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09 18 2025 The Shining Face of Moses · Your Daily Portion with L. David Harris

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  Speaker 1: Most of us eat every day, some of us too
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  Speaker 1: much because yesterday's food is not enough to supply energy
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  Speaker 1: for today's needs. Why then, do some of us expect
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  Speaker 1: yesterday's portion of heavenly manna the word of God to
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  Speaker 1: keep us through today's challenges. On this program, we are
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  Speaker 1: going to change all of that. Let's experience God's words
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  Speaker 1: today and receive the power we need to live healthy,
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  Speaker 1: vibrant lives. Welcome to Your Daily Portion with your host,
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  Speaker 1: author speaker, Elle David Harris.
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  Speaker 2: Good morning, Good morning, Good morning, it is Thursday. It's
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  Speaker 2: September eighteen, twenty twenty five. Hello, my name is Elle
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  Speaker 2: David Harris. I am your host, and this is your
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  Speaker 2: Daily Portion where we give you God's word every single day,
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  Speaker 2: and today is no exception. We are continuing in our
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  Speaker 2: Lesson study series through the Book of Exodus, and our
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  Speaker 2: caption for today is the Shining Face of Moses, The
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  Speaker 2: Shining Face of Moses. Before we get into that, I'd
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  Speaker 2: that we continue to build faith and fellowship. Let's go
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  Speaker 2: ahead and pray, and then we will get underway. Father,
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  Speaker 2: Thank you, Thank you for giving us the brightness of
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  Speaker 2: your glory in our lives. Please help us to reflect
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  Speaker 2: this glory to the world. In Jesus name, I pray,
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  Speaker 2: Amen and DayMen again the shining face of Moses. Let's
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  Speaker 2: jump right into the Bible Book of Exodus. Hopefully you
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  Speaker 2: have your Bible with you. Exodus chapter thirty four. Don't
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  Speaker 2: just listen to me read. I want you to read
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  Speaker 2: a long end. Listen Exit chapter thirty four, verses twenty
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  Speaker 2: nine through thirty five, and the Bible reads. Now. It
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  Speaker 2: was so when Moses came down from Mount Sinai, and
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  Speaker 2: the two tablets of the testimony were in Moses's hand
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  Speaker 2: when he came down from the mountain that Moses did
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  Speaker 2: not know. Oh, I want you to just pause right
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  Speaker 2: there in your thought. Moses didn't know, well, what didn't
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  Speaker 2: he know? He did not know that the skin of
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  Speaker 2: his face had shone while he talked with him. Moses
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  Speaker 2: was in the presence of God to the degree that
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  Speaker 2: he began to reflect the brightness of God. It was
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  Speaker 2: like God was taking Moses back to the time when
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  Speaker 2: Adam and Eve were covered in the light of God,
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  Speaker 2: actual light, the before time of I was naked and ashamed,
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  Speaker 2: and I hid myself. Before that, Moses was experiencing an
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  Speaker 2: adnic brightness. This is the first time this ever came
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  Speaker 2: to my mind. I'm talking about in this moment that
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  Speaker 2: is not in my notes. As I pause with you,
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  Speaker 2: when I said, let's pause, it clicked in my mind
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  Speaker 2: that Moses was experiencing this and the people couldn't handle it.
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  Speaker 2: We'll come back to that verse thirty and when Aaron
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  Speaker 2: and all the children of Israel saw Moses behold the
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  Speaker 2: skin of his face shone, and they were afraid to
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  Speaker 2: come near him. Why were they afraid to come near him?
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  Speaker 2: That's the first question. Like the Bible says that the
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  Speaker 2: Holy Spirit bears witness with our spirit that we are
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  Speaker 2: the children of God. Ah. There are times that we
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  Speaker 2: have an encounter with God and the brightness of that
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  Speaker 2: encounter is manifest, maybe not in this stark of reality,
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  Speaker 2: but the fat is that we should be aligned with
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  Speaker 2: the brightness of God. We shouldn't be afraid of the
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  Speaker 2: brightness of God. I said, we should be aligned with
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  Speaker 2: the brightness of God. But even the man of God, Aaron,
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  Speaker 2: who should have been in the same space bright side
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  Speaker 2: with God, he and the rest of the people, the
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  Speaker 2: Bible says, were afraid to come near him. Why was
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  Speaker 2: Adam afraid again? Why was he afraid again when the
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  Speaker 2: light had dimmed for him? Why was he afraid again? Oh,
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  Speaker 2: I think this is the same thing that's happening here
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  Speaker 2: Verse thirty one. Then Moses called to them, and Aaron
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  Speaker 2: and all the rulers of the congregations returned to him,
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  Speaker 2: and Moses talked with them. Afterward, all the children of
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  Speaker 2: Israel came near, and he gave them as commandments all
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  Speaker 2: that the Lord had spoken with him on Mount Sinai.
