Sunday Reflection (October 22, 2023)

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If Moses, the friend of God, was not able to see God face to face, where does that leave me? We cannot see God face to face but that does not mean we know nothing about God.  Although Moses did not see God directly, he did receive the Ten Commandments, and to this day they are even familiar to us Gentiles thousands of years later. Like Moses, we are finite and not able to fathom the depths of an infinite God, but we are able to bear witness to God’s glory after God has passed (Exodus 33:18-23).
 
God’s glory came to us in Jesus Christ, and we crucified him, but in the resurrection of Jesus, we recognize God’s glory and triumph over death, hatred, malice, and violence. “We recognize God’s reality by seeing the difference God has made in people’s lives (Etz Hayim),” and in our understanding, the struggles to overcome hatred, malice, and violence.