This would make a total of 80 days without food and water in an absolute fast.Ībsolute fasts are rare even in the Bible. It seems like he is saying that on the very day he came down from the mountain after 40 days of an absolute fast, not taking in food or water, he began another 40 day absolute fast. So when Moses came down off of Mount Sinai and saw the people violating the first four Commandments, he had the same anger God had. This is what angered God so much that he wanted to start over with Moses. This was exactly the sin of the Israelites in making the golden calf and worshiping it. We must worship the Creator instead of created things. While creation testifies to his power and creativity, nothing he has made resembles him completely. We cannot make any image that would resemble God.įirst of all, God is Spirit, and he cannot be quantified with any part of his creation. All of God’s attributes make up the whole of who he is. Anytime we choose to envision one or two of God’s attributes, we neglect the rest of them. But even if this was the case, they were only worshiping one attribute of God rather than all of them. The golden calf was most likely a symbol of strength, perhaps even celebrating the strength of God in freeing them from the Egyptians or what they saw on Mount Sinai when his presence came down. Then when he came down off the mountain he found people committing idolatry with a golden calf they had made from the gold the Egyptians gave them when they plundered the Egyptians before they left. It’s most likely in those 40 days God began to give him other laws and the layout of the Temple. The first 40 days were spent on Mount Sinai as he received the 10 Commandments in the two tablets. It does seem Moses prayed and did an absolute fast for 80 days. I have never noticed this before and all of the times I have read the Bible.
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