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Text: Exodus 33: 4-6

MEDITATION

Exodus 33:4-6

4 And when the people heard this bad news, they mourned, and no one put on his ornaments.
5 For the LORD had said to Moses, “Say to the children of Israel, ‘You are a stiff-necked people. I could come up into your midst in one moment and consume you. Now therefore, take off your ornaments, that I may know what to do to you.’”
6 So the children of Israel stripped themselves of their ornaments by Mount Horeb.

MEANINGFUL APPLICATION TO LIFE

1. The response of the children of Israel

a. What God had said was “bad news”.

i. They were disturbed by what God had said.

ii. He called them “stiff-necked”.

iii. God was still threatening to consume them!

iv. The Lord demanded that they put away their ornaments!

b. They mourned.

i. They grieved.

ii. They were saddened.

2. The symbolic meaning of ornaments

a. To express joy.

b. To feel good and nice.

3. But how could they have worn ornaments at this point of time?

a. God had expressed His displeasure because of their sin of idolatry.

b. 3000 idolaters had died.

c. This should have been a time of

i. Mourning

ii. Confessing

iii. Consecrating of themselves to God as the Levites did (Exodus 32:29).

No wonder that God called them “stiff-necked!”

经文：出埃及记 33：4-6

沉思

《出埃及记 33：4-6》
4 百姓听见这凶信就悲哀，也没有人佩戴装饰。
5 耶和华对摩西说：“你告诉以色列人说：‘耶和华说：你们是硬着颈项的百姓，我若一霎时临到你们中间，必灭绝你们。现在你们要把身上的装饰摘下来，使我可以知道怎样待你们。’”

6 以色列人从住何烈山以后，就把身上的装饰摘得干净。

在生活里有意义地应用

1. 以色列人的反应

a. 上帝所说的是“凶信”

i. 他们对上帝所说的话感到不安

ii. 祂称他们为“硬着颈项的百姓”

iii. 上帝仍然警告要灭绝他们！

iv. 主吩咐他们收起他们的装饰！

b. 他们就悲哀

i. 他们感到悲伤

ii. 他们很沮丧

2. 装饰的象征意义

a. 表达喜悦

b. 佩戴装饰使他们感到美好及漂亮

3. 但他们怎么还能在这个时候佩戴装饰呢？

a. 上帝因为他们崇拜偶像的罪而表达了祂的不悦

b. 3000名崇拜偶像的人已经丧命了

c. 这时刻该做的是

i. 悲哀

ii. 认罪

iii. 像利未人一样将自己献给上帝《出埃及记 32：29》