Behold All His Goodness

The desire to see God’s Glory was burning in the heart of Moses. Consider what he told God, “Now show me your glory."

Verse 19, “And the LORD said, ‘I will cause all my goodness to pass in front of you, and I will proclaim my name, the LORD, in your presence. I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion…’”

In the words of the Glorious God, His Glory was “all my goodness…” -- His Glory is all of His Goodness. His Glory is not only the dazzling display of the splendor and excellence of where He is and how He is manifested, but also what He is and who He is.

Now, when Ezekiel was exposed in such awesome reality – beholding all the goodness of God, he said, “When I saw it, I fell face down…”

When the Apostle John beheld Christ in His Glory, he remarked: “When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead…” (Rev. 1:17.)

God told Moses, “…’you cannot see my face, for no one may see me and live.’ Then the LORD said, ‘There is a place near me where you may stand on a rock. When my glory passes by, I will put you in a cleft in the rock and cover you with my hand until I have passed by. Then I will remove my hand and you will see my back; but my face must not be seen’" (Ex. 33:20-23).

After God proclaimed His Goodness, “Moses bowed to the ground at once and worshiped” (Ex. 34:8). Also the face of Moses was radiant when he was exposed at and saw just the “back” of the Glorious God!

Indescribable glory awaits the children of God, who received forgiveness. It is so glorious – not just because of what they will become, not just because of what they will be eternally doing, not just because of the wonder of the place or condition, but because of the Glorious Presence of the King of Glory!

You can have a glimpse of that in Revelation 21 and 22.

The Apostle John wrote in Revelation 21:1-4, 10-11:

“Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and there was no longer any sea. I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her husband. And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, ’Now the dwelling of God is with men, and he will live with them. They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God. He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.’"

“And he carried me away in the Spirit to a mountain great and high, and showed me the Holy City, Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God. It shone with the glory of God, and its brilliance was like that of a very precious jewel, like a jasper, clear as crystal.”

Also in verses 22-24, “I did not see a temple in the city, because the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple. The city does not need the sun or the moon to shine on it, for the glory of God gives it light, and the Lamb is its lamp. The nations will walk by its light, and the kings of the earth will bring their splendor into it.”