Thursday, January 24, 2008
Moses' Anger
Why was Moses so angry? You might think he could move through all of this with a stoic detachment. After all, God had told him exaclty how it was going to turn out. Moses was not surprised by the sin of Pharoah. But he was still disgusted by the destructive behavior of a stubborn leader. Pharoah's sin was causing the destruction of so much. Even when you know something bad is coming... it's still bad. Apparently that made Moses angry. Sin can be very predictable... does it still make us angry?
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That's an interesting thought. I also wonder if we don't tend to (at least try to) ignore sin altogether unless it is something that immediately impacts us. Our world has become so "politically correct" that we seem to be losing any sense of the types of situations that *should* cause us to have a strong response - either emotionally, or in some case, in action. I'm afraid that in a lot of ways, our discernment has become numbed, and that has begun to anesthetize our responses as well.
This is for Wednesday. I am trying to catch up after a crazy work week. There was no post so I am going to bring up something that I am scratching my head at. In Ex 6:2-9 God says "I am the LORD, I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac and to Jacob as God Almighty, but by my name the LORD I did not make myself known to them." I know that "LORD" in all caps is Yahweh, but why didn't he make Himself known as this?
That's a great question. I think it could be simply because through the different phases of relationship with His people, or the different covenants, God revealed Himself in different ways and related to the people in different ways.
I've wondered the same thing Mr. ArmyforChrist. YHWH is used by the Biblical authors before this time, but apparently He didn't speak it to Abraham and the boys. I think it may have something to do with the sovereignty of God over our problems. Fortunately I have a few more weeks to work it out before I have to preach on that text!
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