Moses 7th Trip up the Mount

VI. THE LORD PROCLAIMED HIS NAME TO MOSES (Exodus 34:5-9)
A. The Descent of the Lord (Exodus 34:5)
B. The Name of the Lord (Exodus 34:6-7)
1. The proclamation of the name
a. The proclamation (Exodus 34:5-7)
b. The setting
1) Israel had sinned in the matter of the golden calf (Exodus 32:1-4).
2) God separated Himself from the people (Exodus 33:1-7).
3) Moses pled for the presence of the Lord and the Lord granted his request (Exodus 33:12-17).
4) The Lord passed before Moses and proclaimed His name (Exodus 34:5-7).
5) Moses worshipped the Lord and renewed His request for the Lord to go among His people (Exodus 34:8-9).
2. God’s name is His character which is proclaimed throughout scripture. Some form of this proclamation is used numerous times in the Old Testament (Exodus 20:5-6; Numbers 14:17-19; Deuteronomy 5:9-10; Nehemiah 9:17; Psalm 86:15; Psalm 103:8-9; Psalm 145:8; Jeremiah 9:24; Jeremiah 30:11; Jeremiah 32:18; Jeremiah 46:28; Daniel 9:4; Joel 2:13; Jonah 4:2).
3. The meaning of the name proclaimed
a. The list of items in the name proclaimed
1) The LORD (Exodus 34:6)
2) The LORD God (Exodus 34:6)
3) Merciful and gracious (Exodus 34:6)
4) Longsuffering (Exodus 34:6)
5) Abundant in goodness and truth (Exodus 34:6)
6) Keeping mercy for thousands (Exodus 34:7)
7) Forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin (Exodus 34:7)
8) Refusing to clear the guilty; visiting iniquity to the third and fourth generations (Exodus 34:7)