Episodi

  • Resurrected Christ Jesus

    Resurrected Christ Jesus
    Apr 5 2026

    The author of the book of Revelation sees the Resurrected Christ Jesus as the holy Lamb of God and the Bright Morning Star, who brings light and salvation to the world. The book of Revelation sees Christ Jesus as One in holy fellowship with His Majestic Father of Glory, who deserves all our honor, worship, and faithfulness just like His Eternal Father. The heavenly hosts sang a song of praise and worship to the Lamb of God, who was slain, to redeem, cleanse, and save us from Satan’s darkness and to deliver us to His Eternal Father by His precious blood so He could make us kings and holy priests for His Eternal Father to reign with Him forever and ever. Even more, the book of Revelation calls Christ Jesus our Lord, the Lamb that was filled with the Holy Spirit of God, like His Eternal Father. Importantly, the book of Revelation reveals the Resurrected Christ Jesus as the Passover Lamb of God who died for our sins, crimes, and wrongdoings so we can turn away (repent) and be cleansed from Satan’s dark deeds and evildoing such as lying, thief, witchcraft, drunkenness, sexual sins, greed (covetousness), and idolatry, so we can find salvation with abundant and new life now and for all eternity with Him and His Eternal Father.

    The Resurrected Christ Jesus is our Eternal High Priest and Mediator, and He is seated ALIVE at the right hand of His Holy Father - the Majestic King of Glory, making intercession for our needs and pleading our cause of guilt to His Holy Father when we repent and turn to Him with faithful obedience. Here is the Good News: Christ Jesus as the sacrificial Passover Lamb of God gave His sinless life and precious blood by entering the Most Holy Place (Holy of Holiest) in the heavenly Tabernacle to atone and provide the final once and for all sacrifice for the sins of the world so that everyone that believes and obeys Him finds forgiveness, eternal redemption with a new spiritual life, and salvation forever. Here is more Good News: the precious blood of Christ Jesus cleanses us of all our sins, wrongdoings, and crimes when we humbly and genuinely REPENT (turn from Satan’s darkness), confess our sins to God, and turn to the living Sovereign LORD God and His Son Christ Jesus with love and faithful obedience.

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    12 min
  • Passover Lamb of God

    Passover Lamb of God
    Apr 4 2026

    The sacrificial death of Christ Jesus is one of the most important events in the Holy Bible. The Cross of Christ Jesus brings together the Old Testament sacrifices and the New Testament’s truth and grace. Without the Cross of Christ Jesus, there would be no hope and salvation for the world!

    The New Testament writers gave the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread a new meaning, forever linked with a Jewish Rabbi, Christ Jesus our Lord. In the Old Testament, the Passover and Feast of Unleavened Bread are annual holy days that celebrate and remember the Israelites’ deliverance and redemption from Egyptian slavery and bondage by the living Sovereign LORD God of heaven and earth (Adonai). The Passover (Pesach) and Feast of Unleavened Bread are mentioned throughout the Holy Bible. By far, the most well-known account of Passover is the Last Supper of Christ Jesus with the lamb, bitter herbs, and wine. Christ Jesus, our Lord and Savior, celebrated the Passover during His public ministry on earth as a perfect and sinless Jew (Hebrew), without wrongdoing, who fully obeyed the Law of God. The Old Testament prophet Isaiah predicted the Messiah (Christ, Anointed One) would be a Servant of God who suffered and then sacrificed unto death as a sinless Lamb to atone for our sins, wrongdoings, and crimes against Adonai (Yahweh) by His precious blood so He could bring salvation (healing), redemption, righteousness, and forgiveness to all people (Jews and Gentiles) of the world that look to Him with wholehearted faithful trust and obedience.

