Whoa! this is one of the longest chapters we've read in a while.
It paints a good picture, though, of how the people understand their position, and their history, and even their shortcomings. As I was reading thru it, it reminded me of how quickly we humans forget our mission. It seems everytime God does something great for them, and for us, they are greatful and worship him, and thank him and praise his name....but then they fall away. Then they need to cry out again, either in pain, or slavery, or anguish and ask for help. Then God delivers them again, and they are fully onboard again.....until a little time passes and they find themselves not relying on God, and not following his directives again.
WHY DO WE DO THAT?
Does it have something to do with our human ambition?
Does it have to do with being selfish?
Why do our hearts grow cold......I speak from experience on this one......I've done it myself.
Its so frustrating to look at your own self-defeating behaviour!
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that was a long one, but also sort of a cliff notes of all of the reading we have done in Moses time so it was nice to see it all put together in one place. As you noted it really does highlight the cycle of behavior which appears silly and then as you point out is easily identifiable in our own lives.
ReplyDeleteSo God is consistent, we have the gift of his Son and His Grace today and even before he sent Jesus into this world the people were experiencing his Grace even in the face of their repeated misbehavior. thank goodness for Grace.
knut