# 27 2025 Dev. Ex 34: “God’s Mercy!” Read all of chapter thirty-four first. We invite you into God’s space, to read His Word, to think on and interact with. This is God’s Story. Do you believe that this may also be part of our story, in our time? All passages are taken from the NIV.
Ex. 34:6-7 “And he (God) passed in front of Moses, proclaiming, ‘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 parents to the third and fourth generation.”’
Exodus.34 God calls Moses back up to the mountain with new stone tablets to replace the ones that Moses broke when he saw the golden calf. God also renews the covenant with Moses and with the people.
Vs.1-7 Moses goes up to the mountain for another forty days. “Then the Lord came down in the cloud and stood there with him (Moses) proclaiming His name, the Lord, the compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in loveand faithfulness, maintaininglove to thousands, and forgiving wickedness, rebellion and sin.” Here we see the heart of God. He is forgiving, slow to anger abounding in love and faithfulness…” Yet God punishes the unrepentant.
Vs.8-9 Here again Moses takes on the mind of Christ interceding for the people.
Vs.10-14 “Then the Lord said: ‘I am making a covenant with you.”’ The people, represented by Moses, are included in the covenant. They are to represent God to put down the evil being committed in the land God promised to them and is sending them to occupy. This applies to all Christians today. We represent God on earth, we, the church, are the body of Christ, that means we represent justice and righteousness on the earth, not by violence, but by the way we live!
Vs.15-26 This set of verses sets out the rules and regulations for the people. No treaties with the Canaanites, no idols, celebrate all the Festivals, the first offspring of man and beast belong to the Lord, celebrate the Sabbath, bring the best first fruit to the Lord and “do not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.” The understanding of the prohibition of cooking a kid in its mother’s milk has to do with a pagan rite practiced at the time that is not fully understood.
V.27-28 “Then the Lord said to Moses, ‘Writedown these words, for in accordance with these words I have made a covenant with you and with Israel.”’
Vs.29-35 After talking with God, Moses’ face was so bright everyone was afraid of him, it comes down to Moses vailing his face. But it happens today in a small scale, it is hard to explain, it is not understood why or when it happens, the Holy Spirit is always with us but sometimes He shows up and your face burns and it is obvious He is with you in a special way. Thanks be to God!
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