    Christ Jesus our Lord became the final sacrificial Passover of Lamb for the sins of the world when He was crucified and died on Calvary’s Cross one Good Friday over 2000 years ago outside the city of Jerusalem. Before His crucifixion and sacrifice, Christ Jesus knew He would die on Passover for the sins of the world as predicted by Old Testament prophecy, but Christ Jesus also foreknew that He would rise again from complete death on the third day to rule and reign as King and Lord to provide liberation and deliverance from Satan’s slavery and bondage. Christ Jesus fulfilled the Passover celebration and the Feast of Unleavened Bread because He is our Deliverer and Savior of the World. The New Testament writers see Christ Jesus our Lord as the perfect and spotless Passover Lamb without blemishes and sins, who gave Himself as a final sacrifice on Good Friday to deliver and redeem us from Satan’s wrath, destruction, and death. The living Sovereign LORD God of heaven and earth so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son Christ Jesus to deliver us from sins and condemnation through faithful obedience to Him as Lord and Savior.

    Let everyone REPENT and give Christ Jesus praise as our Deliverer and Lord!

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    9 min
  • Christ Jesus and Our Atonement

    Christ Jesus and Our Atonement
    Apr 3 2026

    The Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur) is considered the most holy day on the Jewish calendar for all Jews, both individually and collectively. On the Day of Atonement, the Jewish people rested from their work with a holy fast and recognized all their sins committed throughout the year against the living Sovereign LORD God (Adonai). Then, the high priest of Israel on this most holy day made a confession for their sins and the sins of the people and entered the Most Holy Place (Holy of Holies) in the Tabernacle (Temple) with the blood of reconciliation to ask for forgiveness and to atone for the people’s sins against the living Sovereign LORD God so they would not reap the destruction and death because of their sins. Importantly, the living Sovereign LORD God pardoned and forgave the people’s sins and wrongdoing after the high priest’s atonement. Leviticus chapter 16 in the Old Testament goes into great detail about the Yom Kippur ceremony, which centered on the sacrifices of two goats - one goat slain as a blood sacrifice for sins and the other goat (scapegoat) removing the people’s sins.

    Here is even more Good News: Christ Jesus, our Great High Priest, fulfilled the Day of Atonement for all people! The living Sovereign LORD God of the heavens and earth so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, Christ Jesus, by His grace as the final atonement, ransom, and sacrifice to deliver and free us from Satan’s sin and eternal condemnation. Christ Jesus’s sinless blood and sacrificial death on Calvary’s Cross (execution stake) as the Suffering Servant and Passover Lamb of God provided atonement for all eternity with both a propitiation (appeasement, and satisfaction of God’s judgment) and expiation (payment to God) for our sins so we would not experience God’s wrath and punishment but instead God’s grace, peace (shalom), redemption, salvation, and forgiveness through faithful obedience to Him. On Calvary’s Cross, Christ Jesus was displayed as the final kapparah (propitiation, expiation, ransom, and atonement) and our sacrifice to fulfill Yom Kippur, but even more as our Liberator and Jubilee to set us free from Satan’s slavery to sinfulness and sickness. Christ Jesus declared He is our Jubilee, and He is the “time for the LORD’s favor” and grace. The King and Savior of the World is found only in Christ Jesus our Deliverer, who is the Son of the living God. Through repentance with faithful obedience to Christ Jesus as Lord, the living Sovereign LORD God offers everyone atonement, salvation, and redemption with spiritual peace and rest on earth and for all eternity. Christ Jesus makes us holy and righteous before His Holy Father when we trust in Him and obey Him with faithful obedience as our Lord and Savior. Christ Jesus is our Yom Kippur! Let everyone REPENT and come to Christ Jesus as Lord!

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    6 min
  • Good Rest - the Sabbath

