The Golden Calf Incident In Exodus

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• After the Golden Calf incident in Exodus God says in Exodus 32:33-35 these words: 33And the LORD said unto Moses, Whosoever has sinned against me, him will I blot out of my book. 34Therefore now go, lead the people unto the place of which I have spoken unto thee: behold, mine Angel shall go before thee: nevertheless, in the day when I visit I will visit their sin upon them. 35And the LORD plagued the people, because they made the calf, which Aaron made. • Korah’s rebellion in the wilderness is recorded in Numbers 16:30-35: 30But if the LORD makes a new thing and the earth open her mouth and swallow them up, with all that appertain unto them and they go down quick into the pit; then ye shall understand that these men have provoked the LORD. …show more content…

But it does strengthen and encourage our feelings toward God when one realises that He can choose to love or pour out the opposite emotion on men. But Scripture can quickly change one’s mind if one is attuned to the word of God and earnestly seeks God’s face. I believe there is little struggling by Christians to discover the truth and this is a mighty big problem in the churches today. The word in Romans 9:13 and translated as ‘hated’, using the aorist tense, is the Greek word ἐμίσησα (emisesa) from μίσεω (miseo or I hate). It occurs 39 times in the NT and is always translated as the verb to hate. To show that it portrays a dark and negative meaning, some verses will be reproduced to show this and thus hopefully stop Christians trying to make it mean something benign by back pedalling all over the English language. Matthew 6:24 says: No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one and love the other; or else he will hold to the one and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon. To hate here is to despise. Also, see Luke 16:13. Matthew 24:10 says: And then shall many be offended and shall betray one another and shall hate one

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