Exodus 29 - 32

The People Sin
The Lord continues His instructions to Moses explaining the steps to take to ordain Aaron and his sons into the priesthood. He gives detailed plans for the altar of incense and the bronze basin.  Once again, the symbolism of each of these acts and sacrifices all point to Christ and His sacrifice at Calvary.

In Chapter 31 the Lord names the artisans He has equipped with "the Spirit of God, ..., great wisdom, ability, and expertise" (vs 3).  When the Lord needs something done, He provides a way and the people to do the job.

Alas, while Moses is on the mountain receiving the written instructions from God, written by His finger (31:18), the children of Israel are growing impatient.  They forgot, or ignored, their promise in 24:3, "We will do everything the Lord has commanded."  Instead they have Aaron make a golden calf and begin to worship it in pagan, drunken revelry.  The Lord is incredulous at their actions.  In 32:8 He exclaims, "How quickly they have turned away from the way I commanded them to live!" Only the intervention of Moses (as a type of Christ interceding on our behalf) stops the Lord from destroying them all.  It was the spirit of Christ in Moses that caused him to ask the Lord to belay His punishment.

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