Exodus 34 has a few interesting tidbits in it. The Lord tells Moses that He will give him a second chance basically with the stone tablets. Moses is to carve our two more tablets and bring them up Mount Sinai the following morning. We then read a few of those rules over again. Reading them this time around made me wonder, exactly how big were those stone tablets? I would like to point out one verse that really stood out to me from this chapter. The Lord, the Lord, the compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness, maintaining love to thousands, and forgiving wickedness, rebellion and sin. Yet he does not leave the guilty unpunished; he punishes the children and their children for the sin of the fathers to the third and fourth generation. (Exodus 34:6, 7) I really think those verses give an amazing description of our God.
Exodus 35 repeats a lot of what God told Moses. This time it is Moses telling the Israelites. The Israelites seem to be moved by what he says and begin to bring offerings to the Lord.
The rest of Mark 3 tells the story of Jesus being possessed by Beelzebub, at least that is what the teachers of the law claimed. Jesus makes sure to put them in their place with some well spoken words. It ends by describing who our family is. Our family is not made up of blood like we consider it but is made up by those who do God's will. I think that shows a interesting point in the life of Jesus and one that we should consider a little more as we continue our studies in the Bible.
Tomorrow's reading is:
Exodus 36, 37, 38 and Mark 4:1 - 20
34. Mosses was gone for 40 more days. I have this theory that it didn't feel like 40 days and nights to him. Based on nothing, but my theory none the less.
ReplyDelete35. Explains where they are to get all the gold and materials for the arc and tabernacle.
3. I had a much better understanding of this story on the second reading.