{"id":62672,"date":"2019-09-10T11:16:53","date_gmt":"2019-09-10T08:16:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/?p=62672"},"modified":"2023-04-09T12:36:07","modified_gmt":"2023-04-09T09:36:07","slug":"god-tries-to-teach-elijah-the-lesson-of-moses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/god-tries-to-teach-elijah-the-lesson-of-moses\/","title":{"rendered":"God Tries To Teach Elijah The Lesson Of Moses"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[281],"tags":[395,858,598,397,645],"acf":{"old_id":"62672","type":"no","iframe":"","writer":33692,"related_cahpter":"306","type_929":"2","show_author_image":false,"old_create_date":"","old_url":"","post_main_content":{"description":"But where Moses pleads for the nation, Elijah blames them","content":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When reading these chapters, one is struck by similarities between the biblical figures of Moses and Elijah. In our chapter alone, there are numerous contact points: the angel in the desert (as at the burning bush, Ex. 3:2), the miraculous forty days without eating or drinking, and, of course, Elijah&#8217;s rendezvous with God at Mount Sinai. Furthermore, the chapter ends with the appointment of Elijah&#8217;s disciple, Elisha, who will succeed him, much as Joshua, Moses&#8217; student, became his successor. (Even the name Elisha \u2014 &#8220;God will save&#8221; \u2014 matches the meaning of Joshua!). The chapter is filled with hidden references to Moses. But the parallel created by the focal scene of this chapter is the most evocative: Moses also visited God in the cave, or &#8220;nook,&#8221; on Mount Sinai. It was at that site, in that self-same mysterious cave, that the momentous debate raged between Moses and God, as Moses demanded Israel&#8217;s forgiveness despite the grave idolatry of the golden calf (Ex. 33:17-23). At that great epiphany, God&#8217;s presence, or essence, passed by Moses to utter the cardinal attributes of divine mercy:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cAnd God passed over his face and proclaimed: The Lord, the Lord, a God compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in kindness and truth, extending kindness to the thousandth generation, forgiving iniquity, transgression and sin\u201d (Ex. 34:6-7).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What is the historic significance of the cave at Mount Sinai? At that spot, Moses heroically defended his people when they had been found guilty of idolatry. At that cave, God revealed Himself as a merciful God, expressing His desire and capacity to for generosity and forbearance. God wants Elijah to learn from the great prophet Moses, the defender of Israel, who invoked the covenant to save the nation. Elijah doesn&#8217;t get the hint! How wide, then, is the gulf that separates Moses and Elijah! Moses pleads for the nation; Elijah blames the nation. On the one hand, Moses knows how to present God&#8217;s demands to the people \u2014 he rebukes them for their part in the golden calf and kills the perpetrators. But on the other hand, it is Moses who boldly stands before God to demand national forgiveness. In contrast, Elijah stands in the name of God and accuses the nation of abrogating the covenant.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The cave at Sinai should have resounded with the mandate to defend and shield the nation despite its sin. Instead, Elijah chooses to bemoan, malign, and accuse Israel of breaching the covenant.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alex Israel, <em>1 Kings: Torn in Two, Maggid Books<\/em>, 2013, Prophet in Distress\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","image":{"ID":61437,"id":61437,"title":"alex israel - kings 1","filename":"alex-israel-kings-1.jpg","filesize":0,"url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/alex-israel-kings-1.jpg","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/adonijahs-scheme-to-ascend-the-throne\/alex-israel-kings-1\/","alt":"","author":"7","description":"","caption":"","name":"alex-israel-kings-1","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":61414,"date":"2019-08-19 12:13:44","modified":"2019-08-19 12:13:53","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1020,"height":1304,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/alex-israel-kings-1-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/alex-israel-kings-1-235x300.jpg","medium-width":235,"medium-height":300,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/alex-israel-kings-1-768x982.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":982,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/alex-israel-kings-1-801x1024.jpg","large-width":801,"large-height":1024,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/alex-israel-kings-1.jpg","1536x1536-width":1020,"1536x1536-height":1304,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/alex-israel-kings-1.jpg","2048x2048-width":1020,"2048x2048-height":1304,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/alex-israel-kings-1-939x1200.jpg","post_full_size-width":939,"post_full_size-height":1200,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/alex-israel-kings-1-329x420.jpg","home_baner-width":329,"home_baner-height":420}},"embedded_video":"","video_duration":"","show_fb_comments":true,"credit_media":""},"tile":{"top_caption":"Excerpts from: 1 Kings - 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