Yeah, I crashed after just a few verses today but they were heavy versus filled with much goodness. Moses returned to God, after the golden calf debacle, and was instructed to make two new tablets of stone - he broke the previous two when he saw the wickedness of the people. What is interesting here is that The Lord directed Moses to make the tablets of his own hand whereas He created the first two tablets. Maybe a lesson in humility? Also, The Lord explained that the higher law (Melchizedek Priesthood) would not be on the new tablets as it had been on the first set. It is obvious that the people are in need of a much longer pilgrimage to understand and embrace the God of their fathers and are not ready for the higher law. Finally, in verse three, The Lord sets up another test, subtle but sure...
EXODUS 34:3
3 And no man shall come up with thee, neither let any man be seen throughout all the mount; neither let the flocks nor herds feed before that mount.Did you catch it? Okay, so, as you might recall, the last time Moses went up to the mount and conversed with The Lord it was a 40-day period. In that time the people became restless and did a little golden calf dancing - not good. So, "...no man shall come up with thee, neither let any man be seen." Can they handle another 40-day stint without their spiritual leader or will they tumble down the slope of iniquity? That, my friends, is the test.
~Kipling
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