The Fiery Wrath of God

                                  Exodus 32:15-28 (KJB)


 When Moses came down from the mountain and found that some of God's people were having an orgy and were worshiping a golden calf, he threw down and broke the stone table of the law that God had given him and His people. Moses then had the golden calf to be burned in fire and ground to powder and mixed with water so that he could make the people drink it. The fiery wrath of God did not burn up the golden calf which represented all evil and the enemies of God, but it also represented the fact that God will burn all sin and evil in a lake of fire forever. Sin and evil are spiritually dead, and God will burn only the dead natures of humans in a lake of fire forever. Revelation 20:15 (KJB). The lake of fire will not burn up the sin, evil, spiritual death, and the Devil, but the lake of fire will neutralize its effects on God's creation forever.

Moses had the golden calf ground to powder, mixed it with water, and made all of the people drink it. This symbolized the fact that all of God's people were guilty of this sin in the camp although only some of them had participated in the actual orgy. Those who were in the orgy were guilty of deliberate rebellion against God, but the rest of God's people also sinned because they allowed the orgy to happen and did nothing to stop it. So often in life, good people do nothing to stop evil from happening. Aaron even assisted the evil by making the golden calf. Sometimes, evil people will con good people into assisting them in their evil acts by pretending to be victims in need of compassion. The communists call these types of people "useful idiots."

Moses then called for the response of God's people to the defense of God's law. The Levites responded by gathering around Moses. Moses then commanded these Levites to go through the camp and use their swords to slay every man who had participated in the orgy even if they were brothers or companions. The Levites obeyed and killed three thousand men. This happened to be a small minority among God's people who probably numbered about a million and a half. In the Bible, the sword in the hands of a righteous person often symbolized the fact that God will use His Word to surgically cut out all sin, evil, and spiritual death from the lives of all the good and living humans whom He creates in His image and whom He loves with a love that can never fail them. Hebrews 4:12-13; Genesis 1:26-27; Genesis 1:31; I Corinthians 13:8 (KJB). The Levites killed only the men who were in the orgy because they willfully instigated this rebellion against God, whereas the women were seduced into it. These men represented total evil and spiritual death which God will eradicate from the entire human race, but the women represented sins of weakness which God will always forgive because He will cause all of His good and living humans to repent of them. Matthew 12:31-32; John 5:24; Revelation 5:11-14; John 5:28-29; Luke 3:16-17 (KJB).

God will never forgive willful rebellion against Him because it will never repent, but God will forgive even the worst evils that humans can do because He will turn their evil acts into sins of weakness when they repent of them and return to faith in Him. God will make sure that all of His good and living humans will sooner or later repent and return to faith in Him. Ezekiel 28:13-19; John 5:24; Revelation 5:11-14; Revelation 21:1-5; Matthew 12:31-32 (KJB).