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Exodus 31:12-18God is adamant about the SabbathSeverity of punishment for profaningExodus 31:14Punishment: death and cutting offThe same punishments or different?Tablets of stoneThe first commandments violated
Exodus 32:1-6The demands of the peopleAaron’s acquiescence and demandMakes a calf of gold – Psalms 106:19; Romans 1:22-25Their declaration, Aaron’s proclamationDay of sacrifice and playWhy make a god?
What motivated them?Loss of leadership?Loss of faith?Loss of direction?How could it have been avoided?What lessons does this give us today?Fallout
Exodus 32:7-24God’s conversation with MosesGod’s angerMoses’ pleadingMoses goes down from the mountainEncounters JoshuaTablets destroyedCalf elixirAaron’s lieCleansing and blotting out
Exodus 32:25-35Whoever is for the LordLevi steps forwardPunishment beginsMoses calls for dedicationReturns to the mountainPleads to God for their forgivenessBlotting out from His BookThe people smittenTime to leave
Exodus 33:1-6God repeats His promiseSending an angel before themDrive out the occupantsHe will no longer be in their midstMoses told the Israelites, they mournedThe ornamentsMoving the tent of meeting
Exodus 33:7-11Tent of meetingNow pitched well outside the campGod would not be among the peoplePeople would watchMoses went, entered, and pillar descended upon itPeople would then worship, but at own tentGod would talk with Moses “as a man speaks to his friend”Joshua – loyal and watchful servantWhat Moses wants
Exodus 33:12-23Favor in God’s sightAlready had it (Exodus 33:12)Now he wants it (Exodus 33:13)God’s presenceIt shows they’ve found favor in His sight (Exodus 33:16)God shows Moses graciousness and compassionTo see God’s glory
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