We now get a record of Israel's sins. It starts with the Psalmist acknowledging that they have sinned just as their ancestors did. He is shortly to recount many of things that their ancestors did, but this is not so that he can prove they are better than they ancestors, but so that they can learn from them.
They did not give thought to the miracles that God did. When God does something we should meditate upon it and ask what it means, what it shows about God. The supreme example of this is the death and resurrection of Christ. They did not remember God's kindness, and they rebelled at the Red Sea. How did they rebel? By not trusting God, not believing He would continue to rescue them. They thought that it was mere luck that they had got out of Egypt, and so when things started looking bad they thought there was no hope for them. They did not realise that it was all part of a plan by God. God had deliberately set them free from Egypt, He had a goal to lead them to, and would be faithful to His promise. So it is with us. Jesus called us for a purpose.
Despite all this, God still rescued them at the Red Sea, totally wiping out their enemies. However, they soon forgot this. So when they were in the desert as soon as difficulties arose they stopped trusting God. They grumbled their way through the desert. They rebelled against Moses and Aaron, even making an idol. Why do we do this? They proclaimed that the golden calf had set them free from Egypt. This was patent nonsense, but it oh so human to seek to trust anything but God. The only thing that saved the Israelites was that Moses interceded on their behalf to God.
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