The Ten Commandments
Who gave Moses the Ten Commandments on mount Sinai?
Point one: No person has seen God the Father:
John 1:18. No man has seen God at any time.
1 John 4:12. No one has seen God at any time.
John 6:46, “Not that any man has seen the Father,”
John 5:37, “…the Father …YOU have neither heard his voice at any time nor seen his figure: “
Genesis 17:1 NKJV. When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to Abram and said to him, "I am Almighty God; walk before Me and be blameless.
Genesis 18:1-5. NKJV. Then the Lord appeared to him by the terebinth trees of Mamre, as he was sitting in the tent door in the heat of the day. 2 So he lifted his eyes and looked, and behold, three men were standing by him; and when he saw them, he ran from the tent door to meet them, and bowed himself to the ground, 3 and said, "My Lord, if I have now found favour in Your sight, do not pass on by Your servant. 4 Please let a little water be brought, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree. 5 And I will bring a morsel of bread, that you may refresh your hearts. After that you may pass by, inasmuch as you have come to your servant." They said, "Do as you have said."
It was Jesus Christ and He claimed it was Himself:
John 1:18. No man has seen God at any time.
1 John 4:12. No one has seen God at any time.
John 6:46, “Not that any man has seen the Father,”
John 5:37, “…the Father …YOU have neither heard his voice at any time nor seen his figure: “
Genesis 17:1 NKJV. When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to Abram and said to him, "I am Almighty God; walk before Me and be blameless.
Genesis 18:1-5. NKJV. Then the Lord appeared to him by the terebinth trees of Mamre, as he was sitting in the tent door in the heat of the day. 2 So he lifted his eyes and looked, and behold, three men were standing by him; and when he saw them, he ran from the tent door to meet them, and bowed himself to the ground, 3 and said, "My Lord, if I have now found favour in Your sight, do not pass on by Your servant. 4 Please let a little water be brought, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree. 5 And I will bring a morsel of bread, that you may refresh your hearts. After that you may pass by, inasmuch as you have come to your servant." They said, "Do as you have said."
It was Jesus Christ and He claimed it was Himself:
John 8:56-58(NKJ) “Your father Abraham rejoiced to see My day,...”
Then the Jews said to Him, ‘You are not yet fifty years old and have You seen Abraham?”
Jesus said to them, ‘Most assuredly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I AM.”
Exodus 3:13-14. NKJV. Then Moses said to God, "Indeed, when I come to the children of Israel and say to them, 'The God of your fathers has sent me to you,' and they say to me, 'What is His name?' what shall I say to them?" 14 And God said to Moses, "I AM WHO I AM." And He said, "Thus you shall say to the children of Israel, 'I AM has sent me to you.'
Genesis 35:9-11 NKJV. Then God appeared to Jacob again, when he came from Padan Aram, and blessed him. 10 And God said to him, "Your name is Jacob; your name shall not be called Jacob anymore, but Israel shall be your name." So He called his name Israel. 11 Also God said to him: "I am God Almighty. Be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall proceed from you, and kings shall come from your body.
Exodus 6:1-3 NKJV. Then the Lord said to Moses, "Now you shall see what I will do to Pharaoh. For with a strong hand he will let them go, and with a strong hand he will drive them out of his land." 2 And God spoke to Moses and said to him: "I am the Lord. 3 I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, as God Almighty, but by My name Lord I was not known to them.
Genesis 48:3-4 NKJV. Then Jacob said to Joseph: "God Almighty appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan and blessed me, 4 and said to me, 'Behold, I will make you fruitful and multiply you, and I will make of you a multitude of people, and give this land to your descendants after you as an everlasting possession.
Above we read about the Lord appearing and talking to Abraham and others. This was Jesus and not the Father.
3. JESUS WAS THE CREATOR:
John 1:3 NKJV. All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made.
This text is very clear Jesus created everything. Nothing that was created was created apart from Him. This means Jesus was not a created being!
Heb. 1:2. Has in these last days spoken to us by His Son, whom He has appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the worlds;
Col. 1:16-17 NKJV. For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. 17 And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist.
So who gave the Ten Commandments upon Mount Sinai?
Then the Jews said to Him, ‘You are not yet fifty years old and have You seen Abraham?”
Jesus said to them, ‘Most assuredly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I AM.”
Exodus 3:13-14. NKJV. Then Moses said to God, "Indeed, when I come to the children of Israel and say to them, 'The God of your fathers has sent me to you,' and they say to me, 'What is His name?' what shall I say to them?" 14 And God said to Moses, "I AM WHO I AM." And He said, "Thus you shall say to the children of Israel, 'I AM has sent me to you.'
Genesis 35:9-11 NKJV. Then God appeared to Jacob again, when he came from Padan Aram, and blessed him. 10 And God said to him, "Your name is Jacob; your name shall not be called Jacob anymore, but Israel shall be your name." So He called his name Israel. 11 Also God said to him: "I am God Almighty. Be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall proceed from you, and kings shall come from your body.
