Tuesday, September 13, 2016

While Moses Is Away, The Children Of Israel Go Astray

Exodus 32:1-35

Now when The People (The Children of Israel) SAW that Moses DELAYED coming down from The Mountain (Mount Sinai), The People (The Children of Israel) gathered together to Aaron, and said to Him (Aaron), “Come, MAKE Us (The Children of Israel) gods that shall go before Us (The Children of Israel); for as for THIS Moses, The Man who BROUGHT Us (The Children of Israel) UP OUT of The Land of Egypt, We (The Children of Israel) do NOT know what has BECOME of Him (Moses).”  And Aaron said to Them (The Children of Israel), “Break off the golden earrings which are in the ears of your wives, your sons, and your daughters, and bring them to me (Aaron).”  So, All The People (The Children of Israel) broke off the golden earrings which were in Their Ears, and brought them to Aaron.  And He (Aaron) received the gold from Their (The Children of Israel’s) Hand, and He (Aaron) fashioned it with an Engraving Tool, and MADE a Molded Calf (The Molded Golden Calf).  Then They (The Children of Israel) said, “This is your god, O Israel, that brought YOU (The Children of Israel) OUT of The Land of Egypt!”  So, when Aaron SAW IT (The Molded Golden Calf), He (Aaron) built an altar before it (The Molded Golden Calf).  And Aaron made a proclamation and said, “Tomorrow is a feast to The LORD (GOD Almighty).”  Then They (The Children of Israel) rose early on The Next Day, offered Burnt Offerings, and brought Peace Offerings; and The People (The Children of Israel) sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.

And The LORD (GOD Almighty) SAID to Moses, “GO, Get Down!  For Your People (The Children of Israel), Whom YOU (Moses) BROUGHT OUT of The Land of Egypt have CORRUPTED Themselves (The Children of Israel).  They (The Children of Israel) have TURNED ASIDE quickly OUT of The Way, which I (GOD Almighty) COMMANDED Them (The Children of Israel). They (The Children of Israel) have MADE Themselves (The Children of Israel) a Molded Calf (The Molded Golden Calf), and worshiped it (The Molded Golden Calf) and sacrificed to it (The Molded Golden Calf), and said, ‘This is your god, O Israel, that brought YOU (The Children of Israel) out of The Land of Egypt!’”  And The LORD (GOD Almighty) SAID to Moses, “I (GOD Almighty) have SEEN This People (The Children of Israel), and indeed it is a Stiff-Necked People (The Children of Israel)!  Now therefore, Let Me (GOD Almighty) ALONE, that My (GOD Almighty’s) WRATH may Burn Hot AGAINST Them (The Children of Israel) and I (GOD Almighty) May CONSUME Them (The Children of Israel).  And I (GOD Almighty) will MAKE of YOU (Moses) a Great Nation.”

Then Moses PLEADED with The LORD His (Moses’) GOD (GOD Almighty), and said: “LORD, why does Your (GOD Almighty’s) WRATH Burn Hot AGAINST Your (GOD Almighty’s) People (The Children of Israel), Whom YOU (GOD Almighty) have BROUGHT OUT of The Land of Egypt with Great Power and with a Mighty Hand?  Why should The Egyptians speak, and say, ‘He (GOD Almighty) BROUGHT Them (The Children of Israel) OUT to HARM Them (The Children of Israel), to KILL Them (The Children of Israel) in The Mountains, and to CONSUME Them (The Children of Israel) FROM The Face of The Earth’?  TURN FROM Your (GOD Almighty’s) Fierce WRATH, and RELENT from This HARM to Your (GOD Almighty’s) People.  Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, Your (GOD Almighty’s) Servants, to whom YOU (GOD Almighty) SWORE by Your (GOD Almighty’s) Own Self, and SAID to Them (The Children of Israel), ‘I (GOD Almighty) Will MULTIPLY Your (The Children of Israel’s) Descendants as The Stars of Heaven; and All This Land that I (GOD Almighty) have SPOKEN of I (GOD Almighty) GIVE to Your (The Children of Israel’s) Descendants, and They shall INHERIT IT Forever.’”  So, The LORD (GOD Almighty) RELENTED from The HARM, which He (GOD Almighty) SAID He (GOD Almighty) Would DO to His (GOD Almighty’s) People (The Children of Israel).

And Moses turned and went down from The Mountain (Mount Sinai), and The Two Tablets of The Testimony were in His (Moses’) Hand.  The Tablets (The Two Tablets of The Testimony) were WRITTEN on BOTH SIDES; on The One Side AND on The Other, They (The Two Tablets of The Testimony) were WRITTEN.  Now The Tablets (The Two Tablets of The Testimony) were The WORK OF GOD (GOD Almighty) and The WRITING Was The WRITING OF GOD (GOD Almighty), ENGRAVED On The Tablets (The Two Tablets of The Testimony).

