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The In-between One<\/strong><\/div>\n
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While Moses was on Mount Sinai receiving the first copy of the Ten Commandments and the people of Israel were down below worshiping the golden calf, God interrupted His discourse with Moses with an interesting request.<\/div>\n
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Now therefore let me alone, that my wrath may wax hot against them, and that I may consume them: and I will make of thee a great nation.<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Exodus 32:10<\/div>\n
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I found this to be a fascinating introduction to a study of God’s retribution. It seems that God wanted Moses to step aside so He could pour out His wrath on those who were so blatantly disobeying Him. But Moses did not step aside. Instead, he pleaded eloquently for mercy for the people even before he knew all the particulars of what they had done.<\/div>\n
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And Moses besought the LORD his God, and said, LORD, why doth thy wrath wax hot against thy people, which thou hast brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great power, and with a mighty hand? Wherefore should the Egyptians speak, and say, For mischief did he bring them out, to slay them in the mountains, and to consume them from the face of the earth? Turn from thy fierce wrath, and repent of this evil against thy people. Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, thy servants, to whom thou swarest by thine own self, and saidst unto them, I will multiply your seed as the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have spoken of will I give unto your seed, and they shall inherit it for ever. And the LORD repented of the evil which he thought to do unto his people.<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Exodus 32:11-14<\/div>\n
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And the LORD was very angry with Aaron to have destroyed him: and I prayed for Aaron also the same time.<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Deuteronomy 9:20<\/div>\n
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Therefore he said that he would destroy them, had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach, to turn away his wrath, lest he should destroy them.<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Psalm 106:23<\/div>\n
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After he had dealt with the perpetrators, Moses returned to plead with God again for mercy.<\/div>\n
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And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses said unto the people, Ye have sinned a great sin: and now I will go up unto the LORD; peradventure I shall make an atonement for your sin.<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Exodus 32:30<\/div>\n
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Several times Moses interceded for his people to save them from the full result of their disobedience.<\/div>\n
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And Moses cried unto the LORD, saying, Heal her now<\/em> (Miriam, from leprosy), O God, I beseech thee.<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Numbers 12:13<\/div>\n
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And the LORD said unto Moses, How long will this people provoke me? and how long will it be ere they believe me, for all the signs which I have shewed among them? I will smite them with the pestilence, and disinherit them, and will make of thee a greater nation and mightier than they.\u00a0<\/em>And Moses said unto the LORD, Then the Egyptians shall hear it, (for thou broughtest up this people in thy might from among them;) And they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land: for they have heard that thou LORD art among this people, that thou LORD art seen face to face, and that thy cloud standeth over them, and that thou goest before them, by day time in a pillar of a cloud, and in a pillar of fire by night. Now if thou shalt kill all this people as one man, then the nations which have heard the fame of thee will speak, saying, Because the LORD was not able to bring this people into the land which he sware unto them, therefore he hath slain them in the wilderness.<\/em>\u00a0And now, I beseech thee, let the power of my Lord be great, according as thou hast spoken, saying, The LORD is longsuffering, and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation. Pardon, I beseech thee, the iniquity of this people according unto the greatness of thy mercy, and as thou hast forgiven this people, from Egypt even until now.<\/em> And the LORD said, I have pardoned according to thy word:<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Numbers 14:11-20<\/div>\n
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And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, Get you up from among this congregation, that I may consume them as in a moment. And they fell upon their faces. And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a censer, and put fire therein from off the altar, and put on incense, and go quickly unto the congregation, and make an atonement for them: for there is wrath gone out from the LORD; the plague is begun. And Aaron took as Moses commanded, and ran into the midst of the congregation; and, behold, the plague was begun among the people: and he put on incense, and made an atonement for the people. And he stood between the dead and the living; and the plague was stayed.<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Numbers 16:44-48<\/div>\n
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There are other situations where God did not send vengeance immediately because there was someone standing in His way. He removed His faithful ones before sending destruction.<\/div>\n
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And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart. And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them. But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD.<\/em>\u00a0 . . .\u00a0And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth. Make thee an ark of gopher wood; \u00a0. . . and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons’ wives with thee.<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Genesis 6:5-8, 13, 14, 18<\/div>\n
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And while he<\/em> (Lot) lingered, the men laid hold upon his hand, and upon the hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two daughters; the LORD being merciful unto him: and they brought him forth, and set him without the city. And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0. . . Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do any thing till thou be come thither.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0. . . Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven; And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground.<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Genesis 19:16, 17, 22, 24, 25<\/div>\n
