Post by MikeV on Sept 28, 2020 12:37:26 GMT -5
After God delivered the children of Israel from Egypt, He brought them to the wilderness and provided them with daily manna — a kind of sweet bread. But after some time, the Israelites were tired of eating manna day in and out, which is quite understandable. But rather than to ask God for meat, they complained against Him (Numbers 11:4-6).
As a result, God became angry, and He gave them just what they wanted, but with a twist.
He said in Numbers 11:18-19, “…Therefore, the Lord will give you meat, and you shall eat. You shall not eat just one day, or two days, or five days, or ten days, or twenty days, but a whole month, until it comes out at your nostrils and becomes loathsome to you…”
God’s punishment was quite creative! I only wonder if He was literal or figurative when He said the fish could come out of their nostrils. I hope for the Israelites that it was the latter.
The moral of the story is do not complain against God and be careful what you ask for because you just might get it.
As a result, God became angry, and He gave them just what they wanted, but with a twist.
He said in Numbers 11:18-19, “…Therefore, the Lord will give you meat, and you shall eat. You shall not eat just one day, or two days, or five days, or ten days, or twenty days, but a whole month, until it comes out at your nostrils and becomes loathsome to you…”
God’s punishment was quite creative! I only wonder if He was literal or figurative when He said the fish could come out of their nostrils. I hope for the Israelites that it was the latter.
The moral of the story is do not complain against God and be careful what you ask for because you just might get it.
