What did Aaron proclaim after building the altar to the golden calf?
After building an altar around the golden calf, Aaron made a proclamation, saying, "Tomorrow is a feast to the Lord." He mixed the worship of the idol with the worship of Jehovah and called the idol's feast day a feast day of Jehovah.
Les explains that Aaron did not argue with the people but did whatever they wanted, fashioning the golden calf as an idol and even encouraging them by saying, "Here's your god." He then helped build an altar around the calf. After that, Aaron made a proclamation in verse 5: "Tomorrow is a feast to the Lord." Les points out that Aaron was mixing the worship of the idol, the golden calf, and calling it a feast day of Jehovah. Les says we think that is terrible, and it is, but people do the same thing today. He notes that a liberal preacher or theologian can talk about resurrection but mean something totally different, and the same is true of much New Testament Christian terminology. They use the same words but not the same definition, using Christian language and referring to being led by the Holy Spirit in a way Les calls almost blasphemy. That, Les says, is exactly what Aaron was doing.
And when Aaron saw it, he built an altar before it; and Aaron made proclamation, and said, To morrow is a feast to the LORD.
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What did Aaron proclaim about the golden calf that showed he mixed idol worship with worship of the Lord?
Aaron mixed the worship of the golden calf idol with calling it a feast day of Jehovah, making a proclamation that 'Tomorrow is a feast to the Lord.'
How did Aaron mix idol worship with the worship of God?
Aaron mixed the worship of the golden calf with the worship of Jehovah by proclaiming, 'Tomorrow is a feast to the Lord.'
Why was Aaron's involvement in the golden calf so much worse than if someone else had done it?
Aaron's going along with the idolatry was far worse than it would have been for someone on the fringe, such as a young person not yet steeped in the truth, because Aaron was the mature leader now that Moses was gone.