Thus, even in the wilderness we see the line of the tree of life. They also ate manna, the heavenly food, day after day, meaning they enjoyed God as the tree of life. Therefore, during the forty years in the wilderness the children of Israel enjoyed the presence of God. During the night he gave them light to illuminate their way. During the day God shaded the people, protecting them from the bright sunlight. In the day the pillar was like a cloud and in the night it was like a fire. Actually, there were not two pillars, but just one. The Israelites did not journey according to their opinion, but simply followed the movement of the pillar. They had the pillar of cloud by day and the pillar of fire by night. This is especially true as we come to the history of the children of Israel.įor a period of forty years the children of Israel journeyed in the presence of the Lord (Exo.
But we should not look upon the negative things so much as on the positive things. For example, Abraham, who was so good, had a concubine and was not as wonderful as we think he was. In the Bible we can find both positive and negative things, depending on where we look. Furthermore, in every home there is a living room and a place to keep the refuse, the trash. For instance, we have both day and night. However, everything in the universe has two sides. If we recall how they worshipped the golden calf in the wilderness, we will think of them as pitiful indeed. When we speak about the children of Israel, it is easy to have a poor impression of them.
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