God did not manifest his very substance or Essence to the mountain; but He put in show a fraction of His Glorious and infinite power there. The mountain that was a bulk rigid, and therefore its stony peak on which the ray shone turned to powder, and Moses lost all his bodily senses and fell into a swoon. He was blinded by the shining splendour of God's Glory, and the Israelites beneath his foot escaped a long way off, for fear! WHAT IS MEANT BY GOD'S MANIFESTATION?