Then the Lord relented and did not bring on his people the disaster he had threatened. The relenting of God in response to Moses' intercession is genuine divine responsiveness, not instability. Jeremiah 18:7–8 says if a nation repents of its evil, God will relent of the disaster He planned. The anger that burns can be cooled by the intercession of the one who stands between the holy and the guilty. James 5:16 says the prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective — Moses' prayer here is the founding demonstration of that principle. The effectiveness of the intercession measures the mediator's standing before God.

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