Exodus 32:1–6
The Bible4Jesus.com Podcast
About this episode
The story of the golden calf is not some dusty, embarrassing episode from the deep history of a primitive people. If we look into it honestly, we will see our own faces, our own proclivities, and our own century staring right back at us. What happened at the foot of Sinai is happening right now in the Western world, and for the same reasons. The people of God had just been delivered by a series of staggering, undeniable miracles. They walked through the Red Sea on dry ground. They saw the entire Egyptian army, the greatest military power on earth, drowned and washed up on the shore. They were being fed daily by bread from heaven. They had heard the very voice of God thunder from the mountain, a terrifying experience that made them tremble and beg Moses to act as their mediator.