The Isrealites
Growing up, my usual countenance towards the Israelites or the story of the Israelites is condemnation. They kept complaining about water and food on different instances even though God had provided these things in the past, they didn't trust God and lacked faith at the crossing of the Red Sea, they didn't trust God that they would enter the promised land and how dare they go make a golden image just because Moses was absent for a few days (40days) talking to God 😅. I condemned them for all they did, for always disobeying, complaining, and grumbling, I condemned them for being so faint-hearted and not obeying God. I always asked myself questions like how could they be ungrateful despite everything God did for them🙄. Like, did they forget all the plagues God inflicted upon the Egyptians on their behalf? did they forget how God fought Pharaoh and his army on their behalf, did they forget how God made the pillar of clouds by day and the pillar of fire by night for their guidanc...