Bridgetown Audio Podcast Part 11: In My Name
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Aug 21, 2023 The podcast explores topics such as reading scriptures, sitting in tension, and resolving tension while having fun in serious conversations. It also delves into the significance of God revealing his name as Yahweh and explores themes of covenant broken, intercession, and covenant renewed. Additionally, it discusses God's loyal love, forgiveness, and generational consequences, as well as the concept of a righteous intercessor and its significance in unifying with a guilty people.
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Jesus' Lens on Scripture
- Jesus offered a lens to view scripture, revealing patterns like a chosen figure suffering and rising for the forgiveness of sins.
- This pattern appears in Exodus 32-34 with Moses, prefiguring Jesus's role as the ultimate intercessor.
God's Name Revealed
- God reveals his name as Yahweh, connecting Exodus 3 and 34.
- Exodus 32-34 forms a literary block: covenant broken, intercession, and covenant renewed.
Moses' Intercession
- In Exodus 32, the Israelites' idolatry angers God, but Moses intercedes, offering his life for them.
- God relents but decrees consequences, highlighting the tension between judgment and mercy.