Exodus 6:1-3 NKJV. Then the Lord said to Moses, "Now you shall see what I will do to Pharaoh. For with a strong hand he will let them go, and with a strong hand he will drive them out of his land." 2 And God spoke to Moses and said to him: "I am the Lord. 3 I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, as God Almighty, but by My name Lord I was not known to them.
Genesis 48:3-4 NKJV. Then Jacob said to Joseph: "God Almighty appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan and blessed me, 4 and said to me, 'Behold, I will make you fruitful and multiply you, and I will make of you a multitude of people, and give this land to your descendants after you as an everlasting possession.
Above we read about the Lord appearing and talking to Abraham and others. This was Jesus and not the Father.
3. JESUS WAS THE CREATOR:
John 1:3 NKJV. All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made.
This text is very clear Jesus created everything. Nothing that was created was created apart from Him. This means Jesus was not a created being!
Heb. 1:2. Has in these last days spoken to us by His Son, whom He has appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the worlds;
Col. 1:16-17 NKJV. For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. 17 And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist.
So who gave the Ten Commandments upon Mount Sinai?
Exodus 24:16-17. NKJV. Now the glory of the Lord rested on Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days. And on the seventh day He called to Moses out of the midst of the cloud. 17 The sight of the glory of the Lord was like a consuming fire on the top of the mountain in the eyes of the children of Israel.
Exodus 33:18-23. NKJV. And he said, "Please, show me Your glory." 19 Then He said, "I will make all My goodness pass before you, and I will proclaim the name of the Lord before you. I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion." 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."
Does Jesus have Glory?
Exodus 33:18-23. NKJV. And he said, "Please, show me Your glory." 19 Then He said, "I will make all My goodness pass before you, and I will proclaim the name of the Lord before you. I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion." 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."
Does Jesus have Glory?
John 17:5 NKJV. And now, O Father, glorify Me together with Yourself, with the glory which I had with You before the world was.
John 17:22 NKJV. And the glory which You gave Me I have given them, that they may be one just as We are one:
John 17:24 NKJV. Father, I desire that they also whom You gave Me may be with Me where I am, that they may behold My glory which You have given Me; for You loved Me before the foundation of the world.
Exodus. 24:12 NKJV. Then the Lord said to Moses, "Come up to Me on the mountain and be there; and I will give you tablets of stone, and the law and commandments which I have written, that you may teach them."
Exodus 31:18 NKJV. And when He had made an end of speaking with him on Mount Sinai, He gave Moses two tablets of the Testimony, tablets of stone, written with the finger of God.
John 17:22 NKJV. And the glory which You gave Me I have given them, that they may be one just as We are one:
John 17:24 NKJV. Father, I desire that they also whom You gave Me may be with Me where I am, that they may behold My glory which You have given Me; for You loved Me before the foundation of the world.
Exodus. 24:12 NKJV. Then the Lord said to Moses, "Come up to Me on the mountain and be there; and I will give you tablets of stone, and the law and commandments which I have written, that you may teach them."
Exodus 31:18 NKJV. And when He had made an end of speaking with him on Mount Sinai, He gave Moses two tablets of the Testimony, tablets of stone, written with the finger of God.
Exodus 32:15-16. And Moses turned and went down from the mountain, and the two tablets of the Testimony were in his hand. The tablets were written on both sides; on the one side and on the other they were written. 16 Now the tablets were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God engraved on the tablets.
Deuteronomy 9:10. Then the Lord delivered to me two tablets of stone written with the finger of God, and on them were all the words which the Lord had spoken to you on the mountain from the midst of the fire in the day of the assembly.
John 14:15: If you love me, keep My commandments.
John 14:21 NKJV. He who has My commandments and keeps them, it is he who loves Me. And he who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and manifest Myself to him.
John 15:10 NKJV. If you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love, just as I have kept My Father's commandments and abide in His love.
What we have learnt:
1. No one can see the Father at any time.
2. God Almighty spoke to Abraham and others. It was Jesus and Not the Father.
3. The Almighty God had a hand, back and face. This was Jesus and Not the Father. Exodus 33:18-23. NKJV.
4. The commandments were written with the finger of God.
5. Jesus said He was the great “I AM” that was with Moses.
6. Jesus said: If we love Him we would keep His Commandments.
7. Jesus created everything and without Him nothing was created. The Ten Commandments were created.
Deuteronomy 9:10. Then the Lord delivered to me two tablets of stone written with the finger of God, and on them were all the words which the Lord had spoken to you on the mountain from the midst of the fire in the day of the assembly.
John 14:15: If you love me, keep My commandments.
John 14:21 NKJV. He who has My commandments and keeps them, it is he who loves Me. And he who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and manifest Myself to him.
John 15:10 NKJV. If you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love, just as I have kept My Father's commandments and abide in His love.
What we have learnt:
1. No one can see the Father at any time.
2. God Almighty spoke to Abraham and others. It was Jesus and Not the Father.
3. The Almighty God had a hand, back and face. This was Jesus and Not the Father. Exodus 33:18-23. NKJV.
4. The commandments were written with the finger of God.
5. Jesus said He was the great “I AM” that was with Moses.
6. Jesus said: If we love Him we would keep His Commandments.
7. Jesus created everything and without Him nothing was created. The Ten Commandments were created.
