What did God say to Moses when He was angry at Israel?
God told Moses He was going to destroy them all and start over with Moses. God had every right in His righteousness to wipe Israel off the map and was ready in His anger, but Moses fell on his face and pleaded for the people.
Les teaches that in His holiness and righteousness, God had every right to destroy the nation of Israel, and He was hot in His anger. God told Moses in so many words, "I'm going to destroy them all," and that He would start over with Moses. But Moses fell on his face before God and pleaded with Jehovah God to spare the people, asking that the Egyptians not be able to say their God destroyed them in the wilderness. God spared Israel on the basis of mercy. Les also notes that John Darby described God withdrawing into His sovereignty, where in His sovereignty He poured out mercy. All through Israel's history, when they failed and went into idolatry, God withdrew into His sovereignty and poured out mercy.