Exodus 32-34

[Jim Watt]

“*TWO ARE BETTER THAN ONE” MINISTRIES*

*Jim & Marie Watt*

*Tel: 253-517-9195 - Email: jmbetter at gmail.com*

*Web: www.2rbetter.org*

August 16, 2011

 *FEB 11 - EXODUS 32-34 - THE TABERNACLE: ITS DELAY*

*1. 32:7-8a (32:1-10) THE GOLDEN CALF. And the LORD said to Moses, “Go down,
for your people, whom you brought up out of the land of Egypt, have
corrupted themselves 8 They have turned aside quickly out of the way that I
commanded them. They have made for themselves a golden calf and have
worshiped it and sacrificed to it and said, “These are your gods, O Israel,
who brought you up out of the land of Egypt'” (ESV)! *What a heinous sin!
Israel manifested Satan's kingdom, not Yours, O Father! *Hallowed be your
:name!*

*2. 32:13 (32:11-19) THE INTERCESSION OF MOSES. “Remember Abraham, Isaac,
and Israel, your servants, to whom you swore by your own self, and said to
them, 'I will multiply your offspring as the stars of heaven, and all this
land that I have promised I will give to your offspring, and they shall
inherit it forever.'” *We see here the great power of intercession, Father!
* Your :kingdom come.*

*3. 32:31-32 (32:20-35) JUDGMENT OF THE LORD. So Moses returned to the LORD
and said, “Alas, this people has sinned a great sin. They have made for
themselves gods of gold. 32 But now, if you will forgive their sin - but if
not, please blot me out of your book that you have written.” *This is the
height of intercession, Father. Israel needed this. *Your :will be done, As
in heaven, so on earth.*

*4. 33:11 (33:1-11) THE LORD WITHDRAWS. “Thus the LORD used to speak to
Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his friend. When Moses turned again
into the camp, his assistant Joshua the son of Nun, a young man, would not
depart from the tent.” *Here is the making of a leader and successor. *Our
:daily :bread Give us this day.*

*5. 33:18-19 (33:12-23) MOSES DESIRES A REVELATION FROM THE LORD. Moses
said, “Please show me your glory.” 19 And he said, “I will make all my
goodness pass before you and will proclaim before you my name 'The LORD.'
And I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show mercy on
whom I will show mercy.” *You are the Potter, Father, and we are the clay.
Do with us as You will. You are Sovereign, and have the right to choose for
salvation whom You will. *And forgive us our :debts, As we also have
forgiven our :debtors!*

*6. 34:6b-7 (34:1-28) THE LORD'S COVENANT REVELATION TO MOSES! “The LORD,
the LORD, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in
steadfast love and faithfulness, 7 keeping steadfast love for thousands,
forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, but who will by no means clear
the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children and the
children's children, to the third and the fourth generation.” *THIS is Your
character, O Great Jehovah Father! Like Moses, we worship before You, for
Your Name also is *JEALOUS.*” *And bring us not into temptation.*

*7. 34:29 (34:29-35) TRANSFIGURATION OF MOSES. “When Moses came down from
Mount Sinai, with the two tablets of the testimony in his hand as he came
down from the mountain, Moses did not know that the skin of his face shone
because he had been talking with God.” *From glory to glory You are changing
us, Father! *But deliver us from the evil one!*

*NOTE**: 34:28 (34:1-28) “So Moses was there with the LORD forty days and
forty nights. He neither ate bread nor drank water. And he wrote on the
tablets the words of the covenant, the Ten Commandments.” *Father, we are
humbled that You had to write this covenant the second time.

The sin of Israel with the Golden Calf - while Moses was receiving the Ten
Commandments - God's Covenant - upon Mount Sinai the *first* time - *delayed
* God's purposes in the timing of the Tabernacle. There are many lessons for
us in these three chapters.

For me - the chief one - is the 13-fold revelation of the *glory* of God -
given at the request of Moses. God here called His glory *His goodness*!
Synonyms from the hand of God have special significance!

Each of the above 7 selected verses with their contexts - bring forth
insights of significance. And as Paul reveals - all OT types and shadows
have lessons of importance for you and me. Indeed, NT saints did not have
the New Testament in written form of its 27 books completed until
approximately 90 AD. The early apostles and teachers taught directly from
the OT - interpreting it in the light of the Finished Work of Christ - which
fulfilled the OT. Jesus *was* and *is* the New Covenant! Isaiah twice refers
to Him in a Messianic sense as the *Covenant*!

And what is our Psalm of the day but 41:12-13 (41:1-13) - *“But you have
upheld me because of my integrity, and set me in your presence
forever. 13Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting to
everlasting!
Amen and Amen.”* This ends the first of the five Books of Psalms. Father, we
praise You that this Psalm begins with remembering the poor. Israel did. You
always do. We would hallow Your Name by doing so also. J.A.Watt



 *TO SUBSCRIBE -- Please Email: mailing-subscribe at 2rbetter.org*


 *TO UNSUBSCRIBE -- Please Email: mailing-unsubscribe at 2rbetter.org*


 *FOR ARCHIVE ARTICLES -- Web:http://2rbetter.org/pipermail/mailing/*
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://2rbetter.org/pipermail/mailing/attachments/20110816/9f37c2f9/attachment.htm>