A Scriptural Beatdown

And the LORD passed before him and proclaimed, “The LORD, the LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abounding in goodness and truth...  Exodus 34:6

The past several weeks on Tuesday mornings we have studied the word 'abomination' and its plural through the scriptures. And what a scriptural beatdown we have experienced in this study. The same may be said of the students in the class, I suspect, but I for one am ready to move on to the good news of Jesus Christ! For today, we go way back in the story of Exodus, the place where all those laws about abominations began, and we see the Lord, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abounding in goodness and truth. Wait, didn't that stuff begin with Jesus in the New Testament? Wasn't God, like, really mean back in the day? Ask Moses, he saw the Lord and heard the Lord's proclamation in this verse and the next one. Do you believe the Lord? Read what the Lord says about Himself as He comes before Moses. Longsuffering in the Lord's proclamation of course meant patience with the Israelites and their inclination toward lawlessness; a thing we might have some familiarity with in our age.

Therefore, the good news for us today is that the Lord was and is our hope in His mercy, grace, patience, goodness, and truth! Have a great day in Christ,

Bucky