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The journal of a forty-year party of wandering Israelites, led by the famed Moses, was recently read by a man when he opened the Old Testament for the first time. In it, he found these entries:

“Would to God we had died by the hand of the Lord in the land of Egypt when we ate bread till we were full. Instead, this nut Moses has brought us into this wilderness where will we all starve to death. I don’t know who he thinks he is! He is not inspired! Who appointed him as leader anyway? (Actually, this entry closely parallels Exodus 16:3 but is written in our modern language)

“Can you believe that Moses has told us that the ‘magic bread’ will be available to be gathered to eat only on certain days! Who does he think he is to tell us what to do! How can this bread spoil in only one day; Oh, but sometimes two? I don’t get it!
(Actually this entry closely parallels Exodus 16:27 but is written in our modern language)

“Today was another day without water. I’m beginning to think that this Moses brought all of us out of Egypt to kill us, our families, and our cattle with thirst! I’m on my second pair of sandals. My feet hurt, my back aches. I don’t know why my wife is so inspired by this guy. I never should have listened to her and left Egypt!”
(Actually this entry closely parallels Exodus 17:3 written in today’s language)

“Moses has been gone a long time and I was talking to Aaron today and we think he is dead. Great! Just great, now what! Some other men think we should fashion a Golden Calf to worship. At least we can see it and touch it. It would give us more hope than some hokey God that Moses tells us about but that none of us has ever seen.”
(Actually, this entry closely parallels Exodus 32:1 but is written in today’s language)

“Manna again for dinner! I’m so sick of this stuff. Moses tells us we need to be grateful…whatever! I want something I can sink my teeth into like a good salmon. In Egypt, we had fish till it was coming out our ears. And melons, cucumbers, onions, garlic. Most days I wonder what I was thinking! I don’t think Moses even knows where the heck we are going. There are a number of us who are thinking about just leaving and finding our way back. I need to pray about it!”
(Actually, this entry closely parallels Numbers 11:5 but is written in today’s slang)

The next time people want to conclude the character of the early leaders of my church, or other churches,  via journals of complainers, let us ponder the journals of the children of Israel whose entries, found in the scriptures, would lead us to reject Moses, the Ten Commandments, and a loving Father and substitute it with a Golden Calf.