The second time the phrase "finger of God" appears is at the last verse, verse eighteen of the thirty-first chapter of the same book, which reads "And he gave unto Moses, when he had made an end of communing with him upon mount Sinai, two tables of testimony, tables of stone, written with the finger of God."
Some depictions have the hand passing Moses the Tablets of the Law, found in the Roman catacombs, various Bibles (see gallery), the Paris Psalter, and in mosaic in the Basilica of San Vitale, Ravenna. The prophet Ezekiel (2:9–10) received his prophecy by hand: "Then I looked, and I saw a hand stretched out to me.
Some Important Principles, Doctrines, and Events. Moses saw God face-to-face upon an unknown mountain sometime after he spoke to the Lord in the burning bush but before he went to free the children of Israel from Egypt (see Moses 1:1–2, 17, 25–26, 42; see also Exodus 3:1–10).
Moses then took the blood, sprinkled it on the people and said, "This is the blood of the covenant that the LORD has made with you in accordance with all these words." and saw the God of Israel. Under his feet was something like a pavement made of sapphire, clear as the sky itself.
The magicians said to Pharaoh, "This is the finger of God." But Pharaoh's heart was hard and he would not listen, just as the LORD had said.
“Be industrious, let thine eyes be open, lest you become a beggar, for the man that is idle cometh not to honor.” “Evil as well as good, both operate to advance the Great Plan.” “Seek to perform your duties to your highest ability, this way your actions will be blameless.”
Ex 33 on God's Face: A Lesson from the Enochic Tradition
Ex 33:18-23 depicts Moses who asks the Lord to show him His glory. Instead the Lord agrees to proclaim his name before Moses, telling him that it is impossible for a human being to see God's face.
Moshe (Moses) asks God “Show me your glory.” God responds that He cannot be seen by any human being. But, God tells Moshe, “Stand in the cleft of the rock” and “you will see My back, but My face must not be seen.” (Exodus 33: 17-23) What does this mean?
Two times in Genesis, Enoch is described as one who walked with God. The Hebrew word translated “walk” is a word that indicates Enoch walked back and forth with God. It was not a one-time event but rather an ongoing pattern for his life.
Sacred Scripture teaches that Enoch and Elijah were assumed into heaven while still alive and not experiencing physical death.
Moses (Deuteronomy 33:1; Joshua 14:6; Psalm 90:1; Ezra 3:2; 1 Chronicles 23:14; 2 Chronicles 30:16). Moses is the only person called “man of God” in the Torah.
Elijah felt alone, and didn't understand God's plan, but he still searched God out. In return, he constantly saw God's power displayed in his weakness: when He brought the widow's son back from the dead, when He triumphed on Mt. Carmel, and when He rained down fire from heaven upon the king's men.
In Jesus' parable "The Sheep and the Goats", the sheep and goats are separated with the sheep on the right hand of God and the goats on the left hand.
According to the Jewish Encyclopedia, Gabriel takes the form of a man, and stands at the left hand of God.
Thomas Cale, a mysterious teenager gifted with deadly battle skills, but also capable of good deeds; also believed to be a legate of God. The novel's protagonist.
The gates of heaven are said to be guarded by Saint Peter, one of the founders of the Christian Church. The playground is named the Pearly Gates, because of its location on St. Peter's Avenue. Nearly all of the information known about Saint Peter's life is recorded in the Christian Bible's New Testament.
When Gideon realized that it was the angel of the LORD, he exclaimed, "Ah, Sovereign LORD! I have seen the angel of the LORD face to face!"
Mary Magdalene is peering into the empty tomb of Jesus and sees two angels.
God completely revealed himself to us in Jesus, and he inspires his Church and her Sacred Tradition to help us remember who God is and what he has done for us. God wants to know you personally, to know your family deeply. Do you want to know Him? We can know that God exists by thinking about it.
It was there that God accomplished his greatest work. The day God hid his face was the day he redeemed the world. Jesus was forsaken so that you would never know what that is like. Think about the day God hid his face from his Son and the implications of that for your life and eternity.
Jacob knew that he wasn't wrestling a man, but God himself, and refused to let go until He blessed him. Jacob names the place where the wrestling match happened “Peniel” which means “Face of God.” Here are five lessons we can learn from Jacob's wrestling match with God.
King Senebkay, the Penn Museum reports, lived some 3,650 years ago, but until now, his reign was completely forgotten. Archeologists discovered his tomb in Abydos, one of Egypt's oldest cities, located around two hours north of Luxor. The pharaoh's name was found inscribed on his tomb.
The pharaoh as a servant of the gods, and identified with a certain god (most often Horus), was common practice in ancient Egyptian culture, but no one before Akhenaten had proclaimed himself an actual god incarnate.
Ramesses the Great (reign 1279 – 1213 BC)