One person's Job

February 9, 2008

Exodus 32:1-5 KJV
(1) And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down out of the mount, the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron, and said unto him, Up, make us gods, which shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him.
(2) And Aaron said unto them, Break off the golden earrings, which are in the ears of your wives, of your sons, and of your daughters, and bring them unto me.
(3) And all the people brake off the golden earrings which were in their ears, and brought them unto Aaron.
(4) And he received them at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool, after he had made it a molten calf: and they said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
(5) And when Aaron saw it, he built an altar before it; and Aaron made proclamation, and said, To morrow is a feast to the LORD.


This is a situation that Moses caused in the first place. He wanted God to send someone else, someone who could speak well. Someone who speaks well is usually one who knows what the people want to hear and tells them that. God gave him Aaron. Now Moses is up on the mountain talking to God and Aaron is in charge. The people think Moses is dead because he is gone so long. Aaron worries about loss of power and gives them what they want.

If Moses had done what God wanted him to do in the first place and not demand that someone else do it, Aaron would not have been in this position. But he is and he does every thing wrong.

When you argue with God be prepared for things not to work out quite they way they should. They will get done, the people did make it to the promised land, but not the way that would be most efficient.

Read through the Bible in one year in Historical order
Today
Exodus 30:1-32:35
Tomorrow
Exodus 33:1-35:35

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