    Good Rest - the Sabbath
    Mar 29 2026
    Introduction In the very beginnings of the heavens and earth, the living Sovereign LORD God created and designed the Sabbath day. The Sabbath (Shabbat) means the living God’s blessing of rest and renewal with Him. The living God of heaven and earth created an eternal day of blessed rest for all His creation so His creation can spend a holy time and day with Him in worship, and also so they recharge and renew physically, emotionally, and spiritually after working six (6) days of ordinary work. The Sabbath day rest emphasized God over money by stopping one day of regular work to worship and praise God. Without proper worship and rest, human strength and creativity fail. Also, the living God created the Sabbath day not only to worship Him but also to prevent burnout so His creation can recharge to sustain high performance for God’s glory and honor on earth. Even more, the Sabbath day is important because the Sabbath remembers and recognizes the living God as our only true King and Creator. Sabbath and Creation God’s eternal Sabbath commandment of rest has existed since the beginning of all creation, and the Sabbath is built into creation. In fact, the Sabbath (Shabbat) day existed before the Law of God given at Mount Sinai to Moses and the Israelites. The living God created and formed the heavens and earth with all its hosts in six days with wisdom. After working six days, the living God saw that all He had created and made was good, and so He rested from all His creative work and labor on the seventh day. The Sabbath day is not only for the Jewish (Hebrew) people but for all of God’s creation and humankind. The prophet Isaiah stated that happiness and blessings come to everyone who observes and obeys the Sabbath rest of God and keeps themselves from doing evil. Also, the living God spoke through the prophet Jeremiah and commanded the people to perform no ordinary work nor carry loads on His day - Shabbat, which will lead to their blessings, rest, and renewal. For six days, Adonai commanded everyone to complete their ordinary work and regular chores, but the seventh day is a Sabbath (Shabbat) for complete rest and set apart as holy for Him. Sabbath and the Law of God The Sabbath was so important to the living Sovereign LORD God as a holy and blessed day devoted to Him that He later included the Sabbath (Shabbat) requirement in His Ten Commandments and eternal covenant given at Mount Sinai (Horeb). The living God came down upon Mount Sinai and spoke from heaven His eternal commandments and covenant, which included the holy Sabbath day rest for the good of all people, and to stop regular work. After speaking from Mount Sinai (Horeb), the living God wrote with His holy finger on two stone tablets His eternal Ten Commandments, which included the command to observe and rest from ordinary work on His Sabbath (Shabbat) day. Moreover, the Holy Bible speaks of the Sabbath year and the Year of Jubilee. The eternal covenant recognizes the Sabbath year, the seventh year in which the land receives complete rest so it can be refreshed, regenerated, and renewed. In addition, the book of Leviticus recognizes the Year of Jubilee, which is seven sabbath years - seven times seven years of rest or the 50th year. During the Year of Jubilee, the living God commanded that all debts be cancelled, the liberation (freedom) of the slaves and indentured servants, and the return of all land to their original owners. New Testament and the Sabbath The New Testament recognizes and references the Sabbath (Shabbat) day as a sacred and holy day of rest with no ordinary or regular work. Christ Jesus (Messiah Yeshua) our Lord, and the New Testament writers acknowledged the importance of the Sabbath (Shabbat) as a holy day. During His time on earth, Christ Jesus our Lord never violated the holy Sabbath commanded by His Holy Father. Christ Jesus as His custom regularly attended the weekly synagogue service on the Sabbath (Shabbat) day to teach from the Torah and Prophets and also to fellowship and worship His Holy Father with others. Significantly, Christ Jesus gave the Sabbath a new and fuller meaning. Christ Jesus announced in the New Testament that He had come to declare a Jubilee. During His ministry on earth, Christ Jesus announced Himself and His mission to the world as a Jubilee, because He had come to set the captives free from Satan’s sin and bondage, and to bring the LORD’s healing, grace, rest, peace, and restoration from heaven. The Old Testament prophet Isaiah predicted that the Messiah (Christ) would bring a Jubilee of healing, freedom, and restoration. Christ Jesus declared He is our Jubilee, and He is the “time for the LORD’s favor” and grace. Lord of the Sabbath Notably, Christ Jesus proclaimed that He is the Lord of the Sabbath. The living Sovereign LORD God of heaven and earth has given ALL authority, power, and dominion to His Son, Christ Jesus our Lord, including the Sabbath...
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    16 min
  • Faith and Not Fear

