Exodus 33:12-23, Psalm 99   In our Exodus passage we have Moses asking God to see God’s glory. God says,  “I will make all my goodness pass before you” and God tells of this goodness of being gracious and showing mercy. God also tells him God’s name YHWH. This is not enough for Moses. He wants to see God’s face. God tells him this is impossible, but he makes a way for him to see God’s back. For no one can live seeing the glory of God’s face. Psalm 99 talks about the awesomeness of God enthroned upon the cherubim and God’s holiness. The psalmist talks about the power of God who can let the earth shake. Due to this power let the people tremble. But the psalmist doesn’t stop there he talks about the goodness of the Lord, lover of justice, establishing equity, executing justice and righteousness in Jacob. He tells how God spoke to the priests and prophets. They like Moses felt God’s presence and in response they kept God’s decrees and statutes. God forgave them in mercy bu...