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June 15 - Exodus 32 · A Chapter a Day Bible Reading

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  Hello friends. It is shown here and it is so
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  great that you have joined me. Because today on this a chapter,
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  a day podcast, we are going to continue to read through God's
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  word, one chapter at a time. And I'm afraid that this This is
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  a chapter that goes down in infamy.
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  When God is doing all of this to set up this relationship with
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  the people of Israel and they say nut nut not interested.
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  We just going to do it our own way.
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  This is the story of Moses coming down the mountain, with
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  the stone tablets and seeing them worshipping the gold calf.
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  Now, something that's fascinating that I never really
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  understood until recently is something that I heard from an
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  Testament scholar by the name of John Walton who I have been
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  studying under end. He suggested that back in the
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  ancient near East gods, were often placed on a pedestal and
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  on that pedestal they could be worshiped and the classic
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  pedestal of that time in history.
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  What's the gold calf? So when these people are
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  building a gold calf, he says it's not them replacing God but
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  it's them saying we are so sick of waiting.
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  We just going to do this our own way.
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  Say we're just going to pretend you are like every other God in
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  the in the ancient world, we're going to build a stand for you,
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  that you will then have to come down and then we can worship
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  you. So it's them trying to worship
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  God on their terms, not on the terms that God is setting out
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  and their lives. The problem God is setting out
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  this very specific way that he wants his people to come to him,
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  to show him that he is nothing, like all the other gods that are
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  the Nations around them worship. So join me as we read together
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  this troubling chapter, Exodus, chapter 32.
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  When the people saw how long it was taking Moses to come back
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  down the mountain, they gathered around Aaron.
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  Come on. They said, make us some Gods who
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  can lead us. We don't know what happened to
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  this fellow. Moses, who brought us here from
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  the land of Egypt. So Aaron said, take the gold
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  rings from the ears of your wives and sons and daughters and
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  bring them to me. All the people took the gold
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  rings from their ears and brought them to Aaron.
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  Then, Aaron took the gold melted it down and And mold it into the
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  shape of a calf. When the people saw it, they
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  exclaimed o Israel. These are the gods who brought
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  you out of the land of Egypt. Aaron saw how excited the people
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  were. So we built an altar in front of
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  the calf, then he announced tomorrow will be a festival of
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  the Lord. The people got up early the next
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  morning to sacrifice burnt offerings and peace offerings.
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  After this, they celebrated with feasting and drinking and they
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  indulged in Pagan, revelry. The Lord told Moses quick.
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  Go down the mountain. Your people, whom you brought
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  from the land of Egypt have corrupted themselves.
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  How quickly they have turned away from the way I commanded
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  them to live, they have melted down gold and made a calf and
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  they have bow. Down and sacrifice to it.
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  They are saying these, are your God's o Israel who brought you
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  out of the land of Egypt. Then the Lord said I have seen
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  how stubborn and rebellious. These people are now leave me
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  alone. So my Fierce anger can blaze
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  against them and I will destroy them.
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  Then I will make you Moses into a great nation.
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  But Moses tried to pacify the Lord, his God O Lord.
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  He said, why you so angry with your own people whom you brought
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  from the land of Egypt with such great power and such a strong
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  hand. Why let the Egyptians say their
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  God? Rescued them with the evil
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  intention of slaughtering them in the mountains and wiping them
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  from the face of the Earth. Turn away from your Fierce
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  anger, change your mind about this terrible disaster.
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  You have threatened against your people.
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  Remember your servants a Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, you
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  bound yourself with an oath to them saying I will make your
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  descendants as numerous as the stars of heaven and I will give
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  them all of this land that I have promised to your
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  descendants and they will possess it forever.
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  So the Lord changed his mind about the terrible disaster.
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  He threatened to bring on his people, then Moses turned and
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  went down the mountain. He held in his hands.
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  The two stone tablets inscribed with the terms of the Covenant
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  they were inscribed on both sides front and back.
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  These tablets were God's work. The words on them were written
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  by God himself. When Joshua heard the boisterous
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  noise of the people shouting below them.
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  He exclaimed to Moses. It sounds like war in the camp
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  but Moses replied. No, it's not a shout of Victory,
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  nor the Wailing of defeat. I hear the sound of a
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  celebration. Then they came near the camp,
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  Moses saw the calf and the dancing and he burned with
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  anger. He threw the stone tablets to
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  the ground, smashing them at the foot of the mountain.
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  He took the car Calf. They had made and burned it.
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  Then he grounded into powder. Threw it into the water and
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  forced the people to drink it. Finally, he turned to Aaron and
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  demanded. What did these people do to you,
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  to make? You bring such terrible sin upon
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  them. Don't get so upset.
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  My Lord, Aaron replied. You yourself know how evil these
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  people are? They said to me, make us Gods
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  who will lead us. We don't know what happened to
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  this fellow. Moses, who brought us here from
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  the land of Egypt. So I told them, however, has
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  gold jewelry. Take it off when they're brought
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  it to me. I simply threw it into the fire
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  and out. Came this calf Moses saw that
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  Aaron had, let the people get completely out of control, much
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  to the amusement of their enemies.
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  So he stood at the entrance of the camp and shouted, all of you
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  who are on the Lord's Side, come here and join me and all the
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  Levites gathered round him. Moses told them this is what the
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  law. Lord.
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  The god of Israel says, each of you, take your swords and go
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  back and forth from one end of the camp to the other kill
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  everyone. Even your brother's friends and
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  neighbors the Levites obeyed Moses command, and about 3,000
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  people died that day. Then Moses told the Levites
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  today, you have ordained yourselves for the service of
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  the Lord for you obeyed him. Even though it meant killing in
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  your own sons and brothers today, you have earned a
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  blessing. The next day, Moses said to the
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  people, you have committed, a terrible sin, but I will go back
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  up to the Lord on the mountain. Perhaps I will be able to obtain
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  forgiveness for your sin. So Moses returned to the Lord
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  and said, oh, what a terrible sin.
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  These people have committed. They have made gods of gold for
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  themselves, but now if you will only forgive their sin, but if
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  not erase my name, from the wreck, Could you have written,
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  but the Lord replied to Moses. No, I will.
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  The Ray's the names of everyone who has sinned against me now.
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  Go lead the people to the place. I told you about look, my angel
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  will lead the way before you and when I come to call the people
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  to account, I will certainly hold them responsible for their
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  sins. Then the Lord sent a Great
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  Plague upon the people because they had worshipped the calf
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  Aaron had. Made.
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  Lord hearing these words. It just jars.
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  So terribly in our ears. The worship of a different form
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  of a different. God, the murder in your name.
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  It just all goes so wrong so fast and we just don't
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  understand. But Lord we know that you are
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  holy and that through to your core and back out.
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  Again you are loved and so we rest in your love that you have
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  shown Us by fulfilling and superseding all of this with
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  Jesus. Thank you that your character is
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  good and that we are confused. We just lean into your
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  character. We are love you, our Lord and
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  our savior. And it's in Jesus name that we
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  pray. Amen.
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  We are love you, our Lord and our savior.
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  And it's in Jesus name that we pray.
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  Amen.