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And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man. They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all. Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded; But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all. Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed.<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Luke 17:26-30<\/div>\n
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It seems as if God cannot send judgment on the wicked while the righteous are present. In fact, He will look for someone to stand between and intercede rather than inflict punishment immediately. He wants to save rather than destroy. He wants a sinner to change rather than continue to destruction.<\/div>\n
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But the Levites shall pitch round about the tabernacle of testimony, that there be no wrath upon the congregation of the children of Israel: and the Levites shall keep the charge of the tabernacle of testimony.<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Numbers 1:53<\/div>\n
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Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places thereof, if ye can find a man, if there be any that executeth judgment, that seeketh the truth; and I will pardon it.<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Jeremiah 5:1<\/div>\n
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And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it: but I found none. Therefore have I poured out mine indignation upon them; I have consumed them with the fire of my wrath: their own way have I recompensed upon their heads, saith the Lord GOD.<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Ezekiel 22:30, 31<\/div>\n
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If any man see his brother sin a sin which is not unto death, he shall ask, and he shall give him life for them that sin not unto death. There is a sin unto death: I do not say that he shall pray for it.<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a01 John 5:16<\/div>\n
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It is part of God’s character to show reluctance in inflicting punishment on sinners. Jesus demonstrated that while His tormentors were doing their work. He is such a marvelous Intercessor.<\/div>\n
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And when they were come to the place, which is called Calvary, there they crucified him, and the malefactors, one on the right hand, and the other on the left. Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And they parted his raiment, and cast lots.<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Luke 23:33, 34<\/div>\n
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Hearts that respond to the influence of the Holy Spirit are the channels through which God’s blessing flows. Were those who served God removed from the earth, and His Spirit withdrawn from among men, this world would be left to desolation and destruction, the fruit of Satan’s dominion. Though the wicked know it not, they owe even the blessings of this life to the presence, in the world, of God’s people whom they despise and oppress. But if Christians are such in name only, they are like the salt that has lost its savor. They have no influence for good in the world. Through their misrepresentation of God they are worse than unbelievers.<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The Desire of Ages<\/u>, p. 306<\/div>\n
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As Jesus moved out of the most holy place, I heard the tinkling of the bells upon His garment; and as He left, a cloud of darkness covered the inhabitants of the earth. There was then no mediator between guilty man and an offended God. While Jesus had been standing between God and guilty man, a restraint was upon the people; but when He stepped out from between man and the Father, the restraint was removed and Satan had entire control of the finally impenitent. It was impossible for the plagues to be poured out while Jesus officiated in the sanctuary; but as His work there is finished, and His intercession closes, there is nothing to stay the wrath of God, and it breaks with fury upon the shelterless head of the guilty sinner, who has slighted salvation and hated reproof. In that fearful time, after the close of Jesus’ mediation, the saints were living in the sight of a holy God without an intercessor. Every case was decided, every jewel numbered. Jesus tarried a moment in the outer apartment of the heavenly sanctuary, and the sins which had been confessed while He was in the most holy place were placed upon Satan, the originator of sin, who must suffer their punishment.<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Early Writings<\/u>, p. 280<\/div>\n
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I took particular notice of something in two of the major incidents of Israel’s rebellion when Moses pleaded in their behalf. After their worship of the golden calf, Moses requested to get a glimpse of God’s glory.<\/div>\n
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And he said, I beseech thee, shew me thy glory. And he said, I will make all my goodness pass before thee, and I will proclaim the name of the LORD before thee; and will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will shew mercy on whom I will shew mercy.<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Exodus 33:18, 19<\/div>\n
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And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth, Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children’s children, unto the third and to the fourth generation.<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Exodus 34:6, 7<\/div>\n
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After the rebellion at Kadesh, when the people refused to go in to the Promised Land because of the discouraging report of the ten spies, Moses asked God to demonstrate His power.<\/div>\n
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And now, I beseech thee, let the power of my Lord be great, according as thou hast spoken, saying, The LORD is longsuffering, and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation. Pardon, I beseech thee, the iniquity of this people according unto the greatness of thy mercy, and as thou hast forgiven this people, from Egypt even until now. And the LORD said, I have pardoned according to thy word:<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Numbers 14:17-20<\/div>\n
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God’s awesome glory and incredible power are vividly seen in His righteousness, the perfect blend of mercy and justice. What a wonderful God we serve! He doesn’t want us to be lost; He wants to save us.<\/div>\n
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Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord GOD, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel? \u00a0<\/em>Ezekiel 33:11<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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