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Wednesday 7 October: Acts 7: 39-45a :
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Wednesday 7 October: Acts 7: 39-45a :
V39-40: Israel rebelled in the wilderness, not only against Moses but against God, of course. rejecting God’s messenger they demanded a “visible god” like they had known in Egypt. Again, this mirrors how they have rejected Jesus and turned from God’s way again in the current generation.
V41-43: So, in their demand for an idol, God gave them over to what they had chosen, with all its consequences. The verses quoted are in fact from Amos 5:25-27, and this now sums up all Israel’s sad history of turning away from God’s truth right through to the exile in Babylon.
V44-45a: Yet through Moses God had given a symbolic visible focus for His presence with them, in ” the tent of witness” – the Tabernacle. Under Joshua, this was brought into the Promised Land – witness to God’s presence with His people, despite their so often turning away.