The next day Moses said to the people, “You have sinned a great sin. And now I will go up to the Lord; perhaps I can make atonement for your sin.” Exodus 32:30 – While Moses was up on the mountain receiving the words of the Lord for the people of Israel, we see the people let their impatience win in their hearts and they chose to sin a great sin. They created a golden idol that they worshipped as the god who rescued them from Egyptian slavery. We also see that even beyond the idolatry, scripture tells us that their worship practices of this idol led them to behave in some disgusting, depraved ways. Moses upon seeing all this understood the gravity of this situation better than apparently anyone else did in the congregation. While agreeing and stepping into a covenant with the Lord surrounding His word, they must have already “forgotten” that the punishment for idolatry was execution. What we see then Moses say in our verse is an understatement, this was a great sin the people had committed, one that deserved the entire congregation that participated being executed. Moses, being a loving leader, approached the Lord to make atonement for them, and was even willing to give up his own life with the people if the Lord would not forgive. Here we see Moses being another early example of Jesus. Jesus came down to earth, witnessed the depravity of sin the world had freely stepped into, and approached the Father to make atonement for our grievous sins. His life was given so we could have life and step into the Promise Land of Heaven. Let us not forget the beauty of atonement. Without Moses, the people would have never seen past that day. Without Jesus we would never see Heaven. Without our Savior atoning for our sins, we’d have nothing in this life except a future of condemnation in Hell. Praise the Lord we have a perfect sacrifice for our sins and a perfect Savior in Jesus. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 3176
Question To Ponder: When was the last time you dwelt on the truth you are truly forgiven?
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