Religion & Spirituality
Exodus 32:15-19 – Moses turned and went down the mountain with the two tablets of the covenant law in his hands. When Moses approached the camp and saw the calf and the dancing, his anger burned and he threw the tablets out of his hands, breaking them to pieces at the foot of the mountain. Moses had been on top of Mount Sinai with God for nearly six weeks, and the people were growing restless. In Moses’ absence, they turned to his brother Aaron, and asked for gods to lead them. Aaron collected gold from the people, and melted it down to create an idol in the shape of a calf. By breaking the tablets in front of God’s people, Moses was demonstrating how violently the people had broken their covenant with God. This was a recurring problem since God’s people broke the covenant often, and had to renew it again and again. Aaron’s failure reminds us of our need for a perfect high priest — Jesus Christ. Such a high priest truly meets our need for one who is holy, blameless, pure, set apart from sinners, exalted above the heavens. Hebrews 7:27 says that, unlike the other high priests, he does not need to offer sacrifices day after day, first for his own sins, and then for the sins of the people. He sacrificed for their sins once for all when He offered Himself as the ultimate sacrifice for all of our sins.