He Sets A Table In The Presence Of My Enemies' title='He Sets A Table In The Presence Of My Enemies' />You Set A Table In The Presence Of My EnemiesThe Presence of God With His People Exodus 3. Introduction. Several times I have considered keeping a spiritual journal, as some of the saints of the past have done. The biggest problem I have with doing this, in addition to the discipline it requires, is that I hate to have my thoughts in print. Imagine, for a moment, the possibility of having all of your prayers recorded, and then published for all to read. I can tell you that the mere thought of such a thing makes me break out in a cold sweat. I am realistic enough to know that all of the prayers of Moses werent worthy of being published either, but the prayer which we find in our passage surely is a worthy one, both for our study in this message, and for our imitation in our own prayer life. It is one of the most noble prayers of the Old Testament. There was an urgency to this prayer of Moses, due to the great sin which Israel has just committed in Moses absence. The Israelites, less than 4. Trivial Pursuit Family Edition Heinz here. Law which God gave to them from Mt. Sinai, have already broken it by their worship of the golden calf, which Aaron made at their urging Exod. God was so angered by their reveling and immorality that He threatened to wipe the entire nation out, replacing it with a new nation from the offspring of Moses Exod. Moses petitioned God to spare this people, so that He might fulfill His promises to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and thus God allowed the people to live 3. Going down the mountain, Moses broke the stone tablets on which the Ten Commandments were written, signifying that Israel had broken her covenant with God. Luthers Preface to the Small Catechism. Martin Luther to All Faithful and Godly Pastors and Preachers Grace, Mercy, and Peace in Jesus Christ, our Lord. Now as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed, and broke it, and gave it to the disciples and said, Take, eat this is my body. Psalm 235. Thou preparest a table before me Thou furnishest me with plenty and variety of provisions and comforts. In the presence of mine enemies Who seeing. Psalms37 Arise, O LORD save me, O my God for thou hast smitten all mine enemies upon the cheek bone thou hast broken the teeth of the ungodly. VxQ223d' alt='A Table In The Presence Of My Enemies' title='A Table In The Presence Of My Enemies' />Table of Showbread Each Sabbath, twelve loaves of unleavened bread showbread covered with frankincense were placed on the golden table. Table of Old Testament quotes in the New Testament, in English translation. The following is a table of New Testament NT quotations of the Old Testament OT. There was a good reason why the illustration of a shepherd with his sheep was used so often in biblical times. PITWM VERSE BY VERSE http PSALM 2316 LESSON THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD April 2, 2017 INTRODUCTION Psalm 23 shows the Lord. He Prepared A Table In The Presence Of My Enemies' title='He Prepared A Table In The Presence Of My Enemies' />He also smashed the idol, burned it, and then ground it into fine powder, which he made the people drink 3. Aaron was then rebuked and the faithful Levites struck down 3,0. Israelites, who had refused to pledge their allegiance to God 3. Moses interceded with God for the people, but God warned that a future day of judgment would come for this generation 3. Nevertheless, God would fulfill His promise to give Israel the land. He would send His angel to lead the people to Canaan. In chapter 3. 3, God clarifies the brief statement of 3. Moses to leave the mountain and to take Israel on toward Canaan. He further explains that He will remain at a distance, rather than to dwell in the midst of the camp 3. At this word, the Israelites repented, putting off their gold ornaments as God had instructed them through Moses vss. Verses 7 1. 1 then describe the tent of meeting, that tent which was set up outside the camp at some distance 3. Israelites could go to seek God, and where Moses went to commune with Him. When Moses went out, the people stood in respect and then worshipped at the doorway of their tent. When Moses entered the tent, the presence of God was manifested at the doorway of the tent. The mediation of Moses has thus far persuaded God to relent from His threatened extermination of the entire population of the Israelites. Further, it has resulted in Gods commitment to bring Israel into the promised land of Canaan. It has even resulted in minimizing the remoteness of God, to the point that God is now manifesting Himself to the nation outside the camp. You Prepare A Table In The Presence Of My EnemiesBut Moses will not be content until God is intimately present, in his own life, and in the lives of the people whom God has called him to lead. That intimacy will be assured Moses in the text we are considering in this lesson. Our text will describe one of the intercessory prayers of Moses, which I believe took place in the tent of meeting. This prayer is a model prayer for Christians today, as well as a divinely provided means for the recovery of the nation Israel. Let us listen well to these majestic words of Moses, the mediator. The structure of the remainder of Exodus chapter 3. There are basically three sections verses 1. Each section begins with a petition of Moses in which he requests something from God. The section then ends with Gods response. Gods response then becomes the basis for a further petition of Moses, until Moses is assured of the presence of God in the midst of His people. Once this is done, Moses makes a personal request to see the glory of God. I have arranged the text of the NASB to illustrate the structure of the passage Then Moses said to the LORD, See,9. Thou dost say to me, Bring up this people But Thou Thyself hast not let me know whom Thou wilt send with me. Moreover, Thou hast said, I have known you by name, and you have also found favor in My sight. Now therefore, I pray Thee, if I have found favor in Thy sight, let me know Thy ways, that I may know Thee, so that I may find favor in Thy sight. Consider too, that this nation is Thy people. And He said, My presence shall go with you, and I will give you rest. Then he said to Him, If Thy presence does not go with us, do not lead us up from here. For how then can it be known that I have found favor in Thy sight, I and Thy people Is it not by Thy going with us, so that we, I and Thy people, may be distinguished from all the other people who are upon the face of the earth And the LORD said to Moses, I will also do this thing of which you have spoken for you have found favor in My sight, and I have known you by name. Then Moses said, I pray Thee, show me Thy glory 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. But He said, You cannot see My face, for no man can see Me and live Then the LORD said, Behold, there is a place by Me, and you shall stand there on the rock and it will come about, while My glory is passing by, that I will put you in the cleft of the rock and cover you with My hand until I have passed by. Then I will take My hand away and you shall see My back, but My face shall not be seen. Moses First Petition 3. For a while, it looked as though Israels history would abruptly end with a period. Her almost year long encampment at Mt. Sinai almost ended in total destruction of the nation, due to their worship of the golden calf. Now, due to the mediation of Moses, this sojourn has proven to be but a comma in the saga of Israels journey to Canaan. Due to the intervention of Moses and Gods faithfulness to His covenant with Abraham, there is still a future for the nation. Thus, God commands Moses to ready himself and the people to move out and to lead the nation toward Canaan. In one sense, this command is not new at all. This is implied by the wording of verse 1. NIV Moses said to the LORD, You have been telling me, Lead these people, but you have not let me know whom you will send with me emphasis mine. The participle rendered have been telling suggests that God has been giving Moses the command to lead Israel up to Canaan over a period of time. Such has been the case. It was first given in Exodus chapter 3, where God told Moses, Therefore, come now, and I will send you to Pharaoh, so that you may bring My people, the sons of Israel, out of Egypt Exod. The same command has been reiterated as recently as chapter 3. But go now, lead the people where I told you. Unlike the first call of Moses, in chapters 3 and 4, Moses is not as troubled by what he has been told as by what he has not. God has clearly commanded Moses to lead the Israelites on toward Canaan. He has not, however, told Moses whom He is sending with him. Now this would have been a very serious matter for Moses.