And when Joshua HEARD The Noise of The People (The Children of Israel) as They (The Children of Israel) shouted, He (Joshua) said to Moses, “There is a Noise of War in The Camp.”  But He (Moses) said: “It is NOT The Noise of The Shout of Victory, NOR The Noise of The Cry of Defeat, BUT The Sound of Singing, I (Moses) HEAR.”  So it was, as soon as He (Moses) came near The Camp, that He (Moses) SAW The Calf (The Molded Golden Calf) and the dancing.  So Moses’ ANGER became HOT, and He (Moses) CAST The Tablets (The Two Tablets of The Testimony) OUT of His (Moses’) Hands and BROKE Them (The Two Tablets of The Testimony) at The Foot of The Mountain (Mount Sinai).  Then He (Moses) TOOK The Calf (The Molded Golden Calf), which They (The Children of Israel) had MADE, BURNED IT (The Molded Golden Calf) in the fire, and GROUND IT (The Molded Golden Calf) to powder; and He (Moses) SCATTERED IT (The Molded Golden Calf) on the water and MADE The Children of Israel DRINK IT.  And Moses said to Aaron, “What did This People (The Children of Israel) DO to YOU (Aaron) that YOU (Aaron) have BROUGHT so Great a sin UPON Them (The Children of Israel)?”

So Aaron said, “Do NOT let The ANGER of My (Aaron’s) LORD (GOD Almighty) become HOT.  YOU (Moses) KNOW The People (The Children of Israel), that They (The Children of Israel) are SET ON Evil.  For They (The Children of Israel) said to me (Aaron), ‘Make Us (The Children of Israel) gods that shall Go BEFORE Us (The Children of Israel); as for This Moses, The Man who BROUGHT Us (The Children of Israel) OUT of The Land of Egypt, We (The Children of Israel) do NOT know what has BECOME of Him (Moses).’  And I (Aaron) said to Them (The Children of Israel), ‘Whoever has any gold, let Them (The Children of Israel) break it off.’  So, They (The Children of Israel) gave it to me (Aaron), and I (Aaron) CAST IT into the fire, and This Calf (The Molded Golden Calf) CAME OUT.”

Now, when Moses SAW that The People (The Children of Israel) were    UNRESTRAINED (for Aaron had NOT restrained Them, to Their shame among Their Enemies), then Moses STOOD in The Entrance of The Camp, and SAID, “WHOEVER is on The LORD’s (GOD Almighty’s) Side, COME to me (Moses)!”  And All The Sons of Levi gathered Themselves (The Sons of Levi) together to Him (Moses).  And He (Moses) said to Them (The Sons of Levi), “Thus SAYS The LORD GOD (GOD Almighty) of Israel: ‘Let Every Man (The Sons of Levi) put His Sword on His Side, and GO IN and OUT from Entrance to Entrance throughout The Camp, and let Every Man (The Sons of Levi) KILL His Brother, Every Man (The Sons of Levi) His Companion, and Every Man (The Sons of Levi) His Neighbor.’”  So, The Sons of Levi DID according to The Word of Moses.  And about Three Thousand (3,000) Men of The People (The Children of Israel) FELL (DIED) That Day.  Then Moses said, “CONSECRATE Yourselves (The Children of Israel) TODAY to The LORD (GOD Almighty), that He (GOD Almighty) may BESTOW on YOU (The Children of Israel) a BLESSING This Day, for Every Man (The Sons of Levi) has OPPOSED His Son and His Brother.”

Now, it Came to Pass on The Next Day that Moses said to The People (The Children of Israel), “YOU (The Children of Israel) have COMMITTED a Great sin.  So, now I (Moses) Will GO UP to The LORD (GOD Almighty); perhaps I (Moses) can MAKE ATONEMENT for Your (The Children of Israel’s) sin.”  Then Moses RETURNED to The LORD (GOD Almighty) and said, “Oh, These People (The Children of Israel) have COMMITTED a Great sin, and have MADE for Themselves (The Children of Israel) a god of gold (The Molded Golden Calf)!  Yet now, if YOU (GOD Almighty) Will FORGIVE Their (The Children of Israel’s) sin, but if NOT, I (Moses) pray, BLOT me (Moses) OUT of Your (GOD Almighty’s) Book (The Lamb’s Book of Life), which YOU (GOD Almighty) have WRITTEN.”  And The LORD (GOD Almighty) SAID to Moses, “Whoever has sinned AGAINST Me (GOD Almighty), I (GOD Almighty) Will BLOT him OUT of My (GOD Almighty’s) Book (The Lamb’s Book of Life).  Now therefore, GO, LEAD The People (The Children of Israel) to The Place of which I (GOD Almighty) have SPOKEN to YOU (Moses).  Behold, My (GOD Almighty’s) Angel (GOD Almighty’s Holy Angels) Shall Go BEFORE YOU (Moses).  Nevertheless, in THE DAY When I (GOD Almighty) VISIT For PUNISHMENT, I (GOD Almighty) Will VISIT PUNISHMENT Upon Them (The Children of Israel) For Their (The Children of Israel’s) sin.”  So, The LORD (GOD Almighty) PLAGUED The People (The Children of Israel), because of what They (The Children of Israel) DID with The Calf (The Molded Golden Calf), which Aaron MADE.

Fellow Believers, while Moses was with GOD Almighty RECEIVING His (GOD Almighty’s) Commandments AND Statutes SEE how Quickly The Children of Israel TURNED AWAY from GOD Almighty and The Repercussions of The Children of Israel’s Great sin AGAINST Him (GOD Almighty).  Now, what do YOU (Believers) think will be This World’s Punishment for TURNING AWAY from GOD Almighty’s Commandments and Statutes, Today?

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