    Faith and Not Fear
    Mar 8 2026
    The Old Testament story at Numbers chapters 13 and 14 stands as one of the most important stories of the entire Holy Bible alongside the story of the golden calf at Exodus chapters 32 through 34. These valuable stories teach the key principle of wholehearted faith in the living God with love and trust in Him. By way of background, the living Sovereign LORD God (Adonai) instructed the ancient Israelites at Mount Sinai (Horeb) for approximately one (1) year to teach them the importance of faith and obedience to Him. Israel would only be successful and prosper on their missions through faith and obedience along with Adonai’s grace and mercy and His mighty Angel with them. The Old Testament teachings from Exodus chapters 19 through 40, all of the book of Leviticus, and through Numbers chapter 10 gave the ancient Israelites’ sacred teachings and instructions from the living Sovereign LORD God (Adonai) through His faithful servant Moses at Mount Sinai (Horeb). Adonai wanted to teach the ancient Israelites the importance of faithfulness and obedience to Him as their living King, as well as to His holy teachings, instructions, and commandments. The ancient Israelites who left Egyptian slavery went to the mountain of God - Mount Sinai (Horeb), where the living Sovereign LORD God gave them His eternal covenant, and He also gave the Israelites various rituals, ceremonies, and other laws to follow so they would be His kingdom people as a holy nation with Him as their eternal King. After receiving His teaching at Mount Sinai, the living Sovereign LORD God commanded the people through His servant Moses to enter the good land He had promised to their ancestors, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob (Israel). The ancient Israelites, led by Moses, left Mount Sinai (Horeb) guided by Adonai’s Glory Cloud and the Ark of the LORD’s Covenant, leading them towards the Promised Land of God - Israel-Palestine. In the book of Deuteronomy, Moses stated it was only an eleven (11) day journey from Mount Sinai (Horeb) to the southern border of the Promised Land of God at Kadesh Barnea. The ancient Israelites came to Kadesh Barnea at the southern border of the Promised Land, which the living Sovereign LORD God had promised to give their ancestors, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. In the book of Genesis, Adonai promised Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob to multiply their descendants as the stars of the heavens and give their descendants the land of Canaan - the Promised Land of God, which is now Israel-Palestine. The ancient Israelites had grown and multiplied into a powerful nation, as the LORD had promised Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob (Israel) in the book of Genesis. Moses instructed the ancient Israelites to be strong and courageous, to obey the living LORD, and not live in fear and doubt, because the living LORD was with them and had given them the victory to possess the land He had promised their ancestors. Notably, the living Sovereign LORD God also gave lands to Edom (Esau), Moab, Ammon, and the Caphtorites as gifts. Although Adonai had chosen Israel as His special nation, Adonai is the living and sovereign King of all nations, and He loves the world He created. Before entering His Promised Land, the living Sovereign LORD God instructed Moses to send spies from the twelve tribes to explore, search, and survey His land. According to Adonai’s command, Moses selected twelve men from the head of each tribe of Israel to explore and scout out the Promised Land of God - Canaan. Moses ordered the twelve spies to thoroughly investigate the land, its produce, resources, and the people living there. Moses wanted to know and discover whether the people were strong or weak, few or many, and whether the land was good or bad, rich or poor. Also, Moses instructed the men to bring some fruit from the Promised Land (Canaan). The twelve spies traveled throughout the Promised Land of God for forty (40) days, from south to north, to explore, survey, and investigate the land, including its hills, valleys, and people. While surveying the land, the spies discovered the descendants of Anak were in the Promised Land of God. The descendants of Anakim were famous for their large size and strength. Also, the spies cut down a branch with a cluster of grapes, along with pomegranates and figs, so the people could see the abundance of good fruit in the Promised Land of God. After surveying the land for forty days, the twelve spies returned to Moses and the ancient Israelites at Kadesh Barnea. The spies announced to Moses, Aaron, and the Israelite congregation that the land was indeed beautiful, gracious, and good, with abundant fruits and flowing with milk and honey, just as Adonai had promised their ancestors as an inheritance. However, the spies frightened Moses and the ancient Israelite congregation with a discouraging, evil, and disheartening message of fear: that the land had many large fortified cities, powerful people from various ethnic groups,...
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    30 min
  • Obeying Jesus

