Special Revelation is God’s revelation of Himself to particular persons at definite times and places. Special revelation provides a clearer and more detailed understanding of God. Special revelation is necessary because God is infinite (unlimited) and man is finite (limited).
The only way we can begin to comprehend God is if He elects to make Himself known in ways we can comprehend. God, in His goodness, has done exactly that. God is a personal God and the objective of Special Revelation is to bring us into relationship with Him. It is to show us what we need to know about Him in order to bring us into a restored relationship with Him.
For this reason you could say Special Revelation is always for redemptive purposes. Man is fallen and God has come to fallen man revealing Himself in ways that allow fallen man enjoy a restored relationship with Him. What is about to take place as a result of God revealing Himself to Moses is a perfect example of the redemptive nature of Special Revelation.
God begins to unfold His redemptive purposes beginning in Exodus 3 verse 7.
7 And the LORD said: “I have surely seen the oppression of My people who are in Egypt, and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters, for I know their sorrows. 8 So I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up from that land to a good and large land, to a land flowing with milk and honey, to the place of the Canaanites and the Hittites and the Amorites and the Perizzites and the Hivites and the Jebusites. 9 Now therefore, behold, the cry of the children of Israel has come to Me, and I have also seen the oppression with which the Egyptians oppress them. 10 Come now, therefore, and I will send you to Pharaoh that you may bring My people, the children of Israel, out of Egypt.”
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