Welcome to a year in the Bible with daily grace. The Bible tells one big story of redemption.

And we want to spend five minutes every day journeying through the Bible from start to

finish and exploring how all of it points to Jesus.

Hello and welcome to a year in the Bible with daily grace. My name is Katie and today

we're studying Exodus 34 through 36 together. Yesterday we saw Moses plead with God on behalf

of the unfaithful Israelites and we saw God grant his gracious forgiveness once again.

Chapter 34 begins with the restoration of God's covenant with Israel. He calls Moses

again up to Mount Sinai. He first reminds Moses of his character. God calls himself compassionate

and gracious, slow to anger and a bounding and faithful love and truth. He tells Moses

that he's forgiving. He's also just and he punishes those who are guilty. Moses

spends another 40 days and 40 nights on Mount Sinai with God. God again outlines how Israel

is to be set apart from their neighbors. They are to reject the gods of other nations.

They are to give every firstborn male to the Lord and they are to always observe the Sabbath.

They are to remember God's provision for them by holding festivals in his name. God instructs

Moses to write down these instructions on two stone tablets. These are to be the new tablets

of the covenant, holding the ten commandments. They will be placed in the tabernacle. When

Moses came down the mountain, he was shocked to find out that he was glowing. God's presence

was so holy, so glorious that Moses literally radiated light from being so near to him. Israel

prepared to build God's dwelling place, the tabernacle. Just before they started, Moses reminded

them of God's commandment to rest. He called the Sabbath day a holy day or a rest to the

Lord. This is to be known as an exercise of trust for the Israelites, a reflection and

remembrance of all that God's brought them through. Then the building of the tabernacle began.

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