This is something I've been back and forth about. So I thought I would throw it out there and get a broader perspective from everyone.
When God and Moses freed the Israelite from Egypt they rested near a mountain. The slaves began rebelling. Moses was told by God that God had a plan to destroy the Israelite and to leave God alone.
Exodus 32:9-10
9And the Lord said unto Moses, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people:
10Now 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.
But Moses didn't trust the Lord's plan and decided to deviate, where he took up his sword and made others also to kill the rebelling slaves:
Exodus 32:11-12
11And 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?
12Wherefore 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.
Two things from this, God was going to make a great nation from Moses. So that didn't happen and Israel eventually descended into crucifying Jesus. But if God had killed the slaves and Moses was the new Israel, would they have crucified Jesus?
So that's the discussion I want to have. I really have taken an honest look at this, not fearing Moses, but fearing God instead.
Shouldn't Moses have trusted God's plan and let God do the killing and became the great nation, and how would things be different?
When God and Moses freed the Israelite from Egypt they rested near a mountain. The slaves began rebelling. Moses was told by God that God had a plan to destroy the Israelite and to leave God alone.
Exodus 32:9-10
9And the Lord said unto Moses, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people:
10Now 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.
But Moses didn't trust the Lord's plan and decided to deviate, where he took up his sword and made others also to kill the rebelling slaves:
Exodus 32:11-12
11And 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?
12Wherefore 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.
Two things from this, God was going to make a great nation from Moses. So that didn't happen and Israel eventually descended into crucifying Jesus. But if God had killed the slaves and Moses was the new Israel, would they have crucified Jesus?
So that's the discussion I want to have. I really have taken an honest look at this, not fearing Moses, but fearing God instead.
Shouldn't Moses have trusted God's plan and let God do the killing and became the great nation, and how would things be different?