Exodus 33:20 But," He said, "you cannot see My Face, for no one may see Me and live." (While the Lord has declared He will reveal to Moses His Name, the beauty and goodness and excellence of that wondrous Name, now He explains that Moses could not see God's actual essence because Moses' human frame could not withstand the experience. Since no present human frame could withstand the face-to-face encounter with the very essence of the Lord, He explains to Moses that He will protect him. Even in this great gift of revelation to Moses, the Lord protects Moses. God's pure holiness, power, eternal un-createdness, and omniscience make Him beyond anything we can imagine or see while in our body. Even today, the Lord continues to wisely and gently and lovingly reveal Himself to us knowing just what and how much we are able to take in of Him while we live here in this life. What an amazing future He holds for us, however, in the next life, when one day, just as the angels now do, when our earthly bodies are exchanged for our spiritual being, we really will see Him Face to face in His pure and holy essence.)
