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"In Exodus 33: 18-20 Moses said to God, “Oh let me behold Your Presence!” but was told in rebuke that, “…you cannot see my face, for man may not see Me and live.”

Exodus 33:11 And the LORD spake unto Moses face to face, as a man speaketh unto his friend

And thus already, a contradiction?

Sorry, but putting this together really made me tired. 11pm here in LaLa Land. Gotta get "to sleep...perchance to dream. Ah, there's the rub."

"Give me your favor. My dull brain was wracked by things forgotten."

I think the contradiction has to do with translational issues. Moses had a 1 to 1 relationship with God (I am to I am ?). Yet he may not have been able to see what God truly looked like with out Moses leaving his mortal coil!
God hid Moses in "the cleft of a rock"(the words from a beloved hymn) and allowed him to see his hinder parts. A truer relationship was the spirit of Moses communing with the Spirit of God, a true "face to face" relationship...more so than any physical face to face relationship could ever be.

Remember what Paul said: Be hold now we are the sons of God, but it does not yet appear what we shall be; for we know that when he shall appear, We shall be LIKE HIM FOR WE shall see HIM AS HE IS!

Moses was said to be shining brilliantly as he came down from the mountains after his encounter with God. Someday, all beleivers will too!