    Obeying Jesus
    Feb 22 2026
    The living Sovereign LORD God of the heavens and earth commands everyone to listen to His Son, Christ Jesus, and obey Christ Jesus’s holy teaching and commands. Christ Jesus is the living and incarnate Word of God (Logos), and the fullness of the living God lived in Christ Jesus our Lord. From the beginning and foundation of creation, Christ Jesus as the living Word of God was the glorious light and life with the Sovereign LORD God and His Holy Spirit to create, govern, and sustain the heavens and earth. The living Sovereign LORD God and His Son Christ Jesus as one are the glorious light and life of the world, and believers of God share and shine that same glorious light and life when we walk in obedience to Christ Jesus’s teachings and commandments. Since the Old Testament, the living Sovereign LORD God has always commanded the people to walk by faith and love with Him, and to follow and obey His holy ways, commandments, and teachings, so they can find life, wisdom, salvation (healing), peace (shalom), and blessings from heaven. The living Sovereign LORD God’s mercy and love are from everlasting to everlasting to those who faithfully love Him and obey His commandments. Without obedience to the living God, heaven brings destruction, disease, distress, depression, and death. There is no peace (shalom) and blessings for the wicked, rebellious, and evildoer. However, the living God promises to be with and tabernacle with His people, bringing them peace (shalom) when they love and obey Him and His holy ways and commandments, and humbly turn from following Satan’s evil and dark deeds with repentance. The living Sovereign LORD God loves the world, and He wants everyone to also walk in His love, goodness, mercy, and kindness towards others in the world for His glory and honor. Because of His love for the world, the living Sovereign LORD God sent His Son, Christ Jesus, to teach the world His holy ways and save them from Satan’s sinful living. The teaching, commandments, and words of Christ Jesus come directly from His Holy Father, because Christ Jesus’s teaching is the very words of His Holy Father that He has placed in His Son’s mouth. Christ Jesus has received all power, authority, and dominion from His Holy Father, and Christ Jesus is our Teacher and Lord. The teachings and words of Christ Jesus are life and truth because Christ Jesus is the Author of Life and the Lifegiver from heaven. Also, the teachings of Christ Jesus are authoritative, wise, and powerful because His teachings come directly from heaven. The prophet Moses predicted in the Old Testament that the living Sovereign LORD God would raise up a Prophet who would speak His words, and that prophecy was fulfilled in His Son, Christ Jesus, who speaks God’s words and commandments without limit. Christ Jesus and His teaching are life and light that give new spiritual life and righteousness from heaven when we, by faith, trust and obey Christ Jesus and His teaching. The teaching of Christ Jesus is His Holy Father’s teaching on repentance and Kingdom living to live holy and godly lives. Everyone who truly loves Christ Jesus also obeys and trusts His commandments and teachings that come from His Holy Father. Love and obedience to Christ Jesus and His teachings lead to God’s abundant grace, answered prayers, right living, and divine blessings from heaven. As we love and obey Him, Christ Jesus sends from His Holy Father the Holy Spirit of God (Helper, Counselor, Advocate) to breathe upon you a rebirth with new life and truth from heaven to live inside our hearts and minds to lead, guide, and empower us into God’s righteousness, goodness, and holy living. In other words, faithful believers of Jesus become united and reconciled as one in body and spirit with Christ Jesus and His Holy Father by the Holy Spirit of God, enabling and empowering us to obey and love Christ Jesus and His teaching. The Holy Spirit is the Promise of heaven, bringing everyone peace, a new spiritual life, and fullness of joy from the Holy Father when we repent of Satan’s dark living and turn with love and obedience to Christ Jesus and His commandments with our whole hearts. Learning and obeying Christ Jesus’s teaching brings rest, salvation (healing), and lasting inner peace (shalom) to our hearts, minds, and souls from heaven. Christ Jesus’ teachings come in many ways, including His parables in the New Testament, His faithful disciples who spread His Gospel message, and through the Holy Spirit of God, who gives a spiritual anointing from within our hearts to teach us the truthful and holy ways of God. During His public ministry, Christ Jesus taught that some people will accept His holy teachings of obedience with goodness and mercy towards others, which lead to finding heaven’s blessings and hope, while others refuse to repent and reject His teachings, only to find destruction, despair, and eternal death. Christ Jesus is the way, the ...
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    20 min
  • Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

