknowledged by GOD on the basis of his meekness (we might say, he was coach-able, or because of his willingness to learn spiritual things through spiritual events and spiritual processes). It is written: Now the man Moses was very meek, above all the men which were upon the face of the earth. (Numbers 12: 3, KJV) Like the hard and weighty metal gold, Moses is precious and valuable, because Moses is pliable. Moses is polished and used to shine light on what is otherwise invisible: judgment, law, mercy, repentance, piety, sanctification, and zeal.
(3.) Intimate and personal relationship with GOD as described for Abraham, Moses, and Jesus Christ is more a “heart to heart” bond than a “face to face” interaction. GOD is a spirit who has emanated and put forth created beings, living creatures, and material objects. GOD is “discovered” (we say, made known, revealed) through imparted spirit content (we may say, divine DNA) that generates awareness, existence, and person. With this correctly in view, the closeness between GOD and Moses appears through such aspects as access to divine presence, faithfulness, forbearance, forgiveness, humility, receptiveness, and unselfishness.
There is far more to be said, properly shared, and spiritually understood. (For example, (4.) Modern-day believers all have access to divinity and are in the presence of GOD through contemplation, giving, praise, prayer, unselfish service, witness, worship, and the presence of Christ as our High Priest. Through the ministry of Jesus Christ, the eternal authority and sovereign power of GOD prepare believers to be used as instruments having measurable dimensions and physical form, and thereby, divine person and Spirit are continually made to appear as also carnal and material.) Even so, I trust this fragment will be useful. Be it unto you according to your faith.
For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. (Ephesians 6: 12-13, KJV)
THE BLACK PHOENIX
Washington, DC
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