Exodus Part 8

Intro

something silly that I will think of this afternoon and then forget for the rest of time

Command to Go

one of the last bits of the promise to Abraham fulfilled… or at least it should have been

they have finished at Sinai and are commanded to go

However, God still has qualms with the people because of the golden calf

the people are distressed

Moses’ Intercession

Moses speaks to God on behalf of the people

he goes alone and meets with God away from the people and they see the pillar of cloud go there

Moses pleads with God to go with them, that the people might continue to be reminded even though they are fickle

and so God says he will pass by as a sign

he will go with them because of Moses’ faith

he will be residing in the center of them

The Glory of the Lord

this is the image that concludes the Exodus

God filling the temple and leading them onward toward the promise

“throughout all their journeys” God is in the midst of his people

for better or worse

when they fail him and when they follow him

God lives among them in part for this time and in whole later

its an image of the goal God is working toward

Application

the conclusion of the book

God is; keeper of his promises

the only one worth calling God

powerful

devoted unlike anyone or thing else