    Merry Christmas and Happy New Year
    Dec 25 2025

    Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

    • Lola Richey with Church Minute
    • God blessings and peace to you
    • Christmas celebrates the birth of Christ Jesus our Lord and Savior of the World
    • New Year with new beginnings

    • Prophets predictions
    • Isaiah 9:1-2, 6-7
      • Great light
      • Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, and Prince of Peace
    • Isaiah 7:14; Isaiah 8:8, 10; Matthew 28:20; John 1:1-3, 14
      • Immanuel - God with us not only at Christmas but throughout the year
    • Matthew 1:1, 6, 16, 21, 23; Matthew 2:2, Luke 1:31-35; Luke 2:10-11; John 1:45, 49; John 4:42; 1 John 4:14
      • Messiah (Christ, Anointed One of God) predicted by the Old Testament prophets
      • Promised King of the World promised to King David
      • Lord of All
      • Savior of the World
    • Luke 4:18-19; John 1:12-13, 16-17; John 3:15-18, 36; John 10:10; John 14:27; John 16:33; John 17:11, 21-26; Romans 5:1-2; Romans 8:14-17; 2 Corinthians 5:17-21; Ephesians 1:13-14; Ephesians 2:14, 17-18; Ephesians 3:12; cf. Isaiah 61:1-2; Lamentations 3:22-23
      • Gives everyone adoption as sons and daughters into God’s Kingdom family forever
      • Freely gives grace upon grace and blessings upon blessings
      • Abundant life now and for eternity
      • Fresh start and a new heart and we are declared righteous
      • New heart
      • Peace with God
      • Joy - lasting joy
      • Salvation (healing and forgiveness)
      • Holy Spirit of God
      • One with God - God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit
      • Freely receive God’s glory - gift of glory from heaven
    • John 1:29, 36; 1 Corinthians 5:7
      • Save us and release us from Satan’s sin and bondage
      • Passover Lamb of God
      • Turn from
      • Repentance and Obedience
    • Matthew 3:2, 8; Matthew 4:17; Matthew 7:15-20; Matthew 22:37-40; Luke 3:3, 8-14; Galatians 5:22-23; cf. Ezekiel 18:30-32
      • Blessings of Jesus
      • Repentance
      • Calling everyone turn Satan’s sinful, wicked, and dark living so we can walk and live in the glorious light and goodness of God
      • obedience to Christ Jesus and His teaching that comes from His Holy Father - the living Sovereign LORD God of heaven and earth
      • Loving Christ Jesus’s Holy and Righteous Father - the living Sovereign LORD God of heaven and earth
      • Loving and also liking one another
      • walking with humility and forgiveness towards others
      • Holy of Spirit produces in us good fruit of righteousness
    • Matthew 7:12; Luke 8:20-21; Luke 24:25-27, 44-47; John 1:41, 45; John 4:25-26, 29, 42; John 13:34-35; John 14:1, 15-17, 21, 23-24, 31; John 13:10; John 15:1-17; Romans 1:16-17
      • Blessings of Jesus requires
        • Loving His Holy Father
        • Loving and forgiving one another
        • Treating others like you would want to be treated
        • Staying close and loving Christ Jesus with faith and obeying His and His Holy Father’s teaching with our whole hearts
        • Messiah and Righteous Servant of the Old Testament prophecies and the Son of the living God who came to earth to save us and deliver us from our sins
        • Summary of the all the Law, Psalms, and Prophets - Old Testament
    • Conclusion
      • Joy
      • Peace
      • Divine life
      • Oneness with God
      • Loving Christ Jesus by faith and trust and obeying His teachings
    • Merry Christmas - Christ Jesus our Lord and Savior of the world
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    18 min
  • Great Sin of the Golden Idol

