Exodus 32: 30-35, “30 And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses said unto the people, Ye have sinned a great sin: and now I will go up unto the LORD; peradventure I shall make an atonement for your sin. And Moses returned unto the LORD, and said, Oh, this people have sinned a great sin, and have made them gods of gold. Yet now, if thou wilt forgive their sin--; and if not, blot me, I pray thee, out of thy book which thou hast written. And the LORD said unto Moses, Whosoever hath sinned against me, him will I blot out of my book. Therefore now go, lead the people unto the place of which I have spoken unto thee: behold, mine Angel shall go before thee: nevertheless in the day when I visit I will visit their sin upon them. And the LORD plagued the people, because they made the calf, which Aaron made.”
After Israel sinned they had to make atonement. At that stage the ceremonies had not been set up so Moses went back to see the Lord and try to make atonement on their behalf. Moses was willing to admit that there was sin even though Aaron had tried to make excuses and blame others before. Moses was so completely committed to bringing Israel to the Promised Land that he was willing to have his name taken from the Lord’s book to save them. This was a huge step for Moses to take but he was a sinner as well and was responsible for sin that he had committed before. The Lord made it quite clear that everyone is responsible for the eternal consequences of their own sin. This means that each person has to make their own arrangements with the Lord to deal with their sin as well. The process is much easier now because the sinless Lord Jesus Christ was able to experience all the eternal torments of hell in our place so all we have to do is repent and believe in the Lord Jesus Christ then our names will be permanently etched in the Lord’s book. Even though the sin was dealt with in eternal terms the people still had consequences to suffer in the present. The Lord plagued Egypt because they had enslaved His firstborn and now Israel was plagued because they tried to go back to the Egyptian gods.
(The view expressed in this blog are my own and should not be taken as inspired in any way.)
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