They Saw the God of Israel
Exodus 24:9-18
Colored Jewels in God’s Throne Room
Ezekiel 1:26
“Now above the expanse that was over their heads there was something resembling a throne, like lapis lazuli in appearance; and on that which resembled a throne, high up, was a figure with the appearance of a man.”
Colored Jewels in God’s Throne Room
Ezekiel 10:1
“Then I looked, and behold, in the expanse that was over the heads of the cherubim something like a sapphire stone, in appearance resembling a throne, appeared above them.”
Colored Jewels in God’s Throne Room
Revelation 4:2–3
Immediately I was in the Spirit; and behold, a throne was standing in heaven, and One sitting on the throne. 3 And He who was sitting was like a jasper stone and a sardius in appearance; and there was a rainbow around the throne, like an emerald in appearance.
They Saw the God of Israel
Exodus 24:9-18
Exodus 33:19–20
“And He said, “I Myself will make all My goodness pass before you, and will proclaim the name of the Lord before you; and I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show compassion on whom I will show compassion.” 20 But He said, “You cannot see My face, for no man can see Me and live!”
They Encountered God
They Saw the God of Israel
Exodus 24:9-18
Problems with Seeing God: Sin
Daniel 9:9-10
“To the Lord our God belong compassion and forgiveness, for we have rebelled against Him; 10 nor have we obeyed the voice of the Lord our God, to walk in His teachings which He set before us through His servants the prophets.”
Problems with Seeing God: Sin
Isaiah 6:5
Then I said, “Woe is me, for I am ruined! Because I am a man of unclean lips, And I live among a people of unclean lips; For my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts.”
Problems with Seeing God: Majesty
1 Timothy 6:15–16
“… He who is the blessed and only Sovereign, the King of kings and Lord of lords, 16 who alone possesses immortality and dwells in unapproachable light, whom no man has seen or can see. To Him be honor and eternal dominion! Amen.”
Problems with Seeing God: Majesty
John 1:18
“No one has seen God at any time; the only begotten God who is in the bosom of the Father, He has explained Him.”
God, With His People
Genesis 17:7–8
“I will establish My covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be God to you and to your descendants after you. “I will give to you and to your descendants after you, the land of your sojournings, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.”
God, With His People
Leviticus 26:12
‘I will also walk among you and be your God, and you shall be My people.
Exodus 6:7
‘Then I will take you for My people, and I will be your God; and you shall know that I am the Lord your God, who brought you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians.
They Saw the God of Israel
Exodus 24:9-18
God, With His People
John 17:24
“Father, I desire that they also, whom You have given Me, be with Me where I am, so that they may see My glory which You have given Me, for You loved Me before the foundation of the world.
God, With His People
Hebrews 11:16
“Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God; for He has prepared a city for them.”
God, With His People
1 Corinthians 13:12
“For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face; now I know in part, but then I will know fully just as I also have been fully known.”
God, With His People
Revelation 21:3
“And I heard a loud voice from the throne, saying, “Behold, the tabernacle of God is among men, and He will dwell among them, and they shall be His people, and God Himself will be among them…”