BIG IDEA: Instead of arguing about God’s wrath, we should help people avoid it!
We’ll unpack that with 2 quick questions…
Question 1: “What are priests supposed to do?” Mainly, they are go-betweens who represent people before God by conveying His will and blessings which were written down for Moses and stored in the sanctuary of witness. After Israel’s colossal failure to honor the first set of tablets, God mercifully and patiently renewed the covenant by giving this sworn self-testimony in Exodus 34:6-7.
Question 2: “How can our priestly work today help people avoid these plagues of wrath?” This is what I meant by us taking action rather than arguing about this topic. Just as God commissioned Moses and Aaron at Mt. Sinai to be merciful and patient witnesses in an evil empire, Christ followers bring more of heaven to earth by acting as priests even if we become unpopular or get martyred and need to be avenged as God promised to do in Revelation 8. Of course, how we act must be consistent with God’s character.
