Hi, Pastor John:
I was reading in Exodus 32 about Aaron getting gold earrings from Israel , and then making the golden calf. When Moses came down, he saw it, and the Levites put to death 3000 people. I often wondered why Aaron, along with all the others, was not put to death by Moses. The reason, given to us in the Bible, is that Moses pleaded with God not to destroy Israel and start over with him, as God had offered to do, because it would give the enemies of God reason to blaspheme. Moses’ said to God, “They’ll say you were not able to bring these people into the Promised Land.”
Maybe why even today God doesn’t deal with us according to our past sins. It would give His enemies reason to blaspheme Him all the more, and say that Jesus was not able to save us.
Billy