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  Speaker 2: And when Moses he had finished speaking with them, he
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  Speaker 2: put a veil on his face. But whenever Moses went
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  Speaker 2: in before the Lord to speak with him, he would
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  Speaker 2: take the veil off until he came out, and he
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  Speaker 2: would come out and speak to the children of Israel
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  Speaker 2: what he had commanded. So now we can even see
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  Speaker 2: a visual cue of where these messages really are coming from.
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  Speaker 2: The Messages of God are coming through the brightness of God,
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  Speaker 2: using in this case a human being, Moses. And whenever
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  Speaker 2: the children of Israel saw the face of Moses, that
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  Speaker 2: the skin of Moses's face shone, then Moses would put
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  Speaker 2: the veil on his face again until he went in
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  Speaker 2: to speak with him. The shining face of Moses really
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  Speaker 2: was a manifestation of the bright and effulgent, luminescent character
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  Speaker 2: of God. Yes, I know it sounds like a thesaurus
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  Speaker 2: this morning, but I need you to get it. Repetition
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  Speaker 2: deepens the impression. And so our first lesson comes in
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  Speaker 2: from Second Corinthians, chapter three and verse eighteen, which I've
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  Speaker 2: already made allusion to. Really, and the Bible reads, but
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  Speaker 2: we all with open face beholding as a glass in
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  Speaker 2: the glory. As in a glass the glory of the
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  Speaker 2: Lord are changed into the same image, from glory to glory,
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  Speaker 2: even as by the spirit of the Lord. So when
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  Speaker 2: we are having these kinds of encounters, and we are
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  Speaker 2: surrendering our will to the God of this encounter, then
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  Speaker 2: the radiance of God is to be revealed through us.
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  Speaker 2: Let your light so shine, the Bible says, Hah before
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  Speaker 2: human beings, so that when they see your good works,
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  Speaker 2: they will glorify your Father, which is in heaven. And
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  Speaker 2: so Moses's radiant face came from fully opening his heart
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  Speaker 2: to the beauty of God, God's goodness. True change happens
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  Speaker 2: when we focus on God's character and not just his power.
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  Speaker 2: When we yield to his character, live your life within
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  Speaker 2: me style, that is when we will be transformed. Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: So the reason the children of Israel weren't experiencing that
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  Speaker 2: is because they didn't believe. They were not believing. Ah,
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  Speaker 2: they should have been transformed to but they weren't. They
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  Speaker 2: should have been in the presence too, but they said, no,
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  Speaker 2: you go in for us. God was welcoming all of
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  Speaker 2: them and setting them all up to be a kingdom
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  Speaker 2: of priests. Somebody just got that. It was never intended
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  Speaker 2: to be some kind of exclusive reality for one person
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  Speaker 2: or two people. It was supposed to be for the
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  Speaker 2: entire nation of God's people, to be as radiant as
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  Speaker 2: Moses was, to be as confident in the presence of
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  Speaker 2: God as Moses was, and to be as meek and
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  Speaker 2: lowly in heart as Moses was. So your action step
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  Speaker 2: forward today in this regard is to invest, almost said spend,
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  Speaker 2: but invest intentional time each morning, including today, contemplating Christ's life.
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  Speaker 2: I said this to you a few days ago, and
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  Speaker 2: character allowing the Holy Ghost to imprint. That's a big word.
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  Speaker 2: Look it up. Imprint those qualities upon your heart's stamp,
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  Speaker 2: those qualities upon who you are. Verse twenty nine of Exodus,
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  Speaker 2: chapter thirty four of the Bible reads. And it came
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  Speaker 2: to pass when Moses came down from Sinai with the
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  Speaker 2: two tables of stone or testimony in Moses's hand, that
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  Speaker 2: Moses didn't even know that the skin of his face
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  Speaker 2: shone while he talked. So the closest to God, closer
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  Speaker 2: we are to God, the more aware of our imperfections,
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  Speaker 2: and yet they are also most ready to be changed
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  Speaker 2: by His The closer I am to God, then the
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  Speaker 2: greater my imperfections appear. And yet in that closeness, that
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  Speaker 2: divine closeness, as I am submitting to God's will, as
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  Speaker 2: you are doing the same, then we become receptive to
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  Speaker 2: being changed. And let me just say, finally, in verse
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  Speaker 2: thirty three of chapter thirty four, the people wanted him
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  Speaker 2: to hide the brightness. Well, let me just say, God's
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  Speaker 2: glory is meant to be reflected and not hidden. So
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  Speaker 2: live in such a way that others can see God's
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  Speaker 2: character reflected in your words, your actions, and your relationships.
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  Speaker 2: Bright in the corner where you are. Peace.
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  Speaker 1: Thanks for joining us listening. Friends. Always remember we cannot
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  Speaker 1: live by bread alone, but by every word that comes
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  Speaker 1: from the mouth of God. This has been your daily
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  Speaker 1: portion with El David Harris. Make it a great day. Yeah,