EXODUS 32:11 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“And Moses besought the Lord his God, and said, Lord, why doth thy wrath wax hot against thy people, which thou hast brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great power, and with a mighty hand?”
But Moses sought the favor of the Lord his God. Lord, he said, why should your anger burn against your people, whom you brought out of Egypt with great power and a mighty hand? Moses' intercession reverses God's distancing language: your people, whom you brought out. The argument is covenant reasoning: these are your people, your action is at stake. Psalm 106:23 says God would have destroyed Israel had not Moses stood in the breach. Romans 8:34 says Christ is at the right hand of God interceding for us — Moses' intercession is the type of the permanent intercession of Christ. The breach Moses fills becomes the gap Christ bridges permanently.
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