9:7
Moses now reminds them of a key incident that demonstrated just how stiff-necked they were. In fact, they are told to remember how they had aroused the Lord’s anger. We need to be aware of what our godless nature is like. That by nature we are sinners. We need the cross. While Moses will focus on one particular incident, the golden calf, this was not a one off aberration, but a reflection on their true nature. For from leaving Egypt until arriving at the Promised Land they had been a rebellious people.
9:8
Horeb was where the Ten Commandments (or “ten words”) were given. It should have been a holy place, for God spoke to them, He met with Moses, yet instead it was a place of rebellion. This aroused the Lord’s wrath and He was ready to destroy them all. As it says in Eph 2:3 we are by nature objects of wrath. The wrath of God is what we deserve on our own merits.
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