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Exodus chapter 32 verse 32.

But now, if you will forgive their sin but if not please blot me out of your book that

you have written what What a prayer! So this is Moses praying after the beginning of

this chapter God's people are worshiping an idol. They've constructed a golden calf, they're bowing down and

worshiping it and indulging in all kinds of immorality flowing from their idolatry, which is usually the way it works, always the way it works, really.

Idolatry leads to immorality.

So Moses stands in the gap and he prays, he intercedes for the people in their

sin and he's asking God to forgive them. He's pleading for God to forgive them. And he says in this first, forgive their

sin, but if not, now listen to this, to take this far, if you won't forgive them, oh God, then please blot me out of your book that you have written.

Wow, like what does it mean to pray like that to pray for sinners who are under the judgment of God

and to say if you won't forgive them like don't even forgive me like Moses is so

identifying himself with sinners here, with those who are under the

judgment of God that he's saying if they're going to be under your judgment then put me

under your judgment like I'm with them like this is true intercession

Think about it. We see an example of this in Romans chapter 9 with Paul

Paul's praying for the Jewish people and he's saying I would throw myself into the fire so that they could be saved like

I'd go to hell basically for them to experience salvation like that

That's a whole level of compassion and intercession that I think is pretty unfamiliar it's but unfamiliar to me like to say

to look at people who right now are lost and say

God if you won't save them then don't save me. I'd rather go to hell than them go to hell.

Like, that is some selfless intercession.

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