He Chose Glory - but not his own.
In Exodus chapter 32, we come to another very well-known passage. Moses is delayed coming down from the mountain, the nation slips into idolatry, and God reveals to Moses that His wrath and judgment will fall on the people. Then Moses intercedes on their behalf, and God relents. Yet if that’s all we read, especially without the broader context of Scripture, it’s easy to see why some roll their eyes and dismiss passages like this as just another angry god with a temper, not unlike the gods of that age or Greek and Roman mythology. But two things struck me this time. First, fast forward to verse 32. We see Moses begging God for forgiveness so deeply that he says if God will not forgive their sin, then blot him out of His book. In essence: leave me unsaved. Cast me aside. That’s how much I love this nation, Your people, LORD. It echoes Paul, when he says he would even be accursed if it meant his fellow Israelites would be saved. That alone is striking. (Even though to be clear, Moses ne...