    Great Sin of the Golden Idol
    Dec 20 2025
    The great sin of the golden idol is taught throughout the Holy Bible because this great sin violated the heart of the eternal covenant. The living Sovereign LORD God of heaven and earth (the “LORD”, also known as Yahweh, Jehovah, and God Almighty) gave Moses and the Israelites the eternal covenant atop of Mount Sinai (Horeb) to live by and obey. Then Moses alone met with the living Sovereign LORD God atop Mount Sinai, where Moses entered God’s Glory Cloud resting on the mountain, while Moses’ assistant Joshua stayed on Mount Sinai. Moses stayed on Mount Sinai with the LORD for forty days and forty nights (approximately six weeks), where he received the LORD God’s holy instructions for building the Tabernacle (Tent of Meeting) and also where the living LORD spoke and then wrote with His finger the eternal covenant on stone tablets for everyone to love and obey. Some biblical scholars refer to the LORD’s eternal covenant as the Mosaic covenant. In fact, the living Sovereign LORD God wrote and spoke this great eternal covenant - the Book of the Covenant, and then later He wrote His eternal covenant on our hearts and minds by the Holy Spirit through faithful obedience to His Son, Christ Jesus, as Lord and Savior. While Moses was with the LORD for many days, the Israelites at the foot of Mount Sinai panicked with fear and impatience, and they believed that Moses had abandoned them or possibly died. So, the Israelites’ hearts turned from the living LORD, and they went to Aaron and requested that Aaron make gods to go before and lead them, instead of the living Sovereign LORD God of heaven and earth. The Israelites had seen and heard the living LORD, who spoke the eternal covenant from Mount Sinai, and they agreed to obey and follow the LORD; yet they became unfaithful and turned their hearts from the LORD. Aaron instructed the Israelites to take off the golden earrings they had plundered while leaving Egyptian slavery, and he fashioned the gods of gold with engraving tools into a golden calf (bull). After molding their idol, the Israelites announced the golden calf was the god who brought them out of Egyptian slavery, instead of the living and gracious God Almighty - El Shaddai. Then, Aaron built an altar to the golden calf and declared a feast to the LORD. However, the people did utter wickedness and idolatry by worshipping and dancing before the golden calf with various offerings, drunkenness, and sexual immorality. Many biblical scholars believe the Israelites fashioned the golden calf after the Egyptian bull-god Apis; thereby combining the gods of the nations with the living Sovereign LORD God of heaven and earth, who is the only true God. Sadly, years later, the Israelites in the Northern Kingdom, led by King Jeroboam, erected two golden calves to worship in Dan and Bethel as an alternative to worshipping the true and living God in Jerusalem after Israel split into two nations (Israel in the north and Judah in the south) following King Solomon’s death. The living Sovereign LORD God saw and heard the Israelites’ idolatry and apostasy by worshiping and dancing before the golden calf. The LORD became angry at the people for acting corruptly and abandoning Him as their only God after providing and delivering the people by His grace from Egyptian slavery. Significantly, the LORD wanted to destroy and blot out Israel under heaven and make Moses into a great and mighty nation, because He no longer considered Israel His people since they broke His eternal covenant by worshiping other gods. The living Sovereign LORD God saw the Israelites' great sin of idolatry, and He called them rebellious, stubborn, and stiff-necked people. From atop Mount Sinai, Moses pleaded with the living LORD through intercessory prayer, as a mediator, not to be angry and abandon Aaron and the Israelites, whom He brought out of Egyptian slavery with His great power and mighty hand. Moses reminded the living LORD God of His eternal promises He gave to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob (Israel), as recorded in the book of Genesis, to bless and multiply Israel as the stars of heaven and to give the Israelites His Promised Land of Israel-Palestine (Canaan). So, the gracious LORD God relented from His harm to destroy the Israelites because of Moses’ intercessory prayer and His eternal promises given to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Moses came down Mount Sinai (Horeb) with the two stone tablets of the eternal covenant law (Testimony) in His hands that were written and inscribed by the finger of the living Sovereign LORD God. Then Moses came to the camp and saw the great sin of the golden calf, with the people dancing, drinking, and worshiping the idol through sacrifices. Joshua, who accompanied Moses as his faithful assistant, heard the singing and idolatry that sounded like the noise of war in the camp. When seeing such great sin and wickedness, Moses became angry and he threw the stone tablets with the LORD’...
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