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Nov 2024
1h 2m

Moses, the Intercessor on Mount Sinai

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The Mountain E5 — Moses has a complicated identity. He's an Israelite, but he was raised in the house of Pharaoh. He was born in Egypt, but he flees to live in the wilderness with the Midianites. And there in the wilderness, he meets God on two separate occasions on Mount Sinai. The first time, God commissions Moses to deliver the Israelites from slavery. And the second time, while Moses is up on the mountain with God, the recently freed people down below are already breaking the covenant by worshiping a gold calf. Will Moses stand in the gap for the people in this moment of crisis? In this episode, Jon and Tim discuss Moses as a successful mountaintop intercessor, showing what can happen when a human trusts God on the cosmic mountain.

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Timestamps 

  • Chapter 1: Recap of the Mountain Theme So Far (0:00-13:37)
  • Chapter 2: Moses’ Identity and Commissioning on Mount Sinai (13:37-35:34)
  • Chapter 3: Moses Rescues Israel and Intercedes for them on Mount Sinai (35:34-1:02:08)

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Show Music

  • “Sum Sum” by Ben Bada Boom
  • “Garden Trees” by T.Check & Kofi Anonymous
  • BibleProject theme song by TENTS 

Show Credits

Production of today's episode is by Lindsey Ponder, producer, and Cooper Peltz, managing producer. Tyler Bailey is our supervising engineer. Aaron Olsen edited today’s episode and also provided the sound design and mix. JB Witty does our show notes, and Hannah Woo provides the annotations for our app. Our host and creative director is Jon Collins, and our lead scholar is Tim Mackie.

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