The Noise of War (3 of 3)
Series: The Sounds Of Scripture
Jeff Strite
Exodus 32:15-20
At the turn of the century, there was an Iowa singing group named the Cherry Sisters. Following one of their concerts a reporter for The Des Moines Register ran a scathing review He wrote that ''Their long skinny arms, equipped with talons at the extremities... waved frantically at the suffering audience. The mouths of their rancid features opened like caverns, and sounds like the wailing of condemned souls issued therefrom.'' The sisters sued the paper for libel.The Judge asked the sisters to perform their act for him in court... and then ruled in favor of the newspaper.
(Uncle John's 4th Bathroom Reader, p. 39)
The Cherry sisters obviously didn't sing very well.
Their concert was not a pleasant experience.
Their singing was little more than mere NOISE.
In our text this morning we have Moses coming back down from the Mountain. He's just been given the 10 commandments and he's only about half way down when he and Joshua hear something. We're told that ''When Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted, he said to Moses, 'There is a noise of war in the camp.''' Exodus 32:17
Now, Joshua didn't realize what was happening. He thought an enemy had fallen on the camp during the night and battle had broken out. What he didn't know that the people had grown tired of waiting for Moses. I mean Moses had been gone for more than a month and as far as they knew - he wasn't coming back!!
They're frustrated
They're upset.
And they intend to take matters into their own hands.
So they confront Aaron and they demand, 'Make us gods who shall go before us. As for this Moses, the man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him.' Exodus 32:23
And once Aaron makes the idol for them we're told ''they rose up ... and offered burnt offerings and brought peace offerings. And the people sat down to eat and drink and rose up to play.'' ...
Series: The Sounds Of Scripture
Jeff Strite
Exodus 32:15-20
At the turn of the century, there was an Iowa singing group named the Cherry Sisters. Following one of their concerts a reporter for The Des Moines Register ran a scathing review He wrote that ''Their long skinny arms, equipped with talons at the extremities... waved frantically at the suffering audience. The mouths of their rancid features opened like caverns, and sounds like the wailing of condemned souls issued therefrom.'' The sisters sued the paper for libel.The Judge asked the sisters to perform their act for him in court... and then ruled in favor of the newspaper.
(Uncle John's 4th Bathroom Reader, p. 39)
The Cherry sisters obviously didn't sing very well.
Their concert was not a pleasant experience.
Their singing was little more than mere NOISE.
In our text this morning we have Moses coming back down from the Mountain. He's just been given the 10 commandments and he's only about half way down when he and Joshua hear something. We're told that ''When Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted, he said to Moses, 'There is a noise of war in the camp.''' Exodus 32:17
Now, Joshua didn't realize what was happening. He thought an enemy had fallen on the camp during the night and battle had broken out. What he didn't know that the people had grown tired of waiting for Moses. I mean Moses had been gone for more than a month and as far as they knew - he wasn't coming back!!
They're frustrated
They're upset.
And they intend to take matters into their own hands.
So they confront Aaron and they demand, 'Make us gods who shall go before us. As for this Moses, the man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him.' Exodus 32:23
And once Aaron makes the idol for them we're told ''they rose up ... and offered burnt offerings and brought peace offerings. And the people sat down to eat and drink and rose up to play.'' ...
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