Moshe Remembered the Sin of the Golden Calf
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The deeper you get into Deuteronomy, the more Yeshua is revealed, ready for the one whose heart’s desire is to find Him. We have seen how YHVH began to tell the people of Isra’el that their election was purely by grace: It is not because you are more numerous than all the peoples that ADONAI set His love on you – for you are the least of all peoples. Rather, because of His love for you and His keeping the oath He swore to your fathers, ADONAI brought you out with a mighty hand and redeemed you from the house of slavery, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt (7:7-8). This point does not stop here, but continues on until the end of the chapter, and even until the end of the book. Moses reveals how, if not for the grace of God, they would have all been destroyed. Therefore, in order to put a greater emphasis on the aspect of grace, here, Moshe brings the Israelites back forty years to Mount Sinai, and reminds them that they were about to be destroyed because of their unbelief.251
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