At the foot of the mountain, the crowd panicked when Moses stayed too long on the peak. They demanded a god they could see and control. Fear drove the people to melt down their gold to build a silent calf, foolishly trading the Living God for a shiny statue. High above their dancing, the Almighty was writing His laws onto stone tablets. A wild mob worshipped the image of an animal, completely blind to the fact that the God who ruled all of creation was watching them from the mountain top. There would only be One Way to know His goodness and grace; and His path would never be shaken by the noise below.
“And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down out of the mount, the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron, and said unto him, Up, make us gods, which shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him.” Exodus 32:1
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