7d • General discussion
Moses intercedes
In Exodus 32, after the golden calf, God says to Moses:
“Go down, for your people, whom you brought out of Egypt, have corrupted themselves.”
Only chapters earlier God had said, “I am the Lord who brought you out.” This shift isn’t anger it’s covenant language. Israel has broken the covenant. In courtroom terms, they’ve stepped outside the relationship.
Then God does something extraordinary. He offers to wipe them out and start again with Moses.
Moses could have become the new Abraham. A fresh start. A clean legacy.
But he refuses.
He doesn’t defend the people’s behaviour. He defends God’s promise.
“O Lord, why does your wrath burn against your people, whom you brought out”
Moses throws the responsibility back to God’s covenant, God’s name, God’s faithfulness. He stands between a holy God and a guilty people and pleads for mercy.
Later he even says, “Blot me out instead of them.”
Moses shows the heart of a mediator but he can’t actually be the substitute.
Jesus will.
Where Moses pleads, Jesus pays.
Where Moses offers himself, Jesus gives Himself.
Where Moses stands in the gap, Jesus becomes the bridge.
This is why Moses is such a powerful picture of Christ.
He couldn’t do what only Jesus could but he reveals the kind of Mediator humanity would one day need.
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