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Friend,
If you do not already have a habit of gathering daily manna the first thing in the morning (we can look at the example given to us in Exodus 16 and find the pattern for make it a habit. Establish your life and your schedule to allow you the necessary time to do your daily collection first thing every morning to give you the strength to make it through the day. And remember that today’s manna will not be sufficient for tomorrow; tomorrow’s manna must be collected tomorrow morning. Sunday, August 8, 2021
Today's Passage : Today's Passage :The Golden Calf [5] Bible Verse:Exodus 32:30-35 (ESV) "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.” So Moses returned to the Lord and said, “Alas, this people has sinned a great sin. They have made for themselves gods of gold. But now, if you will forgive their sin — but if not, please blot me out of your book that you have written.” But the Lord said to Moses, “Whoever has sinned against me, I will blot out of my book. But now go, lead the people to the place about which I have spoken to you; behold, my angel shall go before you. Nevertheless, in the day when I visit, I will visit their sin upon them.” Then the Lord sent a plague on the people, because they made the calf, the one that Aaron made." Message:
The parallel between Moses and Christ is never stronger than here, where Moses offers to give up his life to remit the sins of the Hebrews. But God refuses. Moses, the greatest of prophets, is not the Messiah.
Mary Baker Eddy
Mary Baker Eddy, founder of Christian Science in 1879.
It was a popular religious movement in the 1920’s-1940’s, but has declined in recent years.
Instead, God will visit an earthly punishment on Israel: a plague. Recall, that one of the promises He made for faithful obedience was good health, in Exodus 23. Good health, long life, and children are tied strongly to following God's will in Exodus.
One might speculate whether Christians today are healthier than others; but unbiased data are hard to find. A reasonably scientific study in Texas in 1999 found a pronounced correspondence with church attendance and longer lifespan, and a "meta-study" (consolidation of a number of well-documented studies) published in The Washington Times, June 5, 2000, found that churchgoers lived 29% longer (whatever that means). The author, Michael McCullough of the National Institute for Healthcare Research, said: “We think this analysis pretty much establishes that this correlation of religious involvement and mortality exists, but also points to the need for a lot more research to determine just how and why it has an effect.”
But causation is nevertheless a problem. When atheistic social scientists hear a report like this, they immediately start finding non-religious reasons for the statistical difference, ascribing it to, say, increased social support. And, for all we know, they are correct. We certainly do not live under the Old Covenant, and we (mostly) expect our reward after death.
Christ eternal
The other interesting question raised by this passage is Moses’ remark, “blot me out of your book.” What? What book? This is the first time we hear that God is keeping a book of names of those whom He finds worthy (although there are little hints previously). Judaism and Islam have a strong tradition of God’s Book, and the idea of God writing and erasing names in it. But other than one or two oblique hints, in the context of Exodus, this really comes out of left field. We might infer, from the lack of theological preparation, that it is meant more as an analogy or metaphor than a literal truth.
As Christians, we do not use the God’s Book metaphor, because our judgment is not an open-ended process. Christ was appointed by God to judge “the quick [living] and the dead” on the Day of Judgment. We certainly have an ongoing relationship with God, especially through the Holy Spirit, and who is to say whether God rewards and punishes us during our lives? But the important matter of our eternal life and salvation will be decided one time, en masse, at the end of days.
Meditation : Prayer : The blessing of the Lord rest and remain upon all his people, in every land, of every tongue; the Lord meet in mercy all that seek him; the Lord comfort all who suffer and mourn; the Lord hasten his coming, and give us, his people, the blessing of peace, this day and always.....Amen |
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