LORD, compassionate, gracious, abounding in love is undefinable. Moses wanted to see the glory of I AM, but such infinite being would penetrate every aspect of Moses. The finite time and space occupied by Moses would be obliterated.
Moses would later go on to infinite time and space, unbound. And so will we. But we must not forget that we are in eternity now. Eternity, without beginning or end, includes now. You are in the presence of the omnipresent God now. Our time on earth is but a vapor in eternity, each moment of our brief earthly existence is relatively significant. If my life-span on earth was a million years, then one day would not be as significant as in a life-span of only a few years.
The infinitely infinite God is interested in the finite. He created this finite time-space world. The universe seems so huge, why should God care about me? But he does. The infinite stooped down and took six days to make this world. The infinite meddled with the finite creation and stooped down to the level of going one-on-one with Pharaoh, he decided to use the descendants of one man for his universal plan. The infinite became a finite human man living on this earth for only 33 years, so that we can have eternal rest after our finite existence takes on its ultimate infinite form.
Through Sabbath we are making a statement that we are not defined by our finite existence. We demonstrate that our provision is not our own. Our striving and building are not what makes our life. We ought to be reminded and refreshed in the knowledge that the infinite one decided to create us, he chose to free us (by the way, the word for Egypt means a tight and enclosed space), he chose to stoop down and love us. Our time must become his time.
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