8/27 Exodus 32 and on

Sisters and Brothers,
As new school year starts, we are continuing our journey on book of Exodus.
This Friday, we will start with chapter 32. The first paragraph describes a common weakness of human being. We tend to look for some kind of leadership to follow, regardless whether they are God’s will. When Moses is gone, the people of Israel wanted to have something to reply on. As a result, they made golden calf and worship it.
Obviously, this act offends God and people got punished. Apparently, God used Moses to assemble Levites and slay all the offenders. One thing interesting is about Aaron. It is not clear why Aaron is not punished. One is reasoning that Aaron was forced by the people to make this molten calf. Although this argument may be reasonable but I think there is more to it. God’s mercy is much greater than we can think. It is God who forgives Aaron, no matter what he did. And not only Aaron, we all have a special place in God’s mind and we will be forgiven as long as we are repent.
May God have mercy on us and give us wisdom to see our sin and repent.

in Christ,
Dan