Title: Mediator of the Covenant / Exodus 32:
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Exodus is not the book of Exodus, but rather the building of the tabernacle.
It has also been said that there is God brought Israel out of Egypt
First, to fulfill the covenant made with Abraham-Isaac-Jacob, and secondly
, to make known to all nations that Israel belongs to God. Third, this
It was to make Israel worship God. to do this
God wanted to establish a certain system with Israel.
Show that God Himself is Lord and Ruler of Israel
First, he made a covenant of law with Israel. and always with them
He made the tabernacle to be built to show that they were together. construction of the tabernacle
It occupies most of the book of Exodus and is the completion of the tabernacle.
When you see the burning end, it is through the tabernacle that you have saved Israel.
It is to worship God, and the tabernacle will be set up among the Israelites in the future.
You can guess how important it will be.
God revealed the blueprint to Moses to build the tabernacle according to each pattern.
While they were doing it, an abomination was going on at the foot of Mount Sinai.
All. When Moses did not come down from the mountain for more than 40 days, Israel
He said to Aaron, "Make for us a god who will guide us.
What happened to this Moses, the man who brought us out of the land of Egypt?
They do not know” (Exodus 32:1) and urged them to make their own gods.
will be.
Aaron was afraid that some kind of wrath might come to him, so he
He told them to take out Ram's gold ring and bring it. Aaron thought they were safe
It seems that he thought he would not bring it because he felt sorry for Lee. but the human
For the sake of self-interest, the castle fights with eyes wide open, but for any reason
If there is only one, he will give out his own and like to reveal his name.
to have a gender When Aaron said he would make a god to lead them, he
Each of them took out a gold ring and brought it before Aaron.
This is the first time Israel has made such a voluntary commitment.
It was. Aaron gathered the golden ashes and made a golden calf, and said, “Israel, this
I am your god who brought you up out of the land of Egypt” (Exodus 32:4).
The calf was made by the Egyptians on oxen when Israel was in Egypt.
It seems to have imitated him after seeing him serve as
Egypt worshiped many gods. In a province called Memphis (Pta)
served a god, which was a bull. In Debeth, they worshiped a god called (Amon).
But it was a cow. (Horus), said to be the god of the sky, was a hawk and
God was also a tie. The god of death (Osiris) was a goat
God wife (Isis) was a cow.
The god of wisdom (Dodd) was a monkey and his wife (Heka) the goddess was a frog
it was In addition, snakes and eagles were also worshiped as their gods, especially Pharaoh.
is said to be the son of the sun god (Ra) and was revered as a god. God
10 When he brought a plague, the subject of the plague had a deep connection with these gods.
It means that God has completely crushed their gods.
It was.
Nevertheless, Israel made a golden calf and called it their god.
Things are truly detestable in the sight of God. When you see things like this
Although they were saved from Egypt, they were the covenant people who made a covenant with God.
However, it can be seen that it is still under Egyptian customs. God is 10
In bringing down disasters, he saw that there is only one God in the heavens and the heavens.
But Israel was still captivated by the old things.
Although we have become new creations in Christ
5:17) As we still have the character of the old man, we always
If we do not kill and scourge to obey Christ, we too will be many.
Silver will make a golden calf. So Paul said, “I am in Christ and
crucified together; it is no longer I who live, but my
Christ lives in you” (Galatians 2:20).
When the Israelites rebelled like this, God said to Moses,
“I saw this people, a stiff-necked people.
I will be angry with them, and I will destroy them and make you into a great nation” (Exodus).
32:9-10) Breaking God's commandments, ignoring God's image,
Serving as their god is truly a sin that deserves death. That
But the sins of Israel were not so much.
Their sins were reaching their peak, and they soon broke the covenant they had made with God.
because he was doing Nevertheless, God first told Moses that
Seeing how much God's love and compassion, when we see how he speaks and even asks for permission.
We can see how great His heart is. unilaterally breaking the contract
Understanding God's heart as he watches over ungrateful Israel
It will be difficult.
Moses began to open his mouth cautiously to God. Moses also
His face must have been so hot he couldn't even open his mouth. but Moses
dared to speak to God in his capacity as a mediator.
“In memory of your servants Abraham, Isaac, and Israel (Jacob),
and swore to them, saying, I will make your descendants the stars of the heavens.
and I will give to your descendants all this land that I have given you for ever and ever.
make it an inheritance” (Exodus 32:13-14).
This earnest intercession is the "word of promise" made between Abraham and God.
It is based on “medicine.” Of course, Israel must keep the covenant, but God
You must also keep But with Israel, which had already broken the covenant,
It is forcible for Moses to use swarms on the basis of his covenant with God. but god
God, who has been faithful, will fulfill the covenant even by changing them into new ones.
you wanted to
And he listened to Moses' prayer, which was earnest and forceful.
All. This is God's infinite grace and love. not only Israel
In this way, we too, based on the new covenant made by Jesus Christ,
won a circle
"Behold, a new day is coming, saith the LORD, with the house of Israel and Judah
I will make a new covenant with the house, saith the LORD, which I will make with their
It's not like it was built on the day that we took the hand of our ancestors and brought them out of Egypt.
I will be their husband, but they have broken my covenant.
But after that day, saith the LORD, I will build the house of Israel.
This is the covenant: I will put my law in it, and I will write it in my heart.
I will be their God, and they will be my people” (Jeremiah 31:31-33).